VOLUNTARY ECOLOGICAL YEAR (FÖJ)
Your FÖJ with us
Would you like to dedicate a year to nature and environmental protection? Do you want to actively help with the BUND (German Nature Conservation Union)? Then you've come to the right place: Apply for a Voluntary Ecological Year (FÖJ) with the BN!
THE VOLUNTARY ECOLOGICAL YEARThe Youth Voluntary Year (FÖJ) is a youth volunteer service. It offers young people between the ages of 17 and 26 the opportunity to actively engage in environmental protection and is recognized as a year of education.
The Voluntary Ecological Year (FÖJ) is organized at our placement by the sfd Bremen eV (www.sfd-bremen.de). The provider organizes the required 25 seminar days and also serves as the contact for all matters related to the voluntary social year (FÖJ). Sustainability, climate protection, and environmental protection are key topics covered in the educational seminars.
We generally ask interested parties to contact the provider and inquire about the support concept.
Our voluntary social year (FÖJ) positions are funded by the Senator for Climate Protection, Environment, Mobility, Urban Development and Housing and the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ).
YOUR TASKS include helping to coordinate and support our traveling exhibition, planning and implementing our nationwide events and projects, and PR and public relations work for the German Climate Foundation.
Your responsibilities include helping with the planning, coordination, and implementation of all our projects, as well as conducting training sessions and maintaining the foundation's website. You will also support the exhibition staff at Klimahaus® Bremerhaven 8° East, as well as the rest of the team, as best you can.
Requirements
The FÖJ starts on September 1st of each year and ends on August 31st of the following year. You can apply from the beginning of February. The requirements for participation in the FÖJ are that you
- have fulfilled full-time compulsory schooling - a specific school qualification is not required
- are younger than 27 years old - until the end of the FÖJ
- have an interest in ecological tasks
- are willing to commit yourself to environmental and nature conservation work for a year.
In addition to practical work at a placement site, there are five one-week educational seminars in which the FÖJ participants are taught about ecological issues by qualified speakers.
"Welcome to the FÖJ year at the Planet Bambi Foundation. We look forward to welcoming you and your valuable contribution to sustainable education."
Flora Meißer, PLANET BAMBI FÖJ support
"We are an FÖJ placement site because we want to give young people the opportunity to get involved in nature and environmental protection, environmental education, and the NABU office as part of NABU activities in the Trier region, and to gain many additional skills that will provide a lot of experience for their own personal development and their future careers.
It is part of our company’s self-image not to keep our ecological convictions to ourselves and uTo inspire our fellow human beings to embrace sustainable business practices. Since this spring, we have been offering classes on ecology and healthy nutrition to general education schools at our winery as a learning farm. For our foundation, living and working with young people gives our daily work a tremendous boost. The best remedy against stagnation and monotony.
Apply now!
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If you would like to apply and would like more information about the FÖJ, you can find it on the joint homepage of the three Bavarian FÖJ providers:www.foej-bayern.de
If you are a team player with strong organizational and communication skills, a focus on results and goals, and manual dexterity, we look forward to receiving your comprehensive application with a cover letter, CV, and references to:mannah@deutsche-klimastiftung.de
We also need a completed personnel form from sfd Bremen, which you can find under this link:https://foej-bremen.de/files/downloads/Personalbogen-FOJ.pdf
