FOCSIV – Junior EU Aid Volunteer in Child Protection in Nepal Tarkeswore municipality

Valentina Citati
22 Febbraio 2019

Età: vario

Durata: da 6 a 12 mesi

Tipo di programma: Opportunità UE

Ambito: Vario

Stato del bando:

Età minima: 18

Area geografica: Asia

Paese: Nepal

Ente: FOCSIV

Nell’ambito dell’iniziativa europea EU Aid Volunteers FOCSIV ricerca 1 Junior EU Aid Volunteer in Child Protection da inviare in Nepal.

Scadenza invio candidature: 19/03/2019

Tasks:

General

Under the direct supervision and mentoring of the VIN Program Coordinator, the EU Aid Volunteer will support the planning and implementing of children’s development projects with local volunteers.

Training courses

• support children’s development project staffs in their daily work;
• identify child’s needs and contribute with new ideas to address the issues;
• work in child clubs and cooperate with the teachers to implement the child development projects;
• develop workshop for local staff/teachers/parents and coach project staffs for more effective delivery of the projects.

Meetings and field visit

• participate to all relevant meetings with local stakeholders and team coordination meetings;
• support the projects’ monitoring and visit the activities implemented in the surrounding villages, collecting data from the ground and suggesting constructive feedback;

Writing

• support the development of a database, organizing all data from the projects;
• work on the elaboration and writing of content and manual for child protection projects;
• review existing projects and provide feedback;

Communication and Awareness on EU Aid Volunteers Initiative

The EU Aid Volunteer shall:
• Promote local volunteerism in disaster risk reduction, prevention and response;
• Train local volunteers on organization and implementation of volunteer-based activities, when applicable;
• Promote partnerships and collaboration between local and European organizations;
• Draft and publish articles describing volunteer’s experience in the field;
• Gather audiovisual materials to be used in a public awareness activity in the volunteer’s local community in Europe;
• In coordination with the NGOs partner of the project, organize and execute a public awareness activity once back in Europe.

Other

The EU Aid Volunteer shall perform other duties, as required.

No apprenticeship is foreseen for this position.

 

Required competences

Studies:

  • Degree in development studies (i.e. international relation/social studies/political science..), education, child psychology or similar);

Languages:

  • Good in spoken and written English;

Skills:

  • Good interpersonal, team working skills and ability to work independently;
  • Good ability to adapt to in rural community living in deprived areas;
  • Good ability in intercultural dialogue;
  • Ability to manage limited resources;

Experience:

  • Experience in volunteering desired;
  • Experience in child development projects or youth work;
  • Good general knowledge of the full Office suite.

The candidate for EU Aid Volunteers must be a citizen of the EU or a third country national who is a long-term resident in an EU Member State, and must have a minimum age of 18 years.

Availability for the following activities:
• Training in presence starting from June 2019;
• Pre-deployment induction in FOCSIV HQ, in Roma, starting from late July 2019;
• Deployment starting from November 2019.

Candidates must satisfy the requirements set out in Regulation (EU) No 375/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 establishing the European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps (“EU Aid Volunteers initiative”), which include having a minimum age of 18 years old and being a citizen of EU or a third country national who is a long-term resident in an EU Member State.FOCSIV applies a policy of equal opportunities and accepts applications without distinction on the grounds of sex, race, color, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation.Read the full vacancy and apply here 

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