Internship posting (fwd)

[Devin P Browne]

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Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 10:55:20 +0400 (MSD)
From: "Albert G. Decie" <decie at echo.krasnoyarsk.su>,
    From <decie at echo.krasnoyarsk.su>
To: isre at indiana.edu, ceres at guvax.acc.georgetown.edu,
    civilsoc at solar.rtd.utk.edu, dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu, bnolting at umich.edu,
    mreisch at students.wisc.edu
Cc: intlcareers at internetmci.com, kcoldren at puafmail.umd.edu, craig at hri.ca
Subject: Internship posting

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                Internship Opportunity in Siberia
   Academic Year 1997 - 1998 (Year or Semester Opportunities)
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Educated  Choices Heighten Opportunities, Inc. (ECHO) is  seeking candidates
for an internship position at its Center for Community Partnerships in
Krasnoyarsk, Russia. The suggested  period  for  this position  is  from
October 27, 1997, to June 26, 1998.   Specific starting and ending dates are
negotiable.  Internships may either be for an entire academic year or
for either the fall or spring semsters.

This  is a volunteer position.  Costs of non-housing living expenses and health
insurance are the responsibility of the intern.  ECHO will cover medivac
insurance and  housing expenses in Russia.  Travel expenses to and from
Krasnoyarsk are the responsibility of the intern with the possibility of
financial assistance by ECHO.

The  intern  will help carry out project activities  and  program development
as well as provide general  administrative  support.  Examples of specific
duties are contributing to the quarterly newsletter, preparation and support
work for seminars and trainings (especially an intensive year long training of
a democractic teachers corps in the Krasnoyarsk Krai), doing site visits in the
Krai for the intensive teacher training program, conducting ECHO's
pro-active civics seminars at local schools, monitoring the resource center,
orienting new users to the resource center, fielding public queries,  and some
miscellaneous administrative support work.

During the course of the internships, a candidate will be expected to work
20 - 30 hours a week.  Scheduling of these  hours  is flexible.

Candidate should possess strong a strong interest in Russia as well as strong
conversational skills in Russian.  Teaching experience would be a significant
plus.  Office  experience including work with Microsoft Windows is strongly
desired.  Successful applicants need to  be flexible self-starters with good
organizational skills and the ability  to work on several assignments at the
same time.  Candidates with a strong sense of social justice and experience in
social activism will be preferred.

Interested individuals should send a cover letter, resume and list of
references to:

                  William Chance, Managing Director
                             ECHO, Inc.
                          46 Main Street
                       Yarmouth, Maine  04096
                     Telephone: (207) 846-3076
                     Facsimile: (207) 846-6551
                    E-mail:  ECHOChance at aol.com

The  deadline for submission of expressions of interests is October 3, 1997.
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ECHO is a U.S. nonprofit organization with offices in Novosibirsk and
Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, and Yarmouth, Maine,  and  substantial contacts and/or
affiliated project offices in over a dozen  additional cities throughout
Siberia.  ECHO is dedicated to  supporting democratic and economic reform in
Siberia through  grassroots civil society development.  Over the past six
years, in response to  needs observed first-hand by ECHO's full-time staff in
Siberia, ECHO has provided support, including education, information
dissemination and access to the Internet, to individuals,  educational
institutions and non-governmental organizations, as  well as business and
government representatives.
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