Program Development Consultant

  Mexico

• Oaxaca: 
Oaxaca

Term: Throughout the year 
Dates: ongoing

Description:
Purpose: To improve the success of Puente's programs and trainings
Location: Oaxaca City, Mexico, and some surrounding villages
Time Commitment: Minimum three months, 25 hours per week
Level of Spanish needed: Advanced         
Level of English needed: Advanced

Responsibilities:
Initially, this consultant will spend time observing and learning about Puente's current programs and workshops. After some time, the consultant will meet with the staff to offer suggested changes and improvements to the current programs. The Puente directors will indicate which areas of programming they would like the consultant to develop. The consultant might also provide useful trainings to the Puente staff on ideas to improve their workshop facilitation skills.   In order to observe Puente's work firsthand and provide better feedback, this consultant will travel to rural communities often.

Highlights: The Health Promotor Assistant offers an opportunity to experience the promotion of amaranth, a grain native to Mexico, uniquely suited to face some of Southern Mexico's greatest health risks. Through the community visits, the volunteer experiences first-had the diversity of the Oaxacan countryside, as well as the impact of a grassroots public health approach.

Qualifications:
- Strong background in facilitating trainings
- Experience with non-profit organizations
- Experience providing workshops to marginalized people
- Ability to provide constructive feedback
- Knowledge of public health, a plus!

Salary / Pay: The consultant opportunities are unpaid; however, occasionally a small stipend might be included. Most consultant positions are designed for those with a graduate level education or people with at least two years of paid experience in a similar position.

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Mexico Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently Or in Groups

Application Process Involves:

• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Phone Interview
• Resume

Puente a la Salud Comunitaria's Mission Statement: Partnering with families, health workers, and farmers to promote the consumption and cultivation of the highly nutritious grain amaranth, Puente a la Salud Comunitaria is dedicated to the eradication of malnutrition and the improvement of health in rural Mexico.

Year Founded: 2003