Raleigh, an education charity relies on teams of experienced volunteer managers in project and field based roles to help run community, environment and adventure expeditions for young people (venturers) aged 17-24 from all walks of life. We currently run expeditions in Borneo, Costa Rica & Nicaragua and India.

We are urgently looking for Administrators for our expeditions in Borneo and India departing in early 2010. Please get in touch if you are interested in applying or have any questions.

Requirements
Aged 25 to 80, common sense, flexibility, drive, teamworking and some roles require specialist skills.

The responsibilities
• Setting up an office system with the country programme manager or deputy programme manager
• Allocating venturers to project groups, ensuring a good mix of backgrounds, sex, ages
• Helping with the organisation of the induction period
• Helping out with any press/PR events
• Co-ordinating a postal system for post to and from field base and all project sites
• Arranging all flight changes for expedition members, both venturers and volunteer managers, dealing with visa extensions
• Dealing with emails received from head office
• Getting to know venturers on a personal level and dealing with problems they have
• Sharing daily duties and giving full secretarial or administrative support to the expedition, e.g. dealing with confidential documents
• Assisting with administration support, collating and analysing statistics as required by the Raleigh in-country staff

The skills
• Able to work on own initiative and be exceptionally well organised
• A good knowledge of Microsoft packages (e.g. Word and Excel)
• Be a real team player and do whatever needs to done to ensure the success of the expedition
• Willingness to be flexible and put the needs of the expedition and the venturers first

The benefits:
• You’ll be making a genuine difference to host communities and environments - with a permanent field base in each country our staff are able to build long-term relationships with project partners to ensure the projects are worthwhile and sustainable.
• You get to explore off-the-beaten track because Raleigh gets into areas other tourists don’t have access to.
• You gain satisfaction from helping venturers on their way to being the best they can be, developing your own confidence and learning many new skills along the way.
• Raleigh welcomes people from all backgrounds and nationalities, including the host country, so you’ll experience a unique exchange of cultures and make long-lasting friendships.

One thing is certain - there is no such thing as a typical day on a Raleigh expedition!

Please note that all volunteer managers will be asked to pay/fundraise a certain amount to take part on an expedition. Please see our website for further details: http://raleighinternational.org/our-expeditions/aged-25-and-over

If you would like to come to one of our open events please visit the website to sign up: http://raleighinternational.org/open-event

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