Love kids? Love Second Life? Here’s the job for you!

Cool dude Barry Joseph (aka "Globalkids Bixby" in SL) at Global Kids sends along a job opening at the  Online Leadership Program of this innovative New York-based youth organization.  They are looking for a program associate to help develop and run workshops for teens in person and in the virtual Teen Grid of Second Life.  The OLP "works with young people
to develop web-based dialogues and socially-conscious games that inspire youth
worldwide to learn and take action about global and public affairs."

So if you are tech-savvy, love working with teens, and either live or are willing to relocate to the New York area, this might be the job for you.  The full description after the jump.

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Online Leadership
Program Associate

Global Kids, Inc., a New
York City based non-profit organization dedicated to transforming urban youth
into successful students and global and community leaders, is seeking to fill a
staff position as Online Leadership Program Associate. The position is in
person, in New York City, and would primarily entail the co-development of two
programs based in and around the virtual world of Teen Second Life.

The
Online Leadership Program Associate will join GK’s Online Leadership Program
(OLP) in New York City to develop and run workshops for teens both in person and
in the virtual world of Teen Second Life (TSL). The OLP works with young people
to develop web-based dialogues and socially-conscious games that inspire youth
worldwide to learn and take action about global and public affairs. GK’s work in
TSL is on the cutting-edge of developing best practices in applying global youth
development practices in virtual worlds.

Now in its seventh year, the OLP
is expanding its role within the TSL virtual world. In the past year GK has run
an essay contest and a summer camp in TSL. The summer camp, for example,
educated the teens about important global issues, led them to pick one about
which they could learn more (child sex trafficking), and supported them to
develop an educational interactive experience to inspired their peers to take
action. The Online Leadership Program Associate will adapt existing
experiential, interactive workshops for use in the virtual world, co-facilitate
the workshops for online teens, assist the youth to develop an action plan,
document best practices, manage Global Kids islands, and more. Global Kids will
be launching three different projects involved with Second Life – one around
games, one around machinima, and one around leadership development – and the new
OLP Associate will be involved with all three.

The ideal candidate is
tech-savvy, resourceful, creative, and a team-player who possess the following
capabilities and experiences:

• College degree
  with experience in youth development.
• A passion for
  working with digital media as a vehicle for education.
• Experience developing curriculum and interactive
  workshops.
• Experience working with low-income
  youth of color and online youth.
• Ability to
  self-teach the skills required to use the virtual world of Second
  Life.

In addition, we prefer a candidate with:

• Familiarity with foreign policy issues.
• Experience developing and running online projects.
• The ability to take initiative.
• Strong communication, writing, organizational, and computer
  skills.
• A short learning curve around new
  digital and Internet tools and applications.
• Proficiency
  with Macintosh computers.
• Accessibility
  to downtown Manhattan.
• Ability to
  work within a fast-paced, distracting environment.
• A fast typer
  and an efficient mutitasker.

More information about Global Kids work in
Second Life can be found at: olp.globalkids.org

The position starts in
September. Application deadline: September
22nd.

Salary/Benefits

Commensurate with experience. We are
actively seeking candidates of diverse backgrounds and experiences.

To
Apply

Interested candidates should apply via email and email alone. Email
resume, cover letter, three references (optional), a writing sample (optional),
and salary history/requirements (optional) to sltrainer@globalkids.org (either
as a zipped or stuffed file). We encourage applicants to address in their cover
letter background and experience in relationship to: youth work, digital media,
curriculum development, and management skills. In addition, please let us know
where you learned of the position.

Due to the high
number of expected applications, we are unable to accept any inquiries. Please
do not email or phone to inquire about the status of your application. Feel free
to resubmit if you feel an email error has occurred.

Global Kids, Inc. is
an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to a policy of equal treatment
and opportunity and do not discriminate against employees or applicants for
employment on the basis of race, sex, color, national origin, religion, age,
citizenship, mental or physical handicap or disability, marital status, sexual
orientation, pregnancy, military or veteran status or any other characteristic
protected by law. We continue to support and promote equal employment
opportunity, human dignity, and racial, ethnic, and cultural
diversity.