Volunteer at Community Centres
About
Community Centres EggenLend and St. Peter offer the residents of the districts in Graz a space for information, participation, and networking. These centers are operated by the organization WIKI – Verein WIKI - Wir Kinder, Bildung und Betreuung. Everyone is welcome at our centers. Our diverse range of activities is aimed at enhancing the quality of life, developing social networks in the community, and fostering civic engagement.
Community centers provide district inhabitants with information about various services and serve as meeting places. Events and meetings, such as cooking sessions or game nights, are organized. The focus is on sustainability: there is a free-of-charge model run by volunteers; food sharing and zero waste initiatives are promoted. Activities promoting an active lifestyle, such as cycling, are also offered.
The volunteer is an integral part of a team and can assist in organizing community events in both centers. They will have the opportunity to connect with people from different backgrounds and generations, and participate in sustainability projects, such as the Free-of-Charge Shop, open bookshelves, and others. We expect them to be open-minded, sensitive to different cultures, communicative, and organized.
Starting Date: September 2025
Duration: 9-12 months
Your profile
Volunteer will support various activities promoting a healthy lifestyle and sustainability, such as food sharing networks, anti-waste campaigns, biking, cooking events, and so on. They will help organize community events, engage with people from diverse backgrounds, and contribute to sustainability efforts.
Volunteer tasks include:
- Assisting with community center events and media (flyers, social media, materials).
- Engaging with different groups (adults, children, seniors, migrants) by welcoming them, providing information, and offering assistance.
- Ensuring the center is ready for activities.
- Participating in team meetings and contributing ideas.
- Assisting at Free-of-Charge shop (sorting out goods, welcoming visitors)
- Planning and implementing a small project aligned with the center’s goals.
Ideal Candidate Profile:
- open, communicative, proactive and self-organised person, eager to work in team;
- interested in community work and sustainability;
- experienced with office suite and social media platforms;
- some knowledge of pedagogical and social work;
- motivated to learn German.
Application Deadline: 25.05.2025
Selection: End of July 2025. We will notify you after the selection process is over.
How to apply
- Please read the information about the vacancy carefully. You can find an infopack attached.
- Fill out the questionnaire below. Be authentic and use your own ideas. We can easily detect AI-generated answers (they all sound very similar), and it is not an advantage for a good application.
- Add your CV and a specific motivation letter to the form - applications without CV and motivation letter are not considered. Prepare the documents in PDF or Word format. Please keep the file size small.
- If the questionnaire or upload function does not work, please download the questionnaire in Word and send it along with your CV and motivation letter to [email protected]. Please do not send your application to other email addresses or host organisation - it creates more work, and does not give you an advantage.
