Events & Community Intern, Wahed
Ethical & Halal investment platform
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Ethical & Halal investment platform
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
101-200 employees
Company mission
To make people’s lives better by reducing financial inequality and exclusion across the globe.
Role
Who you are
- Experience with events, university societies, Islamic networks, or community work
- A self-starter with a hands-on approach and a can-do attitude
- Excellent written and verbal communication skillsOrganised, reliable, and detail-oriented
What the job involves
- Wahed Invest is a mission-driven Islamic fintech pioneering ethical investing for Muslims worldwide
- We’re looking for a passionate and proactive Events & Community Intern to help us build meaningful connections with our community and execute a variety of educational and engagement-based events
- This is a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience at the intersection of finance, community building, and purpose-led impact
- Map key community segments and support the development of event strategies tailored to their needs
- Help identify potential collaborators, speakers, panelists, educators and influencers
- Support the planning and execution of internal and external events – from virtual webinars to in-person community events
- Help coordinate logistics including scheduling, venue/Zoom bookings, communications, and on-the-day support
- Assist in designing event feedback surveys to gather insights and improve future experiences
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Many fintechs provide investment opportunities for users, giving them control to invest in stocks, cryptocurrencies, and options that can inherently be high-risk. Many of these apps are thus not designed to encourage smart investing, and those who earn profits from their investments often receive money from non-Halal sources.
Wahed provides an ethical and Halal investment platform, allowing users to invest smartly across diversified portfolios without lock-in periods, hidden fees, or one-size-fits-all investment strategies. The platform includes a variety of robo-investment tools to personalise smart investment strategies to the user's financial goals, ensuring that all returns come from Halal financial sources.
Whilst it is inevitable that Wahed will face great competition from many investment platforms, the company has found a gap in the market by focusing on a Muslim audience, recognising that many do not invest due to earnings being non-halal. The company is well-funded, in 2024 receiving significant investment from the Qatar Development Bank. It has been steadily expanding, launching new features along the way such as its dedicated Waqf (Islamic endowment) feature to help tackle the cost of living crisis.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jun 2022
$50m
SERIES B
Nov 2020
$25m
SERIES A
Total funding: $115.1m
Company HQ
Midtown East, New York, NY
Leadership
Junaid Wahedna
(Founder)Founded Wahed as CEO in 2015.
Moshin Siddiqui
(CEO)Previously COO at Wahed and before that, worked as CRO at ComplyAdvantage and CCO at OANDA.
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