Hosting Organization: Junta de
Freguesia de Carnide (2011-PT-5)
Coordinating Organization: Associação Spin, Lisbon (2012-PT-21)
Project EVS service dates: February 2014 – January 2015
Project lasts: 12 months
Vacancies: 1 volunteer
Application deadline: 3rd September 2013!
Application consists of: CV + project-specific motivation letter.
There will be also a video-conference interview with
few pre-selected.
The hosting
institution, Junta de Freguesia de Carnide,
is the local administrative unit of the Carnide area in Lisbon. In this organization, the volunteer
is going to work in the Senior Academy:
Volunteer’s Tasks:
· Cooperate with Senior Academy's volunteers and
Coordinators
· Support the cultural and recreational activities
promoted in the Academy, such as language and dance classes
· Promote and implement cultural and recreational
workshops for the seniors (ex: language teaching workshop, dance,
handicrafts..)
· Participate and support the Organization of
Senior's Arraial (Popular party)
· Support to organization and implementation of
cultural visits
· Participate in Elder's
summer colonies
In particular the volunteer will be involved in
the planning and programming of
activities developed in the Senior Academy and participate in them, by
providing support to the Coordinators and volunteers and also through the
preparation of own workshop initiatives with the Elders. The volunteer will
also collaborate in the organization of cultural visits and recreational
activities outdoors for the Seniors as well as provide support for the
logistics and company to the Seniors.
Schedule: 9h-17h every week/if activities organized
during weekends, there are days off during the week.
Junta de Freguesia de Carnide’s headquarter Cultural Center of Carnide
LOGISTICS
& PRACTICAL INFO for all volunteers in JUNTA DE FREGUESIA DE CARNIDE:
· Accommodation
Coordinating
organization, Associação Spin, will provide the lodging in a flat as
close to the volunteer placement as possible or in the city center. If the
apartment will be located in the city center, volunteers will spend 35-45
minutes in bus and subway to reach the volunteer placement.
The volunteers
will have to share the room with
another volunteer/student/young person. Room and connected expenses are
paid by the Coordinating Organization.
· Food
A monthly
allowance of 155Euros will be provided by the coordinating organization to
cover food expenses and local public transportations. Volunteers may have free
lunches at the Cantina of the HO.
· Pocket money
Every month
the volunteer will receive 95Euros for pocket money.
· Working hours
Volunteers are
expected to spend 30-35 hours a week working. The daily timetable includes time
for language
lessons, lunch, social activities and development of own project ideas, etc.
Volunteers are
entitled to two days off for every month of their voluntary work.
VOLUNTEERS’
PROFILE: WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
Volunteers
aged 18-30 years, open minded, eager to learn about new cultures and
lifestyles, as well as to participate in the proposed project activities with
the local community.
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
priority to candidates who are having at least a basic level of Portuguese
and are residents in a programme country of the Youth in Action programme.
(For more information on which countries are considered as programme countries
you may visit the Youth in Action Programme Guide by clicking here.)
Special remarks &
instructions for Application:
-Send complete applications,
within the deadline and with all required documents.
-Add the contact details of
your Sending Organization to your application e-mail
-Mention “SENIOR ACADEMY”
in the subject of the email and application
-Send your application ONLY to
evs.jfc@a-spin.pt, applications sent through other communication channels or emails will not be
considered. Also, applications with missing documents, will not be taken in consideration.
Only selected
volunteers will be contacted
(between 3/09/2013 –
6/09/2013) and invited for a brief Skype interview!
(If you are not
contacted by email or phone until the 10th September, it means
you have not been selected).
Notice that we will not
answer to requests of information about the selection process or the volunteer
placement, as all information is available in this Call.
Project Coordinated by
Associação SPIN. Find us online!
Do you really believe that we only work? Naaaaaa if you want a party every night here is possible! There are concerts every night, festivals of all types, especially wonderful evenings organized by volunteers. I will always remember the party of "Bem-vindos" organized by the group of volunteers who arrived in Lisbon several months ago. Thanks guys de Rua Cidade de Cardiff!! 
