[Falkor-info] EYFA is looking for a project coordinator

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Forwarded on request of Eyfa:

Dear everybody,

We, at EYFA, are looking for a new enthusiastic person to join our
small team of 5 in our small office in Amsterdam in supporting groups,
projects & initiatives of an activist nature European wide and beyond.
http://eyfa.org/about_eyfa

If you are interested, please read on. Or if you know the right person
for the job please forward this mail.

Thanks-a-lot,

EYFA -  http://www.eyfa.org


/ Open position : Project coordinator /

Deadline for applications is 15th of February 2008


Working in the EYFA office as a project coordinator gives an
opportunity to develop, carry out and support projects, actions and
campaigns across Europe; and requires involvement in running of the
EYFA office and development of EYFA as a network. We are looking for a
person interested in developing projects with an environmental focus,
with experience and knowledge of the environmental issues in Europe.

Person applying for the position should also be interested in doing
EVS in the EYFA office in Amsterdam. EVS is the European Voluntary
Service, providing people between 18 and 30 with opportunity to
volunteer in a project in foreign country for up to 12 months. See
http://eyfa.org/evs. So this further requisites that the person is
under 30 and does not have the Dutch nationality. The 'volunteer' will
have an equal payment as the rest of the staff members that is based
on a minimal wage with a 4-day work week.

WHAT PROJECT COORDINATORS DO?
The work of project coordinators is a combination of conceptual and
practical work involving different tasks from developing projects,
fundraising, organizing events to answering phones, making coffee and
watering plants. The give you a clear idea about what the work
consists of, we divided its description in three interrelated parts:

1] co-ordinating EYFA activities and projects,
2] communication tasks,
3] running of the EYFA office.

1 ] Co-ordinating EYFA activities and projects:
Developing and organizing EYFA activities and carrying out EYFA
projects; as well as supporting projects and campaigns within the EYFA
network and beyond. Coordinating an activity usually requires
involvement from the beginning until the end and it roughly implies
following steps: developing an idea/concept for a project, setting up
a framework for it and checking out possibilities [finding partners,
logistics, fundrasing, etc.],
fundrasing*, preparing the program and arranging logistics,
communicating with involved partners and participants, implementation
including doing the bookkeeping for the project/activity
[simultaneously coordinating different aspects of a project
organization: logistics, program, finances..], reporting, evaluation,
follow up, etc.

*Fundraising is an important aspect of the work of
project coordinators and they are expected to have good fundraising
abilities or be ready to acquire them while working in
EYFA. Project coordinators are expected to continuously research on
funding resources relevant to EYFA projects and including this data
into the funding database, and to be able to write applications and
reports including the narrative parts as well as budgets.

2 ] Communication:
Communicating about EYFA and other projects to other networks/groups.
This involves editing of EYFA newsletter, updating EYFA website,
preparing publications and communicating with various groups and
individuals. All this, besides being an update on EYFA activities,
should be used to disseminate general information on political
activism, current issues, meetings and campaigns.

3 ] Running the EYFA office:
Everyone in the EYFA office is expected to get involved with
developing future plans for EYFA and to take part in running the
office. Beside regular tasks such as checking mails, answering
e-mails, writing letters of inquiry on various practical issues,
cooking a VEGAN lunch, cleaning the office and watering the plants;
collective running of the EYFA office asks for joined efforts in
writing of funding applications for EYFA office core activities and
EYFA annual reports that cover all EYFA activities and projects. In
general, working in the EYFA office requires a very good
communication, close cooperation and mutual support among everyone in
the office.

INTERESTED ?! THEN..
The main requirements are:
- Availability of desirably 24 months, with a trying period of one month,
- Good communication skills, and fluent English, in verbal and written
communication,
- Self-initiative, ability to be a self-starter and work well
independently as well as in the group,
- Good organizational skills, planning, time scheduling,
- Experience of work in non-profit and non-hierarchical groups,
campaigns or direct action groups,
- Basic computer skills,
- Willingness to take equal part and responsibility in consensus based
organization,

Helpful assets:
- Experience in fund raising,
- Familiarity with Dutch language, or other language skills,
- Highly networked in international activist community,
- Not afraid of a little bureaucracy,
- Familiarity with what EYFA does.

STILL INTERESTED?
Send us your CV and a letter of motivation (include also references).
Send it to eyfa@eyfa.org . Or, if you are in Amsterdam contact us to
pass by the office for a coffee. After reading all letters of
motivation, we will choose the most motivated and the most motivating
people and ask them to do an assignment and an interview. The
assignment is to see how that person is able to put a project together
and what kind of projects/activities that person is planning to
initiate and support from the EYFA office. After looking through the
assignments we will invite several people to come to Amsterdam for an
interview. And after that, we will have a new project coordinator in
the office.

Thank you.

important note: Unfortunately, this position can not help to get any
visa or residence permit in The Netherlands, as all EYFA staff are
'volunteers' and not 'employees'.