The School of St Jude is a charity funded school that provides quality FREE education to approximately 1,500 primary and secondary children from the poorest communities in Arusha. St Jude’s has over 1000 visitors to the school each year, ranging from day visits, school and tour groups, families and corporations. Visitors are a vital part to the ongoing success of St Jude’s and marketing the school to sponsors and donors. The school seeks applications from enthusiastic and organised individuals for the Visitor Team.

Dedicated Tanzanians and International Volunteers make up the Visitor Team that plays a key role in St Jude’s success. Team members are enthusiastic, motivated and friendly individuals who are extremely organized, can think on their feet and outside the square, and are willing to work flexible hours. A love of people is a must! Previous travel experience in a developing country is highly desirable.

Working here offers huge personal rewards as The School of St Jude itself is challenging the children of Tanzania to be well educated and thus improve the future for them and their families. You will play a fundamental role in ensuring the longer term sustainability of The School of St Jude. A commitment of at least 12 months is expected.

LOCATION: Arusha, Tanzania

Key Responsibilities:

• Liaising with potential visitors via email prior to their arrival
• Drafting itineraries; organising activities and logistics and booking buses
• Greeting visitors and looking after all their needs and following the proposed itinerary during their stay
• Attend weekly meetings to discuss upcoming visitors and logistics
• Sales and recording of school merchandise
• Liaising with academic staff and office staff in the organisation of various activities

Skills/Attributes:

• An energetic and friendly attitude
• The ability be flexible, extremely patient, personable and easy going
• Possess the integrity, open-mindedness and adaptability necessary to live and work in a developing country
• Strong inter-personal and communication skills
• Highly organised with good computer skills
• Comfortable giving presentations to large groups of people

To be a successful St Jude’s volunteers, you will:

• Be flexible, open-minded, tolerant and appreciate the complexities of working in a rapidly growing charity in a developing country
• Have a passion for our mission and a strong desire to make a positive difference performing a variety of tasks; from the mundane to the fun and interesting!
• Work well independently and as part of a team of Tanzanian staff and international volunteers
• Have good emotional and physical health and the energy and drive to take on new challenges

Stipend:

International volunteers receive a small, monthly stipend, which is enough to live on but not enough to fund travel around Africa. For further information regarding volunteering at The School of St Jude please refer to General Information about working at St Jude's

If you are interested in joining our team then send your application to hradmin1@schoolofstjude.co.tz or schoolofstjude@habari.co.tz.
Applications should include:

• A letter of application
• A Curriculum Vitae