Cuso International
Posted on Monday, June 10th, 2019
Volunteer Position Title: Agrotourism (Online Mentor, Spanish required)
Volunteer Position Time Frame: Ogoing
Contact Name: Lorraine Monteiro
Contact Email: cuso.recruitment@cusointernational.org
Website: https://cusointl.org/2EY3oXu
Volunteer Location: Online
Mission:
Cuso International is a development organization that works to eradicate poverty and inequality through the efforts of highly skilled volunteers, collaborative partnerships, and compassionate donors. We mobilize hundreds of skilled volunteer professionals every year to work with local partners in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean and Canada to create positive, lasting change. Established in 1961, Cuso International is dedicated to tackling today’s most important development issues.
Volunteer Position Description:
Online placement (E-Volunteer)
Partner Location Colombia
Start Date May – Jul 2019 (flexible)
Length of Placement 6 Months
Language Requirements English, Spanish
The E-Volunteer’s Role
Cuso International is supporting 8 organic farms to explore the option of agrotourism as additional income source for their farms.
As an E-mentor, you would support our in-country volunteer, who has been working with the 8 farms for over 6 months carrying out a small diagnostic and action plan for agrotourism. Your role, as an experienced tourism professional, will be to meet regularly with her to discuss potential ideas, help work through doubts and roadblocks, and collaborate on her work plan virtually.
If this opportunity sounds interesting to you, apply today!
As an e-volunteer, you will:
– Meet on a weekly or bi-weekly basis to discuss the needs of the in-country volunteer. Your role is to mentor and provide insight, feedback and help guide the in-country volunteer through her placement.
– Read through the material developed by the in-country volunteer (diagnostic, action plan, volunteer workplan) to get acquainted with the context.
– It’s possible that the in-country volunteer will ask for references to proven and tested materials, resources that can be found online, it would be helpful if the mentor had knowledge of or interest in researching good materials on rural tourism development.
Essential Academic Qualifications:
– Degree or Diploma in Cultural Management, Tourism, Travel, Hospitality or a related field.
Essential Professional Background:
– Experience in rural tourism projects
– Experience in the tourism and travel industry
– Strong writing skills
– Experience with design and facilitation of workshops and non-formal education sessions
– Experience and familiarity with development of educational/learning material
– Sensitivity towards gender and generational equality
– Understanding of and sensitivity towards issues related to poverty
Volunteer Requirements:
- Volunteers must own or have access to a computer
How to Apply: Apply for this position here!
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