Job Description

Help Bring Cultural Exchange to Your Community – Become a Local Coordinator!

Do you love working with teenagers? Are you passionate about cultural exchange? If you're a people person who enjoys building community connections and making a meaningful impact, consider becoming a Local Coordinator with American Councils!

Make a Difference by Finding Host Families

As a Local Coordinator, your primary role is recruiting and supporting host families for high school exchange students from around the world. You’ll engage with your local community to share the life-changing experience of hosting, helping families open their hearts and homes to international students. You’ll also collaborate with local high schools to secure student enrollments and provide ongoing support to students and families throughout the academic year.

Why Hosting Matters

Finding host families is at the heart of successful student exchange. You will be the local advocate ensuring students have welcoming homes and a supportive community. By connecting with families, schools, and organizations in your area, you’ll play a crucial role in fostering cross-cultural understanding.

What You’ll Do:

• Identify and recruit host families through networking, outreach, and community engagement.
• Educate potential host families on the benefits and responsibilities of hosting.
• Build relationships with local high schools to secure student enrollments.
• Support students and host families throughout the exchange year.
• Stay in regular contact with students and families, providing guidance and submitting reports.
• Lead orientations and organize enrichment activities to enhance the exchange experience.
• Ensure compliance with U.S. Department of State program regulations.

What Makes a Great Local Coordinator?

• Strong communication and networking skills to connect with potential host families.
• Passion for cultural exchange and openness to diverse perspectives.
• Ability to organize events and presentations to promote hosting.
• A proactive and supportive approach to working with students and families.
• Ties to the local community and enthusiasm for community-building.
• Ability to recruit at least three host families per year within 120 miles of your residence.

Preferred Qualifications: Experience working with teens, international exposure, social media marketing, or community outreach experience. Must be 25 years or older.

Why Join Us?

• Make a lasting impact by connecting students with caring host families.
• Enjoy a flexible, part-time role with incentive-based honoraria.
• Gain valuable experience in cultural competency, event planning, communications, and marketing.
• Access professional development opportunities, including travel to annual training workshops.
• Be part of a global movement that promotes mutual understanding and diplomacy.

Questions? Visit our website (inbound.americancouncils.org), email at inbound@americancouncils.org, or fill out our Local Coordinator Application

Current LC Testimonials:

"I think the extended family and the relationships that you make out of this; I have more family members overseas now than I have in the United States." Heath, LC in Sheboygan Falls, WI.

"The world isn’t as big and different as we think it is...[and] the differences make it great. That’s why we travel. We go someplace different because there’s different people and different experiences and different music, different food, and viewpoints. And the way we get better is by learning and understanding those." - Glenda, LC in Colorado Springs, CO.

"How easy peace would be if we had more [exchange], because it makes the world so much smaller. The minute you invite another soul into your life, you become a human of the world, and it makes every heartache across the globe seem more like your heartache and every win more like your win." -Ariana, LC in Cincinnati, OH.

Job Types: Contract, Commission

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule
• Referral program
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Choose your own hours

Work Location: Remote

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