ADICE recruits 01 Senior EU Aid Volunteer, Volunteer Coordination and Management
Volunteers Initiative Nepal (VIN), founded in 2005, is a non-profit, non-government, non- political and secular organization working for the most marginalized communities of Nepal using a holistic community development approach. This volunteering position will take place in grassroots organization developing mainly local development and humanitarian aid projects. It is expected from the volunteer to be autonomous and able to take initiatives to support the hosting organization and local community in the development of their projects and activities. This position will allow to promote national volunteering for local and national youngsters. Indeed, the concept of volunteering is not popularly develop in Nepal. VIN wants to promote and develop the concept of it among local people through this volunteer which is also the objective of EU. This volunteer will also support the volunteering management coordinator. He will be involving practically with volunteer management team and teach to the local staff. The volunteer will work closely with the director/volunteer manager of the organisation and local team to support the organizational, technical and operational capacity of the hosting organization to work and update the volunteering processes. Furthermore, the objective is to organize capacity building activities that target local staff members, volunteers and vulnerable communities. The main areas include the support in strengthening volunteer management at the organisation to improve service delivery at community level, using results of an independent study carried out by previous EUAVs and other. The specific focus will be refined based on the technical expertise and experience of the volunteer. The volunteer will be based at VIN‘s head office in Kathmandu, with frequent travel required to VIN‘s project sites in Nepal (e.g. Kathmandu, Okhaldhunga and Nuwakot districts.) Operational details & security context VIN is working in the rural area of Nepal. It mobilizes its volunteers in those areas to achieve its goal. Volunteers will be working closely with the volunteers in those areas. Travelling via bus to reach Kathmandu from Tarakeshwor takes around 1 hour. Tarakeshwor and Okharpawa are simple rural communities and have only basic facilities. Volunteer needs to travel to Okhaldhunga to support other volunteers which is 250 km from Kathmandu and takes 8 hrs by bus, mountainous site. Each volunteer is received from the airport by VIN’s staff and brought to its hostel. VIN provides full on arrival training that lasts a minimum of a week. Most of the people speak Nepali in the working community, so the volunteers need to learn some survival Nepali. VIN provides volunteers with Nepali language classes with professional language teachers to help prepare them. They are prepared culturally to fit in with the local context. VIN covers health and safety briefings, cultural classes, the local working context, working community visits and one to one information/orientation with mentor and program officers during on arrival training. Tâches
The volunteer will promote national volunteering for local and national youngsters. He / she will promote and develop the concept of it among local people and will also support the volunteering management coordinator to update the tools and practices of volunteering management.
Under guidance from the Director/volunteer manager, the volunteer should assist the management and field staff in the identification of needs for volunteers, scheduling of incoming volunteers, and planning of tasks for volunteers (e.g. to ensure continuity, coherence and sustainability of programmes and projects), as well as assist the organisation in active identification of needs and opportunities and selection process.
Assist in update of materials for volunteers, as well as communication with volunteers prior to their projects, to facilitate their preparation for activities, manage expectations.
Assist in development of tools to ensure timely and relevant planning and coordination of activities, including support in the tasks definition as well as promote coherence, continuity and sustainability of projects (e.g. volunteer work plans with indicators, event calendars, diaries, community testimonials, feed-back mechanisms, hand-over of media content created, exit-evaluation notes, project hand-over notes, and etc.).
Assist in mentoring and accompanying of volunteers, as well as community preparation, including, identifying availability of and access to alternative support networks (former volunteers, mentors, host families, and etc.);
Support the organization of meetings and social activities for volunteers, community and staff, to encourage timely feedback, socialisation, coordination of work, and management of expectations;
Ensure timely and regular collection, analysis and follow-up of feedback from volunteers, and advise on and support proper collection and analysis of data.
Together with Communication Officer at VIN, design and implement outreach activities and materials for local communities, to promote local volunteering;
Provide capacity building (training, skills development activities) to local team on volunteer management, coordination, mentoring and support;
Support in the review, development, and regular update of existing documents of volunteering management.
Support in the development of networks and partnerships with the local and international volunteer community;
Assist in induction training of volunteers, as well as training volunteers on work with communities, and etc. |
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| Ville | Kathmandu |
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| Expériences / Formation du candidat | – Skills and ability to analyse human resources and volunteer management processes and procedures.
– Experience in Volunteer Management and Coordination. – Experience in development sector is highly desirable. – Skills in training and developing staff. – Autonomy, self-iniative, resilience, flexibility and adaptation. – Oral and written fluency in English. – Excellent written and oral communication skills. – Ability to work independently and as a team member. – Ability to work effectively in multi-cultural environments. – Positive attitude. The volunteers will have to adapt and to be flexible regarding the local working and living environment that is very different from the European one. |
| Experience | 3 à 5 ans |
| Fonctions | Gestion de projets/programmes |
| Secteurs d’activité | Développement économique et local |
| Pays | Asie, Népal |
| Salaire / Indemnité | A monthly Subsistence Lump Sum (334.66 per month), will be paid to the volunteer to cover subsistence (food, any other personal items) in addition to a local transportation reimbursement. In addition, after the return, 100€ of post deployment resettlement allowance per month of deployment done, will be foreseen. Accommodation with locked individual room will be provided by the hosting organization. Visa fees, insurance and international travel (1 round trip ticket) will be covered directly by sending organization. |
| Comment postuler |
The candidate has to send the following documents to info@adice.asso.fr on 26/05/2019 at the latest: At the end of May / beginning of June: the candidates interviewed will know if they are selected to participate to the pre-departure training. Skype interview with the sending and hosting organizations in June 2019.Important notice: additional candidates may be shortlisted for a single position and proposed for the EU Aid Volunteers training. This is to ensure that for each position, substitute volunteers may be chosen to replace the candidate in case
he or she resigns or is no longer available. Where more than one candidate has been shortlisted for a single position, final selection takes places following the training. |
| Postuler en ligne | https://bit.ly/2LmZxJ9 |
| Date de fin de validité | 30/05/2019 |