Local Coordinator With YFU

Make a Global Impact Right in Your Community with Youth for Understanding (YFU)!

Are you passionate about connecting young people to the world?!

Youth For Understanding is looking for enthusiastic Local Coordinators to help lead youth exchange programs. You'll work with local schools and communities to create a memorable international experience for students—bringing the world closer together!

Local Coordinators (LCs) promote Youth For Understanding USA’s (YFU USA) mission of advancing intercultural understanding, life-long learning, global competencies, mutual respect, and social responsibility through transformational educational exchanges for generations of youth, families, and communities.

What you’ll do:

• Recruit host families from within their communities (or up to 100 miles away per YFU USA best practice standards)
• Coordinate exchange students’ activities and experiences locally
• Supporting those exchange students and families during the exchange year by ensuring orientation attendance, monthly contact reports, SEE visits, and other benchmarks
• Build relationships with schools, communities, and cultural organizations
• Organize events and outings that showcase local culture
• Offer guidance and encouragement to students adjusting to a new environment and being a mediator using conflict resolution skills

What makes you a perfect fit:

• Passion for international exchange (did you study abroad or host an international student?)
• Recruitment & Marketing Ability
• Community Engagement
• Strong communication skills
• Compliance & Detail-Oriented
• Organizational & Problem-Solving Skills

Find out more information by visiting: https://yfuusa.org/become-a-coordinator/

Apply directly at: https://form.jotform.com/220595648962166

If you’ve got a global spirit and love making connections all over, we’d love to have you on our team!

Pay: $1,050.00 - $20,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule
• Referral program

Work Location: Remote

Salary : $1,050 - $20,000