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Job Record No: 97EA4438
Company Name: Involvement Volunteers Assoc Inc
WWW-Address: http://www.volunteering.org.au
Nature of Job: Voluntary Work/Work Experience Program
Disciplines: All disciplines
Academic Status: - -
Job Title: International Volunteering Placements - A great way to gain practical experience relevant to your degree!
Job Specification: International Volunteering is a unique means of gaining practical career experience. Volunteering will provide experiences that help you to beef up your resume, build self esteem and confidence and test run a career option. Involvement Volunteers Association Inc. is a Government Registered, not for profit, Non Government Organisation which aims to make volunteering readily available to all interested parties.

The experience IVI gives you:

  • Considering a career in Community Development? Assist a centre for disadvantaged youth in Mongolia, Women's advocacy in Kenya or Deliver Aid through four countries in Southern Africa
  • Thinking of becoming a Doctor or Nurse? Help out at an eye-camp in Bangladesh, the children's ward of a hospital in Fiji, or caring for the elderly and disabled in the UK
  • Interested in Building or Architecture? You could help restore a castle in Italy, build a school in Nepal, or reconstruct a Tsunami battered village in India
  • Want to work with animals? Try a cattle farm in Finland, a Zoological Park in Australia, Bat research in Panama, or Sea Turtle protection in Guatemala
  • Wonder what being a teacher is really like? Teach Spoken English in schools or orphanages in places like Argentina, China, Brazil, Lebanon, Mexico, Turkey, Vietnam and more

Essential Skills: Any individuals' skills or expertise will be employed to maximum benefit in any parts of the project that best utilise their skills.
Desirable Skills:
Additional Info: Employer Description Involvement Volunteers Association Inc. (IVI) is a not- for-profit NGO that co-ordinates the placement of volunteers internationally with other NGO's and grass-roots organisations Each volunteer placement can range from 2 to 12 weeks. You can do either a Single Placement Program or a Multiple Placement Program as part of your travels around a country, a continent or the world. All placements are tailored to your individual interests.
Add. Requirement: - Australian Citizen - - Australian Resident - - Eligible to work in Australia - - Student Visa -
Work Arrangements: - Contract - - Community Work - Unpaid volunteering work
Closing Date: 31 December 2008
Date of Commencement: All year round
How to apply: Visit our website http://www.volunteering.org.au - Look at the placements available by searching by country or field of interest and then telephone or e-mail us to discuss a program. Email ivworldwide@volunteering.org.au Phone 61 3 9646 9392
Advertised on: 26 August 2008

  

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