For the last 5 years, Hands On Shanghai has provided a platform for Shanghai's young professionals to give back to the community through a range of issues (Children's Health, Elderly Care, Education, and the Environment), and in a manner that matches the busy schedules of those looking to give back to the community.

About the Capacity Program

For many NGOs though, while they are focused on the tasks at hand, the needs of the organization can easily be overlooked.

Many NGOs are short handed, developing things on the fly, poorly funded, and are in need of external support to help develop strong internal controls, build human capacity, create stable platforms, and develop their growth plans for the future A situation that only grows worse with time when left unaddressed, but with the right support, can become the foundation for the future.

Recognizing that building better communities takes organizations, and that many organizations would improve through the support of our HandsOn Shanghai has developed a new program to improve strategic planning capabilities and goal setting, build internal organizational structures, improve external communications strategy and mediums, improve budgeting and fundraising goals, most importantly it will work with organizations to make sure that they have the right people.. people who are capable of doing the right job, and are being invested in to ensure their contribution to the organizations is sustained..

... and we need your help!

To make this program possible, we are currently looking for between 30-40 volunteers to become the first class of our capacity development team. A team that will bring their education, experience, and passion to various areas of the organization in an effort to stabilize the current operations

Responsibilities of volunteers

• Over a period of 4-6 months, volunteers will be assigned to a single organization in a cross functional team format.
• Develop individual work plan / milestones and coordinate efforts with team (most work can be done remotely)
• Attend monthly planning meetings as a group (1 hour after work hours)
• Commit to completing the project

To ensure the best quality of service for our partners, we do have a few qualifications for those who are looking to join the team:

• 3-5 years of relevant work experience
• 2+ year of China based work experience
• Intermediate Chinese language skills preferred
• Able to commit to 6 month engagements

Current Programs (click programs to learn more and apply):

• Non-Profit Incubator Capacity Development Program
  
• Good to Shanghai Cool Website Development Project
• Xintu Marketing Communications Strategy and Website Development
• Xingeng Human Resources Strategy and Hiring Guidebook

If interested in learning more about HandsOn Shanghai, or our partners, please go to www.handsonshanghai.org

If interesting in signing up, email your CV to - teamworks (@) handsonshanghai.org - with a brief introduction to the issue you are most passionate about, and then attend the orientation session in January (details will follow receipt of your email).

Be the Change! Volunteer!

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