Call for training / selection meeting for field volunteers – June 2019

PBI Colombia opens the call for the admission of applications for the week of

Meeting of Training / Selection of June 2019

(concrete date we will communicate during the Interview process) to be held in Spain.

The call will be open for the reception of applications until October 26, 2018 . All applications (with references) received until that date will be taken into account for this training and selection process, from which the persons selected as volunteers will be incorporated into the Terrain Teams in Colombia during 2019 and the beginning of 2020.

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The complete itinerary of the selection process is developed over several months, during which the following phases are going through:

1. Application and References (until October 26, 2018)

• Complete the forms and send them to the contact address: coeq@pbicolombia.net From the project we will assess compliance with the basic requirements required to be a candidate for the team in Colombia. The people selected by the Training Committee / Selection will proceed to conduct a Personal Interview with a representative of the PBI-Colombia Committee.
• Each candidate can (and is a strong recommendation) to contact the national PBI group in their country or in the country in which they reside (as long as there is such a national group). For the continuity of the process we value favorably the participation in the activities of Orientation that the national groups of PBI realize and the collaboration with them in the countries where Grupo Nacional exists.

2. Personal interview (expected to be during the months of January-February 2019, with the people pre-selected for this interview)

3. Training Notebooks (Self-training) foreseeably, between March, April and May 2019

4. Training / Selection Meeting: June 2019

Volunteers: Rights, Duties and Basic Conditions of Field Volunteering in PBI-Colombia Teams.

• Volunteers will travel to Colombia on the dates that have been agreed with the Training / Selection Committee of PBI Colombia.
• The Project agrees to pay and provide all the necessary requirements so that the volunteer can obtain his visa and the necessary vaccines.
• The volunteer will have the papers in order, will sign a voluntary civil contract with PBI (Voluntary Service Agreement) in Bogotá, will have a medical insurance provided by the project from the moment of beginning of his period of volunteering.
• Upon arrival, the Bogota office will give a 12-day orientation on Colombia, the work of the team, the organization of the house, the work systems and a presentation of the organizations with which we work.
• The volunteer will visit his Embassy or Consulate in Colombia, and register as a resident in the country.
• The person will be accompanied in Bogotá for the procedures that are needed.
• As foreseen in the civil contract – Voluntary Service Agreement, each person will have an assessment of their continuity in the Project three months after their arrival at the team. At all times it must be clear that, according to the terms of the contract, the HR Committee or the Project Committee may terminate it unilaterally.
• The normal period of service in the team is 18 months. Volunteers who want to extend their time in the team, once their first volunteer period, will do so in a period of not less than six months, and within the HR procedures for such effects of the project.
• People who have volunteered on the team, once they leave the team and want to return, will be asked to be outside of Colombia for a period of not less than two months. The length of time on the Team will depend on the results of the final evaluation of the volunteer.
• Each volunteer will be assigned to one of the Terrain Teams of the project (currently with headquarters in Apartadó, Barrancabermeja and Bogotá), and will have, among other conditions,:
• Monthly stipend for individual expenses of approximately 235 Euros / month
• Volunteers undertake to have the only housing residence in Colombia during their volunteer period, the houses that are headquarters of the Project, where all housing, maintenance, telephony, internet, services, etc. expenses are covered. Also the project provides cell phone lines for each person for the needs of volunteering.
• Vacation / Monthly Free Days / Rest Time for Mental Health according to the parameters of the project.
• Support of up to 1 million Colombian pesos per vacation trip to the country of origin.
• Medical Insurance Coverage.
• Covered visa, vaccination and travel expenses for the needs of the Project.
• Return trip from the country of origin.

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PBI Colombia