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VSO Global Skillshare

Qualifying Criteria

Qualifying Criteria

Qualification criteria: professional experience

Randstad Education sponsorship is only available to candidates who hold a permanent position within a primary school in England and Wales.  The sponsorship is available to:

  • Qualified primary teachers with at least three years' experience
  • Qualified special needs teachers with at least two years' experience of working with children who have special educational needs.  In some placements it would be helpful to know Braille or sign language
  • Qualified education managers from a primary background with three to five years of senior or middle management experience.

Placement duration

Placements will be for a three-month period in Ghana.

Placement timing

Randstad Education sponsorship is only available to candidates applying through this initiative for education placements commencing 11th September 2011, 8th January 2012 and 7th May 2012.

Application deadline

The application process is in two stages, as detailed at http://www.vso.org.uk/volunteer/apply-now/eligibility/apply.asp.  The first stage must be completed by Monday 11th April 2011.

Process

All applications must be submitted through VSO's website at http://www.vso.org.uk/volunteer/apply-now. All applicants must select 'Randstad in the business partnership field and type 'Global Skills Share in the following field.

Terms and Conditions

All applications will be subject to VSO's standard assessment and selection process and will operate according to VSO's standard terms and conditions.

School involvement

Candidates must provide written consent from their schools agreeing to the individual undertaking a placement prior to attending the VSO assessment day.

availability

Applicants must be available to attend a VSO assessment day when invited.

Randstad Education sponsorship

Randstad Education sponsorship is available to three candidates and will involve Randstad Education providing supply cover to the candidates' schools free of charge for the full three months of the placement.

Follow current Global Skills Share volunteer Alison Helm's experiences in Ghana at http://alisonhelmcurwen.blogspot.com.

To read about our previous Global Skills Share volunteer Ian Funnel's experiences in Guyana, please visit http://guyanaeducationplacement.blogspot.com.

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