Work-schedule and team:
The volunteer will be working for a maximum 35 hours per week, including Swedish lessons, usually during evenings and weekends, but sometimes on weekdays as well. The volunteers are encouraged to take courses in Swedish, and the volunteer decides together with the supervisor the amount of time spent on learning it every week.
Besides 2 days off per week, volunteers are granted another 24 days off for 12 months (2 days off per month).

Activities for volunteers:
As a volunteer in this role, you will take part in the leadership and coordination of activities and people within our organization. Your work will focus on two core areas:

                               1) Supporting and organizing recreational and social activities at our public activity house, Mästeriet.
                               2) Leading and supporting individuals in simple practical work as part of our work training and daily occupation programs.

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You will help lead, coordinate and plan your own and others' activities – ranging from children’s events, association meetings, creative workshops, and themed evenings. In parallel, you will be a supportive team leader for people engaged in hands-on work such as organizing storage spaces, helping with repairs, deliveries, or setting up for events. You will have ongoing support from your supervisor in your work. This is done through regular contact, meetings, discussions and coaching.

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We are recruiting several volunteers for this project. Each volunteer will be matched with specific responsibilities based on their interests and strengths. This means not everyone will do everything listed in this description. Instead, you will complement one another as a team and contribute in different ways.

Examples of tasks:

• Plan and lead your own workshops or recreational activities for children, youth, or adults

• Assist external leaders with preparation, hosting and cleanup of their activities

• Coordinate bookings, rooms, and materials for ongoing activities

• Communicate with new and current activity leaders

• Act as a host and maintain a welcoming environment at Mästeriet

• Lead and motivate individuals in simple work tasks such as:

  • Administration and office work​

  • ​Small repairs, furnishing, inventory, or organizing materials

  • Product research, ordering, and preparation

  • Cleaning and maintaining shared spaces

• Help develop tools and systems for better structure and routines

• Write manuals, take instructional photos, or create guides

• Join practical work teams, e.g., assisting with gardening, construction, or logistics

→ You will also join other teams of Network SIP during your volunteering, such as the maintenance team. Throughout that you get the chance to develop more skills and meet other people working in our house. These can include more practical tasks like constructing, screwing, painting or driving with a trailer. In total it can be 5 weeks when you will work manually (2 weeks of preparation and 3 weeks when you will be leading a group of young people which we call “summer workers” and work manually with them).
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We are looking for a volunteer who:

• Is open-minded, responsible, and flexible

• Enjoys both working with people and doing practical tasks

• Has an interest in leadership, coordination, and social impact

• Wants to be creative, take initiative and develop their own ideas 

• Is respectful and eager to adapt to new people and situations

• Feels comfortable supporting others in their work tasks and offering motivation

• Has an interest in inclusion, disability rights, and community building

• Enjoys working in a diverse team with people of all ages and backgrounds

• Has a driver’s licence (not required but desirable)

Food, accommodation, and transportation
The volunteers will cook on their own and will recieve food and pocket money every month. In the office, you can eat your homemade lunch together with colleagues or other volunteers in our lunchroom, and there are private spaces to change into working clothes if needed. Apart from that, everything in terms of tools and equipment is provided by us in Funkibator or Network SIP for any task that is carried out by the volunteer.

The volunteer will live in a shared house/apartment with other volunteers, students, or workers. They will have a single room and share the bathroom, a fully equipped kitchen and other common areas. There is Wi-Fi in the accommodation. The housing is either situated inside the city of Växjö or in the surrounding towns of Växjö. The volunteer will be provided with a yearlong bus card or a bicycle to travel from home to the office, depending on the distance in between them. 

Application
​If you are interested in this project, send us your CV and a motivation/cover letter (both documents in English) to funkibator@globalakronoberg.se.
​​Applications should be sent to us before the deadline in the European Youth Portal.  Only the countries listed in the add will be eligible to participate in the project!
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Note that you should write “Funkibator's project” in the email's subject, so we can easily recognize the project you are applying for. 
​We will only consider applications sent to the email address stated above!

We’re looking forward to receiving your application!​​​ For more information, download our infopack!

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