Acción contra el Hambre
Dakar, Senegal
⭐️ Activity Title
HUMANITARIAN VOLUNTEER IN SURVEILLANCE & DATA ANALYSIS IN SENEGAL (AAH ROWCA OFFICE)
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🔷 Activity Details
Description
You will contribute to the project management for surveillance activities, contributing to the analysis and dissemination of surveillance indicators, drafting analysis and alert reports, maintaining the internet visualization and dissemination platforms (GeoSahel.info, SigSahel.info, DashBoard Power BI) and participating in forums and workshops in the sub-region and internationally. You will support fundraising efforts, promote DRR and surveillance activities presentation to stakeholders and contribute to the drafting of project proposals, monitoring budgets and deadlines, and reporting, and establishing relations and liaising with partners and donors. You will also prepare and participate to training sessions and field missions and contribute to the analysis of the impact of climate change and environmental degradation on the food security of pastoral populations, reviewing literature and secondary data collection, and analyse available data.
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
We cover your accommodation, travel, visa, medical checkup and vaccinations costs, and you will be provided with monthly pocket money for your free time and personal hygiene. During the deployment you will be provided with a laptop and phone of the organization to ensure the means to carry out the activities. In case of belonging to one of the Fewer Opportunities categories (please, check the details with the organization) additional inclusion measures and benefits will be applied.
Training during the activity
During the deployment you will have access to the full catalog of training courses offered on ACF Virtual Campus and will have the opportunity to benefit from additional external courses.
Participant profile
You have preferably master’s studies and interest in environmental sciences, agricultural engineering, agronomy, or geography. Training in Geographic Information Systems and database management would be an asset. You are fluent in French, with professional proficiency in English and excellent written and verbal communication capacity. You are able to find solutions and deliver quality results on time. Strongly motivated, you are a goal-oriented team-worker, with effective communication, organization and planning skills. Project Management, early warning, surveillance, and monitoring systems knowledge is an asset. Familiarity with Microsoft Office tools for office automation. Experience in a developing country is an asset.
You will join our field teams engaged in humanitarian operations and have the opportunity to develop your knowledge and skills in a well-recognized international organization dedicated to the fight against hunger. You will gain first-hand experience of humanitarian action, life in the field, and high-impact interventions. If what you are looking for is not a tourist or travel experience but a meaningful humanitarian experience that will challenge you and contribute to both your personal and professional growth, this is the place for you. Fewer Opportunities applicants are strongly invited to apply. If you have participated in any previous ESC project, please note that the total amount of time spent by a young person in European Solidarity Corps volunteering activities must not exceed 12 months and the activities carried out must not overlap.
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🔑 Key Information
Activity dates
A total of 52 week(s) during the period 01/10/2026 to 30/09/2027
Activity location
ROWCA OFFICE, Almadies Lot 13 Bis, Ngor-Almadies, Dakar, Senegal
Activity type
Individual volunteering
Looking for participants from
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Türkiye
Activity topics
Environment and natural protection
Disaster Preparedness
Deadline for applications
No application deadline
Project code
2025-1-EACEA-VOLUN-101252245
🔗 Official Project Page
https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/53894_en
