Description

- Picking up and welcoming the new volunteers
- Give orientation
- Provide training
- Follow and enforce rules of the Refuge station
- Organize all volunteer shifts
- Organize and plan meals
- Plan the patrol schedules etc.
- Conduct Turtle research
- Monitor the hatchery and the hatchery schedules
- Organize weekly meetings
- Collect weekly reports Schedule is dependent on turtle season and number of volunteers available.
- 6 days a week, with 1 day off
- 6 to 8 hour shifts
- Send weekly feedback and news to head office in San Ramon, Costa Rica
- Maintain effective communication between head office and project sight

Highlights

As a Volunteer Coordinator you will only have one day off, therefore you won't have enough time to travel to further destinations. You may decide to take advantage of the local culture and spend time within the community over the weekend or explore nearby beaches and towns.

Beaches near project sight:
* Santa Teresa
* Mal Pais
* Montezuma

Qualifications

* Language: Intermediate Spanish and English. However, you can still join this project if your Spanish does not meet the requirements, by taking our Spanish language course.
* Calm and Efficient: Must be able to remain calm and efficient under pressure.
* Excellent Communication Skills: Must be able to communicate with people of all ages and backgrounds.
* Adaptability and Flexibility: Must be able to work in a new and different environment.
* Team Leader: Works wells in group settings, and can take direction and accept feedback.
* Hard Work Ethic: Must be willing to work 6 days a week.

Languages

• English
• Spanish

Cost in US$:

USD 765 for 2 weeks

Experience Required

no

Volunteer Types

• Office Work
• Organizational Development
• Volunteer Management

Age Range

Must Be 25 years or older.

This Program is open to

Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel

Independently

Application Process Involves

• Online Application plus Application Assessment

Typically The Application Process Time is

4-8 weeks

uVolunteer, Volunteer Travel Abroad's Mission Statement

To provide meaningful and affordable volunteering placements to our volunteers without sacrificing either service or quality; and the capacity to deliver this volunteer resource and funding directly to grass root projects, local non-governmental and public organizations in rural and urban communities in need worldwide.

Year Founded

2005