About Us : 2009 Intern Needed

2009 Bolivia Internship
Position: Manager of The Copacabana Spitting Llama Bookstore & Outfitter and Director of Community Outreach & Education.

Needed: 1 person. 2 can share the job if desired.  

Dates: January, 5th 2009-January, 25th 2010. 6 month internship also possible.

Description:  Bolivia’s only multi-lingual bookstore and ecotourism outfitter seeks next year’s intern who will manage the store and an employee five days a week in Copacabana, Bolivia. Store management involves friendly customer service with travelers from all continents, ensuring supply, pricing, managing a local full time employee and requires small business skills listed below. As community outreach we incorporate English language teaching with important public health and youth leadership skills in our weekly program offered once a week free to local youth on basic, intermediate, and advanced levels. The 2009 intern must continue this program and expand The Spitting Llama’s community outreach in areas such as public health, environment, and indigenous language learning.

Location: The 2009 intern will be based in Copabana, Bolivia, a ancient and beautiful town that is a major indigenous and catholic pilgrimage site on the shores of Lake Titicaca near the Isla El Sol, the mythical birthplace of the Incan Empire. Interns will be required to travel periodically to La Paz, Cochabamba, and other cities and will be given flexible vacation time to explore the region. The Spitting Llama interns currently share a house in the countryside overlooking Lake Titicaca which is a 15 minute walk from downtown and work.

Requirements: Friendliness, Highly Self Motivated, Cooperation, Spanish Competency, Interest in Fair Trade, Indigenous Culture, Ecotourism, Community Education and Small Business Management.  We also encourage interns to study Aymara language and culture as this helps in their work.

Payment: This is a paid internship offering a monthly stipend that covers basic local housing and food. Interns gain valuable leadership, community outreach and management experience.  Interns must pay for their own personal travel and work visa.

Deadline: November 15th

To Apply: Please send an email with subject line “2009 Internship” with attached Resumé and Cover Letter to info@thespittingllama.com

To contact 2008 Interns Jaron Berliner and Caitlin Canfield:
 jaronberliner@gmail.com      caitlincanfield@gmail.com  

 For more information see www.thespittingllama.com