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ABOUT NEW GLOBAL CITIZENS New Global Citizens (www.newglobalcitizens.org) is a young, dynamic non-profit organization built around our belief in the power of young people to change the world. Our mission is to educate, equip, and mobilize youth to help solve the greatest challenges faced by communities across the globe. NGC connects the remarkable enthusiasm, commitment and innovation of youth in the United States with solutions created by grassroots social entrepreneurs. NGC is rapidly building a growing movement of young people across the country taking action to support solutions to the world’s greatest challenges.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES
New Global Citizens is hiring 1 VISTA member to serve as a Development and Communication Specialist to start summer 2009. Under the guidance of the Director of Development, the VISTA will help execute several marketing and participant recruitment initiatives. The Dev/Comm Specialist role is fun, dynamic, and action-oriented. Responsibilities include:

? Building systems to improve communication from New Global Citizens to donors, ensuring that all donor groups (foundation, corporate, individual, alumni) have their own process for on-going and relevant communication updates. (e.g. Development Director wanting to communicate monthly to different target donors, we will need to build the capacity internally to do this)

? Building processes for interfacing with the program team to regularly extract student, partnership, and impact stories for dissemination to various target audiences and our website. (e.g. Getting an impact story ASAP out to a target audience or making relevant a recent news blurb and getting it out to alumni.)

? Executing the packaging of various donor communications.

? Supporting the conceptualization and execution of NGC’s Annual Community Luncheon.

? Compiling ongoing information for our quarterly newsletter and yearly annual report.

? Executing a recruitment strategy via the implementation of a social media platform (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) to actively grow the number of high school teams around the country to the NGC movement.

Additionally, New Global Citizens is seeking VISTA candidates with specialized interest, knowledge, and skill with respect to sustainable international development and grassroots social entrepreneurs.

NGC VISTA’s are passionate about the potential for youth to impact change and enjoy working with high school youth. VISTA’s must thrive in an entrepreneurial environment and possess organization skills, comfort working both independently and as part of a group, and proficiency working with computer programs and online tools. Furthermore, the role requires solid understanding of issues pertaining to poverty, advocacy, and international development. We are excited to see what candidates bring to the table and wish to utilize all talents for the purpose of enhancing the NGC program as well as the VISTA experience.

Additional requirements:
• Must meet the requirements of VISTA service (see below) and be passionate about volunteering
• Education or experience in graphic design with proficiency in InDesign or an Adobe Suite Package.
• Adept understanding of social media mediums such as Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, etc.
• Marketing or public relations experience preferred
• College and/or work experience preferred
• Must be a self-starter, highly self-disciplined, work well independently and yet value collaboration and teamwork


ABOUT VISTA

VISTA is a program of AmeriCorps - a national service program that gives individuals an opportunity to serve their community, meet critical needs, develop new skills and have new experiences. VISTA members are placed at nonprofit organizations to help manage projects and build capacity.

Terms of Service: VISTA is a twelve month, full-time commitment. Members will serve an average of 40 hours per week, with some nights and weekends required.

Benefits:
• Non-profit experience and professional development
• A living allowance of $10,380 per year
• A $4,725 educational award upon completion of your service term
• Basic health insurance
• Loan forbearance for federal student loans

Requirements:
• Must be at least 18 years old
• College and/or work experience preferred
• Must be a U.S. Citizen, national or legal resident

New Global Citizens is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Personnel are chosen on the basis of ability without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, marital status or sexual orientation, in accordance with federal and state law.

Interested applicants should contact Chantal Sheehan at join@newglobalcitizens.org and/or apply through the Americorps Portal at: http://www.americorps.gov/for_individuals/ready/index.asp