🇫🇮 ESC Volunteering in Finland ⚡ Promoting Renewable Energy and Climate Action Outreach 🌱

Description

This time, our vacancy is only for candidates from the EU (with a focus on DE, FR, ES, PT). WE ONLY READ APPLICATIONS SENT VIA EMAIL. Please send your CV and motivation letter to steven.vanholme@sll.fi.

EKOenergy is a global non-profit ecolabel for sustainable, renewable energy (https://www.ekoenergy.org/). The label is a tool to promote renewable energy worldwide. Our office is hosted by the Finnish Association for Nature Conservation in Helsinki. Since 2012, we have hosted 107 long-term European Solidarity Corps volunteers. Volunteers usually stay for 12 months. We are now looking for 3 new volunteers for positions starting from January to December 2027. If you are interested in climate action, marketing, and outreach, please send us your application. The project activities include reading, contacting energy consumers, campaigning, and supporting EKOenergy's general work (including administrative tasks). This requires the ability to concentrate and execute agreed tasks precisely.

Accommodation, food and transport arrangements

Accommodation: volunteers get a private room in a shared apartment. Our eight European Solidarity Corps volunteers live on the same street. This way, they can easily support each other when needed. / Volunteers get ESC pocket money, as well as a monthly allowance to cover costs for food and local transportation / ESC health insurance / Travel: we pay for the travel from your home country to Finland (and return) / Free-time opportunities: A lot of options in Helsinki / We'll send you the Activity Agreement with all details well before the start of the project.

Training during the activity

Pre-arrival training by the sending organisation / On arrival training organised by Opetushallitus, the Finnish National Agency for Education / Regular information sharing on renewable energy markets and campaigning, within the team or provided by other environmental organisations and think tanks / Regular webinars about climate change, EU climate policy and other relevant topics.

Participant profile

- Interested in environment and climate protection. - Able to concentrate on administrative tasks and eagerness to execute them with precision - Social person, interested in living and working with other young volunteers. - Interested in communication (verbal and visual). Not afraid to contact unknown persons via phone or the Internet - Eagerness to learn new things - Able to work independently and take initiative - Most of the work happens from our office and with the computer. The project involves a lot of reading and writing

Activity details

Activity type

Individual volunteering

Activity dates

From 04/01/2027 to 31/12/2027

Location

Sörnäistenkatu 1 (VERK), Helsinki, Finland

Deadline

01/11/2026

Project code

2026-1-FI01-ESC51-VTJ-000401187

Topics

Looking for participants from

16 countries can apply. The activity takes place in 🇫🇮 Finland.