Some of you reading this blog may remember my story about the little boy at the garbage dump that I found that told me he couldn’t remember what his name was that his mother called him. He was an orphan and had been without parents for more than 7 years. He was at the dump that day because he often came there looking for food and to collect bottles to get some form of income (less than 25 cents a day).
As our truck pulled once more into the village (more…)
Update: The following job postings have been filled as of Feb 1 / 2008. However please feel free to continue to apply for future opportunities.
We have some exciting job position openings for dynamic young adults that love to make a difference and enjoy new challenges, experiences, and travel. We have immediate openings for Road Team Assistants and Road Team Manager(s) for our Canadian school tours. If you are interested in these opportunities or have questions, please contact Christal Earle at christal@absolute.org, or (905) 777 1662, or on Facebook:
Road Team Assistant
We have openings for Road Team Assistants for our Feb 1 to May 30 2008 Canadian school tours. Here is a brief description of the position:
- Qualifications:
- Good Public Skills: willingness to share your story and speak in front of crowds
- Team Work and Interpersonal Skills: able to work well as part of a team and interact maturely with other team members
- Compensation:
- In addition to a small stipend salary, we will provide free housing while local and cover all travel costs while touring.
Road Team Manager
We have a job position open for an individual (or possibly married couple) to lead one of our road teams that performs motivational presentations in schools across Canada. Here is a description of what we are looking for in this position.
- Personal Skills
- Ability to think and learn independently
- Major adaptability and desire to learn and enjoy new situations and challenges
- Have a philanthropic world-view instead of self-centered world-view (desire to use your life and sacrifice to help others less fortunate)
- Good sense of humour
- Desire to travel
- Strong and mature interpersonal skills
- Ability to genuinely care and listen
- Make people feel significant
- Very positive thinking and speaking. Negativity from leaders will destroy team morale.
- Dynamic public skills
- Comfortable in front of large crowds
- Ability to speak with passion and conviction, and tell an engaging story
- Ability to “cast vision” and promote and represent Absolute’s vision effectively
- Team Leading Skills
- Take responsibility and assertively (not aggressively) take charge in tough situations.
- Ability to resolve conflict and remain objective and rational
- Technical Skills
- Basic knowledge of Audio and Visual Equipment is helpful
- Problem solving skills
- Above average computer skills an asset
- Experience
- Have previous experience in a leadership position, team management and public communication.
