Scambieuropei - Volontariato a Lungo Termine (almeno 3 mesi) con Seeds Iceland.

Volontariato a Lungo Termine (almeno 3 mesi) con Seeds Iceland. Opportunità da camp leader anche per chi ha oltre 30 anni

 

SEEDS Iceland, Organizzazione Ospitante islandese giá nostra Partner per lo SVE e per i campi di lavoro, é alla ricerca di volontari per i suoi programmi a medio e lungo termine. In particolare, la nuova posizione aperta é per la seguente figura: Ruolo del volontario: Camp Leader Tipo di progetto: LTV (Long Term Volunteer) Inizio e durata del progetto: Disponibilitá di 3 almeno mesi (se si vuole, anche di piú) a partire dal 20 novembre (é possibile iniziare anche prima e lo si puó segnalare nella lettera motivazione). CANDIDARSI SOLO SE DISPONIBILI A PARTIRE ENTRO IL 20 NOVEMBRE! I risultati delle selezioni si sapranno dopo il 30 ottobre. Il Camp Leader dovrá gestire il gruppo dei campi di lavoro a lui/lei affidati e rappresentare il punto di contatto tra i volontari, l'organizzazione locale ospitante del singolo campo e SEEDS Iceland. Profilo candidato: Il candidato ideale, quindi, deve avere passione per il volontariato e le attivitá di gruppo, deve essere un buon leader e avere capacitá di gestione e pianinficazione. Esperienze precedenti in attivitá di volontariato e nei campi di lavoro costituiranno titolo preferenziale, anche se non sono obbligatorie ai fini della candidatura. SEEDS Iceland opera da anni nell'ambito del volontariato e della difesa dell'ambiente, temi che devono essere cari anche ai candidati. Non vi sono limiti di etá massima, basta avere 18 anni. Questo NON é un progetto del Servizio Volontario Europeo. Per informazioni sui progetti MTV/LTV e sugli altri programmi di volontariato - che non siano SVE - supportati da Scambieuropei vi inviatiamo a consultare questa pagina  Il volontario avrá vitto e alloggio piú un pocket money mensile e i trasporti locali pagati se utilizzati per motivi inerenti il lavoro da svolgere. Il viaggio A/R per l'Islanda dovrá essere pagato dal volontario. Il volontario dovrá, inoltre, corrispondere a Scambieuropei una quota di partecipazione pari a 60 euro. Questa partecipation fee, peró, va pagata solo DOPO che il volontario sará stato accettato per il progetto.   Come candidarsi: Se interessati, inviateci cv, motivation letter SPECIFICA (entrambi in inglese e su file di testo distinti) application form ed una vostra foto (in formato immagine) attraverso questo FORM entro il 24 ottobre. Nella lettera motivazionale spiegate bene perché volete fare volontariato a lungo termine all'estero, perché vorreste fare volontariato in questo Paese ed in questo settore, quali sono i motivi che vi spingolo a far domanda per questo progetto in particolare, quale apporto dareste al progetto e all'organizzazione locale e cosa sperate di imparare. Fatevi aiutare dalla descrizione del proGetto nel redigere la lettera motivazionale. Inutile inviare lettere motivazionali di poche righe e dove non sono specificate dettagliatamente le ragioni che vi spingono a far domanda per questo progetto: senza forti motivazioni la Host Organisation non vi prenderebbe in considerazione, quindi fate attenzione! Lettere generali e senza le specifiche motivazioni per la partecipazione a questo particolare progetto NON saranno prese in considerazione. Compilate ed inviateci, inoltre, il questionario allegato. Solo le candidature complete saranno prese in considerazione. Ricordate di indicare il riferimento al progetto ("Camp Leader") e la dicitura "Sending Organisation: Scambieuropei" nell'oggetto o nel corpo dell'e-mail. Per candidarsi con noi come Organizzazione di Invio è necessario essere tesserati con l'Associazione Scambieuropei. Se ancora non lo siete, scriveteci e vi invieremo tutte le informazioni del caso. La candidatura al progetto é PREVIO tesseramento. Qui le informazioni sul tesseramento 2012/2013 (il tesseramento vale sino a dicembre 2013 per tutti i programmi supportati da Scambieuropei): Di seguito la descrizione completa del progetto. GENERAL APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS - Good English (Icelandic is NOT needed) - Availability from the 20th of November 2012 (or even earlier) for AT LEAST 3 months - Flexible attitude towards work and working hours - Ability to work under stress - Ability to adapt to a diverse typa of task - Good computer skills (Microsoft Word and Excel, Gmail, etc.) - Good communication and interpersonal skills - Good organizational skills - Proven interest in volunteering - Ability to work independently and in a team - Ability to manage your own workload WHAT SEED OFFERS TO THE VOLUNTEERS - Food and accommodation - Pocket money of 70 euros per month - Day-trips and excursions free of charge - Free time to travel and opportunities to enjoy your stay in Iceland - A varied, fulfilling job, although you will have to work under stress from time to time - Possibility of partecipating or leading one or more camps - Nice colleagues, a great atmosphere and a lot of support in your job - Opportunity to be involved with SEEDS and to learn how an NGO works - Being part of the SEEDS family JOB DESCRIPTION The work of SEEDS centres around running workcamps in Iceland and we need leaders to join our team. The responsabilities of a work camp leader will vary according to the hosting community ad the type of project, but the following tasks list gives an ide of what a work camp leader normally is responbile for. MAIN TASKS - Joining work camps as a representative of SEEDS and taking on a leading role - Activing as a link between the volunteers, the project hosting communinity and SEEDS< trying to ensure that the aims, needs and desires of all three can be combined to provide the best possible result Motivating the gropu of volunteers to ensure that they are able to carry our the agreed programme - Setting a good example for the group through his/her work on the project - Coordinating the sharing of the domestic arrangements such as meals and cleaning to ensure that the basic needs of the volunteers are met - Budgeting and/or managing food and other costs of the volunteers - Helping the volunteers to feel comfortable with the project, establishing a good individual relationship, ensuring that they do not experience avoidable problems and that they remain happy with the projec t - Trying to involve everyone in the project so that no volunteer feels excluded from the group and none is alienated from the project Managing the group dynamics of the volunteer group so that it does not split into sub-groups - Ensuring sufficient foor and other health and safety considerarions of the volunteers - Ensuring that volunteers are not exposed to any un-necessary risks to their health or to accidents in work or leisure activities - Provinding the time and space for ideas to develop within the group, particularlu in relation to the social programme, but also having ideas for activities that can be organized fro the group in the evenings - Fulfilling certain task outseide the work cmap schedule, such as writing reports on the success of the project and news articles for the website - Helping with the logistics within SEEDS - Representin SEEDS when interacting with volunteers and local contacts SPECIFIC APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS - Experience in work camp or volunteering in general is not a must, but it is a big plus - Very good command of English language SEEDS WORKCAMPS: WHAT ARE THEY? Workcamps are the most common form of short-term volunteering, where a group of volunteers work and live together on a project which has been identified by a local community or working with that community. SEEDS workcamps generally last for 2 up to 3 weeks The types of the projects developed by SEEDS are mainly nature or environmental oriented, and they can be for instance building of walking paths or hiking trails, cleaning of the coastline, reforestation and erosion control works, construction or renovation of a community building, monument or community centre, ecological research, removing invasive growth (luppina), etc. There are some social, cultural, study, agricultural, archeological, maintenance projects and others depending basically on the identified need of the local community. International workcamps bring together volunteers from different nationalities and backgrounds aiming at building up international understanding and therefore encouraging peace while working for an identified need of the local community. Groups' sizes vary between 5 and 30 participants. SEEDS organises every year workcamps in Iceland; in 2011 we had 100 projects with 1000 participants from 55 different countries. Since 2006, SEEDS has hosted over 3000 local and international volunteers in our projects in Iceland. HOST ORGANISATION Founded in 2005, SEEDS Iceland is an Icelandic non-governmental, non-profit volunteer organisation designed to promote intercultural understanding, environmental protection and awareness through work on environmental, social and cultural projects within Iceland. SEEDS works closely with local communities, local authorities, individuals and other Icelandic associations both to develop projects in partnership, aimed at fulfilling an identified need, and to give vital assistance to established initiatives. Projects are designed to be mutually beneficial to all involved: the volunteers, the local hosting communities and Iceland as a whole. Our projects in Iceland are supported by the local hosts and the volunteers participating in the project themselves; additionally we receive strong support for our long-term projects from the Youth in Action and Life Long Learning programmes of the European Commission. Since 2005 SEEDS has hosted over 3000 international and local volunteers in our projects all around Iceland. In this time we increased our work with various environmental and conservation projects, we raised the number of projects related to culture, cultural activities, festivals & sports gatherings, and experimented with a number of new project concepts, including language and environmental education projects. During 2011 we organised 100 projects located in every corner of Iceland; we hosted over 1000 international volunteers from 55 different countries, performing over 75.000 hours of valuable volunteer work. At the same time we sent 30 Icelanders to projects around the world. SEEDS enables volunteers to get to know Iceland from a different perspective, to meet the locals and have an insight into Icelandic culture, learn new skills, gain international understanding, make new friends all over the world, and give something back to the environment; thus, the mutual rewards for the volunteers, communities and ecosystems are massive. We aim to empower, inform and expand the horizons of people of all ages, cultures, and backgrounds, to become aware of the world in which we live and to take an active role in its future development. SEEDS provides opportunities to live, learn, understand and experience, while sharing and cooperating with others from different cultures and backgrounds. SEEDS main activities relate to the promotion of environmental protection and awareness, intercultural understanding and peace, through the work on social, cultural and environmental projects in Iceland. SEEDS main objectives relate to the promotion of: - Cultural diversity and international understandin - Cross-cultural exchange and cooperation - Volunteerism and development of values and skills for global citizen cooperation and earth protection.