SCOPE’s Sustainable Development Volunteer/ Internship Programme (SSDVIP)

Dear Madam/ Sir

You have contacted us via our website (www.scope.org.pk ) sometime ago and you showed your interest to work with Society for Conservation and Protection of Environment (SCOPE). SCOPE is an NGO functional since 1988 and mostly works on sustainable natural resources management (NRM), combating desertification, clean drinking water and environmental law. SCOPE has a consultative status with the United Nations and member of many international networks.

We are pleased to invite you to get register with our “SCOPE’s Sustainable Development Volunteer/ Internship Programme (SSDVIP)”. Salient features, terms and conditions of SSDVIP are as follows;

1-  SSDVP is meant to allow fresh graduates, under study students, environmental activists, environmental enthusiasts, experts and all those educated and experienced persons who want to contribute to sustainable development and to be associated with SCOPE. SSDVIP offers experience/ intern certificate, which will be useful in career development of the internee/ volunteer.

2-  SSDVIP is a fixed term NON PAID position. On receipt of application, SCOPE will provide a list of desired area of work according to SCOPE’s field of interest and will ask SSDIVP to choose priority area/s of work. Then SCOPE will assign work with terms of reference (TORs). On successful completion of assignment SCOPE will award a certificate to volunteer, mentioning his/her assignment and level of satisfaction (grade A, B, C, D)

3-  SSDVIP is designed as a flexible programme for which you don’t need to necessarily attend our office (until required by your supervisor considering your location and availability). So we urge you to select the subjects on which you can work in distance with e-mail based communication

4-  SSDVIP assignments are mostly internet based research and writing, requirements in term of time are from 3 months to 3 years.

5-  On successful completion of assignment with full satisfaction of your supervisor, your will be invited to take employment on our running projects, depending upon existence of job position

6-  There is a flexible criteria of selection, you should be committed to work on environment and sustainable development issues, you are willing to work with LEAST supervision, you want to develop your career in environment and development, you are very good in English writing, you can work on word and excel computer programmes, you can communicate via e-mail, internet etc.

7-  As stated SSDVIP is non paid programme, however, very rarely, if some assignment requires finance requirements, SCOPE itself will offer a minimum amount (only for purchasing equipment, material etc. required for the assignment, however no salaries, stipends, transport compensation, will be paid by SCOPE)

8-  In case of a field investigation project SCOPE will provide a representation letter to intern/ volunteer to facilitate his/ her work

9-  You can apply and register for SSDVIP programme any time, there is no dead line. On selection we will send you a “Terms of Reference (TOR)” including assignment details, name of your supervisor, methodology to execute assignment, guidelines, expected results, required quality etc. on sending the signed TORs, assignment will be taken as initiated formally

10-  No certificate will be given if your supervisor’s positive recommendation support your assignment

11-  Strictly, all related communication will be via e-mails, or in some cases pre-planned skype sessions

Registration

Please provide following information;

Name:

Age:

Gender (male/female):

Address:

City:

Country:

Tel: (with country and city code):

Mobile phone: (with country code):

Qualification:

Major subjects:

Previous experience in environment/ sustainable development related work:

Please select at least 3 subject mentioning priority (number 1 is most favourite):

Subject in which you are interested to work / Please give your priority (number 1 is most favourite, 3 is least favourites) only select 3 subjects / Reason of selecting this subject
Sustainable agriculture including integrated pest management, organic agriculture,
Sustainable agro-forestry
Controlling land degradation or desertification, soil conservation
Sustainable forest management, rangeland management
Hazardous waste management (industrial toxic waste, electronic waste)
Drinking water purification by appropriate technologies
Alternate energy, renewable energy, bio gas, wind energy, solar energy development
Environment protection through using environmental law
Monitoring of environmental issues in Pakistan in terms of climate change, bio diversity, government and non-governmental projects etc.
Documentation of best practices in environment and sustainable development
Project proposal writing, research proposal writing with LFA, project report writing etc.
Training of NGOs/CBOs in sustainable development subjects
Investigation report writing on environmental subjects
Projects evaluation
Fundraising for SCOPE for various projects
Any other subject you are interested:

I have thoroughly read and understood all above terms and conditions of SSDVIP and I am applying for the programme

Name:______

Signature (can cut and paste scanned signature while sending by e-mail) :______

Date: ______

(Please send via e-mail with subject SSDVIP or via ordinary mail to;

SCOPE

D-141 (annexy) Block-2, P.E.C.H.S. off Allama Iqbal Road

Karachi-75400

(Please note we DISCOURAGE any phone calls, enquiries and personal visits without appointment. E-mail is the only preferable means of communication regarding SSDVIP

Please feel free to forward this form to any potentially interested candidate)