The Association for Democratic Advancement Democracy Lab has the pleasure to open a call for applications for the selection of one full-time paid Youth and Community Center Coordinator in Gostivar.

What are the key responsibilities of the Resource Center Coordinator?

The Association for Democratic Advancement Democracy Lab has the pleasure to open a call for applications for the selection of one full-time paid Youth and Community Center Coordinator in Gostivar.

• Directs and handles the day-to-day activities of the YCC.
• Inventories library collection and assesses future needs.
• Assists YCC users in locating and using materials and equipment.
• Creates, designs, organizes, and facilitates programs and events, in cooperation with the other YCC coordinator and Democracy Lab.
• Prepares venues, publicity materials, handouts, logistics, etc., for programs and events.
• Establishes and maintains linkages with other organizations, cultural centers and similar institutions.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Carries out special projects as needed.
• Keeps accurate records of usage of materials, numbers and types of clients, visitors, etc.
• Prepares statistical and narrative reports on activities.
• Website administration. Updating social media feed for upcoming and past events and sharing interest content for their target groups.
• Creating an effective outreach program for outdoor events.
• All program issues including programming, formulating and publishing calls for proposals selection of proposals, assistance in writing applications, assistance in implementation reviewing project reports, and reporting.
• Their work will also involve communication with institutions to a great extent (ex. Organizing a bike tour or hike for a community cause, will need meetings with municipality, local police authorities, maybe also any sponsor).
• Implementation of YCC budget and financial reporting of the Youth and Community Center.

Candidate requirements:

• Friendly, positive, cooperative and a great team player.
• Excellent organizational, communication and coordination skills.
• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in social sciences, languages or arts.
• High interest and passion for community work, especially in working with young people.
• Full professional proficiency in Macedonian and English. Proficiency in Albanian and/or Turkish will be considered an advantage.
• Excellent technical skills in Microsoft Office, Google Tools skills, small library software and social media content management.
• Event planning and coordination skills.
• Ability to conduct narrative and financial reports of events and projects.
• Ability to manage and keep evidence of the financial and other resources belonging to the center.
• Prior community work in management level and volunteering experience will be considered an advantage.

How to apply?

In order to apply for this position, you should send your Curriculum Vitae and a Letter of Motivation (max. 500 words in English) where you express your interest in this position and briefly explain what makes you the best candidate to be selected for this position. Your application should be send to [email protected]. In the subject line of the e-mail please type ‘Application for Resource Center Coordinator’. The deadline for submitting your application is Monday, July 30th 2018, 13:00 o’clock. All applications sent after the deadline will not be taken into consideration.