Volunteering in Wichita, Kansas
Building Repair and Maintenance
Specific duties:
Work with other volunteers to repair and maintain a former school building, which now houses the Trees for Life International office. The building was constructed in 1938 and has been maintained in excellent condition. It needs preventive maintenance and upkeep, and occasional remodeling for current usage.
Minimum requirements:
Good hands-on work skills which may include light carpentry, plumbing, electrical, painting, and all-around general construction ability. Some experience with power tools helpful.
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Graphic Design Artist
Specific duties:
Design graphics and layout for presentations, newsletters, other publications, and web pages.
Minimum requirements:
Requires graphic art degree or similar work experience and ability. Also requires flexibility, ability to work as part of a team, and ability to give and take constructive criticism and make revisions.
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Flash Animator
Description
Design and edit animations for web pages, presentations and other technologies.
Skills
Requires one year hands-on experience or similar work experience and ability. Also requires flexibility, ability to work as part of a team, and ability to give and take constructive criticism and make revisions.
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Janitor
Specific duties:
Keep building in clean and orderly condition. Perform heavy cleaning duties, such as cleaning floors, shampooing carpets, washing windows and doors, and removing rubbish. Duties may include safety check of boiler, performing routine maintenance activities, notifying management of need for repairs, and cleaning snow or debris from sidewalk.
Minimum requirements:
In good physical condition. Some experience is helpful.
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Drupal Developer
(Several positions open)
Drupal developer
Description
Create custom code and custom modules for Drupal for Trees for Life International's web sites. We need custom systems that match our needs. Developer who can implement technical solutions to those needs as they arise.
Skills
Experienced with Drupal development. Developer must know how to customize Drupal both configuration and creating custom code. The developer should be comfortable finding and using existing code / modules where possible. When an exact solution does not already exist, the developer should be comfortable taking an existing solution and modifying it to be an exact solution. The developer should be comfortable integrating code from various vendors (in this case, various Drupal modules) into a single solution. The developer should be able to create clean, well-documented, publicly-releasable code.
The developer should be familiar with source-code management sytems such as CVS and SVN (Subversion). Drupal uses CVS for its public module repository.
Ability to work as part of a team.
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"To Be Defined"
Specific duties:
This position is not defined yet, because we haven't met you yet. To us, working with a volunteer is an organic process. It is a dance between knowing who you are, where your passion is, and what Trees for Life is currently doing. We will work with you to discern what your strengths are and areas where you can grow. It is a dance to see how your passion may fit into what Trees for Life is doing and also to see how you can go further—to things you haven't even imagined.
Minimum requirements
Passion for service, desire to learn and grow, flexibility, ability to work as part of a team, knowledge of self, ability to give and take constructive criticism, sense of personal responsibility, willingness to try new things. Requirements are weighted as 5% Skills, 5% Ability to work with a team, and 90% Attitude.
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For more information, contact Jeffrey Faus at:
(316) 945-6929
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