Business Development Facilitator - Volunteer Position - Onsite in Paraguay • South America - 2 years, plus 3 months training
Peace Corps
Sales & Business Development
United States
Posted on Jun 3, 2026
About The Project
Want to help transform skills and ideas into sustainable, life-changing businesses?
In Paraguay, unemployment is highest among individuals ages 18–22. Limited access to higher education leads roughly 80 percent of these youth to enter the informal economy, where work is often unstable, low-paying, and carried out in poor conditions. As a result, building financial literacy and business skills among young people is a national priority. Women face additional barriers, specifically expectations around household responsibilities. This results in a low female employment rate of just 58 percent. Many women are interested to earning an income through small, home-based enterprises but lack the knowledge and support to get started.
As a Business Development Facilitator, you will collaborate with high school teachers to equip students with business and finance skills-everything from developing a business plan to bookkeeping and marketing strategies for niche markets. You will also collaborate with community stakeholders to expand opportunities for local adults, especially women, to cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset and gain the skills needed to transform their ideas into viable ventures. By supporting the community members from the earliest stages of business conception through sustainable growth, you’ll contribute to greater economic security for Paraguayan families.
Activities
How you and the community will make an impact together:
Teach a high school entrepreneurship class that covers entrepreneurship and basic business skills.
Create savings clubs with high school students and provide guidance on personal money management topics.
Form and support adult community savings groups that cover personal money management.
Provide one-on-one guidance to youth and women about personal money management skills.
Advise entrepreneurs on basic business skills to their new or existing business activities.
Organize entrepreneurship events and competitions, such as a school fair or business plan competition.
Plan and facilitate trainings on how to leverage expertise for income-generating activities, such as selling homemade soap, empanadas, or jam.
Develop and facilitate basic business skills training for proposed or existing income-generating activity.
You may also work on additional projects that meet the community’s interests and priorities, such as planting trees or teaching art.
Required Skills
Qualified candidates will have one or more of the following criteria:
Associate degree in any field and at least two years of full-time, post-high school work experience (from any combination of roles).
OR
Bachelor's degree in any field.
Language: There are no pre-requisite language requirements for this position.
Key dates
APPLY BY : October 15, 2026
KNOW BY : December 1, 2026
DEPART ON : May 24, 2027
DURATION : 2 years, plus 3 months training
Want to help transform skills and ideas into sustainable, life-changing businesses?
In Paraguay, unemployment is highest among individuals ages 18–22. Limited access to higher education leads roughly 80 percent of these youth to enter the informal economy, where work is often unstable, low-paying, and carried out in poor conditions. As a result, building financial literacy and business skills among young people is a national priority. Women face additional barriers, specifically expectations around household responsibilities. This results in a low female employment rate of just 58 percent. Many women are interested to earning an income through small, home-based enterprises but lack the knowledge and support to get started.
As a Business Development Facilitator, you will collaborate with high school teachers to equip students with business and finance skills-everything from developing a business plan to bookkeeping and marketing strategies for niche markets. You will also collaborate with community stakeholders to expand opportunities for local adults, especially women, to cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset and gain the skills needed to transform their ideas into viable ventures. By supporting the community members from the earliest stages of business conception through sustainable growth, you’ll contribute to greater economic security for Paraguayan families.
Activities
How you and the community will make an impact together:
Teach a high school entrepreneurship class that covers entrepreneurship and basic business skills.
Create savings clubs with high school students and provide guidance on personal money management topics.
Form and support adult community savings groups that cover personal money management.
Provide one-on-one guidance to youth and women about personal money management skills.
Advise entrepreneurs on basic business skills to their new or existing business activities.
Organize entrepreneurship events and competitions, such as a school fair or business plan competition.
Plan and facilitate trainings on how to leverage expertise for income-generating activities, such as selling homemade soap, empanadas, or jam.
Develop and facilitate basic business skills training for proposed or existing income-generating activity.
You may also work on additional projects that meet the community’s interests and priorities, such as planting trees or teaching art.
Required Skills
Qualified candidates will have one or more of the following criteria:
Associate degree in any field and at least two years of full-time, post-high school work experience (from any combination of roles).
OR
Bachelor's degree in any field.
Language: There are no pre-requisite language requirements for this position.
Key dates
APPLY BY : October 15, 2026
KNOW BY : December 1, 2026
DEPART ON : May 24, 2027
DURATION : 2 years, plus 3 months training