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International Program Associate
ORGANIZATION: Global Potential
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20 people are interested
Global Potential (GP) empowers youth and communities to energize each other through education, international service work and cultural exchange. GP is an 18-month transformative after-school + summer program that works with youth in New York. The GP program includes 16.5 months of workshops locally and 1.5 months of international cultural exchange in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Nicaragua.
The International Program Associate is responsible for assisting the International Program Director and the Senior Program Coordinator with all International program related tasks that is logistics, coordination, and operations of the International programs unit.
Duties and Responsibilities:
-Ensure that all files and data are organized properly.
-Input information of international participants into the database (salesforce).
-Post and Create events in the various international council Facebook Groups and pages.
-Make phone calls when needed to international partners and participants.
-Support in the recruitment of International Participants.
-Participate in the Monthly conference calls with the International Executive Councils.
-Translate Documents from English to Spanish and vice versa.
-Take notes and minutes during Conference calls meetings.
-Follow up with tasks assigned to the International Executive Councils.
-Update International Field Contact Information.
-Follow up with international participants.
-Help in the Identification of new partners and communities.
-Update the International Timeline and summarize weekly meeting notes.
-Update and Work on International Operations Sheet.
Qualifications:
-Able to speak and write Spanish.
-Proficiency in using social media platforms and software programs.
-Salesforce preferred but GP can provide training.
-Detailed oriented, responsible, organized, sociable with excellent communication skills.
-Must be able to commit for a minimum of 6 months, 10 hours a week.
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About Global Potential
Location:
39 Eldridge street, New York, NY 10002, US
Mission Statement
Global Potential provides consultancy services for community and international development organizations, from incubation to implementation. We are unique in that we integrate a collaborative network of multidisciplinary consultants and partners, streamlining the sharing of diverse approaches to increase efficiency and innovation in solving the complex and protracted problems faced by the international development industry. We are driven by a mission to reduce global poverty through the design and implementation of innovative and effective development projects.
Description
We aim to achieve the following:
More effective development projects, fewer wasted resources.
Our multidisciplinary services enable projects to access ideas, techniques and information that they might not otherwise have considered, and to avoid potential pitfalls that they might not otherwise have foreseen.
A streamlined approach to finding diverse knowledge and skills.
We provide a centralized place for accessing a wide assortment of knowledge and experience. This one-stop approach allows project leaders to save time that would otherwise be spent hunting for various consultants and resources.
Opportunities to tap into under-utilized human capital.
Global Potential's network model allows us to call on the and experience of many experts and practitioners who are only available on a part-time basis. We provide opportunities for people to get involved in international development work.
The formation of a collaborative community.
Global Potential fosters a proactive and collaborative environment where professionals already working within the nonprofit field will be able to easily exchange ideas and form partnerships.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
39 Eldridge Street4th FloorNew York, NY 10002
DATE POSTED
September 26, 2016
SKILLS
- Administrative Support
- Organization
- People Skills
- Hatian / Creole
- Basic Computer Skills
- Verbal / Written Communication
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- 10 hours weekly, minimum commitment 6 months
- Fluency in Haitian Creole preferred