Islândia

5057

Data de início: 01-05-2015

Data de fim: 01-12-2015

Vagas: 1

Duração: 7 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 01-01-2015

Financiamento: Financiamento por aprovar

Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 145 €

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Resumo: The host organization is located in a local youth community of about 200 active scouts who meet every week as well as participating in many common scouting events. Our project is a combination of various smaller scouting based projects. Our activities are seasonal so the volunteers try many different things, such as planning and leading scout meetings, helping to organize and take part in camps, work in our outdoors adventure camps for kids, work at a hostel and campside, do maintainance work and more. We also encourage our volunteers to make their own projects within our project and we give them the support they need.

The role of each volunteer is very much up to the individual. We hope that the volunteer will be active and show initiative and interest.

Perfil: A positive attitude and the will to learn new things will go a long way. It helps if the volunteer is ambitious towards his/her assignments and we hope that the volunteers develop confidence to show initiative and hold responsibility. We give them the support they need, all they need is the positive attitude and the will to work and learn. We will encourage the volunteers to keep the youthpass in mind the whole time since it is the best tool to gather information about their learning process and to reflect on it. You never know what will be a true learning experience, life is full of learning opportunities, some of the best learning comes from the unexpected.
Age: 17-30

Tarefas: We have a variety of projects for our volunteers and there is a lot they can learn during their time with us. Our activities are seasonal so the volunteers try many different things.
May:
 On arrival training.  Icelandic lessons.
 Volunteers introduce themselves, their countries and culture to the scout patrols.
 The volunteers will take part in the scout district’s weekly routine. They will join our group of scout leaders which are also volunteers in preparation of scout meetings and leading meetings.
 The volunteers will help with maintenance of facilities, such as painting and easy repairs, and our scout cabin 30 minutes’ drive away.
 The volunteers will help with the preparation which is one of the big events of the year for Icelandic scouts.
 The volunteers work closely with our scout activities project manager.

June to August:
 In the beginning of June the volunteers will take part in our spring camp which is a three day camping with lots of exciting activities.
 The volunteers will take part in preparing the outdoor adventure camp for kids. They will also work at the camp, leading games, taking care of the children and assisting them. Some of the 5 day camps end with an overnight camping outside.
 The volunteers will take shifts at the hostel and campsite that the scouts run. The hostel work consists of cleaning, doing reception work and communicating with guests from all over the world.
 In August, the volunteers will take part in organizing the scout activities for the autumn.
September to December:
 The volunteers will take active part in the scout district’s weekly routine. They will in association with the other leaders prepare of scout meetings and lead meetings. They will also take part in preparing various scout related projects, such as camping, hiking and more.  The volunteers will assist at the hostel when groups visit.  The volunteers will assist in cleaning the center few hours a week.

Other projects:
 The scouts have a good collaboration with other scout districts in Iceland search and rescue team and various nature and national parks. We will make sure that our volunteers will spend some weeks working on projects with some of our collaborators outside the capital area, e.g. working in outdoor activity camps in the countryside, taking part in a highland watch or assisting park rangers. These projects depend on the volunteers’ interests and personalities and we will make decisions and make arrangements when we get to know our volunteers.
 Projects initiated by the volunteers. We appreciate and are open to all ideas.

The role of each volunteer is very much up to the volunteer. We hope that the volunteer will be active and show initiative and interest. We expect the volunteers to introduce their countries and cultures to our scouts and leaders.
Many of the activities the volunteers participate in take place in the afternoons, evenings and weekends. We compensate irregular working hours and afterhours work with more free time.

The projects we offer our volunteers relate well to the key competences. For example; Volunteers will be encouraged to show initiative to create their own projects within our project, they practice their leadership skills, they learn about new cultures, they educate others on their country and culture, they will learn basics in a new language and practice their English (if it is not their mother tongue). The volunteers will learn many skills and techniques scouts practice. If our volunteers are scouts already, they will have a possibility of training, a high quality leadership program for scouts. The volunteers will have to work with computers, both in organizing their projects as well as working in the hostel/campsite reception. We use an online project management system which the volunteers will learn to use.

Documentação: CV + Carta de Motivação em Inglês