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WEWORLD-GVC (Italy), Alianza por la Solidaridad (Spain), Acción contra el Hambre (Spain), Action Aid Hellas (Greece) and FOCSIV(Italy) are international non-governmental organizations that have joined their expertise in management of humanitarian action worldwide and now implement the “EU Aid Volunteers acting for LRRD” project.

The objective is to add value to the Commission’s European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations Department and other Humanitarian Operations (ECHO) with the support of 47 trained EU Aid Volunteers working within 19 hosting organizations in 19 Countries.

TASKS

Technical tasks

• Contributing to the creation of materials to be published on the website and on the social media;
• Planning the production of web contents;
• Manage communication on social networks;
• Treating direct communication with donors and funders of the organization;
• Support the Country Representative in fund raising initiatives;
• Adapt media material to different audiences (donors, local partners, etc.);
• Manage the preparation and publication of the monthly newsletter;
• Promote awareness campaigns and mobilization of funds;
• Manage and enrich the photo and video archive of WE WORLD-GVC HQ and Mozambique mission;
• Writing of articles and press release.

Coordination tasks

• Participate in the meetings staff and with the Headquarter;
• Coordinate with the Headquarter (communication team and fundraising team);
• Liaising with communication offices of stakeholders and partners.

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 carry out a public awareness activity once back in Europe.

Other

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

REQUIRED COMPETENCES

Studies

  • Degree in communication, political science and related studies;
  • Specific media & communication studies desired;

Languages

  • Fluent in English both written and spoken;
  • Knowledge of Portuguese and/or Italian is an asset;

Skills

  • Excellent knowledge and good general knowledge of the full Office suit;
  • Ability to work under pressure and on short deadlines;
  • Good ability to adapt to the situation of instability and stress management;
  • Team working;
  • Intercultural awareness and respectful attitude towards other customs and traditions;
  • Good interpersonal, team working skills and ability to work independently;
  • Good ability to adapt to the situation of instability;
  • Ability to write reports and press releases;
  • knowledge of web 2.0 and its potential for the internet positioning;
  • Knowledge of the main CMS, the application office and e-mail tools;
  • Knowledge and passion for digital technologies and the web marketing (including SEO, SEM, Google AdWords / AdGrant, Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Linkedin Ads, HTML, CMS, web and social analytics);
  • Knowledge in the use of photo editing tools (e.g. Adobe Photoshop or Gimp), and basic graphical management for text and graphics (e.g. Illustrator, InDesign; FinalCut or other editing programs);
  • Ability to take semi-professional pictures and video;

Experiences

  • Good general knowledge of the full Office suite;
  • Previous experience in developing countries is preferred;
  • Professional experience in similar activities (communications office, digital marketing, publishing activities) of at least 1 or 2 years;
  • Prior volunteer experience is an asset.
    CONDITION OF SERVICE

Learning Opportunities

The EU Aid Volunteer will attend a 30-hours online training and a 9-12-days in presence training before her/his deployment.
The in presence training will have a standard part for all the candidates and some optional modules, decided according to the competences of the EU Aid Volunteer and the needs of the hosting organization.
The EU Aid Volunteer will have a Learning and Development Plan for the on-going assessment of her/his competences during the deployment.

Working and Living Condition

The Hosting Organization for the present deployment is WE WORLD-GVC Mozambique;

Length of Deployment:12 months;

Deployment duty station: Maputo, Mozambique.

Conditions of service during deployment:
• A monthly Subsistence Lump Sum (319,27 Euro per month) intends to cover basic needs and local transport;
• In addition, for each month of deployment 100 euro of post deployment resettlement allowance are foreseen;
• Accommodation, Visa fees, insurance and airfares will be covered directly by sending and/or hosting organization;
• The working calendar will be corresponding to the agenda and system established in the field;
• For each month of voluntary activity two days of rest are foreseen, in addition to public holidays. It is highly recommended not to use the rest days during the first and the last month of deployment;

Conditions related to in-presence training:
• If a candidate volunteer is working outside of the EU, travel costs will be fully covered if EU citizens legally reside in a non-EU country for long-term or forever (i.e. who live in that country);
• EU citizens who are on a temporary assignment in a third country that lasts more than 18 months;

On the contrary, only travel costs from an EU country to the training venue shall be covered if:
• EU citizens on a temporary assignment in a third country that lasts less than 18 months;
• EU citizens selected by the same organization or affiliate with which they have an on-going assignment in the third country if this assignment is longer than 18 months;

Please note that more than one candidate per position will attend the training, to create an additional pool to cover drop-outs and unforeseen needs.

How to apply:

Applications are made directly within the sending organisation, please check out the how to apply section.

Eligibility and exception criteria

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/July 2019;
• Pre-deployment induction in WE WORLD-GVC HQ, in Bologna, starting from August 2019;
• Deployment starting from September 2019.

Minimum Requirements

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.

WE WORLD-GVC applies a policy of equal opportunities and accepts applications without distinction on the grounds of sex, race, colour, 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.

Shortlisting and Interviews

To apply, the candidate shall fulfill the Application Form online, attach the CV, a Motivation Letter and the Self-Assessment Questionnaire.

• Submission of applications: from 12/03/2019 to 15/04/2019;
• Shortlisting and interviews of the candidates: from 15/04/2019 to 15/05/2019;

In case of changes of the dates, the candidates will be notified.

Interview Process

• All the interviews will be done online. The interviews have the aim to explore both the competences and the motivations of the candidates;
• The selected candidate/s for each vacancy will be notified by 30/05/2019. The date of the notification may vary according to the number of application received;
• The selected candidate/s will attend an online and in-presence training, which are part of the selection process;
• PLEASE NOTE THAT MORE THAN ONE CANDIDATE PER POSITION WILL ATTEND THE TRAINING;
• THE FINAL DECISION ABOUT THE CANDIDATE TO BE DEPLOYED WILL BE TAKEN JUST BY SENDING AND HOSTING ORGANIZATION AFTER THE TRAINING.

Expected date decision on outcome: 20/08/2019

FOR MORE INFORMATION WRITE TO [email protected]

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GVC - Civil Volunteer Group , a non-governmental secular, independent, born in Bologna in 1971. He is active in international cooperation with complex strategies of intervention: from ' humanitarian assistance  to populations affected by conflicts and natural disasters to  reconstruction , from  health  to  food security , from  rural development  to ' education , the  protection of women  all' childhood .

In over forty years of GVC activities he has worked all over the world, creating thousands of projects. He also collaborates with public bodies, cultural associations, cooperatives, NGOs  Italian and European organizing seminars, conferences, exhibitions and festivals, workshops in schools and refresher courses for teachers. It produces educational materials for education and carries out communication campaigns on sensitive issues such as differences, human rights, the status of women, sustainable trade, biodiversity.

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We want a better world, more fair than what we see every day. We try to contribute to its construction through the respect and promotion of the rights of communities with which we work, with a view to dignity, exchange and reciprocity.

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We believe in awareness, the ability of each one, to see the world with new eyes to learn that respect for people and the environment, in North and South strongly linked, after all, is nothing but self-respect.

We work with individuals, social forces, governments and local authorities, so that you can take care of the present and the future, building a culture of autonomy and cooperation to strengthen the independence and freedom of the communities.

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0 USD Maputo CF 3201 Abc road Volunteer , 40 hours per week Gruppo di Volontariato Civile

WEWORLD-GVC (Italy), Alianza por la Solidaridad (Spain), Acción contra el Hambre (Spain), Action Aid Hellas (Greece) and FOCSIV(Italy) are international non-governmental organizations that have joined their expertise in management of humanitarian action worldwide and now implement the “EU Aid Volunteers acting for LRRD” project.

The objective is to add value to the Commission’s European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations Department and other Humanitarian Operations (ECHO) with the support of 47 trained EU Aid Volunteers working within 19 hosting organizations in 19 Countries.

TASKS

Technical tasks

• Contributing to the creation of materials to be published on the website and on the social media; • Planning the production of web contents; • Manage communication on social networks; • Treating direct communication with donors and funders of the organization; • Support the Country Representative in fund raising initiatives; • Adapt media material to different audiences (donors, local partners, etc.); • Manage the preparation and publication of the monthly newsletter; • Promote awareness campaigns and mobilization of funds; • Manage and enrich the photo and video archive of WE WORLD-GVC HQ and Mozambique mission; • Writing of articles and press release.

Coordination tasks

• Participate in the meetings staff and with the Headquarter; • Coordinate with the Headquarter (communication team and fundraising team); • Liaising with communication offices of stakeholders and partners.

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 carry out a public awareness activity once back in Europe.

Other

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

REQUIRED COMPETENCES

Studies

  • Degree in communication, political science and related studies;
  • Specific media & communication studies desired;

Languages

  • Fluent in English both written and spoken;
  • Knowledge of Portuguese and/or Italian is an asset;

Skills

  • Excellent knowledge and good general knowledge of the full Office suit;
  • Ability to work under pressure and on short deadlines;
  • Good ability to adapt to the situation of instability and stress management;
  • Team working;
  • Intercultural awareness and respectful attitude towards other customs and traditions;
  • Good interpersonal, team working skills and ability to work independently;
  • Good ability to adapt to the situation of instability;
  • Ability to write reports and press releases;
  • knowledge of web 2.0 and its potential for the internet positioning;
  • Knowledge of the main CMS, the application office and e-mail tools;
  • Knowledge and passion for digital technologies and the web marketing (including SEO, SEM, Google AdWords / AdGrant, Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Linkedin Ads, HTML, CMS, web and social analytics);
  • Knowledge in the use of photo editing tools (e.g. Adobe Photoshop or Gimp), and basic graphical management for text and graphics (e.g. Illustrator, InDesign; FinalCut or other editing programs);
  • Ability to take semi-professional pictures and video;

Experiences

  • Good general knowledge of the full Office suite;
  • Previous experience in developing countries is preferred;
  • Professional experience in similar activities (communications office, digital marketing, publishing activities) of at least 1 or 2 years;
  • Prior volunteer experience is an asset. CONDITION OF SERVICE

Learning Opportunities

The EU Aid Volunteer will attend a 30-hours online training and a 9-12-days in presence training before her/his deployment. The in presence training will have a standard part for all the candidates and some optional modules, decided according to the competences of the EU Aid Volunteer and the needs of the hosting organization. The EU Aid Volunteer will have a Learning and Development Plan for the on-going assessment of her/his competences during the deployment.

Working and Living Condition

The Hosting Organization for the present deployment is WE WORLD-GVC Mozambique;

Length of Deployment:12 months;

Deployment duty station: Maputo, Mozambique.

Conditions of service during deployment: • A monthly Subsistence Lump Sum (319,27 Euro per month) intends to cover basic needs and local transport; • In addition, for each month of deployment 100 euro of post deployment resettlement allowance are foreseen; • Accommodation, Visa fees, insurance and airfares will be covered directly by sending and/or hosting organization; • The working calendar will be corresponding to the agenda and system established in the field; • For each month of voluntary activity two days of rest are foreseen, in addition to public holidays. It is highly recommended not to use the rest days during the first and the last month of deployment;

Conditions related to in-presence training: • If a candidate volunteer is working outside of the EU, travel costs will be fully covered if EU citizens legally reside in a non-EU country for long-term or forever (i.e. who live in that country); • EU citizens who are on a temporary assignment in a third country that lasts more than 18 months;

On the contrary, only travel costs from an EU country to the training venue shall be covered if: • EU citizens on a temporary assignment in a third country that lasts less than 18 months; • EU citizens selected by the same organization or affiliate with which they have an on-going assignment in the third country if this assignment is longer than 18 months;

Please note that more than one candidate per position will attend the training, to create an additional pool to cover drop-outs and unforeseen needs.

How to apply:

Applications are made directly within the sending organisation, please check out the how to apply section.

Eligibility and exception criteria

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/July 2019; • Pre-deployment induction in WE WORLD-GVC HQ, in Bologna, starting from August 2019; • Deployment starting from September 2019.

Minimum Requirements

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.

WE WORLD-GVC applies a policy of equal opportunities and accepts applications without distinction on the grounds of sex, race, colour, 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.

Shortlisting and Interviews

To apply, the candidate shall fulfill the Application Form online, attach the CV, a Motivation Letter and the Self-Assessment Questionnaire.

• Submission of applications: from 12/03/2019 to 15/04/2019; • Shortlisting and interviews of the candidates: from 15/04/2019 to 15/05/2019;

In case of changes of the dates, the candidates will be notified.

Interview Process

• All the interviews will be done online. The interviews have the aim to explore both the competences and the motivations of the candidates; • The selected candidate/s for each vacancy will be notified by 30/05/2019. The date of the notification may vary according to the number of application received; • The selected candidate/s will attend an online and in-presence training, which are part of the selection process; • PLEASE NOTE THAT MORE THAN ONE CANDIDATE PER POSITION WILL ATTEND THE TRAINING; • THE FINAL DECISION ABOUT THE CANDIDATE TO BE DEPLOYED WILL BE TAKEN JUST BY SENDING AND HOSTING ORGANIZATION AFTER THE TRAINING.

Expected date decision on outcome: 20/08/2019

FOR MORE INFORMATION WRITE TO [email protected]

2019-05-02

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