If you’re looking for professional development, serve disadvantaged communities with us abroad while getting real-world experience, acquire marketable skills, and play a critical role in communities globally. Reconnect with "your why", while providing volunteer field experience, help with international program development, form new friendships, and serve those most in need.

Mission University works with individual donors, national and foreign governments, and other nonprofit, partner agencies to provide support for people wanting to help disadvantaged communities through the promotion of education. Through generous donations and global partnerships, our work ranges from providing scholarships to missionaries, support to schools and educators in impoverished areas, and working with communities to develop lasting education infrastructure through partnerships with associations and membership organizations, foundations, colleges and universities, partner educational nonprofit organizations, cultural institutions, churches and other religious organizations, and social service agencies.

POSITION TYPE:

Not-for-Profit Volunteer positions for working professionals; Reports to Program Administration

POSITION SUMMARY​:

As a volunteer, we'll work together to structure the time commitment and focus area to meet your personal and professional goals. This role will focus on helping to learn about and develop robust services aimed at strengthening the overall organizational effectiveness of the University and its partner institutions. The ideal volunteer will have been on a mission trip, or desires to go on one. This role will work collaboratively with Program Administration to learn as well as provide ideas with respect to client service, growth, and program development. He/she will be inquisitive, engaging, innovative, outgoing, and want to have fun.

Full training provided by MU staff through Zoom or comparable teleconference modality. Additionally, appropriate access provided to electronic systems where applicable.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and maintain strong relationships.
• Approach opportunity with enthusiasm.
• Mutually define focus areas / interest areas with the University's Administrative Team
• Promote MU to the public with compassion, professionalism, and integrity
• Serve by the core values of MU
• Collaborate effectively with other volunteers and staff

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Currently employed.
• A detail-oriented individual, with a desire to learn about nonprofit management, humanitarian missions.
• Fundraising, business development, and other focus areas.
• An innovative and thoughtful individual with an appreciation and understanding of the challenges facing not-for-profit and education sectors.
• Excellent listening, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Flexible, adaptable, works collaborative, and engages others.

Job Types: Contract, Volunteer

Salary: $500.00 per year (Stipend)

Independently provided travel costs required

COVID-19 considerations:

As required by airlines, related country, and nonprofit partners.

Work Location: Remote