Opportunities
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Our staff is a team of global change agents. Working with love for our children's future, we thrive on dialoguing with visionary women and youth across the planet and amplifying their ideas and networks.
Due to the large number of applicants, only candidates who are considered for interviews will be contacted. Thank you!Currently, we have the following job openings:
Global Editorial Outreach Director
Volunteer
Online Volunteers
World Pulse's community site, PulseWire, is an interactive website where women worldwide, including those using internet cafes in rural areas, can speak for ourselves to the world and collaborate to solve global problems.
PulseWire provides online tools that enable women and allies to support each other across borders by telling our stories, exchanging resources, sharing solutions and collaborating in groups.
World Pulse is looking for passionate and committed online volunteers to nurture and support community members on PulseWire. Activities include:
Welcome: Every new member is is friended within 48 hours of registration.
Engage: Be an active participant in the PulseWire community. Contribute to conversations, praise exceptional users and content, be "present" and accessible to users. Goal: every post has at least 2 comments within 48 hours.
Teach: Educate new users on community feature set. Recommend community connections to posters. Place prominent calls to action to participate. Recommend content to Online Community Manager to be spotlighted on the homepage, and encourage members to comment and discuss.
Time commitment: 5 hours per week for a minimum commitment of 3 months.
Sound interesting? Please visit our community site, www.pulsewire.net. If the opportunity to faciliate transformation and connection across the pages PulseWire capture your heart and imagination, please email your resume and letter of interest to jennifer@worldpulse.com
Volunteers
We are always interested in learning about individuals with valuable skills who are passionate about broadcasting the leading voices of women and youth globally.
World Pulse is seeking detail-oriented, organized, and dedicated volunteers as we prepare for the launch of our print magazine and our social networking site, PulseWire.net.
If you know that you have skills to offer as a gift to our organization and would like to be involved in the future, please provide the following information in an email to volunteer@worldpulse.com
1. Your complete name, phone, address, email, Skype or IM name, & best way to reach you. Please include a quick summary of your current availability / possible schedule for volunteering.
2. What are your top 3 skill areas where you think you can best support World Pulse as a volunteer?
3. Keeping in mind that the most likely categories for volunteer projects through 2008 will be related to:
• Data entry/administrative support
• Outreach efforts to grow our PulseWire.net community
• Editorial research
• Housekeeping, gardening, handy-woman tasks for our office
• Technical/web advising consulting
• Graphic design / video editing expertise
...please specify which opportunities interest you & a just sentence or two about why!
4. If you have one, please attach your latest resume or CV for our records.
All positions require 5 – 10 hours of work per week in our NE Portland office, although some jobs can be performed off site via Skype and email.
A commitment of 3 months minimum is required. These are unpaid positions, but arrangements can be made for school credit.
This is an incredible opportunity to get up close and hands-on with a global non-profit organization and an excellent experience for those interested in journalism, technology, social networking, non-profit management, and global issues through the eyes of women.
When appropriate opportunities arise, you will be notified. We have a wide variety of volunteer roles that we have available including:
Travel Editor
Arts Editors:
Books Curator
Music Curator
Film Curator
Photography Curator
Marketplace Curator
Global Gatherings Curator
Resource Exchange Curator
Volunteer Coordinator
Office Management Volunteer
Data Entry Volunteer
Copy editors/Proofreaders/Fact Checkers
Editorial Research Assistants (Media/Microfinance upcoming themes)
Graphic Design Assistance Volunteer
Video editing Assistance Volunteer
Data archiving (photo, video, etc.) Volunteer
Housekeeping + Handyperson Volunteer
Thanks so much for keeping us in mind. We appreciate your support and great intentions as we continue to transform the world for women worldwide!
Consultant Clusters
If you are a consultant in marketing, public relations, business development, facilitation, technology, etc, and are interested in joining one of our pro bono consultant clusters, please submit a letter of introduction and résumé, including references, to Ila Asplund.
Translator Bank
If you are interested in being added to our volunteer translator bank, please submit a letter of introduction and résumé including your language skills, to ila@worldpulse.com. Our translators help bring more vibrant voices to World Pulse and bring World Pulse to more vibrant communities.
Healing Bank
If you are interested in being added to our volunteer healing bank (massage therapist, acupuncturist, reiki, chiropractic, etc) please submit a letter of introduction and references to Ila Asplund. Our healers generously gift a healing session twice a year to traveling international change makers and World Pulse staff.
