Volunteers

Volunteers

Africa Volunteer Corps

Date Listed: Apr 24, 2013
Email Address: Click to Email
Phone: 752098076 717584720
Areas: Moshi, Mwanza
Application Deadline: Sep 01, 2013
Start Date: Apr 25, 2013


Position Description:
 Africa volunteer corps is an African service corps for Africans to do long term volunteer work in African-initiated development projects. Our mission is to train and place African university graduates at local, grassroots NGO's in Africa to work for one year.

 We are looking for leaders who want to move society forward. Africa Volunteer Corps is not simply a job training program. We are looking for people who can identify challenges in their community, their country, or in Africa as a whole, and want to work hard to fix them. They likely have ideas of their own about solutions to these problems. Their work with Africa Volunteer Corps will supplement and be a stepping-stone for bigger life goals and a bigger vision for the development of their community, country, or continent.

Africa Volunteer Corps does not discriminate on the basis of academic or professional background. We accept applications from candidates in a wide variety of fields because we seek individuals who match the needs of local development initiatives, and these needs are various. Valuable backgrounds include, but are in no way limited to; community development, economics/economic development, journalism, education, accounting/finance, marketing, communications, public health. We are looking for candidates who can make a convincing argument about their contribution to local development initiatives and whose skills, interests, and goals match the needs of the local development initiatives who apply to work with a volunteer.

Since acceptance into the program is contingent on a match with a local development project, if you are not accepted it may simply mean that there was not a proper match this year. If you still meet the application requirements at the time of next year’s application cycle, we encourage you to apply again. Africa Volunteer Corps is a very competitive program so there will be a large number of qualified individuals who do not make it into the program.
Qualification
- Bachelor degree or diploma holder in the following fields community development, economics/economic development, journalism, education, accounting/finance, marketing, communications, public health, environment,or any other social science experience.
- Most qualified applicants will have: strong scores; demonstrable management, employment, or leadership experience/skills; strong communications skills and demonstrable problem-solving abilities; creativity, motivation, dedication and a strong desire to use their education and skills to help Africa
-Proof of citizenship of an African country
-Willingness to make a full-time commitment for 12 months


Application Instructions:
Qualified applicants shall apply online through our website and physically through the forms available at our office in Moshi and Mwanza.