Certification Committee

Purpose of Job:
To review applications for certification as DONA birth and postpartum doulas. to review applications for recertification as DONA birth and postpartum doulas. 

Committee:
Standing members include the President, President Elect, Director of Certification, Director of Education, , six (6) DONA certified doulas in good standing from the general membership. Consultants to the committee include the Director
of Education, Director of Certification and, as a provisional member, any Board of Director with an understanding of a language other than English. 

Responsible to:
Director of Certification
Board of Directors

Qualifications:

• Must be a certified (for a minimum of one (1) year) birth and/or postpartum doula, respectively
• Recertification reviewer must have been an active reviewer in good standing with a minimum of one (1) year experience as a certification reviewer in on the certification committee; (ideally) having personally recertified as a DONA doula at least once
• Multi-lingual qualifications include fluency in at least one language in addition to English of which DONA International certification documents are available
• Good working knowledge of DONA International, the birth and/or postpartum doula Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics and the certification and/or recertification requirements  
• Efficient computer skills, including Microsoft Word and PDFs
• Phone, email and internet capability
• International phone plan or Skype account
• Good interpersonal skills and willingness to offer guidance to certification candidates

Time needed (per week):
A minimum of 5 hours

Stipend:
A nominal per-packet stipend will be paid for each packet reviewed, upon receipt of the required expense report

Application procedure:

Any questions about this volunteer leadership opportunity can be directed to certificationdirector@dona.org