Volunteer with VSA

Change your scene and become a VSA Volunteer and share your experience, knowledge, and skills to transform the lives of many. Work with our partner organisation to create a fair future for all. 
 
VSA will organise and fund, flights, visas, insurance, accommodation, living allowance and utilities while on assignment. 

Please note VSA Volunteers must be a NZ citizen or permanent resident. 

Volunteering with VSA 
 
Volunteer Service Abroad (VSA) is not your typical volunteering agency, we are committed to building sustainable communities across the Pacific. If you’re an experienced Mentor for Early Childhood Education professional, looking for an extraordinary overseas experience in the Pacific looking to build into your field of expertise – working collaboratively with UNICEF and ALOLA Foundation,
then read on, as we have an exciting opportunity in store for you!
 
Our Partner Organisation - UNICEF and ALOLA Foundation

Alola Foundation is a not-for-profit non-government organization operating in Timor-Leste to improve the lives of women and children. 
Founded in 2001 by Former First Lady, Ms Kirsty Sword Gusmao, the organization supports arrange of initiatives to improve maternal and child
health, create employment, promote human rights, strengthen community development, and improve the status of women.
The Foundation has previously worked to deliver preschool and primary school teacher training projects to address challenges with the Timorese education, including limited capacity and access to resources, large class sizes and teachers who have limited education themselves.
UNICEF is now working alongside the Alola Foundation to implement the Community Preschools Initiative. The initiative is supported through a partnership with the New Zealand Government, UNICEF New Zealand,
the Morgan Foundation and H&M Foundation.

The Assignment

This assignment is a partnership assignment between VSA, UNICEF and ALOLA Foundation. The primary goal of this assignment is to enhance the pre-school education program as a model for a government system that is complemented by a systematic approach to improve the knowledge and skills of families on positive parenting.

The Volunteer

Are you someone who wants to make a difference, have a sense of adventure and like the challenge of being outside your comfort zone?  VSA Volunteers are technical experts who impart their skills and knowledge to the local community. You will need to be flexible, adaptable, resourceful, resilient with a passion for Aotearoa and the wider Pacific community.

We're looking for a volunteer with the following:

• Tertiary qualification on early childhood education and/or solid. experience working in the area of early childhood education/pre-school education.
• Applied child centred play-based approaches in working with children.
• Strong facilitation skills.
• Experience in mentoring and in providing capacity development. support, including but not limited to training of teachers.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills.
• Excellent written and oral English.
• Openness to learn a new language, e.g. Tetun.
• Strong organizational and planning skills.

The Country

There are 1,225,000 people living in Timor-Leste (formerly known as East Timor). Timor-Leste is one of the world's newest nations and the newest in Southeast Asia with history of colonisation and occupation.  Timor-Leste became independent in 2002,

Apply Now!

Apply for this amazing opportunity through our website. For more information on this assignment, email volunteer@vsa.org.nz.

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We are looking for a volunteer with:

• Full time 12-month Volunteer opportunity based in Dili
• Flights, accommodation and living expenses funded by VSA
• Opportunity to make a lasting difference in Timor-Leste