Why Choose PEPP?

Many graduates have academic knowledge but limited opportunities to demonstrate workplace capability. PEPP provides a structured environment in which participants learn, apply, receive feedback, revise their work, and build credible evidence of competence.

 

As a PERT Consultancy corporate social responsibility initiative, PEPP contributes to youth employment and Liberia's human-capital development while building an ethical, capable, and digitally confident talent pipeline for PERT and other institutions.

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The Seven Training Modules

Participants complete 132 facilitated hours across:

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1. Strategic Planning and Implementation;

2. Project Design and Proposal Development;

3. Project Management and Delivery;

4. Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning, and Digital Tools;

5. Professional Report Writing for Development Practice;

6. Entrepreneurship, Consulting, and Nonprofit Practice for Young Professionals; and

7. Professional Development, Workplace Effectiveness, and Career Readiness.

 

Participant Financial Support

PEPP is not salaried employment. Participants receive a monthly stipend and approved field allowances or per diem for authorized overnight fieldwork. PERT may also provide occasional performance bonuses.

 

Four Pathways

Each participant selects a primary pathway to guide the pathway-based individual project, mentoring, portfolio development, career planning, and 90-day transition plan.

 

1. Formal Employment - preparation for competitive recruitment, workplace effectiveness, career progression, and continued professional development.
    

2. Entrepreneurship and Small Business - ideation, market validation, startup planning, operations, finance, customer development, and responsible growth.
    

3. Consulting Practice - service design, client development, proposals, pricing, delivery, quality assurance, ethics, and relationship management.
    

4. Nonprofit Practice - responsible establishment and management of NGOs, nonprofit organizations, and community-based organizations, including governance, programs, resource mobilization, compliance, and sustainability.

 

Applied Project Work

Training modules 1-4 conclude with team projects completed by one group with rotating roles and individual accountability. Modules 5-7 conclude with individual projects: a professional report, a pathway-aligned venture or practice project, and a career-readiness portfolio.

 

Projects follow a practical cycle of briefing, planning, research and development, review, revision, presentation, defense, and portfolio documentation.

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Who Can Apply?

PEPP is designed for motivated graduates and early-career professionals who are ready to learn through training, teamwork, independent work, and supervised practice.

 

Applicants should:

• Hold a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution;

• Have no more than two years of relevant professional experience;

• Be between 18 and 35 years of age;

• Communicate clearly in writing and speaking;

• Use Microsoft Office and demonstrate readiness to learn digital tools;

• Show analytical ability, sound judgment, initiative, and problem-solving potential;

• Demonstrate integrity, professionalism, teamwork, reliability, and openness to feedback; and

• Commit to the full program schedule, including training, office work, fieldwork, projects, coaching, and mentoring.

 

Prior consulting or monitoring and evaluation experience is not required. PERT looks for learning potential, motivation, ethical conduct, and readiness to turn feedback into stronger performance.

 

Recruitment and Selection

Admission is competitive, merit-based, and governed by published eligibility requirements, common instructions, standardized score sheets, independent evaluation, moderation, and conflict-of-interest safeguards.

 

The selection process includes:

• Application screening and shortlisting against the published criteria;

• A written test assessing clear thinking, analysis, written communication, and practical judgment;

• A PowerPoint presentation assessing problem framing, critical thinking, practical solutions, delivery, and responses to questions; and

• A structured oral interview assessing motivation, learning orientation, development goals, program fit, and understanding of PEPP as a learning opportunity rather than employment
   

The written test is the gateway to the finalist stage. The final selection score is based on the official PERT presentation score (70%) and oral interview score (30%). PERT verifies results and completes due diligence before issuing offers.

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Certification, Alumni, and Associates

Participants receive a certificate for each successfully completed module. Those who complete all seven modules and other program requirements graduate and receive the final PEPP Certificate of Completion. While enrolled, an individual remains a PEPP participant. A participant who leaves in good standing after completing at least one module becomes a PEPP Associate from the date of departure but is not eligible for the final Certificate of Completion. Although PERT encourages full completion, a verified early transition to employment, entrepreneurship, consulting, nonprofit practice, or pathway-supporting advanced education is considered a positive program outcome.

 

PEPP measures success by the percentage of Graduates and Associates who enter at least one of the four pathways within six months of graduation or recognition as an Associate. All Graduates and Associates automatically join the PEPP Alumni and Associates Network and are included in PERT’s roster of consultants and associates. The Network supports continued learning, networking, mentoring, collaboration, and opportunity sharing. PERT may consider roster members for suitable assignments, but inclusion does not guarantee employment or consulting work.

 

Apply to Join the Next PEPP Cohort

PERT recruits new PEPP cohorts periodically based on program needs and available resources. Follow PERT Consultancy’s website and social media platforms for announcements. Each announcement will provide the applicable eligibility requirements, program dates, application procedures, and submission deadline.

 

Whether your goal is formal employment, entrepreneurship, consulting, or nonprofit practice, PEPP is designed to help you build relevant knowledge, practical skills, professional experience, and networks. We encourage eligible candidates to apply when the next cohort is announced.

 

Partner with PEPP

​PERT welcomes partnerships with organizations seeking to host PEPP participants for structured, supervised workplace learning. Host organizations provide meaningful assignments, an appropriate workplace, a designated supervisor, and a financial contribution toward training, stipends, supervision, and program administration. Organizations may contact PERT at any time to discuss hosting participants. Organizations seeking to recruit PEPP Graduates or engage Graduates and Associates for consulting assignments may also request referrals of suitable candidates from PERT’s roster.