Short description:

You would be expected to support the regular work at the
office, from keeping contacts with partners and third persons
interested in Citizens' activities to a precious help with the
administrative matters. You could learn or improve your
language skills, communicating on a daily basis both in
English and in German. Your colleagues will be another
European volunteer and twice per week the office responsible,
with whom you will discuss and plan your tasks. You will be
asked to contribute with your ideas to various projects run by
other members and at the same time according to your personal
interests you could have the chance to develop and implement
your own project. We highly encourage your self-initiative in
this sense and we are happy to support you.

Citizens of Europe realizes diverse multidisciplinary projects
on a transnational level. Throughout the last year our board
has set the following core priorities:
− to strengthen and develop our local and international
network going beyond the youth dimension.
We would like to address as much as possible the needs of a
contemporary heterogeneous civil society,
taking into high consideration the gap among generations in
volunteering. We want to develop new
communication strategies and activities in order to facilitate
the involvement of the “productive” generations
particularly within our network;
− to create a comprehensive collection of the material
produced so far during the past projects, taking
into account also the personal dimension of people involved.
We are working on the realization of a Year Book
through which we want to tell Citizens of Europe's story,
evolution and growth. This project implies
communication among members, a careful gathering process and
finally the editing.

According to your skills and interests you may be asked to
provide your support on this regard, contributing on their
practical implementation.

Volunteer profile:

- Aged 20-26
- Self-initiative and the ability to work autonomously
- A mental drive to make active contributions, both on a
planning as on an implementing level
- European citizen´s self awareness: this doesn´t mean you
have to be an enthusiastic pro-European. More important for us
is, you have an opinion of your own regardless its political
direction and are interested in following up current
developments in the European continent
- A certain organisational experience: not necessarily
professionally, but for instance from previous engagements in
your local student organisation, youth associations, etc
- A minimum proficiency in German language. Although all the
members of our staff and practically all our project
freelancers speak English, your work in Berlin will be
facilitated a lot if you already speak some German. It is not
important at all you are already brilliant with declinations
or other language difficulties, but understanding at least the
essence of German could be a great advantage for you.

What we offer:

- 510 EUR per month + tickets for public transportation
- Language course
- On-arrival training and mid term evaluation seminar together
with other European volunteers
- One year of free membership in Citizens of Europe upon
completion of your EVS
- Besides the office we will take care also of other issues
that could facilitate and make pleasant your stay in Berlin.
First the research of a flat then the creation of a bank
account and the attempt to fulfill as much as possible your
needs. Apart form your responsible you could always rely on a
mentor, with whom you will be constantly in contact
- One year to discover and enjoy Berlin!