The ICJA office is located in the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district in the eastern central part of Berlin. This area is characterized by its diverse artistic style, rich history and nightlife. The districts are separated by the Spree river, which is one of the great attractions of the city. It is a very active, lively and intercultural place to live with the proportion of people with a migration background being over 40%.

Tâches du volontaire:

The main task of the volunteer will be to assist with the preparation and coordination of the ESC volunteers and their placements. The working language is German. The tasks include:
•General administration and research work
•Responds to applicants’ questions or concerns
•Assists with the application process: revision of applications and verification of completeness
•Communicates with participants regarding requirements of relevant documents
•Translates texts and application documents
•Prepares project descriptions of the ESC projects
•Publishing and sharing ESC vacancies within networks
•Assisting in online seminars for application process
•Takes the opportunity to implement own project ideas (with the aim of raising awareness about the ESC programme in the field of social media)
•Political education work with volunteers
•Preparation of the ESC volunteers; conducting online workshops/seminars
•Organisation of meetings with ESC volunteers
Please note that the tasks are mostly administrative (90%), less pedagogical (10%), and primarily office-based.

The weekly working hours will be 30-35 hours; two days off a week.

Gesichten Profil

The ICJA Office has the following expectations towards the
volunteer’s required skills and interests:
– very good knowledge of German (B2/C1) and English (B1/B2) is mandatory.
– Interest and fun in administrative tasks as well as in transcultural topics and global learning
– be open-minded and motivated
– be open to work in a responsible and independent way
– ability to work in a team
– willing to bring in own skills and interests
– knowledge of Office Programs (especially Outlook, Word and Excel)
– Interest in International Youth Exchange and Voluntary Service
– Interest in contributing your own skills and testing yourself at seminars, etc.