Recommended Skills and Experience:
• Experience Teaching English as a foreign language
• Experience teaching computer skills such as Word, Excel, Power point and Internet research/browsing
• Familiarity with youth development programming and social networking
• Training in public health; experience leading health discussions; good knowledge of HIV/AIDS and other STIs
• Experience working with disadvantages populations, including people with disabilities;
• Experience with edutainment, theatre and other community arts
• Training in business or NGO management including human resources, accounting and financial management
• Proven effectiveness in cross-cultural settings
• Prior overseas experience an asset
Description / duties:
Youth Challenge International (YCI) is recruiting a team of nine Youth Ambassadors between the ages of 18 and 35 with diverse skills, experiences and backgrounds for an eight-week focused youth development project in Tanzania from January 16 to March 13, 2013.
This exciting opportunity will include a pre-project distance-learning program, followed by an intensive eight-week placement in Tanzania. While in Tanzania, you will work with one of YCI’s partner organizations— ZANGOC in Zanzibar, Faraja Trust Fund in Morogoro, Umoja Center in Arusha —to further the reach and relevance of their youth development program.
Key Project Activities May Include:
• Work with partners to conduct professional skills training (including communication, resume and career development, computer skills, Internet) for marginalized out of school youth including youth with disabilities, youth living with HIV and recovering substance users
• Work with partners to organize health outreach events including SRH, HIV/AIDS, environmental health and substance abuse to urban and rural areas
• Join with partners to commemorate International Women’s Day on March 8th, 2013
• Research and develop programs on one or more of the following: youth entrepreneurs, business planning, microfinance and “how to start your own business”
• Work with partners to conduct foreign language and business skills classes including CV/resume development, English, French and Spanish for out of school and marginalized youth
• Engage youth in community initiatives, opportunities and activities to mobilize and promote youth leadership in community health and environmental education.
• Strengthen the capacity of YCI’s partners on various areas including; human resources management, IT, financial management, proposal writing, monitoring and evaluation, and database development
To Apply:
Please apply online using YCI’s online application form available at: http://www.yci.org/html/volunteer/globally/applynow.asp
Contact information
Youth Challenge International
555 richmond st W
4165043370
jane.baldwin@yci.org
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