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    Africa and Middle East Project Coordinator 10/1/08

    As featured on CNN, United Planet (UP) is a leading international, educational, humanitarian, and peace-building, non-profit organization based in Boston, USA. United Planet is a highly innovative and entrepreneurial non-profit organization devoted to fostering cross-cultural understanding and friendship and supporting communities in need worldwide. United Planet is looking for a Project Coordinator Volunteer to join our international team for a six-month period starting October. You will administer and develop our current international volunteer projects in Africa and the Middle East. Job Responsibilities: • Communicate with Country Coordinators in Africa and the Middle East • Communicate with volunteers and assist in their international experience preparation • Assist in strategy development • Give oral presentations regarding projects • Promote the programs to potential volunteers • Work together with the Marketing & PR team to raise awareness for our activities • Assist in updating website information regarding related projects Qualifications: • Flue nt English skills • Strong written & verbal skills • Creative, innovative, & efficient • MS office knowledge • International experience required This is not your ordinary volunteer position! You will play an integral role in the running of the organization while gaining experience and skills that you would not otherwise find in another opportunity! “My United Planet volunteer position offered me career-building opportunities that I would not have had anywhere else.” - Sander van Linden, Accounting & Finance Volunteer 2007, from Holland

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    Full Time

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    Massachusetts

    10/1/2008


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    United Planet

    United Planet is an international non-profit public educational charity with 501(c) 3 status, open to the citizens of every country on Earth. The mission of United Planet is to foster cross-cultural understanding and friendship, support communities in need, and promote social & economic prosperity among cultures in order to unite the world in a community beyond borders. As featured on CNN, United Planet undertakes a diverse and creative range of educational, humanitarian, and peace-building initiatives. UP's innovative initiatives are designed to expose our common human bonds and foster respect and appreciation for our cultural, racial, and religious diversity, while improving and enriching lives worldwide. People of all ages, backgrounds, and nationalities are invited to join United Planet's membership in “a community beyond borders.” We believe that as the global community starts sharing and caring through UP's innovative programs, we will begin to discover, understand, and appreciate each other's culture, heritage, and daily life and struggles on a deeper and more personal level.

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