Volunteers
Volunteers
If you are interested in a volunteer opportunity that will inspire you every day and if you are motivated to donate your time and expertise to help make a difference in the lives of those trapped poverty, volunteer with us!
In return for your time and commitment, you will:
- Learn new skills
- Build new relationships
- Explore Fair Trade and social justice
Volunteers must be 18 years of age or older. If you are interested, please email your completed application to career@hamrovillage.com
Overseas Product Designer - Volunteer in Nepal
Summary Description:
If you’ve got a keen eye for design, love working with textiles/felt, keep up with the trends, then we want to hear from you. We are hiring a trained and preferably experienced volunteer designer to work with our producers in Nepal.
Responsibilities:
- Knowledge of sewing/felting and production process
- Detail oriented, with eye for design and skill
- Excellent cross culture communication skill, with ability to teach, train, work and get along with others
- Ability to solve problems with planning, scheduling, and coordinating
- Self motivated and Flexibility
- Ability to absorb and apply constructive criticism
- Ability to use common sense approach
- Required to have your own laptops
Duties:
- Create prototypes and designs staying within current trends
- Select materials within budget and pricing of product
- Stay within the artisans skill level
- Perform quality assurance and control
- Train artisans to help streamline ongoing production process
- Coordinate the completion of tasks within time frame
- Plan and design packaging or tagging
- Stay in constant contact with Office in Canada
- Housing available
- CAD $150 stipend after first month
- Language/cultural support available
Qualifications and Skills:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Design, Fine Art Design, Textiles or a related field
To apply, please send a brief cover letter and resume that includes your dates of availability, education and why you want to volunteer in Nepal. Questions can be directed to career@hamrovillage.com.