HERDSA: Business Volunteer required

[Coral Watson]

The following message is posted by Linda Elliott, Project Manager for SE
Asia, AESOP Business Volunteers.

Please contact Linda :

Linda.Elliott@AESOP.ORG.AU

I am looking for an expert volunteer who can train academic staff in the
latest tertiary teaching techniques.  

AESOP Business Volunteers has been going for 20 years and is funded largely
by the Australian government.  We send experts to developing countries in
the Asia Pacific area and these volunteers transfer their skills to local
people.  You may wish to visit our website: www.aesop.org.au  We pay
volunteer's airfares, visas and medical costs and our clients provide
accommodation and a small living allowance.  Most projects are no longer
than 3 months.

I have a project in Cambodia (project summary below) but none of our
registered volunteers have quite this kind of expertise.  I am hoping you
can help, either by offering a volunteer or by advising me whom I could
approach.

Many thanks 
Linda Elliott, Project Manager for SE Asia 

PROJECT SUMMARY 
PROJECT ID      KH0033  DURATION        2 months       
MANAGER Linda Elliott   STARTING DATE   ASAP   
LOCATION        Phnom Penh, Cambodia    ALLOWANCES      USD 80 per week for
food and incidentals (may be topped up*)   
ACCOMMODATION   Flat/residence in Phnom Penh with cooking facilities   

GNP per capita (1997): USD 300 
Australia's GNP per capita (1997): USD20,650 

CLIENT BACKGROUND 

Norton University in Phnom Penh city is a private university established in
1996 and currently employing more than 250 staff.  Norton provides higher
education in the following subject areas: business, law, computers, hotel
and tourism, languages, architecture, economics, engineering.  They also
run an MBA program.  Current enrolment is 3,000 students.  The university
would like to increase student enrolment and improve their teaching
techniques.  Currently teaching methods are considered to be "average".
All staff have been in their positions for 2 - 5 years.

TASKS 

A volunteer is requested to conduct training and seminars for the adademic
teaching staff in teaching methodology and training techniques for any of
the above subject areas 

Up to thirty (30) staff in all need to be trained.  

Equipment available to the volunteer: computers, multimedia projector,
slide projector, sound system.  All equipment is in good working order,
with spare parts and manuals available.  Computers use Windows 97 - 2000
software and all staff are computer literate.  

EXPERTISE REQUIRED 

Appropriate to the above tasks.  A second project (KH0034) will provide a
volunteer to train administrative staff in efficient office administration.

Linda.Elliott@AESOP.ORG.AU
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Coral Watson
HERDSA Administration Officer
Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Inc

PO Box 516
Jamison  
Australian Capital Territory 
Australia               2614

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