About Us
Generation Climate Europe (GCE) is the largest coalition of youth-led networks on climate and environmental issues at the European level. GCE unites the largest youth-led networks, bringing together 381 national organisations across 46 countries in Europe. We are guided by the voices of over 20 million young Europeans. GCE creates a platform for the youth to advocate for a just and green transition in Europe.
About the role
New Economy is a cross-cutting, overarching program at Generation Climate Europe which aims to support the inclusion of young people within beyond growth debates about economic transformation, sustainable resource use, and intergenerational justice. The capacity building & engagement team will organise internal training on new economy topics for Member Orgasations and fellow GCE volunteers. They will be responsible for designing and implementing training programs, educational workshops, and engagement events that empower young people and organisations to advocate for a new economy. The Project Lead will lead the team and all the activities and deliverables involved, as well as manage communication with other teams at GCE and outside.
Please note that this is a volunteer position.
Tasks
- Collaborate closely with the New Economy coordinators
- Collaborate with the Communication Officers to communicate the team activities on GCE social media channels
- Organise and moderate bi-weekly team meetings with your team
- Coordinate the production of educational materials of various kinds (e.g. factsheets, social media posts, podcasts) on beyond-growth concepts (eg. degrowth)
- Organise and conduct a series of training workshops for young people on new economic thinking (especially targeted at GCE teams and member organisations)
- Attend regular program-wide calls with the coordinators and other teams in the New Economy program.
- Collaborate with other teams within the New Economy Programme
- Attend regular programme-wide calls with the coordinators and other teams in the New Economy programme.
About You
- Available to work remotely for around 4-6 hours a week (flexible).
- Confident with the Google Suite and/or Office Suite.
- Experience in coordinating people/projects/organisations.
- You are motivated, organised and reliable.
- You are a good and confident communicator, you feel comfortable leading meetings and presenting your progress within the New Economy team and wider Generation Climate Europe organisation.
- You are curious and proactive in bringing in your ideas.
- Basic knowledge of EU policy and decision-making processes.
- Basic knowledge of alternative economic models and beyond-growth theories.
- High proficiency in spoken and written English.
- It is preferable that you are based within a timezone that is -2 or +2 from CET/CEST as it is our main working territory.
- Have a positive attitude and a genuine motivation to change our current economic system.
Deliverables will be discussed and finalised with the project lead depending on their interests and team capacity.
Bonus Points
- Academic or practical experience with EU economic policy and alternative economic models.
- Project management experience.
Please not that for this role the deadline is 17th November 2024.
