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CALL FOR ESC AT ZAVOD VOLUNTARIAT,

MLADI ZMAJI AND TIPOVEJ!

D.I.V.E
DIVE INTO VOLUNTEERING EXPERIENCE

DATE AND VENUE:


Ljubljana, February 2021 - February 2022

VOLUNTEERS: 3

WHO: young adults aged between 18 and 30,


from EU Members states, Turkey, North
Macedonia, Iceland.

DEADLINE FOR APPLYING: 31.10.2020


ESC project:
D.I.V.E. Dive Into Volunteering Experience
As a leading Slovenian organisation in the area of the
international volunteering, we want to devote the ESC
volunteering project
»D.I.V.E. - Dive Into Volunteering Expe-rience«
partly to the implementation and continuation of promotional
activities and opportunities in the field of international
volunteering and non-formal learning, with emphasis on
opportunities for youth participation in European Solidarity
Corps and Erasmus+ programmes. Within the project, we will
carry out promotional activities with a focus on smaller towns
and rural areas in Slovenia, as a continuation of activities of
strategic EVS project. In addition, SCI network is celebrating
100th anniversary in 2020, thus volunteers will also be focusing
on helping with preparing and carrying out the activities for the
anniversary. This year we are looking for 3 ESC volunteers, 2 of
them will work in Zavod Voluntar-iat’s office and one at youth
centres and offices at Mladi zmaji and TiPovej!. Volunteers will
bring international dimension into the organisations and our
projects, help in the offices, including having promotional
workshops in different areas, continuing activities within
Voluntariat’s Club of Volunteers, started by our previous
international volun-teers, and preparing for and carrying out
activities for SCI 100th anniversary. At Mladi zmaji, most of the
volunteer’s work will be completed at their youth centres in
Ljubljana and the rest at TiPovej! office. The volunteer will be in
charge of contacts with young people, finding and supporting
local youth initiatives, helping young people in the process “from
idea to reality,” and working on the project “Youth Incubator” -
creating an incubator of quality of urban life, education, support
and implementation of local initiatives and help in transferring
the acquired knowledge into partially priv-ileged areas.
2 volunteers AT VOLUNTARIAT:
Zavod Voluntariat, is a branch of the worldwide international
organisation and peace movement Service Civil International (SCI), is a
non-profit and non-governmental organiza-tion, established in 1991, aiming to
promote social justice, sustainable development, interna-tional understanding
and solidarity through voluntary service. Our main activities consist of
organising: (national and international) seminars and trainings, short-term
voluntary projects (workcamps, youth exchanges and initiatives) and long-
term voluntary projects (EU Aid Vol-unteers and European Solidarity Corps –
ex European Voluntary Service).Volunteers will also have different assignments,
which is why we ask you to specify which placement you are applying for and
to focus on this specific placement in your motivation letter. All of the
assignments will be dynamic and intertwine with one another. The first vol-
unteer will be in charge of the coordination of Club of Volunteers and
organising different workshops / events, and will take on the role of the
placement officer for SCI projects, and the second one will be in charge of
graphic design for Voluntariat and its projects.

POSITIONS:
Coordinator / Placement Officer: Assistance in the coordination and
implementation of Club of Volunteers activities and promotional activities. The
volunteer will perform inno-vative promotional workshops with local volunteers
and help organise activities of Club of Volunteers with the help of other
volunteers. Support in the management of incoming and outgoing SCI
volunteers, organising and facilitating activities for workcamp organisers
and management of their initiatives, assistance in the preparation of
volunteer records and agree-ment on cooperation.

Graphic Designer: Assistance in designing promotional material for the ESC


project and Zavod Voluntariat, recording and designing promotional
activities, recording stories of for-mer international volunteers, and carrying
out activities within the project and the Club of volunteers, and help with
preparation for and implementation of promotional workshops / activities
with other volunteers.
WORK SCHEDULE:

You will work with the Voluntariat team for about 35 hours per week. Working
hours of Voluntariat are from Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm, when the
majority of the activities are carried out. As said, some of your activities will be
carried out around Slo-venia, and sometimes you will work in the evening and on
weekends (due to realization of certain activities within Club of Volunteers or
trainings, seminars and evaluation), these working hours will be compensated by
some hours off during the week.

REQUIREMENTS: As our new volunteers will be joining a young and international


team, we expect from them to:

Be MOTIVATED to learn and share knowledge and skills;


Have good EDUCATIONAL and SOCIAL SKILLS, to be able to work with
several target groups;
Have a fair command of ENGLISH;
Have good COMMUNICATION SKILLS and motivation to cooperate with
col-leagues and with active volunteers;
Have an OPEN MIND and FLEXIBLE ATTITUDE towards working hours, espe-
cially in busy periods;
Have a RESPONSIBLE attitude and take INITIATIVE towards your tasks;
Be able to WORK in a TEAM;
Have good COMPUTER SKILLS (Microsoft Office, email, internet);
Have ADMINISTRATIVE and ORGANISING SKILLS;
Be able TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY and to fill in your own free time.

How to apply? Fill in the google form: https://forms.gle/j6J59dbbHPJoV8Tb6

As an ESC volunteer you will also develop your own personal project. If you
already have an idea on what this project could be, please let us know in the
motivation part of your application. Keep in mind this is not a requirement, but it
can be an added value to your application.

DEADLINE FOR APPLYING IS 31th OCTOBER 2020


AT MLADI ZMAJI + TI POVEJ! (1 volunteer)

Javni Zavod Mladi Zmaji is a network of innovative district youth


centres that the city of Ljubljana is using to activate young people
and give them a chance to change their lives.Youth centres offer all
sorts of activities for youth. Programmes include opportunities for
non-formal and informal learning and everyday socialising, where
visitors can gain new knowledge and skills, meet interesting people,
broaden their horizons, get motivation and overcome their own
limitations. Youth centres are like a public living room where young
people can get information, make friends, gain self-confidence and
learn social skills. They are safe places where young people meet
supportive adults and also a place where they have the opportunity
to take part in organised workshops and events with the support of
mentors or develop their own projects. Youth workers employed
there focus on maintaining a safe, respectful and creative
environment. Javni zavod Mladi Zmaji cooperates with the local
community, district schools, centres for social services, youth
organisations and NGOs in Ljubljana and Slovenia, universi-ties,
volunteers. We have 4 youth centres and a mobile / street unit of
youth workers; each one different from the other.

TiPovej! is an embassy of a creative society. We believe that


people who can present their ideas clearly have a greater
chance of success. And the greater the number of people who can
realize their ideas, the more developed and successful the society.
That is why we devise, orga-nize and implement different workshops
at schools, NGOs and youth centres for supporting the process of
idea development. We bring successful individuals /
entrepreneurs and young people together to help youngsters find
their own creativity, teach them creative thinking and search for new
solutions. TiPovej! is also a member of a newly established Youth
network for career development, where we work with other NGOs in
Ljubljana to support young people in finding their passions and
building the path to achieving their ideal careers.
POSITION (1 VOLUNTEER):

Assistant: Assistance in coordinating and implementing activities of the promotional


activities in the local environment. The volunteer will cooperate mainly with the
organisation Mladi zmaji and occasionally with TiPovej, typically 5 days per week at
Mladi zmaji and in some projects at TiPovej! These two organisations carry out
several youth projects together, but also have separate activities. Most of the
volunteer’s work will be completed at Mladi zmaji youth centres in Ljubljana and the
rest at TiPovej! Office or at events/projects. The volunteer will be in charge of
contacts with young people, finding and supporting local youth initiatives, helping
young people in the process "from idea to reality," and working on the project
"Youth Incubator" - creating an incubator of quality of urban life, education, support
and implementation of local initiatives and help in transferring the acquired
knowledge into partially privileged areas.

WHAT ACTIVITIES WILL THE VOLUNTEER CARRY OUT?


• Help organise and carry out workshops;
• Organise cultural events in Basement (concert hall and studio);
• Plan and implement weekly and weekend programme in youth centres;
• Help with organizing some of the traditional Mladi zmaji events: Plata - soccer
against discrimination, ŠiškaOpen – festival of urban culture, Festival Biti mlad je
zakon – festival of possibilities for free time activities for young people ...;
• Talk, socialise and discuss with youngsters (the goal is practicing speaking English
language and broadening horizons);
• Contribute to different project management tasks, including organising study visits
and meetings, developing promo material and administrative work;
• Help manage social media by providing good quality content.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR IN A VOLUNTEER?


• MOTIVATION to work with young people; • EDUCATIONAL and SOCIAL SKILLS, to
be able to work with different target groups;• GOOD KNOWLEDGE of ENGLISH
language;• Good COMMUNICATION SKILLS;• PROACTIVE ATTITUDE to be able to
approach and motivate young people, and create activities and projects of your
own;• TEAMWORK abilities;• OPEN-MINDEDNESS and EMPATHY;• ENTHUSIASM
about learning new skills in different fields of NGO work;• ADAPTABILITY both to a
wide range of tasks and to occasionally more or less busy working days.

How to apply? Fill in the google form:


https://forms.gle/Hh8xmkmQArsK9aho9

DEADLINE FOR APPLYING IS 31th OCTOBER 2020

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