Come volunteer your time and help to ensure the Marshallese people have access to sustainable energy for generations to come!
We are now offering volunteer and internship positions as part of our current expansion. All interns and volunteers will be provided with basic shared lodging in the center of Majuro, with cooking, telephone, internet, and laundry facilities all available. Start and end dates are flexible, so we are able to fit in with your current school/ work schedule.
Our current projects include:
-Designing two large scale solar power systems in order to electrify two remote off-grid communities and reduce their reliance on imported fuels
-Providing training and installation for solar PV powered refrigeration units to improve food security for the outer island
people, with a focus on educating women
-Creating a not-for-profit organization with the purpose of educating users and carrying out research on user perceptions, appropriate technologies, and behavior change in order to ensure our projects fit
in with the needs of the people
-Creating training manuals and video resources for solar PV in local pacific languages in order to educate users and provide them with tools for installation and maintenance of their own systems.
-Designing and installing a 6kW solar PV powered demonstration house that includes a range of renewable energy technologies, including wind and solar hot water, in order to show the local people various possibilities for renewable energies
-Create and implement a marketing plan in conjunction with a New Zealand company in order to expand our range and size of renewable energy projects in the North Pacific, including projects related to food and water security, radio and communications, and security and street lighting.
-We are also open to your ideas for projects, so feel free to develop a proposal and may be able to work with you to implement it.
We are looking for people with the following qualifications and assets, in order to ensure that you will be able to contribute to and gain experience through our current projects:
-Experience or education in one or more of these fields: renewable energy (including solar PV, hot water, and wind), sustainable architecture, resource management, ecological agriculture, rural water supply, community development, electrical engineering, video and website design, business or not-for-profit management, field market research, construction skills, or pacific island languages.
-Creative and able to work with limited guidance and supervision, self-motivated and able to achieve results.
-Excellent organizational skills with the ability to integrate information.
-Proficient with computers, including skills in writing reports and proposals.
-Able to work in a multidisciplinary team environment under demanding conditions.
-Leadership and decision making skills, with the capacity to communicate effectively and motivate others.
-Strong constitution, good health and ability to work in rustic conditions (heat, basic diet, simple accommodations, etc.)
-Open to cross-cultural exchange of information and ideas and committed to international development.
-Experience working with other cultures, especially in tropical developing countries.
-Enthusiasm for learning a foreign language.
If interested please send your CV and a letter of intent, which explains how you demonstrate these requirements and which projects you would be interested in working on. These can be emailed to info@islandeco.com or feel free to contact us if you have any question. We look forward to hearing from you.
