Join BAAS!
Helping hands and motivated, creative minds are always needed! If you are interested in investing your time and energy to support people on the move in Greece with BAAS, please contact us at recruitment@beawareandshare.ch.
You can also support our projects from home by joining one of our working groups. Do you have experience in fundraising, marketing, communication, organizing events or awareness-raising work? Would you like to help shape and sustainably develop the work of BAAS? Then we look forward to receiving your application (recruitment@beawareandshare.ch).
Current need for volunteers
We are looking for volunteers for our Community Centre in Ioannina, Greece! If you are interested, please contact us (recruitment@beawareandshare.ch). Write something about yourself and send us your CV.
Desired Requirements:
- Enthusiasm to get involved in social activities.
- A person who enjoys working with other people, is empathetic and reacts in an appropriate manner to people’s needs.
- Ability to work independently or in a team, takes initiative and gets involved.
- Ability to be flexible.
- Good command of English. Other languages, including French, Greek, Arabic, Farsi/ Dari, Kurdish are useful in the project.
- Minimum full time commitment of 6 weeks.
- Desirably 23 years old or above.
Responsibilities:
- Assist in the daily operations of the Community Centre.
- Running and restocking of the Free Clothes Shop.
- Organising and/or partaking in social activities (arts and crafts, kids activities, women’s spaces, sports, games and more).
- Monitoring and assisting in the Creative Atelier.
- Leading language and computer classes.
Volunteering with BAAS offers the opportunity to:
- Embrace cross-cultural relations.
- Share and/or gain skills.
- Develop your knowledge about the lived experiences of people on the move in Greece.
- Work in a multi-cultural team.
- Contribute ideas/ suggestions to the project.
- Learn more about how grassroots organisations operate.
- Live in a lively sociable city in Greece.
BAAS provides accommodation. Living and travel expenses will have to be covered by volunteers themselves.
Join our Fundraising Working Group! Volunteer remotely and support BAAS through joining our Fundraising team! Become a part of our organisation and offer your time to seeking funding through a range of avenues, keeping our organisation and amazing project in Ioannina, running
Duties/Involvement:
- Thinking outside the box and being creative as to different avenues for funding.
- Creating crowdfunding campaigns and content with our PR team.
- Supporting with writing grant applications; campaign content; maintaining donor relations and reaching out to potential donors.
- Analysing and predicting donor trends.
- Researching new potential donors or funding.
- Contribute to meaningful discussions as to why and how we portray our context, projects and services to the public.
- Support in developing and enacting the fundraising strategy.
- Work alongside our Fundraising Coordinator(s) based in Ioannina and other remote working group members.
If German speaking or based in Switzerland:
- Helping to write German applications or translating.
- Work within Switzerland to utilise the vast network of foundations and funding avenues/sources.
Requirements:
- Able to offer at least 2 hours p/week
- Good command in written and verbal English (German or Greek desired).
- Knowledge of the local context, refugee rights and the fundraising market desired. (Alternatively, willingness to learn or visit the project).
- Ability to work in a team and independently.
- Enthusiasm to get involved and partake in required tasks.
- Attend the Working Group Assembly Meeting every 2 weeks (Wednesday 8pm CET)
What we offer:
- Can act as a reference for future jobs.
- Gain and develop skills and knowledge in funding environments, the NGO sector, the context of supporting people on the move, grant/ report writing and running campaigns.
- Discover the behind the scenes of NGO work and operations.
- Contribution towards travel costs to visit the project in Ioannina.
- .Knowing you’re having an impact on the lives of displaced people.
If interested in getting involved and joining the Fundraising Working Group of Be Aware And Share, please reach out to Jordan at fundraising@beawareandshare.ch with a short motivation letter.
