Espanha
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Data de início: 01-05-2012
Data de fim: 28-02-2013
Vagas: 2
Duração: 10 mes(es)
Data limite de candidatura: 16-12-2011
Financiamento: Candidatura
Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 105 €
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Resumo: The aim of the organisation is to support and empower youth groups, young people and individuals to be responsible active citizens of their communities at local and European levels. Intercambia is a youth organisation created by young people for young people that promotes young people's initiatives by supporting them, providing them with information, tools and appropriate training in order to achieve their goals.
Our main activities are based on intercultural learning through non-formal education, aiming to promote the participation of young people in order to reduce racism and to encourage tolerance, respect, and solidarity among them. The development and inclusion of youth with fewer opportunities are in the time-light of the activities.
The association aims to bring European realities to our youth, to promote values such as solidarity and intercultural in order to empower their entrepreneurial skills. In this way, they realise that these values are growing up and benefiting to population that integrates our community.
The staff consists of 54 members; four of them belong to the Board of Directors (it is composed of a President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer). We have also the figure of EVS Coordinator for all the tasks related with the European Voluntary. This person manages and monitors the evaluation of volunteer projects. The coordinator in our association is a trainer in different actions in Youth in Action Programme of the European Commission and has worked like coordinator in projects and mentor/tutor of host volunteers.
Our target group are young (mostly between 12 and 30 years), men and women from all social background, economic, cultural or geographical area. Intercambia has doors opened to all youth, however, we pay special attention to the disadvantaged youth for social, economic, physical or other reasons.
Perfil: What profile are we looking for in a volunteer? We wish a person who wants to do things and get involved in a project for young people, sharing his/her cultural perspective in the activities that we carry out. The volunteer will be chosen according to motivational criteria, willingness to work team as well as commitment and interest to work with youth.
The volunteers will need to send the following documentation: CV (English and/or Spanish), Motivational Letter (English and/or Spanish) & Application form (English and/or Spanish). In order to take part in the selection process, the volunteers must send their CV and motivational letter for the project. In the pre-selection process, we are going to require them to fill in an application form that will evaluate the different profiles and we will collect their experiences as well as the main motivations that they have in our project. After the pre-selection, the organisation will do a telephone interview to the profiles that best fit in our project and will select the volunteers.
We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers who want to get involve in cooperation and with opened minds to share their experiences and ideas. We would like to host to young people who really want to live a volunteering, to learn in their experience and to develop personal and profesional skills. Young people who feel committed about what it means be volunteer and are willing to fulfill their service the best possible, with a positive attitude and, above all, with motivation and initiative to develop their own projects within the activities of our organisation.
Other valuable aspects when we select our volunteers, and that we have in mind, it will be their social responsibility and civic engagement, their willingness to learn, their creativity as well as their respect for the diversity and multicultural environments. We appreciate, though it will not be disqualified or it will not be indispensable requirement, if the candidate is interested or has knowledge with design software (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere,...) as well as experience with video cameras.
We also pay attention to young people who, for any difficulty, could not benefit from having an intercultural experience in another country.
Tarefas: All the activities / tasks cover a wide range of possibilities:
Promoting Participation and Intercultural Learning: our organization manages a point of information in the city of Málaga, "Europa Más Cerca", where we advise and report to young people from Málaga about different European mobility programs. In this point of information, the volunteer can help in the process of information and advice of those programs.
In this point of information, we also help and advise to manage and develop European programs, the volunteer will participate in this mentoring process with other organizations and entities.
On the other hand, "Europa Más Cerca" organizes seminars related to Europe and European Citizenship as well as other less formal activities (cinema forum, multicultural meetings,…) in which we disseminate information about the EU and where we encourage intercultural values in the context of youth participation. Within these activities and campaigns, the volunteer has the opportunity to exhibit a presentation of his/her own experience of citizenship. The aim of this conference is to promote youth mobility as a means to encourage initiative and develop behaviors of tolerance and solidarity.
Our organization also organizes and participates in actions of the "Youth in Action" Programme. The groups participating in these activities receive a prior training before departure in order to enhance the value of the multicultural experience. The volunteer can take part in this training process by providing his/her personal experience and perspective on what means living in another culture and another country.
Campaigns for the Promotion of Volunteerism: our organization is launching workshops, seminars and advocacy training on volunteering with the Andalusian Agency for Volunteer and Citizen Participation Area at local and provincial level. Our volunteer will be able to collaborate in these activities, with the training team, in the contact process with organisations, planning the training session as well as in the development and evaluation of them. In addition to this, the volunteer will be an active part in the activities if wants to tell his/her experience.
Youth Information: the volunteer will take part in the search process, selection and dissemination of youth information at local, provincial, regional and national levels with a tutor through our website, newsletters, email, etc.
Intercambia belongs to the Eurodesk network, the main provider of information on European policies and opportunities for young people and those who work with them. The volunteer will have the opportunity to access to the portal of information and offer his/her help to young people, answering doubts and questions about Europe.
Information and Awareness Campaigns in Europe: AJI is involved in several projects and activities related to the promotion of the information in European Union and opportunities offered to young people. The volunteer can be incorporated into them and participate in the activities that we develop. The volunteer will learn and will be trained especially in all matters related to international youth projects, international organizations, international volunteer projects, managing youth projects, etc.
Intercambia Magazine: in the volunteering, with the help of European volunteers and the support of our staff, the volunteer will draw up a magazine / information package which will include topics such as articles / reports on new European youth policies, local youth initiatives, European mobility programmes, ... as well as a snapshot of the main activities, training courses and youth exchanges for example, that we carry out during his/her volunteering. In addition to this, the volunteer can propose any article in any format (interview, real stories, opinion, etc.) if they are relevant with the goals and objectives of the organisation. This magazine will serve as a proof of his/her work during the volunteering. The magazine will spread among young people in Malaga, in schools, institutions, national assosiations, youth areas and so on, with the aim of disseminating and promoting European initiatives as well as to give voice and space to young people to fight for their interests.
Personal Project: in any moment, the volunteer can contribute with new ideas as well as develop new projects in our organisation. Intercambia has special interest on developing new projects in the field of new media and youth information/volunteer campaigns. The volunteer can assist in the development of these projects (or he/she can also develop her/his own projects) in this field or in other proposals according to his/her skills and talents.
With these activities, the volunteer will learn the techniques of youth information, the chances that the youth information centers provide to young people as well as the knowledge of the main European and international networks of information among others. The volunteer will also delve into main aspects of youth information according to the European Youth Information Charter.
The volunteer will develop his/her tasks in direct contact with young people and always with the support of Intercambia. Whatever the volunteer wants, will develop all the training activities carried out by the assosiation during the volunteering. As a socializing element, the volunteer can take part in activities such as excursions, concerts or theatres that we perform in our free time.
All these activities are not replacing to any job, the assosiation has a working structure and enough staff that is independent to the incorporation of volunteers. In addition to this, we develop specific tasks for the volunteers that are not administrative and, of course, are not any commercial purpose. On the other hand, the volunteers can participate directly in all the international activities that they wish, as long as they are of their interest.
Horário: The work schedule for the volunteer will be between Monday to Friday from 9.00 to 14.00 pm (25 hours weekly) with 2 days off per week, the support language will be on Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. The volunteer will earn 2.5 days of vacation per month (per month of volunteering) and he/she can use them at any time as long as he/she notifies in advance to Intercambia. If any activity is planned for the weekend, the volunteer will earn extra days of vacation as long as he/she gives the consent.
Condições: Regarding to accommodation of our volunteer, we have a flat at local Málaga area, due to be where our office is developing our activities and where we are developing the rest of the provincial programmes. On the other hand, the volunteer will have the opportunity to take part in other programmes and international projects in order to know other realities and youths from our region.
Documentação: CV, Carta de Motivação e online application form.
Download: http://www.europaerestu.eu/registrationform/show/id/13
