Job and volunteer posts for international NGOs in the midwest

DEPARTMENT/COUNTRY PROGRAM DESCRIPTION/MISSION
The
Development & Public Affairs department ambitiously advances the
work of the American Refugee Committee by actively engaging individual
donors, supporters, and corporate and foundation partners in a way that
is meaningful to them and promotes the American Refugee Committees work
with refugees worldwide.

The purpose of the organization is to
be transformative in the lives of the people it touches including all

DEPARTMENT/COUNTRY PROGRAM DESCRIPTION/MISSION
The
International Programs Department is committed to helping communities
that have been uprooted by conflict or natural disasters to take
control of their futures and rebuild and maintain healthy, prosperous
lives for themselves and their families. ARC takes a cross-sectoral,
integrated approach that fosters community and individual leadership
and local solutions.

PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE POSITION

The American Refugee Committee (ARC) has an immediate opening for a newly established position, Senior Vice President of International Programs, located in the Minneapolis office. The Senior Vice President will provide executive leadership to ARC’s international program functions and give direction to the formation of program goals, playing a key role in ensuring that financial and operational objectives are met.

The Midwest Coalition for Human Rights is a network of organizations collaborating to promote and protect human rights in our Midwest region, in the United States, and internationally. Working together we provide broader visibility for urgent human rights issues in the Heartland and project a strong Midwest advocacy voice in the national and international human rights debate. The Coalition was founded as a result of the serious human rights violations occuring in the United States and around the world.

Microfinance in Nicaragua
January 30 –February 6, 2010