Job Opening - Team Development Specialist
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AFS USA is currently seeking applications for 6 full-time staff Team Development Specialist positions. Team Development Specialists will be responsible for launching the Team Development pilot project in his or her assigned team or cluster of smaller teams. To learn more about this pilot project please refer to the wiki news posting from January 3, 2010 entitled "Exciting Team Development Pilot Project to Launch". We would like those individuals selected for these positions to be available to begin work in early February.
To apply for this position, please use this link: https://home.eease.com/recruit/?id=548960 to review the job description and upload a cover letter and resume by the end of the day on Monday, January 17, 2011. When uploading your cover letter and resume, please cut and paste all content into one file as our on-line application system only accepts on file upload per applicant.
Your cover letter should address the following questions:
- Why are you interested in this position? How do your skills and experience make you well suited for this position? What additional training do you believe you would most benefit from if chosen for this position?
- Once in this position, what are some of the key activities/actions you believe you would need to undertake in the first few months?
- In your experience what are some key elements to successful volunteer and team development? How will you incorporate these into your work?
- What are some of the challenges you believe the Team Development Specialist might face and what ideas do you have for overcoming them?
- What key indicators do you believe should be used to best assess the success of this pilot in a given team or cluster of chapters?
Please be aware that the list of teams and/or clusters of smaller teams that will participate in this pilot has not yet been finalized. If selected for this staff position you may or may not be assigned to the team for which you currently volunteer.
