📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
European Educational Exchanges – Youth for Understanding aisbl (EEE-YFU) is the umbrella organisation of European YFU organisations and aims at implementing the European dimension of YFU’s activities. The mission of YFU is to advance intercultural understanding, life-long learning, global competencies, mutual respect, and social responsibility through transformational educational exchanges for generations of youth, families, and communities, supported by dedicated volunteers and staff. National YFU organisations (who operate by non-for-profit principles) primarily organise long-term host-family-based secondary school individual youth exchanges between 50 countries around the world for teenagers between the age of 15 and 18. EEE-YFU works to support its European member organisations to grow as quality and sustainable organisations.
Through educational activities, training courses, advocacy and networking, EEE-YFU supports member organisations to develop stronger volunteer networks and leadership, have a greater influence on policy, increase the visibility and recognition of intercultural education, and be relevant and innovative in response to an evolving European society.
EEE-YFU’s activities range from the yearly Youth Empowerment Seminar (YES) (over 100,000 young people have attended this event since its creation) to trainings for youth workers on topics as wide ranging as youth organisation governance, intercultural learning & non-formal education, communication, leadership, digital marketing, advocacy, training for trainers and volunteer development. Each year, over 100 youth workers across Europe receive trainings through EEE-YFU’s activities.
💼 What the programme involves
Youth For Understanding is looking for 1 dedicated European Solidarity Corps volunteer to join us in the Global Office in Brussels for 1 year!
The volunteer in this project will have the chance to enhance their organisational skills by supporting the implementation and operationalisation of our Quality Management System as well as assisting our Business Intelligence efforts to learn about long-term Intercultural Exchanges worldwide, by researching and understanding the multiple operations related to the organisation and monitoring of such experiences.
This experience will offer the selected volunteer the chance to get an insight into how a Global NGO operates and more specifically, into YFU’s Quality Management System and processes, from its operationalization to collecting and processing data from different assessments and indicators.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The volunteer will be expected to be in the office on a full-time basis, 38h/week according to the Belgian law.
EEE-YFU will provide a monthly allowance of 900 euro, which will enable you to secure accommodation and subsistence during your stay in Brussels. We will support you with helpful indications, but it will be your responsibility to secure these during your internship. You will benefit from the insurance.
Travel to and from Brussels for relocation will be covered by the program. All travels and subsistence during assigned events will be fully covered.
🎒 Leisure activities
Together with the sending partner organization, we will agree that all selected volunteers will need to have a pre-departure and face-to-face training. We will have an online meetings with the volunteer before departure. In addition to this preparation process, we will have internally at least two interim training related to the volunteer project and several evaluation moments, as well as a final evaluation of the project. We also guarantee the participation of the volunteers in the orientations/trainings provided by the Flemish National Agency.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: Tasks of the volunteer:
Support the operationalisation of YFU’s Quality Management System and its components
Support in the implementation and operationalisation of YFU’s Quality Management General Approach
Assist with the smooth delivery of audits, focus groups and satisfaction assessments
Support reporting to the Global Governance and Membership of YFU
Support monitoring progress and quality standards from Member Organizations through different internal systems
Support with the follow-up of audit reviews, partner-assessments, participants evaluations
Deadline: No application deadline
ℹ️ Additional information
Participants are entitled to receive a Youthpass certificate from the organiser, for recognition of their competence development during the activity. Read more about Youthpass:https://www.youthpass.eu/en/
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label. The Quality Label certifies that the organisation is able to run projects in compliance with the principles and objectives of the European Solidarity Corps.