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EVS│Lisbon, Portugal 🇵🇹│Associação Spin

Associação Spin is looking is looking for a volunteer from Croatia 🇭🇷 for EU funded volunteering activity!


💡 European Voluntary Service project in Associação Spin

😃Who? Youth 18-30 years old

🌍 Where? Lisbon, Portugal 🇵🇹

📅 When? 1st June 2018 - 28th February 2019

⏳ Deadline for applications! 10th of February 2018.

✈️Travel costs are reimbursed!

💶 Accommodation, food and pocket money are covered by European Union!

❓ To learn more about Erasmus+ visit our website: https://www.synergy-croatia.com/what-is-erasmus


PROPOSED ACTIVITIES:

The volunteers will participate in the activities of the European Programmes and Mobility Department, which include:

– help in the logistical organization of Spin´s international projects (Youth Exchanges, Training Courses, Live it Lisbon! Summer Volunteer Programme, etc.); – administrative support to Spin´s sending activities (Portuguese EVS volunteers or groups of Portuguese participants in Youth Exchanges, Training Courses, etc.); – help the organization of and active participation in Information Sessions about Erasmus+ at the office, in schools, seminars and conferences in order to promote the program; – research and collecting information on international mobility opportunities for Spin´s monthly newsletter and Spin´s website, blog, Facebook and Twitter.

In the Image and Communication Department, the volunteers will :

– contribute to content creation (text, graphic and audio-visual) and regular updates of the blog, website, Facebook and Twitter pages; – prepare the monthly newsletter; – create brochures, posters, flyers and other promotional materials; – distribute flyers, brochures, posters and/or other promotional materials for youth related events in the neighborhood where the office is based, in the Carnide area and specifically in schools and universities of the Lisbon Metropolitan area; – document all Spin’s activities and disseminate the information.

All volunteers will also support the management and staff of the SPIN Hostel (by hosting groups, answering to requests for information, cooking and cleaning together with international groups, arranging cultural activities with the groups staying in the Hostel, decorating the rooms, creating and maintaining communication regarding the Hostel, etc.).


LOGISTICS & PRACTICAL INFO:

  • Accommodation – Coordinating & hosting organization, Associação Spin, will provide the lodging in a flat as close to the office and the city center as possible. If the apartment is located in the city center, the volunteers will spend around 45 minutes to reach the office by bus and subway. The volunteers will have to share the room with another volunteer/student/young person (room and connected expenses are paid by Associação Spin). They may also – if so wished by the volunteer – receive a monthly accommodation allowance and be solely responsible for finding and paying for their own accommodation.

  • Food & transportation – A monthly allowance of 186,70€ will be provided by Associação Spin to cover food expenses and local public transportation.

  • Pocket money – Every month the volunteer will receive 122.22€ as pocket money.

  • Working hours – The volunteers are expected to spend 30-35 hours a week working. The daily timetable includes time for language learning, lunch, social activities and development of own project ideas, etc.

  • Days off – Volunteers are entitled to two days off per week (which sometimes may not be Saturday or Sunday) as well as 2 extra days of vacation for every month of their voluntary work.

VOLUNTEERS’ PROFILE: WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

Volunteers aged 18-30 years, open minded, eager to learn and motivated to work on the proposed project activities. It is not required to have any particular degree of formal education, but to have positive and proactive attitude, show tolerance, flexibility and capacity to adapt, motivation and enthusiasm. We will give some priority to candidates who have at least a basic level of Portuguese.


SELECTION PROCESS:

In order to be considered for the vacancies, each candidate has to send (in only 1 single e-mail):

  1. up-to-date CV,

  2. project-specific Motivation Letter,

  3. short presentation about the Spin Association (the format is absolutely free for you to choose!; for the best content do a little research on our various websites and communication channels!).

The complete applications (CV + project-specific Motivation Letter + presentation about Associação Spin) should be sent to evs@a-spin.pt no later than on February, 10th 2018.

Special remarks (please read carefully):

This project has NOT received funding from the Erasmus+ Program yet, so it is NOT 100% sure that it will start in June 2018; we will apply for the Erasmus+ funding on February, 15th;
  • candidates from both Programme and Partner Countries may apply;

  • please make sure you have a Sending Organization before you apply;

Contact us at evs@synergy-croatia.com , we can be your sending organisation!
  • we only accept complete applications that contain all the required documents;

  • we can´t consider applications sent after the deadline (February, 10th);

  • due to the high number of candidates, we are only able to contact the short-listed candidates (in order to invite them for a brief Skype interview);

  • all the other candidates will be informed about the selection results by February, 16th through our website.

GOOD LUCK!


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