PART III
DEEP DIVE: FIVE SOCIAL ENTERPRISE CASE STUDIES
Job creation outcomes – Increased staff productivity and utilization that may lead to better remuneration prospects: Increased internal operational efficiencies such as increasing ambulance utilization levels, will lead to increased staff productivity and utilization due to reduced staff down-time. As such, Tebita Ambulance can consider providing better remuneration packages to its staff. – Doubling the number of field jobs: Once Tebita Ambulance increases its market share and expands within Ethiopia, it will need to hire more employees that will be staffed in the both the 24/7 ambulance and remote ambulances as ambulance drivers, nurses, and paramedics. Further, more staff would need to be hired at the dispatch center to coordinate calls into the dispatch center. – Increased number trained human resource in healthcare: Through ramping up the number of students trained for the EMT courses (long-term, 2-year courses) Tebita Ambulance has the potential to increase the capacity for human resources in the healthcare sector in Ethiopia by churning out about 470 paramedic graduates annually that can be absorbed by other health facilities. – Creation of top-quality jobs in the senior management level: As Tebita Ambulance grows its various business lines it will need to increase its management capacity to oversee its expansion and manage its different business lines.
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