Ahmedabad/ Gujarat. Indicorps- Opportunities Available

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Opportunities with Indicorps.

Indicorps a youth-driven, non-profit organization designed to engage the

global Indian family with India through grassroots service projects. The

Indicorps effort aims to leverage the goodwill of Indians around the world

and within India to voluntarily contribute to India’s progress with their

time and expertise by supporting NGOs with needed human capital. We are

seeking people young at heart with a passion for community service,

nation-building, and an understanding of Indicorps mission(s) of building

principled leadership, strengthening the capacity of the development sector

in India, and productively engaging the global Indian family through

transformational service experiences. For more information about

Indicorps, please visit www.indicorps.org.

Fellowship Program Coordinator (3 openings)

Senior Corps Program Coordinator (2 openings)

Short-Term Volunteer Program Coordinator (2 openings)

Domestic Initiative Launch Team (4 openings)

Public Relations / Media Coordinator (1 opening)

Alumni and Global Volunteer Coordinator (1 opening)

We are seeking people willing to serve their country and create a dynamic

mechanism that encourages others to do the same. All positions require

resilience, self-initiative, and heartfelt motivation. Prospective

applicants must be willing to make a two-year commitment for positions

available immediately: All openings are based in Ahmedabad,

Gujarat. Compensation commiserate with experience and location.

Indicorps Fellowship Program Coordinator (3): Indicorps is looking for

program and field staff for Indicorps’ flagship fellowship program, a

highly acclaimed leadership development program that encourages young

professionals of Indian origin in the US, Canada, and UK to give one year

in service of their motherland through pre-defined projects designed to

help partner NGOs meet specific capacity needs. Interested individuals

will help develop and maintain NGO partnerships, manage fellow training

programs, organize retreats and professional development opportunities for

participants, design and monitor fellowship projects, manage fellows in the

field, research best practices and collect resources. Potential staff

should have a strong understanding of the voluntary sector and grassroots

development, have an intuitive sense of service, be extremely patiend, and

be willing to travel nationally. Fluency in English and at least one

Indian language is necessary; applicants must be organized and self-motivated.

Senior Corps Program Coordinator (2): Help us encourage Indians with

significant work experience help India through service. Indicorps is

seeking highly-motivated individuals with a strong record of

self-initiative to develop and pilot a program for mid and late-career

Indians abroad engage in India’s development through 6-month volunteer

opportunities. Persons interested in establishing and managing the Senior

Corps program must understand Indicorps’ philosophy, have strong managerial

skills, have substantial knowledge of India’s development sector, have

basic computer skills, be willing to travel, and must communicate well in

English as well as Hindi, and preferably one regional Indian

language. Interested individuals must be self-motivated and have excellent

organizational skills.

Short-Term Volunteer Program Coordinator (2): Indicorps seeks individuals

who can help develop a mechanism to facilitate short-term international

volunteer opportunities with capable NGOs. A core function of this

initiative will involve volunteer management and capacity building of NGOs

through workshops, short courses, and selected site support. In addition,

you will be responsible for designing informational material and services

to prepare volunteers to make a positive contribution and learn from the

process. You will work to develop and manage institutional partnership

with organizations involved in inspiring civic responsibility and the

volunteer cause. The short-term volunteer program administrator position

requires a willingness to travel, a passion for service and

nation-building, an in-depth understanding of the Indicorps philosophy and

the development sector, good oral and written communication skills, and

must have strong computer skills.

Domestic Program Launch Team (4) - Indicorps seeks a team of creative and

talented young professionals to develop and implement a strategy to

organize, lead, and recruit young people to popularize the national service

across the India. Indicorps intends to pilot an effort to inspire a

volunteer “culture” among India’s dynamic young

population. Responsibilities may include: coordinating a day of service

on October 2, 2004 in the initial city of Ahmedabad, Gujarat; this will

involve bringing together similarly minded groups, mobilizing young people

through speeches, street plays on college campuses, presentations at

popular hang-outs, etc, and coordinating with NGOs to network them and

create volunteer opportunities for inspired youth. The domestic volunteer

program team will also be responsible for planning a nationwide,

action-driven youth yatra to promote civic responsibility / voluntary

service, youth empowerment, and collective action across in India. Members

of the domestic program coordination team will require self-initiative,

organizational skills, and a track record of creative enterprise. The team

must be willing to travel, have an in-depth understanding of the Indicorps’

philosophy, be passionate about service, and have excellent communication

and computer skills.

Public Relations / Media Specialist (1) - Indicorps is seeking an

experienced media coordinator who is passionate about service and India to

help package Indicorps’ diverse efforts to inspire civic responsibility and

mobilize persons of Indian origin around the world to give back to India

with their time and skills. Job responsibilities involve press relations,

editing fellows’ columns, developing printable literature and articles

about Indicorps or related work, creating promotional materials for current

and future programs, and annual reports. This position requires an

in-depth understanding of the Indicorps’ philosophy and the development

sector; as well as excellent visual and print media skills, an ability to

clearly articulate, and computer skills.

Alumni and Global Volunteer Coordinator (1) – Indicorps seeks an individual

passionate about service and India to coordinate a distributed network of

alumni in the United States and volunteers around the world. Tasks will

involve building relationships, organizing events and speaking

opportunities for Indicorps alumni, motivating volunteers to promote

Indicorps and work on globally localized projects to mobilize, unite, and

organize the Indian diaspora. This coordinator will be responsible for

developing and managing volunteer projects and opportunities that fit

within Indicorps scope and vision, systematizing training (online or in

person) for new volunteers, soliciting and managing global volunteer tasks,

coordinating assignments, and facilitating new opportunities. The

volunteer coordinator must be extremely organized, self-motivated, have

excellent English communication skills, understand decentralized

management, have tremendous patience, and a willingness to represent

Indicorps’ core mission, vision and philosophy.

Please email a brief cover letter, CV, and position of interest to Roopal

Shah at roopal@.... You can also call +91.98256.52202 for more

information.

Anand Shah

E-mail: <shah@...>