English Teacher

This Volunteer Placement is Located in: Santa Marta, Colombia

Start Date: July 2024

Placement Length: 6 months with the possibility of extension

Language Requirements: English Level 5-Fluent; Spanish Level 4-Advanced

Please submit a Spanish Resume and Statement of Interest

Eligibility: Open to Canadian Citizens and Permanent Residents of Canada only

The Volunteer’s Role

Do you enjoy sharing your skills so local organizations and participants can build more sustainable futures? Do you enjoy teaching and have strong English language skills? This opportunity is for you.

Our partner organizations, Guardabosques de la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and Fundación Kaby, located in rural Santa Marta, require support to strengthen their English skills and those of the people impacted by their projects. This will help them to enhance their marketing strategies, commercialization of local products and agrotourism processes that they are carrying out to improve the living conditions of the local communities.

Come and be part of this process

As a volunteer, you will:

Access the current English language level of staff. Design and implement an English language training program for participants and partner organizations, emphasizing marketing and local tourism. Integrate follow-up evaluations to measure partners' capacity building. Support in the translation process of visible content for marketing products, flyers, and websites.

Essential Requirements:

Degree or diploma in teaching, education, human and social sciences, pedagogy, or another related field.

Essential Background:

Experience in teaching, language practice, and development of training programs

What’s in it for YOU? A life-changing experience

About Us, the Project and the Partner

Cuso International

Cuso International is an international cooperation and development organization that works to create economic and social opportunities for marginalized groups. Together with our partners, we are focused on efforts to advance gender equality and social inclusion, improve economic resilience, and deliver progress on climate action. We believe that by sharing skills, we can build better futures. Founded in 1961, Cuso International works in Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada.

We seek individuals who share our values and are committed to supporting marginalized groups, including those from the LGBTQIA+ communities.

Project - Sharing Canadian Expertise for Inclusive Development and Gender Equality (SHARE)

Cuso International will deliver the Sharing Canadian Expertise for Inclusive Development and Gender Equality (SHARE) project, with a contribution from Global Affairs Canada (GAC) over seven years (2020-2027). SHARE aims to improve the economic and/or social well-being of the poorest, most marginalized and vulnerable people, particularly women and girls, in developing countries, to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals. In addition to increasing the engagement of Canadians in international development and key global issues, this project will aim to increase the performance of country partners to deliver more inclusive, innovative and environmentally sustainable development initiatives that advance gender equality, in support of the action areas of Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy.

Partner - Guardabosques de la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

Guardabosques de la Sierra is an association focused on giving value to its cocoa through quality and transformation into derivative products. Always attentive to the preservation of regional cocoa trees, immersed in reforestation processes under agroforestry models of cocoa, gender equity under the premise of highlighting the values of community, care, solidarity, common good, and protection of our associated ethnic communities recognizing the diversity of our territory.

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