Are you 23 years old or above? Do you have experience leading teams of young people?
Progressio is looking for voluntary Group Leaders for our youth volunteering programme in El Salvador, Honduras, Malawi, Nicaragua and Zimbabwe. This role is open to 23 year olds and above. You must be living in the UK and have either a UK passport, have indefinite leave to remain in the UK or be an EU/EEA citizen who has been living in the UK for the last 12 months
Progressio’s ICS 10-week placements offer UK-based young people - 18 to 25 years old - the lifetime opportunity to gain first-hand experience of community based development and help local organisations and communities to overcome poverty and injustice.
We are looking for group leaders with experience of leading young people. There are planned departures four times a year throughout the next three years. You’ll be in the country for six months (as the group leaders will remain in country for two 10 week placements).
You don’t have to pay to volunteer for Progressio ICS, but we do ask you to fundraise to help meet some of the costs.
Being a group leader is both challenging, and rewarding. It involves a lot of facilitation and leadership, and will provide a link between the International Citizen Service (ICS) volunteers in your group and Progressio’s staff in-country.
As a Group Leader, you’ll be the first point of contact for a team of UK volunteers carrying out placements in developing countries. This will mean supporting young adult volunteers to get the most out their experience, have a positive development impact whilst overseas, keep motivated, behave appropriately, and stay safe. This will include liaising directly with Progressio staff in-country, addressing discipline within the group and completing relevant paperwork. You’ll provide support and supervision and leadership, including regular one-to-ones with the volunteers in your team, making sure team meetings take place, that time is set aside for group learning and reflection, and that team and individual roles and objectives are fulfilled.
Volunteer overseas, gain new skills and experience, meet new people and use your experiences to inspire social action on global issues back in the UK.
To find out more about the group leader role and what type of activities you might carry out on your placement, please visit: www.progressio.org.uk/content/role-group-leader
To hear directly from current and past volunteers, see their blogs: www.progressio.org.uk/blog/empowered
Please apply as soon as possible as we have a rolling recruitment process for this programme.
See details on how to apply at: www.progressio.org.uk/ics
You can also join us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ProgressioICS
How to apply:
Apply via our website: www.progressio.org.uk
