We are seeking someone with 3-4 hours of monthly free time who can pull together content from a variety of sources for a quarterly newsletter.  You would have significant flexibility designing the layout and content, working with the FoE management team on the publication's direction.  In the future, we would like to create issue themes, add RPCV and PCV stories, include content from the National Peace Corps Assocation and highlight innovative developments in Ecuador, the Peace Corps and related topics.  If you would like to volunteer or find out more, please e-mail us.

Put your Peace Corps experience to work. Using the language, technical and cross-cultural skills gained through Peace Corps service and other professional experience, the Crisis Corps allows exceptional Volunteers to return to the field in short-term, high-impact assignments that typically range from three to six months. Two positions are currently available in Ecuador.

HIV/AIDS Advisor: CEMOPLAF is requesting one Crisis Corps Volunteer for a six-month assignment as an HIV/AIDS Advisor. This Volunteer will be assigned to strengthen an HIV/AIDS prevention education project proposal. Duties and responsibilities include: developing strategies, methods, and other communication instruments to educate and train youth in taking appropriate preventative actions; providing coaching in training methodology with staff; assisting staff with the formulation of prevention campaigns; assisting in the monitoring, feedback, and evaluation of the project proposal and in development of new evaluation tools. Required qualifications: public health professional with relevant advanced degree (MPH preferred); experience working with HIV/AIDS; organizational skills; professional experience in proposal writing and project implementation; Latin or Central America RPCV; fluent written and oral Spanish. This six-month assignment is scheduled to start in June.

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Youth Development Volunteer: The Association of the Girl Scouts of Ecuador is requesting one CCV for a six-month assignment as a Youth Development Volunteer to provide institutional support and development to strengthen the organization, increase adult membership growth, and help maintain its charter. Duties and responsibilities include: review and revise program materials for girls and training materials for adult members; prepare at least ten new leaders from each region and train two instructors who will be able to implement National Training plan; contact and train interested PCVs and help PCVs to open new Girl Scouts groups; coordinate new and existing fundraising activities; provide "institutional development" training such as strategic planning, recruitment of volunteers, and marketing/ communications; and help organize and conduct a one-week summer day camp in Quito for low-income girls. Required qualifications: current or previous experience as a scout leader or in Girl Scout training; Inter-America RPCV; fluent written and oral Spanish; creative use of local resources and ability to function with limited funds; strong training experience; ability to work as part of a team; experience in strategic planning and organizational development. Desired qualifications: experience in fundraising and ability to work with various age groups.

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The Database Manager is responsible for updating the on-line list of members of Friends of Ecuador. The Database is perhaps the most important piece of information we have on all the various contacts of the organization. The FOE database is linked to the website and also draws on the National Peace Corps Association's on-line database. The main task for the Database Manager is to keep track of new members who join through the NPCA or through FOE's website and people whose membership has expired. The management task is pretty easy and can be do on-line with minimal training and no knowledge of computer languages. What makes it a little more complex is that we have different classes of members: (1) NPCA members (2) people who join Friends of Ecuador only (3) current volunteers (4) unpaid users of the site, and (6) past members. We have an easy way to classify people and move them into different categories. This job should only take an hour or two per week. If you are interested in helping manage the database, please e-mail us!