Marketing Specialist

This Volunteer Placement is Located in: Lima, Peru

Start Date: May/June 2025

Placement Length: 6 months with the possibility of extension

Language Requirements: Spanish Level 4-Advanced

Please submit a Spanish Resume and Statement of Interest

Eligibility: Open to Canadian Citizens and Permanent Residents of Canada only

Cuso International is seeking a dedicated individual with a strong passion for promoting actions to vulnerable youth in Lima - Peru. In this volunteer role, you will have the opportunity to support the activities and initiatives undertaken by the KALLPA´s association, and more importantly, contribute to advancing equality for all individuals.

Join Cuso International and apply for this position, where you will provide meaningful assistance to our partner organization in Peru!

As a volunteer, your responsibilities will include:

• Support with the reception of texts and photographs for the organization's institutional newsletter. Mailing of the newsletter and message to the agencies in coordination with the communicator.
• Perform diagnostics and monitoring of our social networks and implement communication and marketing strategies.
• Encourage the use of a digital planner. Cloud and homogenize routes and formats for sending and delivering materials.
• Contribute to the updating of the Communications Plan and Visual Identity Manual of the organization.

Essential Requirements:

• Degree in Communication, Journalism, Marketing.
• Knowledge in communication plan, digital marketing and institutional positioning.
• Knowledge in community mental health, gender violence prevention, employment and entrepreneurship, environment, sexual and reproductive rights.
• Intermediate / advanced level of Spanish (written and oral).

Essential Background:

• Design of communication plan, contribute to the improvement of identity manuals and digital marketing strategies.

What’s in it for YOU? A life-changing experience!

Support Package

• Modest monthly living allowance
• Accommodation while in placement
• Medical Health Insurance (including the cost of required vaccinations and antimalarial medication)
• Round-trip airfare and visa/work permit costs
• Pre-placement training, In-Country Orientation (ICO) and Reintegration Debriefing
• Support while in placement through Cuso International's Country Program Office (CPO) and local partners throughout your placement
• Access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP) while in placement and upon return
• Bonus: Additional return flight home or cash in lieu after 12 months of service for volunteers who extend for another 6 months

Selection Requirements:

• Confirm Passport or Permanent Resident details for travel purposes
• Provide 2 Professional References and 1 Personal Reference
• Complete a language assessment during the preliminary telephone interview in the language required for your placement
• Obtain a satisfactory Police Check
• Complete a medical exam and be medically cleared before your departure
• Due to the COVID-19 situation, be double vaccinated following the World Health Organization-approved vaccines.