Cuba is one of the safest countries in Latin America. WeWorld-GVC has been present in Cuba since 1993. We World GVC ongoing and presentation projects are mainly aimed at:
-Rights: inclusion of people with disabilities at work, improving services to the elderly,
-Support for the processes of decentralization and self-management of town halls and provinces with a view to local development,
-Culture and Development: support for cultural interventions to enhance material and intangible heritage and spread respect for the environment,
-Protecting vulnerable groups.
Our work in Cuba in recent years has focused on:
-Rights of vulnerable people, such as the elderly **and disabled people, with initiatives that promote inclusion, in close coordination with the Cuban institutions.
-Food Safety: this is a priority line of our NGO on which we have gained considerable experience, particularly in the production of grain seeds (corn, beans, sorghum, sunflower etc.). We consider this line of work in Cuba to be fundamental in support of the country's efforts to reduce the heavy dependence on imports.
-Gender equality is present in all proposed initiatives, as one of the objectives of our work.
TASKS
Technical tasks
• Support the management and implementation of the project activities ensuring an accurate and timely reporting according to WE WORLD-GVC, donor and other applicable timeframes and formats; • Guarantee quality of reports and other project documents; • Monitoring and evaluation of project achievements through the collection of various type of documents (list of beneficiaries, procurement procedures, photographic documentation and project visibility); • Monitoring budget expenditures for the assigned project to ensure the application of WE WORLD-GVC standards and transparent use of funds, as well as produce forecasts and planning for future expenditures and activities; • collaborating with the administrator in the financial management, including accountability and good governance; • Supporting the development of new proposals, including by highlighting best practices and successful stories coming from the managed project; • Coordinating, participating and supporting all the other activities required for the proper development of the mission; • Collecting source of verifications and make sure all projects documents are available in WE WORLD-GVC office (attendance sheets, MoU, Minutes of meetings, contracts and agreements, etc.). • Guarantee quality of reports and other project documents; • Support the development of Monitoring plans for each project, in consultation with the Program Manager and project teams; • Support project evaluation and learning events to ensure good practices, lessons learned, and recommendations are identified, documented, and used to improve program quality.
Coordination tasks
• Participating to the team coordination meetings; • Follow up on organization of meetings and missions from Europe.
Communication and Awareness on EU Aid Volunteers Initiative
• Promote local volunteerism in disaster risk reduction, prevention and response; • Train local volunteers on organization and implementation of volunteer-based activities, when applicable; • Promote partnerships and collaboration between local and European organizations; • Draft and publish articles describing volunteer's experience in the field; • Gather audiovisual materials to be used in a public awareness activity in the volunteer's local community in Europe; • In coordination with the NGOs partner of the project, organize and execute a public awareness activity once back in Europe.
Other: The EU Aid Volunteer shall perform other duties, as required.
REQUIRED COMPETENCES
Studies
Languages
Skills
Experiences
Previous experience in developing countries;
Minimum 2 years of working experience in relevant fields;
Prior volunteer experience is an asset.
CONDITION OF SERVICE
Learning Opportunities
The EU Aid Volunteer will attend a 30-hours online training and a 9-12-days in presence training before her/his deployment. The in presence training will have a standard part for all the candidates and some optional modules, decided according to the competences of the EU Aid Volunteer and the needs of the hosting organization.
The EU Aid Volunteer will have a Learning and Development Plan for the on-going assessment of her/his competences during the deployment.
Working and Living Conditions
Hosting Organization:
· The Hosting Organization for the present deployment is GVC Cuba;
Length of Deployment: 3 months
Deployment duty station: La Habana, Cuba.
Conditions of service during deployment: a monthly Subsistence Lump Sum (348,10 Euro per month) intends to cover basic needs and local transport.
· In addition, for each month of deployment 100 euro of post deployment resettlement allowance are foreseen.
· Accommodation, Visa fees, insurance and airfares will be covered directly by sending and/or hosting organization.
·The working calendar will be corresponding to the agenda and system established in the field.
· For each month of voluntary activity two days of rest are foreseen, in addition to public holidays. It is highly recommended not to use the rest days during the first and the last month of deployment.
Conditions related to in-presence training:
· If a candidate volunteer is working outside of the EU, travel costs will be fully covered if EU citizens legally reside in a non-EU country for long-term or forever (i.e. who live in that country);
· EU citizens who are on a temporary assignment in a third country that lasts more than 18 months;
On the contrary, only travel costs from an EU country to the training venue shall be covered if:
· EU citizens on a temporary assignment in a third country that lasts less than 18 months;
· EU citizens selected by the same organization or affiliate with which they have an on-going assignment in the third country if this assignment is longer than 18 months;
Please note that more than one candidate per position will attend the training, to create an additional pool to cover drop-outs and unforeseen needs.
For further information, check out here and write to volunteers@gvc.weworld.it
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