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Administrative Assistant Intern
ORGANIZATION: OneVillage Partners
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17 people are interested
Job Description
OneVillage Partners is a Minneapolis-based nonprofit organization doing truly cutting edge work in international development in the country of Sierra Leone in West Africa. Rather than providing solutions for rural villagers, we guide communities to develop their own solutions. This makes the results more sustainable and the people better equipped and more resilient. OVP’s honors the dignity and worth of individuals, families, and communities. For more information, please see our website at www.onevillagepartners.org
The Administrative Assistant Intern is responsible for supporting the Director of Finance and Operations in ensuring that the organization’s main office runs smoothly.
Major Areas of Responsibility:
- Take meeting minutes
- Create Word documents and Excel spreadsheets
- Conduct web searches
- Maintain paper and electronic files
- General clerical duties, such as scanning, copying and mailing
- Assist with systemization of database
- Assisting at events, as needed
- Other tasks as requested
More opportunities with OneVillage Partners
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About OneVillage Partners
Location:
2104 Stevens Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55408, US
Mission Statement
MISSION
OneVillage Partners supports villages by building capacity in the villagers, synthesizing current technologies, and supporting iterative advancements in the mutually reinforcing areas of education, health, water and sanitation, agriculture, and income generation.
To make our vision a reality we will:
- Invest in the essential building blocks of community - adequate food and shelter, clean water and sanitation, basic primary health care, and primary schools- that will allow our village friends to care for their families.
- Invest in the essential building blocks of an economy - micro business loans, agricultural improvements, secondary education, and global connections - that will allow villagers to increase their income.
- Strategically implement and rigorously evaluate our investments to achieve measurable results and create a replicable model that can transform villages across Sierra Leone and the world.
- Stay true to our values of sustainability, accountability, efficiency, cooperation, and achieving measurable results.
Description
OneVillage Partners works alongside hardworking Sierra Leoneans in select villages for improved quality of life through increased income generation, moving towards financial self-sufficiency. Learning from our measurable results, OneVillage will develop a replicable model for holistic rural development that eliminates extreme poverty.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
2104 Stevens Avenue SouthMinneapolis, MN 55404
DATE POSTED
July 15, 2015
SKILLS
- Administrative Support
- Bookkeeping
- Office Reception
- IT Help Desk
- Transactions
- Data Entry
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- 10-15 hours a week
- Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:Administrative experie