Center for Civil Society International ([email protected])
Fri, 12 Sep 1997 09:37:04 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: Internship in Krasnoyarsk
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Internship Opportunity in Siberia
Academic Year 1997 - 1998 (Year or Semester Opportunities)
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Educated Choices Heighten Opportunities, Inc. (ECHO) is seeking candidates
for an internship position at its Center for Community Partnerships in
Krasnoyarsk, Russia. The suggested period for this position is from
October 27, 1997, to June 26, 1998. Specific starting and ending dates are
negotiable. Internships may either be for an entire academic year or
for either the fall or spring semsters.
This is a volunteer position. Costs of non-housing living expenses and
health insurance are the responsibility of the intern. ECHO will cover
medivac insurance and housing expenses in Russia. Travel expenses to and
from Krasnoyarsk are the responsibility of the intern with the possibility
of financial assistance by ECHO.
The intern will help carry out project activities and program development
as well as provide general administrative support. Examples of specific
duties are contributing to the quarterly newsletter, preparation and
support work for seminars and trainings (especially an intensive year long
training of a democractic teachers corps in the Krasnoyarsk Krai), doing
site visits in the Krai for the intensive teacher training program,
conducting ECHO's pro-active civics seminars at local schools, monitoring
the resource center, orienting new users to the resource center, fielding
public queries, and some miscellaneous administrative support work.
During the course of the internships, a candidate will be expected to work
20 - 30 hours a week. Scheduling of these hours is flexible.
Candidate should possess strong a strong interest in Russia as well as
strong conversational skills in Russian. Teaching experience would be a
significant plus. Office experience including work with Microsoft Windows
is strongly desired. Successful applicants need to be flexible
self-starters with good organizational skills and the ability to work on
several assignments at the same time. Candidates with a strong sense of
social justice and experience in social activism will be preferred.
Interested individuals should send a cover letter, resume and list of
references to:
William Chance, Managing Director
ECHO, Inc.
46 Main Street
Yarmouth, Maine 04096
Telephone: (207) 846-3076
Facsimile: (207) 846-6551
E-mail: [email protected]
The deadline for submission of expressions of interests is October 3, 1997.
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ECHO is a U.S. nonprofit organization with offices in Novosibirsk and
Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, and Yarmouth, Maine, and substantial contacts and/or
affiliated project offices in over a dozen additional cities throughout
Siberia. ECHO is dedicated to supporting democratic and economic reform in
Siberia through grassroots civil society development. Over the past six
years, in response to needs observed first-hand by ECHO's full-time staff in
Siberia, ECHO has provided support, including education, information
dissemination and access to the Internet, to individuals, educational
institutions and non-governmental organizations, as well as business and
government representatives.
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