Social media management and event planning

Name: Social media management and event planning
Start: 2024-09-01
End: 2025-06-30
Location: Wrocław, Poland

Code: 92679ad0-1dc3-11ef-aae3-fa163ef8d720 Copied

Poland European Voluntary Service Social work European Voluntary Service Social work Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

The Foundation of Social Integration Prom was established in 2004.

We've been hosting ESC volunteers in our children's center, Brave Kids project, our office, Polish kindergartens and schools in Wroclaw since 2009. Apart from ESC projects, we’re also involved in local projects that support the integration of people and groups of people at risk of marginalization and social exclusion such as children from disadvantaged backgrounds, Roma minority, and people with mental health issues.

💼 What the programme involves

Tasks:

30 hours of hybrid volunteering work (home office and foundations’s office) per week (6 hours per day) + 5 extra hours per week for group meetings with volunteers to plan activities for local events and produce materials.
updating information on the foundation’s website, Facebook page, Instagram and YouTube channel (translating, editing, writing new articles, adding photos, videos, etc.);
creating promotional materials and visuals for events and social media;
searching for local events on Facebook that the Foundation can join;
taking photos and shooting videos during events and workshops;
taking an active part in all stages of events related to the dissemination of the project results such as proposing ideas, helping with logistics and schedule of the event under the supervision of the foundation’s staff;
promoting Foundation's activities in the local media - creating short texts and photo reports;
participating in the events for NGOs (presentations, workshops, trainings, integration activities) together with the foundation’s staff;
helping in the inventory of materials and equipment belonging to the Foundation (aids, toys, advertising materials and documentation);
ordering new advertising materials;
co-organizing extra events for the group of volunteers such as intercultural evenings, workshops, etc.;
managing and reorganizing the foundation’s partner database, photo and video documentation;
contributing ideas to updates of internal documentation related to integration and evaluation meetings with volunteers.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Place in a double room in a flat shared with other participants or students (with Internet access, equipped kitchen, clean towels and bedsheets). The flats have a "student standard".

🍲 Food

Food money is 650 PLN a month. This money is enough to buy basic food to cook at home, not to go to restaurants.

⚠️ Requirements

You are eligible if you:

- are between 18 and 30 years old;

- have not done any EVS/ESC project before;

- have a clean criminal record (send document)

- are fluent in English

IS ABLE TO COMMUNICATE IN ENGLISH WELL (KNOWLEDGE OF POLISH WOULD BE AN ASSET!)
VOLUNTEER'S PROFILE
IS WILLING TO WORK AND DEVELOP IN A MULTICULTURAL ENVIRONMENT
IS POSITIVE, OPEN AND HONEST
IS CREATIVE AND IMAGINATIVE
HAS GOOD ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS
IS GOOD AT WRITING, TAKING PHOTOS AND SHOOTING VIDEOS
IS INTERESTED IN NON-GOVERNMENTAL SECTOR (NGO), SOCIAL MEDIA, PR
IS FLEXIBLE, FRIENDLY AND HELPFUL
IS PROFICIENT IN SOCIAL MEDIA
IS RESPONSIBLE, TRUSTWORTHY AND PUNCTUAL
WANTS TO LEARN POLISH
IS AN INDEPENDENT USER OF BASIC PHOTO/VIDEO EDITING PROGRAMS
IS NOT AFRAID OF OFFICE WORK: EMAILS, SPREADSHEETS AND INVOICES
IS WILLING TO EXPLORE IN PRACTICE THE SUBJECT OF NGO MANAGEMENT (FINANCIAL, LOGISTICS, HR, ETC.)
IS EXPERIENCED IN EVENT MANAGEMENT OR READY TO LEARN HOW TO ORGANISE GROUP EVENTS

ℹ️ Additional information

The organization provides:

-Monthly pocket money is 150 EUR a month

- Polish language course (twice a week, 4 school hours);

- All the required medical examinations, 4-day training in our office to get participants started, health and safety training in host.org. are provided at the beginning of the project.

- Reimbursement of the travel costs from the city of origin to Wroclaw and back (up to the amount based on the ESC Distance Calculator, the excessive amount will be paid by the participant).

- Local transportation card (for trams, buses and night buses).

- Mentor's support throughout the entire project.

- Support of a special mentor and additional support (e.g. psychologist) for participants who experience obstacles in their lives (health issues, geographic, social, educational, economic obstacles).

WHAT WILL YOU GAIN ?:

increase your language skills (learn the basics of the Polish language, deepen your knowledge of English);

improve your leadership skills and learn how to manage group projects;

gain a wide experience for future professional life;

become more flexible and ready to adapt to changes in the environment after such a long stay in a foreign country);

improve your digital skills by using a variety of tools );

develop self-organized activities/ workshops, learn how to plan and manage your time and finances;

observe work of different professionals and learn from them (instructors, event managers, etc.);

become more confident, responsible and mature;

through regular meetings with the mentor and analysis of progress you will find the most effective way(s) for you to learn;

have a better understanding of cultural differences and to be able to accept them;

learn how to promote a project and its results/values within the local community by taking action and make new friends.