HELP YOUTH COORDINATOR - PERU
ORGANIZATION: Otra Cosa Network
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HELP Youth has evolved over the past several years from a skate ramp in a small shanty town, to a robust youth development program encompassing swimming, football, arts & crafts, healthy lifestyles and other activities.
Skate ramp coordinator
The role of the coordinator is a leadership role, which involves supporting up to three other volunteers working on the project and being the person who is in charge of the day-to-day running of the ramp. The coordinator has responsibility for opening and closing the ramp, holding weekly meetings with the other skate ramp volunteers to discuss ideas and issues, managing the (limited) budget and reporting to OCN staff through fortnightly meetings. If you enjoy working with children, have a sense of fun and understand the importance of being a good role model then you cannot miss this volunteer opportunity!
Tasks include:
- Opening and closing the ramp (Monday-Friday from 3:00-6:00pm)
- Supervising the other skate ramp volunteers (up to three people), including running weekly team meetings
- Managing the skate ramp budget
- Teaching skateboarding and games to the children and overseeing the non-skate activities in the side classroom
- Instilling the values and importance of good manners
- Looking after the facility: tidying-up, cleaning, basic repairs and ensuring proper care and maintenance.
- Bringing new ideas about how to improve the space and add new appealing features for children.
Volunteer Requirements
- Age 21+
- Minimum intermediate Spanish level
- Minimum commitment: 3 months - the longer, the better.
- Good people skills, as you will be supervising other volunteers
- Able to cope with active streetwise children.
- Empathetic, responsible and open-mind personality.
- Volunteers should have some experience of teaching or working with or looking after children, and may be subjected to a full criminal record check.
- Leadership and discipline are must for this position. Experience in skateboarding would be an advantage, but not mandatory
For more information, visit otracosa.org.
This is an unpaid and self-funded position but we offer ongoing support to all our volunters.
We can arrange everything for you from here, including your project(s) placement and your housing placement, and we will pick you up as soon as you arrive into Trujillo. You will be given an induction after you arrive and we are here to offer support, advice/help while you´'re here. For example there are weekly volunteer lunches, there is office volunteer drop in schedule and you can always schedule a time to meet with the operations manager or other staff. We can also advise where to go if you're sick and where to find anything you might need.
Fee Required
HOW TO APPLYvolunteer@otracosa.org
http://otracosa.org/volunteer/apply/
For more information or to apply for the role, please email us at: volunteer@otracosa.org
You can also submit your application at the following website: http://otracosa.org/volunteer/apply/
BENEFITSTraining Provided
Housing Available
Language/Cultural Support Available
WE WELCOMEInternational Volunteers
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About Otra Cosa Network
Location:
Las Camelias 431, Huanchaco, Non-US 130000, PE
Mission Statement
Promote education and social development in our local communities.
Description
Otra Cosa Network is a registered Peruvian non-profit NGO (no. 11126841) and a UK Registered Charity (no. 1133680) based in Huanchaco on the coast of Northern Peru.
Otra Cosa Network runs five of our own projects, which are all part of the Huanchaco Education and Learning Programme (HELP). HELP is dedicated to advancing the education possibilities and resources for those living in lower-income communities in and around Huanchaco. Alongside this, we support several partner organisations in the area, as well as in two remote locations in northern Peru.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Las Camelias 431HuanchacoHuanchaco, Non-US 13000Peru
DATE POSTED
September 18, 2018
SKILLS
- Child Development
- Child Care
- Youth Services
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Minimum commitment: 3 months