Jobs/Roles in ECE Community: International Level

This week I am looking at jobs with organizations in the early childhood field from an international perspective. In this blog, I will share the organizations that I find interesting, current positions with the organizations and reasons why each of them was chosen.

1. Organization: International Youth Foundation
     Website: http://iyfnet.org
     Position: Program Manager-Employability (MENA Region)
     Requirements: Masters of Education with experience in working with youth, ability to travel,
         excellent computer skills with Microsoft products.
     Significance: I chose this organization because it works with children and trains them with job
     skills that they can use in the future. It is important to me because it gives youth skills to earn
      money the right way and builds confidence while learning a trade.

2.  Organization: Plan International USA
      Website: http://www.planusa.org
       Position: Program Associate/Health
       Requirements: Good communication, in depth knowledge of spread sheets, power point
         presentations, word processing and experience in Spanish.
      Significance: I chose this organization because it focuses on developing health programs around
         the world which is very important because there are limited resources in many parts of the
         world for children and families. This is a dream job for me because it will provide the
         opportunity to travel to remote parts of the world to help communities establish and learn about
         good health.

3.  Organization: World Food Programme
     Website: http://www.wfp.org
      Position: Junior Professional Officer
      Requirements: none were listed only an application
      Significance: I chose this organization because it focuses on creating food programs around the
         world for children and families because poverty and lack of food are common in many parts of
         the world.

Each organization that was chosen taps into an interests of mine: working with youth, promoting good health and working on eliminating poverty which are all common issues that families with children face daily.  I believe that each of these positions would ideally be a dream job because it would allow me to travel and network with individuals in the field on an international level.