INTERNATIONALE BEGEGNUNG IN GEMEINSCHAFTSDIENSTEN e.V.
Stuttgart, Germany
⭐️ Activity Title
Support international volunteering projects in Germany!
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🔷 Activity Details
Description
IBG is a German NGO working in the field of international youth exchange and international volunteering. We organise around 30 international work camps and a few other international projects in Germany each year. International work camps and Volunteering teams are unique tools to promote peace. To support our international projects in Germany and to promote international work camps, we are looking for a volunteer for 8 - 12 months. As our long-term volunteer, you will have the opportunity to support our team on different task and develop your own ideas. Your concrete tasks will be:
- Co-leading groups of international volunteering teams
- Social media communication and production depending on your interest
- Support the promotion of international volunteering
- Administrative support in the office in Stuttgart
- Support the facilitation of activities during trainings
- Developing tools and workshops for trainings and workcamps
- Developing a personal project
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
You will be based in Stuttgart, accommodation, food and transport fees will be covered. For food you will get a daily budget - during trainings and other projects food will be provided. You also receive daily pocket money. As part of the project you will travel from time to time to other places in Germany to promote volunteering or join your workcamps and trainings. Of course this transport will be covered, as well as the local transport between the accommodation and the office of IBG.
Training during the activity
As part as your experience you will have the opportunity to participate in various trainings, allowing you to develop skills that will not only be valuable for your ESC journey, but also for your future career. Beside of the standard on-arrival-training and mid-term-evaluation for ESC volunteers, IBG also offers additional training opportunities.In addition, the IBG team will provide introductions to different topics and organisational aspects. The aim is that you get to know how IBG is structured, where challenges are and how we try to develop our organisation.
Participant profile
We aim to start between the end of september and the beginning of october 2026. If you are interested, we can arrange a trial period during a workcamp in September/October 2026, during which we will get in touch with the differents roles in a workcamp and discover IBG.
We are looking for a volunteer with:
- a first-hand experience in international workcamps or international youth exchanges
- B-level in English and German
- a drivers’ license valid in Germany and willingness to drive
- interest and motivation for creating social media content and promoting international volunteering
- be prepared to travel and be open to spontaneous opportunities!
You can get a better idea of how an ESC experience with IBG looks like by checking the video of our current ESC volunteers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SI-oWR89Gw&t=1s. The project gives you a behind-the-scenes look at how international NGOs work together and what work is required to organise international volunteering projects. You will have many exciting encounters with international volunteers, active members of IBG and citizens of different local communities. A perfect setting to try yourself out, take on responsibility and make your contribution to international understanding and co-operation.
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🔑 Key Information
Activity dates
From 01/10/2026 to 30/09/2027
Activity location
Fuchseckstraße 1, Stuttgart, Germany
Activity type
Individual volunteering
Looking for participants from
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden
Activity topics
Citizenship and democratic participation
Education and training
Deadline for applications
Application deadline: 30/08/2026 17:30
Project code
2026-1-DE04-ESC51-VTJ-000401988
🔗 Official Project Page
https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/53553_en
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