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July 13, 2005

Funding Opp: Peace Child International

Received this email from Taking IT Global. Please feel free to pass it along.
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Dear TIG Member:

We wanted to pass along this opportunity for you to apply for funding for an idea or project you might have:

Peace Child International, the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) and Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland are working together to set up an international fund to support 40-50 youth-led development projects costing $500 - $1,000 designed chiefly to benefit the most disadvantaged in society.

This fund will be distributed at the World Youth Congress event in Stirling, Scotland on Saturday 6th August – assuming that there are enough projects of sufficient quality submitted from developing countries or emerging economies.

So if you have a well-thought-out, well-researched small project that you have always wanted to do, please visit this link:

http://surveys.takingitglobal.org/survey.html?SurveyID=32

Fill out the application form online and submit it by July 29th – sooner if possible. And, if possible. send a digital photograph of the location of your project so that we can see immediately what it is that you want to do. (see instructions on web page)

We look forward to receiving your project ideas.

Sincerely,

TakingITGlobal, on behalf of:

David R. Woollcombe
Founder, Peace Child International
For any questions about this fund, please contact: david@peacechild.org

Posted by Jason at 11:23 AM

July 8, 2005

Employment Opportunity: Earth Force

I've been a little bogged down with a website I'm working on. In the mean time, here's an opportunity for someone.

Program Manager
Earth Force

Background: Earth Force is a national nonprofit organization that engages young people as active citizens who improve the environment and their communities now and in the future.

The Opportunity: To support partner organizations, corporations and educators who are implementing watershed monitoring and protection projects, and incorporating environmental education and civic engagement into the classroom. The GREEN Program Manager builds partnerships among students, teachers, local environmental organizations, government agencies and corporations. This position will work on model programs to encourage additional districts to adopt civic education practices that prompt students to address community problems. This position is based in or around Ann Arbor, MI.

The Position: This employee is responsible for creating and sustaining public-private partnerships to engage youth in protecting watersheds. Specifically, this position will create and support partnerships among educators, local environmental organizations, volunteers from corporate sponsors and community stakeholders to engage young people in watershed research-to-action projects.
Specific duties include:
∑ Sustaining community-corporate partnerships for supporting and funding local schools in watershed research-to-action projects. Position involves locally-based trainings of watershed organizations, educators, school district officials and corporate employees who serve as mentors in the classroom and field. Ongoing support is provided by facilitating communication among Earth Force, corporate mentors, educators and watershed partner organizations.
∑ Supporting civics-based watershed education programs in communities to engage students in creating lasting solutions to environmental problems in their local watershed. This employee will work with teachers from social studies, science and language arts at multiple schools at one time. Ongoing support can include: classroom presentations, teacher meetings, resource development, equipment ordering, evaluation, end-of-year student summits, and community and media outreach.
∑ Building a national network and coalition through regional meetings, training workshops and presentations about watershed assessment, service-learning, youth voice and community partnerships.

The Ideal Candidate: The ideal candidate will be a creative problem solver who is equally comfortable working with corporate partners, educators and nonprofit managers and has a proven track record of success. The candidate should have 2-3 years of experience working in the environmental nonprofit field and have a background in watershed assessment or water quality monitoring, as well as some experience working with educators.

Candidates must be able to regularly travel to locations around Michigan and to national conferences and meetings several times a year. Earth Force is looking for innovative thinkers who are committed to engaging young people and educators in the process of community decision making around environmental issues.

Closing Date: Until filled
Salary: Commensurate with experience; competitive benefits package
To Apply: Send resume and cover letter to Alyssa Hawkins, Director of GREEN, 1908 Mt. Vernon Ave., 2nd Floor, Alexandria, VA 22301, jobs@earthforce.org

Posted by Jason at 11:16 AM