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Road-trips for Social Change www.grassroutes.in
Wanted: Some awesome young folks to help run Grassroutes
About Grassroutes
Grassroutes is a Fellowship Program which funds youth to go on road-trips for social change. Travelingacross India, meeting change-makers, working with social ventures, learning developmental issues, livingon less than $1 a day, these youth return with stories of social change; and the program enables them touse these stories to drive campaigns and become change agents themselves.An initiative of a non-profit for-impact society Youth Factor, Grassroutes aims to be a novel socialventure driving youth to social action in India. The Grassroutes mantra is
to use travel as a means toenable youth to be change agents
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Why should you join us?
 
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We're young, with an average team age at 23 years
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We're small, so you'll get to have a huge impact on who we are, and what we do
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We have a great set of advisors, mentors and partner organizations to learn from
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You will work on projects that are designed to break the 'boring' mold on social change
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As part of our team, you will be your own boss, taking ideas from concept to launch andbeyond
Where? When?
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For the part-time and full-time positions we prefer if you are in Bengaluru. For part-timepositions you can work on while comfortably sitting on your favorite couch at home. Thepositions start as soon as we find you.
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All positions are for a 1-month period, unless stated otherwise. After the 1 month, if we share alot of love in between us, we will beg you to take up a permanent part-time position in the team
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If your profile (skill sets and experience) makes our jaw drop, we might consider giving you apermanent position in the team without having to go through an internship phase
 
 
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Road-trips for Social Change www.grassroutes.in
Who should apply?
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If you are one of those young crazyentrepreneurial ones with a gleam in your eyes which says 'I can change the world', this is the place for you. This is where we call you a genius.
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Superhuman organizational skills and a self-starter attitude is a must. (It's ok if you don't know afew things, but you must be a quick learner). Preference given to those who are articulate, haveoutstanding people skills and a craving to redefine how youth perceive social change.
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You should also satisfy the specific requirements for each of the positions.
How to Apply?
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Read through the job descriptions carefully2.
 
Write us a note and tell us why you're the one. The more you tell us about yourself, the better.We want to know what makes you awesome.3.
 
Attach a resume. Hold on there! Delete everything in your resume which is not relevant to thepost that you are applying for, and then attach a resume. We would like it better if it is alittle creative.  4.
 
E-mail both the note and the resume to  jobs@grassroutes.in. Do it soon. We will be eager to get in touch with you.
Positions
Program Manager (Full time position)
 Responsibilities
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Work on planning and smooth implementation of fellowship program
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Ambassador for Grassroutes at different conferences and forumsRequirements
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Proactive in thought and a go-getter in action
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Prior experience in development sector is a plus
 
 
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Road-trips for Social Change www.grassroutes.in
Campus Outreach Intern
Responsibilities
 
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Establish relations with groups/organizations/clubs in campuses
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Identify and pursue synergistic opportunities through campus collaborations
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In-charge of identifying and following up with campus champions of Grassroutes
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Identify colleges, conferences and other platforms where Grassroutes or Fellows can talk abouttheir storyRequirements
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Prior experience in handling correspondence/outreach for college fests/events is a plus.
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Proven high-impact networking skills are a plus.
Design/Branding Consultant
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Provide web design support
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Design posters, banners and other marketing materials for both print and online media.
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In-charge of all print design needed for brochures, reports, letterheads, business cards.
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Support creative packaging of stories, for use in conferences and talksRequirements
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A (stunning) online portfolio
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Good knowledge of HTML, Wordpress, Widgets
Online Community Manager Intern/Consultant
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Curate the blog/Facebook/Twitter/Vimeo accounts
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Communicate and converse with the community
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Organize meetups/tweetups.Requirements
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Understand @ jowyang's 4 Tenets of a community manager 
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Go through the We are Mediaproject: to help non-profits use social media.
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Active blogger/twitterer.
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Prior experience in online community management is a huge plus.
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Prior experience in organizing tweetups / barcamps is a plus.
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