EVS place in Macedonia
EVS place in Macedonia
Our project activities gives the volunteers an opportunity of a formative and professional growth. The long stay in Bitola and the understanding of different realities give the volunteer the possibility to develop intercultural competence. The volunteer will contribute with his/her cultural background to improve the resources of the organization and local community.
The volunteers will have a possibility to work in our three programs,
and we offer four positions:
a. Responsible for the Youth Fire Brigade Volunteers club.
The volunteer will work within the activities in this club. The
youngsters are teenagers and adults between 16 and 25. His/her
co-operators will be the office staff and volunteers and other people
who are involved in the activities like, workshops in nature, seminars
for leaders, team building games.
The volunteer will
- be involved in the designing of workshops and other activities;
- function as a contact person between the club and the Fire Brigade of
Bitola;
- be organising volunteer recruitment activities in schools and other
organisations by making leaflets, brochures and presentations;
- be doing fundraising activities through projects or business
applications.
b. Leadership and democracy program
The volunteer will work within the leadership and democracy project
activities.
The project is funded by Balkan Yout and childer Fondation through our
partnership organisation Felix and Unga Ornar. This is ongoing, but we
want to achieve to make it a long-term project. Volunteers from an
EU-country are very welcome to bring us their democracy knowledge and
experience. His/her co-operators will be the staff and other people who
are involved in the activities.
The volunteer will
- be involved in designing of the strategy to implement democratic
behaviour in other partner organisations;
- create workshops and presentations around the topic;
- Establish a club to work around Children's Rights;
- Be making an annual plan for these activities;
- Fundraise through other organisations and business applications.
c. Youth In Action Program
Because Sfera from this year have applied for many project from youth in
action other actions accept action 2, we need to make some preparation
for our member for the project outsife our country, So the volunteer
will help to establish good internacional contact for future partners
for our project, to plan and implement some preparation workshops and
games for our member becauese we have member that have nevecer been
outsife the country.
d. Language Courses from volunteers for volunteers
Courses for the volunteers in the organization which are 44 members,
intereseted languages: Spanish, Dutch, Italian, Turkish, German. So the
volunteer will gime lessons to the volunteers in the organization and to
one primary school "OU Goce Delcev" thet we have cooperation with
them. Every day he will have 3-4 hours of lessons and the other time he
will spend in the office for preparation of the class, becasue the
course doesnt have to be like a ordunary languages course, but it have
to be learning language trough other subject, like history, geography,
science, art.
e.Volunteer in the Local Firefighter Brigade
Sfera in a cooperation with the LFFB is helpping to the oldest fire
brigade in the Balkan, which is from 1836. The volunteer will spend 4-5
hours in the brigade hallping the daily work with the local
firefighters, half ot the day shift. His activities also will be
establishing good contact between The Brigade, Sfera and the
Municipality. The firefighters now are in bad conditions so we would
like to give them some internacional help not in physic help but in
mentally, with trainings and courses with non formaln education. He also
will share his expirience in his country with the Fire Brigade and help
them to make the Brigade better and to look like Internacional
Institute, because in the brigade also is the SOS Crisis Center which
the volunteer will be like a supervisor of their work and the contact
between the sos center and the fire brigade.
Apart these activities we are suggesting as general, but not obligatory
for the volunteer another extends engagement. Those can take 30 % of the
day work of the volunteer.
- upgrade of the web page;
- English classes for the interested target group;
- help in writing and development of suggested projects;
- search on the internet;
- including in the activities for finding new funds, as contribution for
continues activities of the NGO.
Through the activities mentioned above, the volunteer will improve and
upgrade the knowledge off:
- The volunteer will take part to the staff organisational meetings.
Through the all activities mentioned above, the volunteer will improve
and upgrade the knowledge off:
- Fundraising
- Writing Projects
- Presentation
- Communication
- intercultural competences
- transfer knowledge
- improving speaking and writing Macedonian language
- Tim working
The first month will be an orientation period for the volunteer: he/she
will have the change to know the different working area of the office o
fSfera. The volunteer can be involved in other programs, if he/ she
wants, or program`s need, also.The timetable frame on weekly basis will
be arranged according to the duties of the volunteer. The volunteer will
participate in the on-arrival and mid-term evaluation trainings,
organised on the part SALTO SEE resource centre. They will also take
part in the pre-departure and evaluation trainings, organised on behalf
of their National Agencies of the sending countries.
Volunteer profiles and recruitment process
The volunteer has to have field working experience in NGO's. Also solid
knowledge of working on a computer (Word, Excel, Internet, Power Point,
Front page) is needed. The qualities we search for in a volunteer are
team working skills, creativity, flexibility, pro-activity, innovation
and tolerance. We like dialogue oriented and open-minded attitude people
towards cultural diversity would be a useful qualification. And who
have good communication skills that are open to work in marginalized and
minority groups
If you have any interested volunteer please send us her cv, picture and motivation latter.
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic Of
Long term
6-12 month


