Training Workshop Assistant

  Mexico

• Oaxaca: 
Oaxaca

Durations of Program: 1-2 weeks and 2-4 weeks
Dates: ongoing

Description:
Purpose: To assist in providing smooth and successful two day intensive workshops training local actors to grow and promote amaranth
Location: Oaxaca City, Oaxaca and surrounding villages
Time Commitment: Two weeks prior to workshop (15 hours per week) and two full days during the workshop

Responsibilities:
Four times per year, Puente conducts training workshops in Oaxaca City to prepare rural women to teach others about amaranth in their villages. Puente also holds workshops to train farmers how to grow amaranth for commercial production. During the weeks and days leading up to these workshops, a volunteer is needed to assist with logistical and last-minute details. This volunteer will handle a variety of tasks including the preparation of workshop materials participation in greeting participants as they arrive, assistance in running errands leading up to and during the workshop.

Qualifications:
- Advanced Level of Spanish
- Advanced Level of English
- Experience coordinating events or workshops
- Administrative skills
- Ability to multi-task
- Outgoing attitude
- Attention to detail
- Strong organizational skills

Minimum Education: Bachelors

Experience Required: yes

Experience with Latin America

Typical Volunteer: A typical Puente a la Salud Comunitaria Volunteer is interested in Mexico, interested in Public Health, responsible, and eager to work with local staff.

Age Range: 18 +

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants. This Program is also open to Couples and Individuals

Participants Travel to Mexico Independently

Typically Participants Work in Groups

Application Process Involves:

• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Phone Interview
• Resume

Puente a la Salud Comunitaria's Mission Statement: Partnering with families, health workers, and farmers to promote the consumption and cultivation of the highly nutritious grain amaranth, Puente a la Salud Comunitaria is dedicated to the eradication of malnutrition and the improvement of health in rural Mexico.

Year Founded: 2003