Haitian Female Playwriter - Volunteer Position

Female Playwright – Volunteer Position - Job Description – Haiti Now 
 

Haiti-Now is looking for a volunteer playwright to write a play that connects the issues of domestic servitude, extreme poverty, and foreign policy within Haiti. See here: https://youtu.be/ReuVGKj4JD0 

Haiti- Now is dedicated to empowering Haitian girls living in domestic servitude to overcome poverty and exploitation to achieve economic security.

"Your first assignment will be to start a fundraising campaign. Haiti Now will provide further guidance for you to have a quick and successful fundraiser."

Role brief: This Volunteer role requires, a women screenwriter preferably Haitian, who works with director and producer to write on the topic of domestic servitude in Haiti, for a theatre play 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop a script derived from their own ideas or other existing ideas or work.

• Responsible for describing the stories in detail, including physical environments and the moods of the characters.

• Must take into account the ideas of directors and producers they are working with.

• Should possess the ability to work and collaborate with others.

• Must be willing to rewrite or make various versions of the scripts they are working on.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Candidates who have, or are enrolled and yet to complete a degree, in a subject such as drama, theatre studies, performing arts, music or English.

• Ability to speak and understand Creole/ French is preferred.

• Fluent in spoken and written English, able to communicate clearly and consistently.

• Minimum volunteer hours expected: 10 hrs. per week.

• Excellent time management. 

• The ability to create believable characters through well-written dialogue.

• Stupendous research skills.

• Creativity and the ability to express yourself both orally and in writing.

• Self-motivation and the ability to motivate and inspire others.

• Please share links to previous work.

Ayiti Now Corp is a 501(c)(3) organization based in Miami, Florida and created for empowering marginalized Haiti children of poverty (known as "Restavek" in Haitian Creole, the local language) through our educational and support programs.
Our Vision

To see girls in domestic servitude overcome extreme poverty, heal emotional trauma, and live rewarding lives.

Our Mission

Haiti-Now is dedicated to empowering Haitian girls living in domestic servitude to overcome poverty and exploitation to achieve economic security.