Description:

United Planet
Volunteer International Coordinator – Long Term Programs
(20+5 hours per week)

United Planet is looking for a volunteer International Coordinator (Long Term Programs) to join our Boston team for at least six months, during the period of approximately September 17, 2012 - March 8, 2013. This position requires a compassionate, globally minded, hard-working individual with strong communications and leadership skills.

Job Responsibilities:
• Communicate daily with Country Coordinators around the planet
• Prepare training materials for volunteers
• Coordinate and prepare outgoing and incoming volunteers
• Assist in improving volunteer management systems
• Promote United Planet programs both in the United States and abroad
• Assist as needed in other operations and programs

Benefits:
• Gain experience working on an international team.
• Work in a friendly and dedicated environment with regular and fun team activities.
• Learn what it is like to work for a fast-growing organization with contagious energy!
• Gain valuable and transferable skills.
• Office located in beautiful part of Boston, across from renowned Public Garden, in a historic building.
• Work closely and be mentored by experienced Managers.
• Help build a global non-governmental organization which will make an increasingly more positive impact in the world for many years to come.
• After completion of your time on staff at UP, you will receive the opportunity to participate in United Planet’s International Volunteer (Quest) Programs at cost for life!

As featured on CNN, United Planet (UP), an international non-profit organization, strives to create a world in which all people understand, respect, and support one another. United Planets global network of leaders and volunteers fosters cross-cultural understanding and addresses shared challenges to unite the world in a community beyond borders. The underlying principle of our programs is the concept of Relational Diplomacy -- recognizing that the relationship between people of diverse backgrounds is the basic building block for uniting the world.

Qualifications:

Job Responsibilities:
• Communicate daily with Country Coordinators around the planet
• Prepare training materials for volunteers
• Coordinate and prepare outgoing and incoming volunteers
• Assist in improving volunteer management systems
• Promote United Planet programs both in the United States and abroad
• Assist as needed in other operations and programs

Paid Internship Info:

Unpaid

Hours:

20+

Length/Availability:

26 weeks

Start Date:

09/17/12

End Date:

09/14/12, 10/25/2012, 03/13/2012

Deadline:

09/14/12

Tags:

International  Volunteer  Communications  Management  Project 

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