(HR Support projects – ‘i.e.india' / D.A.V.E.S)

Location:
India - village / city based near Chandigarh in the northwest region of India
Language of Instruction:
English
Duration:
2 to 12 months (extendable with mutual agreement)
Working Hours/ Stipend:
Fulltime Non-stipendiary
Facilities include:
o Free accommodation, food, and transport facilities at worksite
o Designated workplace with access to computers and free internet
Career Benefits include:
o Academic / Course credit (when available)
o Exposure to Indian culture and market
o Work experience in a multicultural settings
o Future references.

The Internship Programme of EduCARE-India is designed to provide selected applicants with rewarding educational and learning experiences and opportunities in one of several critical work areas.

Working closely with staff, EduCARE interns acquire knowledge and skills in specific areas, work on critical assignments and projects, receive exposure to various professions, and gain first-hand experience working in non-profit settings in India

EduCARE India has hosted more100 international interns / volunteer workers from varied backgrounds from more than 30 countries in the recent year(s), for a rural development project and we are working to increase our capacity to host more than 60 interns at a time at our 6 different project work locations as it has mutually been a very rewarding experience..

Nature of Work

The exact nature of the work which the intern will do depends heavily on two interactive factors: the intern and her/his qualifications and interests; and the projects and the programmes which EduCARE is engaged at the time s/he is with us.

It is important to us that an internship with EduCARE is a valuable experience for both parties. This means that our goals and aims should be furthered through the work the intern does while s/he is able to grow professionally, maximising the benefit gained from being with us. For this reason, we start off by developing a work-programme, to give clear structure to interns' time with us (although naturally it remains flexible).

The internship involves a variety of job roles including development, management, planning, and communications at village, city or regional level culminating in a final presentation at the end of the internship period.

In order to ensure rewarding learning experiences, EduCARE-India has focused on several core areas of work - Development, Management, Network/Database handling, policy & Planning, Research & Surveys,

Development - Interns participate in various development activities to benefit the focus groups such as Children, Adolescent Girls and women, Youth, Old aged, Challenged & disabled, poor & deprived, or issues, such as empowerment and social justice, education and life skills, sports and leisure time activities, finance, economic development and livelihood sustenance, healthcare & HIV / AIDS, environment and conservation, IT & database etc..

Management - Interns participate in management of various development projects, programmes and events.
Network/Database - Interns assist with special projects involving Server or one of the online databases.
Policy & Planning - Interns assist with policy documentation, updating, research and analysis, grassroots community awareness and mobilization campaigns, and government and corporate relations.
Research & Surveys - Interns assist in conducting research related to service planning and coordination, grant funding opportunities, needs assessment surveys, and service utilization reviews.
Communications, PR & Event Management - Interns assist with newsletters, publications and website development, media cultivation, photojournalism, and public relations; assist with fundraising events planning, community outreach, grant-writing, and corporate and individual donor cultivation.

Work Positions:
One may also select a work area positions available for 2009-2010; to explore and exploit their potential in community applied research and development activities.

Our development projects are community guided and volunteer driven.  We are currently seeking interns to fill the following positions:

•  After School Education / Teaching
•  English Language Teaching and Cross-Cultural Studies
•  Girls and Women Empowerment
•  Early Childhood Care, Education & Development
•  Old Age Welfare
•  AIDS and Rural Healthcare Project
•  Development & Communications, Journalism/Public Relations
•  Environment Conservation, Waste Management, Organic Farming
•  Website Design and Online Database Management
•  E-Commerce and Internet Marketing
•  Cultural Education and Exchange Development
•  Social Entrepreneurship and Volunteer Action
•  Administration, Logistics and Office Management
•  Project Management Assistance

1. After / Out of School Program Intern
Duties:
-Assist tutoring of students in academic subjects, such as reading, writing, English, Math, Science, etc.
-Assist in the planning and implementation of academic, enrichment, health, and recreational extra-curricular after / out of school learning experiences for students, children and youth..
-Work effectively with students in extended learning activities and assist with behavior management, discipline, interpersonal actions, and act as a role model.
-Gather and maintain student participation, development, and achievement data for program evaluation
-Support environments that are safe, healthy, and conducive to student learning.
-Assist recruitment and enrollment of students into tutoring and after school programs and activities.
-Participate in staff training and professional development opportunities.
-Perform related duties as assigned by other staff members, assist in implementation and management of after school activities,
-Research and create academic enrichment/support activities for youth;
-Develop and onsite and mobile library resources
-Work with Teachers to improve parental involvement and communication in student's life;

2. English Language Training Intern
Duties:
The English Language Trainer will be responsible for providing English language training and ensuring quality of program delivery at the Languages Institute at the e6n VIKAS Cluster Centre for –
a) English for Academics,
b) English as a Second Language,
c) IELTS - English for International Opportunity

a) English for Academics: The main job role includes , developing course outlines that reflect English language needs, and produce learning material and provide support for independent learning apart from designing, preparing and delivering course programs based on the set course outlines integrating all the macro language skills (speaking, listening, reading and writing) with incorporation of local content and cultural themes
b) English as a Second Language : The main job role includes, teaching locals who are visiting abroad for the first time with basic or advanced English language skills, cultural and communication etiquettes, and personality development
c) IELTS - English for International Opportunity : The main job role includes training and testing candidates who approach the institute looking specifically for IELTS coaching, and continuously monitoring and developing new content to keep the content at the cutting edge, fresh and in-sync with the changing requirements with assistance of the local resource persons

3. Girls and Women Empowerment Intern
Duties:
-utilize energies and resources to maximum impact in an organized way by conducting some issue based events and programs - work to improve the quality of life of adolescent girls by supporting and assisting efforts of other organizations and individuals to put in place focused and comprehensive strategies at regional and country level,

4. Childhood Care, Education & Development Intern
Duties:
- To complement other existing government and NGO projects on childcare in the area. In line with the expected activities of such institutions, the volunteer activities include awareness building in the community, personal attention and care to the children in the rural slums and those coming to the VIKAS centers everyday, assistance for record maintenance for each child, developing the motor skills of young children through educational activities, liesure time activities and games.

5. Old Age Welfare Intern
Duties:
- To further create and develop platforms, facilities and network for elder care in rural areas considering them as a needy lot as many people live a third of their lives postretirement. So living, rather than focusing on old age as a terminal stage, is the future of old age. Apart from dealing with the problems of frailty, sickness and loneliness, we want to tap the potential of the older population as an important social and economic resource. Thus, we want to create opportunities for productive aging through volunteerism, and social entrepreneurship.

6. AIDS & Rural Community Healthcare Intern
Duties:
-raise community awareness on challenges of HIV and AIDS -work with and for AIDS sufferers -form a work group of local health and education professionals; collaborate with this work group to develop standardized and culturally competent public health education curricula to implement within community and especially primary and secondary schools in the cluster of villages / slums; -develop implementation plan to utilize the curricula within the school and after / out of school time; -create an evaluation plan and evaluative tools to accompany the curricula to test beneficiaries' understanding of material and effectiveness of the activities included within the curricula

7. Communications (Development) and PR Intern
Duties :
-raise community awareness through website development, newsletters, brochures and other promotional materials; -assist in the preparation of grant proposals -drive communication efforts of the organization for professional tie ups with colleges and universities for co-certification of volunteers through experiential learning; -promote international education and internship amongst Indian and foreign youth

8. Environment Conservation, Waste Management, Organic Farming & Sustainable Agriculture Intern
Duties:
-promote awareness amongst rural inhabitants on the importance of environment and conservation -develop and implement waste management plans in partnership with the local community -promote use of eco-friendly old, used and recycled materials -participate in and promote organic farming and sustainable agriculture -develop and experience a unique partnership to bring together academia, industry and government all working together with the community toward environmental and biodiversity conservation goals in rural areas

9. Website Design and Online Database Management Intern
Duties: -
The database management intern will work with staff on improving and upgrading the databases as well as linking them to other systems. Interns will have the opportunity to design database solutions in response to program needs, as well as research and present other information technology tools.

10. E-Commerce and Internet Marketing Intern
Duties:
- Internet marketing are needed to help market rural products eCommerce web site that will help generate revenue for Self Help Groups through exporting. Tasks in marketing this site will include search engine optimization too

11. Cultural Education and Exchange Development Intern
Duties:
- work to promote and facilitate student and youth exchange (international for India, and for Indians abroad) for education, internship, volunteer work, adventure travels, cultural tours, conferences and events, etc
- develop tie ups and alliances with international organisations, institutions and universities
- help develop operations and resources for ICCCI - Institute of Cross-Cultural Communications in India

12. Social Entrepreneurship and Volunteer Action Intern
Duties:
- to promote the concept of social entrepreneurship as a sustainable solution to social and environmental issues among youths, and develop young social entrepreneurs through seminars, exhibitions, public forums, training programs, and global internship exchanges.
- promote volunteerism in community development and social work as a culture amongst the local population

13. Administration, Logistics and Office Management Intern
Duties:
- Working in financial accountability tasks such as preparation of invoices, financial planning and creating budgets; collaborate with the development of systematization of the documents and materials of the organization so that it reaches the users on time
- ensure the smooth inventory and asset records, logistical operations for various programs
- support international interns and volunteers living in the Intern House or with host family accommodation ensuring a positive experience for each intern / volunteer

14. Project Management Assistance Intern
Duties:
- Assist in Project Management / the Project Director with ongoing projects as well as with daily tasks. Take responsibility for certain activities when the Director is absent. Organise meetings and the agenda, take telephone calls and reply to emails, represent the Project Director in certain internal or external meetings; Coordinate the organisation of events (exhibitions, meetings, workshops) with local partners; Meet foreign partners in order to monitor the different stages of the project; Publicise the results of different actions on the website; Create a folder to collect together all the communication tools established for each project; Assist with the writing of a logistical plan for a project(s); Monitor the link between the activities carried out and the initial plans/budgets: Produce reports; Conduct research and evaluation activities on the project(s).

 

Incentives / Stipend

Free onsite accommodation, food & transport is provided with decent living conditions and facilities in a Intern House. The trainees usually prepare their own meals, though the mid-day meal of lunch may be served at the workplace / office.

Given the nature of our organisation and the work we do, we do not value big financial stipends to interns instead supports incentives worth enough to take care of an individual's daily living costs at the project site.

There are number of public and private facilities available for leisure and recreation in and around relatively well connected accommodations.

While at work interns/trainees get an opportunity to travel across India at very economical expenses. Certain trips may happen at the expense of the organization wherein they get an opportunity of tourism and travel alongside the work.

Application / Selection:

Interns, or Trainees, can come from almost any discipline, from any part of the world, though ideally s/he would come from a background which is of direct relevance to our work. EduCARE-India has hosted more than 100 international interns selectively from 20 nations since early 2005.

Interns work exclusively on dossiers under the supervision of the Chief Project Director. Traineeships at EduCARE India are based on a win-win partnership: on the one hand, we are very selective in recruiting the trainees, and we will ask from them a lot of thought and seriousness; but on the other hand, we commit ourselves to giving them a solid and complete traineeship and enriched experience.

Thus, at EduCARE India we look forward to people who are intellectually motivated, curious and committed to work in their chosen field of interest. An easy-going attitude is therefore indispensable.

The interns/trainees follow a set pattern of selection process and are offered well-rewarded internships.

1. Procedurally, we need an internship / volunteer work applicant to send us -

a) A resume / CV, along with contact details of two referees
b) A cover letter, detailing motivation, fields of work interest, and the intended duration (with start and finish dates) of internship.
c) An id proof e.g. scanned copy of the page(s) of national passport with id details.

2. On the basis of given details we short-list an application for consideration.

3. We follow it with an online text chat to evaluate further job-role compatibility and expectation settings. If the case is matched, we follow our documentation process as follows-

a) Send and receive back the internship agreement forms
b) Send a provisional letter of internship / volunteer work offer letter
c) Receive internship / volunteer work documentation & facilitation fee
d) Send an internship / volunteer work approval and confirmation letter
e) Send an invitation letter for visa
f) Pre-departure / arrival guidelines are sent on confirmation of visa and the flight details

For further details, visit our website – http://www.educare.in . You may also write to your internship exchange facilitator, or i.e.india / us at – hr@educare.in for queries. When writing to us, please do always send a cc at - educare.org.in@gmail.com including your CV and a short letter explaining your motivation, work areas of interest, expectations and the duration/dates of internship. Please mention clearly in your application letter about the source from where you learned of this opportunity with EduCARE-India