Description:
Africa Aid seeks San Diego-based volunteers with expertise in international economic development and microfinance to help us create an innovative international aid program. Team members will work a university faculty expert to create a class at a local San Diego-based university that will allow students to plan a real-world Microlending Agricultural Program (MAP) that will benefit women in Africa.
Responsibilities:
* Work with Africa Aid team to define, plan and implement long-term program strategies and objectives.
* Work with Africa Aid management, university professors and external advisors to create/update project timelines, program budgets, and fundraising strategy.
* Build partnerships as needed with non-governmental organizations, universities, and the private sector to help achieve program goals.
* Define success for the clearly outline the desired outcomes and measurement indicators; develop an effective evaluation framework, conduct impact analysis and analyze and report on the results of each MAP initiative; conduct ongoing monitoring of project effectiveness.
Requirements:
* Experience relevant to microfinance, international economic empowerment, and the planning/management of foreign assistance programs. Work experience in university student education and/or Africa preferred.
* Excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build partnerships with NGOs, universities, and the private sector.
* Experience in development of economic empowerment programs in developing countries preferred.
* Strong outcome orientation with a focus on measurable impact and results.
* Open communicator with the ability to seek and receive input form all types of people and resources; commitment to transparency and willingness to engage in open debate with teammates on the content of the work.
* Flexible and comfortable working in ambiguous situations and fast-paced, changing environments. Desire to join a fun and dedicated team to make a difference and gain valuable experience in the nonprofit community.
* Conscious and passionate of the effect of one’s international assistance work, with the desire to craft innovative programs that create a positive effect both here and abroad.
Email your resume and/or inquiries to: boramy.sun@africaaid.org
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Africa Aid provides the foundation for innovative partnerships and intimate community-based relationships between developing African communities and their more established American counterparts. To create a sustainable and mutually beneficial community partnership, Africa Aid characterizes the problems of an African community and then integrates foreign aid projects into American university curriculum, allowing university students and faculty experts to design solutions to extreme poverty. Africa Aid implements the resulting university designed solutions in Africa, working alongside African communities to establish basic levels of Education, Health, Water, and Economic Empowerment. For more information, please refer to our website at: http://www.africaaid.org
