ESC: Communication Officer

Name: ESC: Communication Officer
Start: 2024-03-01
End: 2025-04-30
Location: Gent, Belgium

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About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Oxfam is a global movement of people who fight inequality to end poverty and injustice. We’re committed to ending poverty in the long-term, as well as addressing its devastating impacts right now. Together, we improve and save the lives of those hardest hit by poverty and injustice and campaign for a fairer, more sustainable world.

💼 What the programme involves

Gent Fair Trade is a partnership between the City of Ghent and Oxfam Worldshops in Gent. The City of Ghent and Oxfam Wereldwinkel Gent-Centrum are putting fair trade on the map, together with a broad group of partners. We promote Fair Trade practices and a sustainable lifestyle toward the inhabitants of Ghent, people who visit, shop, work, study... (in) the city, support entrepreneurs that sell ethical products and promote fair trade in general. The focus of this position is on content creation, campaigning and networking. Check the position descrition here: https://gentfairtrade.be/esc-vacancies-2024-2025

🏠 Accommodation on site

We offer: - a volunteer contract for one year - a position as part of a small professional team. You will work together with people who work for Oxfam (ngo) as well as civil servants who are working for the city of Ghent; - a work week of 30 hours a week (Monday to Friday) and 24 days of holiday; - A monthly fee of €500 (to cover daily expenses) + a reimbursement of (co)housing cost (with a max. of €450 per month) + reimbursement of travel cost from and to Belgium at the start and end of the project; - The possibility to follow courses related to the work you will be doing

🎒 Leisure activities

Language and other courses related to the work you'll be doing

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: We are looking for someone who - is motivated to work in an organization that promotes a sustainable lifestyle; - can write and speak well in English; - is creative and likes to do content creation for social media (mainly Instagram and Facebook); - is motivated to work with volunteers; - is willing to learn about social and environmental sustainability: - is younger than 31 years old; - can identify themselves with the principles of the Fair Trade movement
Deadline: Application deadline: 15/02/2024

ℹ️ Additional information

The project is implemented under the European Solidarity Corps Programme, financed by the European Commission.
The participating organisations have to be mindful of these needs as they are responsible for providing a respectful and trusting hosting environment. At the same time, the organisations participating in the initiative devote a great deal of time, energy and resources to set up a high-quality activity; they should therefore expect that European Solidarity Corps participants show a similar level of respect for the local communities and the people that are directly concerned by the activities (https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/mission_en).
What do we provide ?

Training before and after the project
Health insurance during your project
round-trip travel reimbursement
accommodation and food
pocket money
language course
Return Week-end
Youth Pass and SVI international Volunteer passport

Before applying for this volunteering project, you need to enroll yourself at European Solidarity Corps Platform (https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity_en) and specify your European Solidarity Corps Participant Number (PRN).
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label.
Contact the ESC coordinator at +32 2 888 67 13 to get more informations.

Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.

📅 Available sessions

BE38518

01/03/2024 → 30/04/2025

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Deadline: 15/02/2024

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–30 years old

Solidarity donation

0.00 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

Lammerstraat 16, 9000 Gent, Belgium

Belgium

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Standard Time

Local time: 21:01 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

Contact form

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

Dutch English French