Pro
Bono O.R. – enabling managers to make more effective decisions
Pro
Bono O.R. is a scheme operated by The OR Society that places professional
analysts in short term projects with third sector organisations in the UK.
Projects
require skilled professionals who work in operational research, analytics or
related professions. If you have the
skills required for a project, we’d love to hear from you.
Please
find details of a new project below that we are seeking a volunteer(s) for:
Additionally please visit the Pro Bono O.R. webpage (useful resources tab)
which includes our free O.R. toolkit. These tools could be useful not only
for those working on our 3rd sector
projects but O.R./analytical professionals looking to develop their all-round
“O.R. toolkit”.
Age UK (Portsmouth)
Information
about the organisation:
Charitable objectives:
To help older
people and their families, and carers of older people to be well informed,
advised and supported so that they can make real choices and have control over
their lives.
Main activities of
the organisation:
We help support older people to
remain independently in their own homes
for as long as possible; we offer older people a range of services from
gardening, hairdressing, chiropody, information and advice etc. providing a
friendly face, a helping hand and companionship to mitigate against social isolation.
Project summary:
Project: Helping us to consider possible
futures in a systematic way: We have come to the point when we need to evaluate
various options for our future. Do we
want to/should we grow the organization, and, if so, what form might the growth
take? A determination of possible
futures, and an evaluation of them, would be extremely helpful to us
Time
commitment: approx. 4 days
Location: Portsmouth (PO1 5RZ). Two 1/2
days at the Centre and 3 days of analysis and report writing
Please read project scope and if you feel you are able to offer your
assistance please complete the application form and
return to me along with your CV by midday
on Thursday 20th October.
If you would like to volunteer on a project but are not able to commit
to the full time requirement please let me know as it may be possible to pair
you up with another analyst. Lastly if
you would like to work on a project as part of a pair or with the support of a
mentor please indicate on your application and we can facilitate this.
I look
forward to hearing from you and once again thank you for your help and support.
For further information about the scheme
please visit: http://www.theorsociety.com/Pages/Probono/Probono.aspx
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