Otra Cosa Network is both a UK Registered Charity (No. 1133680) and a registered Peruvian NGO (11126841), whose aim is the provision of volunteers to help community projects improve local people’s quality of life. Otra Cosa is based in a beautiful Peruvian coastal town and has been offering affordable and rewarding volunteering experience to international volunteers since 2004 while providing local network projects with well motivated, carefully selected volunteers.
Working in the Otra Cosa office is an exciting opportunity to take on a brand new role working for a vibrant new organization in Peru, one which is instrumental in changing the lives of many disadvantaged people on a daily basis. The number of volunteers has grown substantially over the last 12 months - a success story - but it means the management team now struggles to cope with all the enquiries and administration, as well as to look after growing number of volunteers. So, we need a volunteer coordinator to help us maintain close contact with our volunteers through project visits, and exit interview & evaluations.
Volunteer Roles/ Working Hours
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Meeting and greeting new volunteers, including running the welcome induction and walking tour
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Organizing volunteer activities, such as weekly Volunteer Lunch, etc
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Monitoring, supporting and motivating volunteers and their work. This will include liaising with volunteers and project managers to understand how they work and assessing their needs in order to fully support them
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Developing strategies to recruit international volunteers, through media, IT and liaising with International Agencies
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Conducting exit interviews and evaluations with leaving volunteers on their final week at the project
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Promoting volunteering (internally and externally) through publicity strategies and campaigns
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Helping manage OCN Office including any ad hoc administration tasks which may arise
• Normal working hours: from 8 am to 1pm, and 2pm to 5pm (Monday to Friday), and 24/7 in case of emergency.
Volunteer Requirements:
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Spanish Level to Start Project: Intermediate
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Time Commitment: Min 6 months
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Minimum Age: 21 years old
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Intermediate English (written and spoken)
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Must hold BA in development studies, social work, psychology or communications, administration and public relations
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Excellent communication/ conflict resolution/ interpersonal skills
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Experience in working with people from different cultural backgrounds
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Mature and positive attitude with a good sense of humour!
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Hard working and enthusiastic
