Summer Community Service Trip Leader

  British Virgin Islands

  Costa Rica

  Dominica

  Dominican Republic

Santo Domingo

  Ecuador

  Guadeloupe

  Nicaragua

  Peru

• All Other Areas in Peru: 
Sacred Valley of the Incas

  United States

Mississippi

  Vietnam

Length of Position: 6 - 10 Weeks
Dates: June - August

Description: Locations: North/Central/South America, Caribbean, Asia
(Montana, Alaska, Mississippi, Dominican Republic, BVI, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Peru, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Vietnam)

Duties/Responsibilities: Visions offers co-ed summer programs for teenagers that blend ambitious community service work, inter-cultural living and learning, and outdoor adventure. Programs operate in impoverished communities in Alaska, Montana, Mississippi Gulf Coast, Dominican Republic, British Virgin Islands, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Peru, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Ecuador/Galapagos Islands, and Vietnam.

Co-ed groups of 16 - 25 teenagers and 4 - 6 staff live and work together in the heart of a community.

If you join Visions, you are committing to a work attitude that is fundamentally cooperative, positive, safety-conscious, and community spirited. Your role within this model is to mentor teens and help supervise project sites, recreational activities, cross-cultural experiences and daily living in a safe, challenging program environment as part of a staff team.

Employment Dates: Employment begins mid-June and varies in length from 6-10 weeks.

Qualifications: You must be at least 23 years of age, have experience leading and/or teaching teenagers, and an interest in cross-cultural living and learning. A genuine team player mindset is a requisite. A minimum of Standard First Aid, CPR, and Water Safety is required with WFA and/or WEMT at some sites. Advanced wilderness safety certifications, carpentry or masonry skills, and experience living in different cultures are pluses. French fluency is required for Guadeloupe, Spanish fluency is required for Dominican Republic, Peru, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica.

Minimum Education: Bachelors

Salary / Pay: Starting at USD 275/wk + room, board, travel expenses to/from program site from our headquarter location.

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel in Groups

Typically Participants Work in Groups of 5

Application Process Involves:

• Letters of Reference
• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Phone Interview
• Resume
• Written Application

Post-Program Services Include:

• Alumni Network

Visions Service Adventures's Mission Statement: VISIONS offers teenagers opportunities for ambitious service work and cross-cultural immersion in the United States and abroad. We work with and for intercultural communities that lack financial and other development resources. Through service, authentic experience, and active exploration, we encourage new perspectives and dynamic learning.

Year Founded: 1989