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3 people are interested
Front End Developer Mentor
ORGANIZATION: Onja
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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3 people are interested
We are a social enterprise in Madagascar that trains talented, underprivileged youth into world-class software developers to work in global tech teams.
We are seeking volunteers with experience in software development or technical hiring for a high-impact role as a career counsellor. Volunteering as a career counsellor is an invaluable and crucial work that will have a real impact on our students ’ future as well as for those who will follow them.
Your Role as a Career Counselor
- Perform mock interviews.
- Following mock interview practice, provide a written appraisal on the mentee's performance and areas for improvement.
- Talk about your own professional experiences.
- Build a positive and constructive relationship with mentees.
- Provide, if any, written insight or ideas on how we can improve interview preparation for all mentees at Onja.
The students
- Mostly female, all African and from underprivileged backgrounds.
- Each student graduated high school in the top 1% of their peers and was selected for our programme from an initial pool of 200,000 students.
- They have spent over 4,000 hours learning and writing HTML5, JavaScript, React, Redux, TypeScript and React Native.
- They have achieved an advanced English level (IELTS 7 to 9).
- We schedule a call with you to explain more about the Onja initiative and what the role looks like. If your values and experience align with our mission, we can schedule an introductory call with you and one of our students.
- Students will reach out to you to request an appointment during your times of availability. You can increase/decrease your availability according to what is most helpful and works for you and your mentees.
- We have 18 students that each need interview training. We think the best approach is for each career counsellor to interview each student at least once.
- If you are keen but worried about the time commitment let us know and we should be able to work something out.
- We suggest using Google Meet or Zoom for calls.
More opportunities with Onja
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Onja
Location:
Mahanoro, Mahanoro, Toamasina 510, MG
Mission Statement
To propel brilliant young minds in the world’s poorest countries to access equal education and real career opportunities
Description
How Onja Works:
- Search for brilliant students who would otherwise be limited to low-payed, unfulfilling careers.
- Students receive one year of English instruction followed by one year of coding instruction at our live-in training centre.
- Graduates earn (and continue learning) at our outsourcing enterprise. All profits are re-invested in the next wave of students and the cycle begins again.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
DATE POSTED
December 2, 2021
SKILLS
- Website Programming
- Web Design / UX
- Software Development
GOOD FOR
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- We're very flexible. Calls will be scheduled according to your availability and you can stop volunteering whenever you're not available anymore.