SCOPE’s Sustainable Development Volunteer/ Internship Programme (SSDVIP)

Dear Madam/ Sir

You have contacted us via our website (www.scope.org.pk ) sometime ago and you showed your interest
to work with Society for Conservation and Protection of Environment (SCOPE). SCOPE is an NGO
functional since 1988 and mostly works on sustainable natural resources management (NRM),
combating desertification, clean drinking water and environmental law. SCOPE has a consultative status
with the United Nations and member of many international networks.

We are pleased to invite you to get register with our “SCOPE’s Sustainable Development Volunteer/
Internship Programme (SSDVIP)”. Salient features, terms and conditions of SSDVIP are as follows;

1- SSDVP is meant to allow fresh graduates, under study students, environmental activists,
environmental enthusiasts, experts and all those educated and experienced persons who want
to contribute to sustainable development and to be associated with SCOPE. SSDVIP offers
experience/ intern certificate, which will be useful in career development of the internee/
volunteer.

2- SSDVIP is a fixed term NON PAID position. On receipt of application, SCOPE will provide a list of
desired area of work according to SCOPE’s field of interest and will ask SSDIVP to choose priority
area/s of work. Then SCOPE will assign work with terms of reference (TORs). On successful
completion of assignment SCOPE will award a certificate to volunteer, mentioning his/her
assignment and level of satisfaction (grade A, B, C, D)

3- SSDVIP is designed as a flexible programme for which you don’t need to necessarily attend our
office (until required by your supervisor considering your location and availability). So we urge
you to select the subjects on which you can work in distance with e-mail based communication

4- SSDVIP assignments are mostly internet based research and writing, requirements in term of
time are from 3 months to 3 years.

5- On successful completion of assignment with full satisfaction of your supervisor, your will be
invited to take employment on our running projects, depending upon existence of job position

6- There is a flexible criteria of selection, you should be committed to work on environment and
sustainable development issues, you are willing to work with LEAST supervision, you want to
develop your career in environment and development, you are very good in English writing, you
can work on word and excel computer programmes, you can communicate via e-mail, internet
etc.

7- As stated SSDVIP is non paid programme, however, very rarely, if some assignment requires
finance requirements, SCOPE itself will offer a minimum amount (only for purchasing
equipment, material etc. required for the assignment, however no salaries, stipends, transport
compensation, will be paid by SCOPE)
 8- In case of a field investigation project SCOPE will provide a representation letter to intern/
volunteer to facilitate his/ her work

9- You can apply and register for SSDVIP programme any time, there is no dead line. On selection
we will send you a “Terms of Reference (TOR)” including assignment details, name of your
supervisor, methodology to execute assignment, guidelines, expected results, required quality
etc. on sending the signed TORs, assignment will be taken as initiated formally

10- No certificate will be given if your supervisor’s positive recommendation support your
assignment

11- Strictly, all related communication will be via e-mails, or in some cases pre-planned skype
sessions

Registration

Please provide following information;

Name: Atif Muhammad

Age: 21

Gender (male/female): Male

Address: Village: Shamilat Zarify PO Box: Sher Garh District: Mardan KPK Pakistan

City: Mardan

Country: Pakistan

Tel: (with country and city code):

Mobile phone: +923439730425

Qualification: BS (in progress )

Major subjects: Environmental Sciences

Previous experience in environment/ sustainable development related work:

District coordinator at BREAK FREE PLASTIC MOVEMENT

Please select at least 3 subject mentioning priority (number 1 is most favourite):

Subject in which you are interested to work Please give Reason of selecting this subject
your priority
(number 1 is
most
favourite, 3
is least
favourites)
only select 3
subjects
Sustainable agriculture including integrated pest Favourite Now a day’s big problem
management, organic agriculture,
Sustainable agro-forestry
Controlling land degradation or desertification, soil
conservation
Sustainable forest management, rangeland
management
Hazardous waste management (industrial toxic
waste, electronic waste)
Drinking water purification by appropriate
technologies
Alternate energy, renewable energy, bio gas, wind
energy, solar energy development
Environment protection through using
environmental law
Monitoring of environmental issues in Pakistan in Favourite Todays need to our country
terms of climate change, bio diversity, government
and non-governmental projects etc.
Documentation of best practices in environment and
sustainable development

Project proposal writing, research proposal writing

with LFA, project report writing etc.
Training of NGOs/CBOs in sustainable development Favourite Help to youth
subjects
Investigation report writing on environmental
subjects
Projects evaluation
Fundraising for SCOPE for various projects
Any other subject you are interested:

I have thoroughly read and understood all above terms and conditions of SSDVIP and I am applying for
the programme

Name: _________________Atif Muhammad____________________

Signature (can cut and paste scanned signature while sending by e-mail) :

Date: ____________25/06/2019__________________________

(Please send via e-mail scope_pakistan@yahoo.com with subject SSDVIP or via ordinary mail to;
SCOPE
D-141 (annexy) Block-2, P.E.C.H.S. off Allama Iqbal Road
Karachi-75400

(Please note we DISCOURAGE any phone calls, enquiries and personal visits without
appointment. E-mail is the only preferable means of communication regarding SSDVIP
Please feel free to forward this form to any potentially interested candidate)