CCI Local Coordinator Responsibilities

CCI Local Coordinators (LC) come from all walks of life and make a significant impact on their local community. Many LCs are teachers, nurses, retirees or stay-at-home moms, and others are bankers, full-time professionals, doctors…you name it! What LCs have in common is a love for working with people of different cultures and backgrounds and a desire to work flexible, part-time hours from home as independent contractors.

Our most successful Local Coordinators:

• Have curiosity about other cultures
• Have a desire to contribute to work that can impact lives 
• Wish to be connected with teenagers
• Connect with their community and are willing to reach out 
• Set attainable goals and takes action to meet them 
• Have probably been told that they are:
• a good listener
• understanding and objective
• a “people person”
• organized, focused or determined
• Are self-directed, but can also take direction from others
• Have good problem solving skills
• Exhibits grace under pressure

Local Coordinator responsibilities include: 

• Identifying schools open to international exchange students and building relationships with school personnel.
• Recruiting American families to host for an academic year or semester.
• Matching host families with international students.
• Providing orientations and group outings for international students and host families.
• Acting as a support person and counselor for families and international students throughout the student’s stay in the U.S.

Local Coordinators not only build relationships with schools, and place and supervise international students and host families in the United States, but also act as a local source of information to American students wishing to study and travel abroad.

Qualifications: 

• Must be at least 26 years of age
• Have access to a computer and the internet
• Have access to a car or public transportation

Learn more about benefits and compensation, travel opportunities, available training and development, and the Short-term Local Coordinator opportunity for group students.