Youth Program Leader: Youth Ambassadors Program with Bolivia and Peru

World Learning is seeking a Program Leader for the Youth Ambassadors Program with Bolivia and Peru in fall 2024. Leaders will accompany and monitor Bolivian and Peruvian or high school participants for a two-week U.S. government-funded exchange program to the United States.

The overall goal of these programs is to provide a leadership exchange for Bolivian and Peruvian high school students and adult mentors. Funded by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, and the U.S. Embassy, these programs expose participants to cross-cultural understanding, leadership development and an awareness of civic responsibility during an exchange to the U.S. To learn more about the Youth Ambassadors programs, please visit our website.

Theme: Multiculturalism and Civic Engagement

Location: Students and adult mentors from Bolivia and Peru travel to Washington, D.C. for their orientation; spend time with host families Rochester, NY and Charlottesville, VA, and return to Washington, D.C. to finish their exchange.

Duration: October 10 - 26, 2024

Qualifications: Applicants must be return leaders who have led a World Learning Youth Program or Experiment program previously, preferably in summer 2024. Applicants who have not previously led a program with World Learning Youth Programs or The Experiment will not be considered. Applicants with background in Spanish language and regional culture are encouraged to apply.

Applicants must submit their resume no later than August 17th, 2024. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis and interviews conducted accordingly. Please note that there is only position available and the application process is competitive. However, we will be hiring for other Youth Programs throughout the year and are happy to keep your materials on file for the future.

World Learning seeks individuals who have demonstrated interest in youth development and experiential learning, and experience working with young people and leading short-term, high school exchange programs. Leaders maximize the wellbeing of participants in order to foster meaningful and memorable learning experiences. Leaders deliver educational content and are knowledgeable in the design and delivery of active, engaging workshops. Leaders also represent World Learning in U.S. domestic host communities, and at times overseas, and manage partner relationships with integrity and professionalism. Responsibilities

Candidates with an exceedingly high degree of motivation to work with youth and their adult mentors are encouraged to apply. These highly competitive and demanding positions require a significant amount of stamina, positivity, teamwork, flexibility, diplomacy, initiative, as well as extensive cross-cultural experience. Responsibilities of these multifaceted positions include teaching and facilitation, as well a great deal of behind-the-scenes support work. Responsibilities and tasks include the following:

Education and Facilitation

• Teach workshops on a wide range of topics including arts and leadership;
• Facilitate small-group discussions and dialogue groups;
• Co-lead teambuilding activities;
• Co-facilitate and participate in large-group simulations and role-plays;
• Speak with confidence and clarity in front of groups of 75 or more on a daily basis;
• Prepare workshops, simulations, and discussions in short amounts of time;
• Design new program components on the fly to accommodate participant interests;
• Facilitate "Leaders of the Day" groups.

Participant Life

• Pay close attention to participant needs, group dynamics, issues and problems;
• Monitor participant health needs, and facilitate medical attention if required;
• Nurture and foster the development of positive, supportive relationships among the participants;
• Live on campus, in the same dorms as participants during programming.
• Maintain positive, harmonious, and healthy living conditions;
• Gather participants into their own dorms 15 minutes before room check;
• Conduct room checks each evening;
• Ensure that all dorm and program rules are respected by all participants;
• Mediate and diffuse roommate and other participant disputes and tensions;
• Facilitate participants' timely arrival at activities;
• Travel on planes and buses with participants

Administrative

• Attend all program components as described in weekly staff schedules;
• Attend regular staff meetings;
• Do supply runs to the store at all hours of the day and night;
• Maintain timely and accurate petty cash accounting;
• Drive rental cars, and pick up participants and staff from the airport as needed;
• Take pictures and help manage photo storage, slideshows, etc.;
• Complete and submit a travel expense report;
• Complete and submit a program evaluation;
• Provide updates to program team while traveling in host community;
• Other duties, as assigned.

For more than 90 years, World Learning Inc. is a thriving global organization made up of The Experiment in International Living, the nation's most experienced provider of international education through exchanges for high school students; School for International Training, offering accredited undergraduate study abroad programs through SIT Study Abroad and internationally focused master's degrees through SIT Graduate Institute; and World Learning, a global development and exchange nonprofit organization.

World Learning has worked to create a more sustainable, peaceful, and just world. World Learning's education, development, and exchange programs help people find their voices, connect with their communities, strengthen the institutions that form the backbone of a democratic society, and build relationships across cultures. With World Learning's support, these emerging leaders tackle critical global issues like poverty, conflict, and inequality.

The Experiment in International Living is the nation's most experienced provider of international education through exchanges for high school students. For more than 90 years, The Experiment has empowered young people to step off the beaten path, experience the world as a classroom, immerse themselves fully in another culture, and build the knowledge and skills needed to confront critical global issues.

School for International Training (SIT) was founded in the early 1960s as a training center for the first Peace Corps volunteers. For nearly 60 years, SIT has prepared students to be effective changemakers and global citizens through experiential education focused on the world's most critical global issues. SIT Study Abroad offers accredited summer and semester undergraduate programs in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East, as well as comparative programs on multiple continents. SIT Graduate Institute offers global and hybrid certificates, master's, and doctoral degrees.

We are a globally diverse community of staff, faculty, board members, alumni, students, and participants who believe that inclusive and equitable practices are at the heart of a peaceful and just world. Each of us strives to honor diverse voices and lived experiences, examine our own biases and privileges, actively work to address inequities in our structures, and foster a community of open dialogue. We are committed to acting with accountability, transparency, reciprocity, authenticity, and empathy.

World Learning is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action/veterans/ADA employer, committed to increasing the diversity of its workforce.