Eligibility

Before applying for Volunteer Corps, we suggest that you consider the following questions:

  • Do you have a set of professional skills in one or more of the following areas?
    • Organizational Development
    • Fundraising
    • Finance and Administration
    • Communications and Public Relations
    • Computer Technology
    • Small Business
    • Social Work
    • Health Care
    • Mental Health
    • Public Health and HIV/AIDS
    • Education (including ESL)
    • Law and Advocacy
    • Community Organizing
    • Administrative Support
  • Do you have several years of professional work experience?
  • Do you have experience training others?
  • Have you traveled or lived in a developing country?
  • Are you comfortable traveling by yourself and living on your own in a developing country?
  • Do you have experience working in a culture different from your own?
  • Are you comfortable working in an environment in which there is a high level of ambiguity and uncertainty?
  • Are you Jewish?

Qualified applicants should be able to answer "yes" to these questions.  Please contact us at volunteer@ajws.org or 212.792.2888 if you would like to discuss your eligibility.

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