Program: International and Local Volunteer Coordinator
Start Dates: 1st and 15th of each month
Language Requirements: English (basic Nepali is provided)
Food and Accommodation: Provided with a host family/guest housestandard – rice, soup, lentils, vegetables
Key Activities: training and supervising, coordinating volunteers, Developing volunteer networks
Beneficiaries: Multiple – VIN staff, volunteers, community members involved with VIN programs
Working Hours: Sunday to Friday, 10am to 5pm / Flexible
Required Qualifications and Skills: Fluent in written and spoken English, computer proficiency, excellent communication skills, experience designing and delivering training
Program introduction
VIN regularly has 10 to 20 local and international volunteers working throughout our community programs in Jitpur, and other communities, rural communities just outside of Kathmandu.
We require a coordinator to interview, recruit, reference, train, organize, and place these volunteers in the most appropriate way to ensure that they, and the communities in which they will be working, benefit greatly from the experience.
The volunteer coordinator will have ample opportunities to visit different VIN's working sites and volunteers. This will give him / her thorough ideas on program implementation for grassroots level organizations. This may be the right job for the one who would like to peruse a career in the not-for-profit organizations.
Helping us coordinate volunteers will also give him / her opportunity to cross cultural immersion since the volunteer has to deal with different people from different nationalities and cultures. It is however a very challenging task to cope with! The coordinator has to be very flexible! We encourage for long term (at least 3 months) commitment.
Volunteer coordinator's role
- Recruiting, training, organizing and supervising volunteers;
- Overseeing volunteer induction period;
- Designing and delivering training relevant to interests and chosen program, including TEFL/ESL overview, health and safety, Nepali culture and language (the team can assist with this);
- Planning and scheduling volunteer placement relevant to need, skills, strengths and abilities;
- Liaising with partner organization/ community prior to placement'
- Ensuring volunteer targets are set;
- Regularly contacting volunteer to ensure they are satisfied with food and accommodation during placement;
- Monitor and review volunteer workload and targets and adjust where necessary;
- Evaluate end of placement;
- Organize regular interactions amongst different projects and volunteers;
- Develop new volunteer program strategies;
- Implement a standardized working structure to enable VIN permanent staff to support volunteers in absence of international volunteer coordinator;
- Develop links with international volunteer community, including International Volunteer Sending Agencies;
- Keep an updated volunteer database.
Skills, experience and qualifications
- Experience of overseeing staff, delivering training and organizing workloads;
- Fluent written and spoken English;
- Willing to work with local groups or grassroots organizations;
- Willing in coordinating volunteers;
- Computer proficiency, including databases, spreadsheets and word processing;
- Ability to work in a team – open communication, ability to establish good working relationships;
- Strategic thinking and teambuilding skills;
- Self-confident, focused, pro-active and result oriented;
- Flexible attitude to constantly shifting work priorities;
- Experience in designing training programs and organizing trainings
- Ability to manage personal workload, balance deadlines and manage competing pressures;
- Knowledge of non-profit making, grassroots organizations;
- Self-motivated team player with proactive, "get-the-job-done" mentality;
- Excellent communicator as well as a leading supervisor for volunteers
- Knowledge of non-violent direct action and development issues
Watch Our Videos
We have just completed our program video project. Please watch them here.
Introduction:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb-eBrGBU3k
Womens Empowerment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cJmt5KzuCU
Children Development:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfJqYFPvVKI
Youth Development:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohv2YHj_5RU
Teachers Development:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-gZSpuV4Yw
Health & Sanitation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0ST61JpgBc
Monasteries & Nunneries:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pHaqXlmc6I
