Welcome to the Volunteer Journey Explorer!
Before you start!
List of acronyms
ESR - European Scout Region (WOSM) KISC - Kandersteg International Scout Centre TL - Team Lead WAGGGS - The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts WOSM - World Organization of the Scout MovementWSB - World Scout Bureau
Index
1. Welcome
2. What does it take to volunteer with the Region?
3. Get to know the roles
4. Which roles would fit you? Test it out!
5. Contact our volunteers
6. Useful resources
The European Scout Region is home for more than 2 million scouts! Each three years, Member Organization of WOSM in the European Scout Region decide on a Regional Scout Plan - our Strategic Priorities - and elect members to the European Scout Committee - our board - who steers the work of the Region to reach the aims set. To do this, volunteers from all around Europe are essential to contribute and implement the European Scout Plan (our strategy) by running events, campfires, advocating, gathering best practises, spending some fun time together and many more great things!
This tool will let you know more about a variety of volunteer roles available in the Region and hopefully steer you towards one! It will give you an impression on the differences between the positions, explain the expected profiles for each role and give a glance at what the volunteer experience might look like! The tool will not orient to specific roles in specific teams but rather provide guidance on the type of role and give some practical examples from day-to-day volunteering experiences and type of tasks carried. The tool is open access, designed for an individual and is completely anonymous. Follow the guiding questions and explore what roles would fit your expectations!
The following roles are covered in the tool:
- Team (Task Force) member
- Team (Task Force) Lead
- Coordinator
- European Scout Committee member
* Please note that this is not a definitive answer to what role may be best for you, there are many opportunities in the Region and you may as well be really great at several of those! At the end of the tool, you will find contacts of our volunteers, who would be more than glad to share their experiences and answer questions you may have about specific roles. ** Also note that the role of Consultant is not included in this overview. Consultants are volunteers holding experience and expertise in one or more of our Services. They follow a dedicated role training and are on-boarded in the overall WOSM Services framework. *** Last, many of the operational tasks and activities are shared and overlap with the work of the professionals at the World Scout Bureau - European Support Centre. This role is excluded from this explorer for obvious reasons. For more information on the Consultant and Staff roles you can reach out to the World Scout Bureau- European Support Centre directly. Click next to start exploring!
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO VOLUNTEER WITH THE REGION?
Our volunteers - Team Purple - are the driving force of Region mobilised for the implementation of the Regional Scout Plan. Curious, innovative, devoted - those are just a few volunteer qualities one can come across. Good humour and jokes are always welcome! While many scouts would feel fulfilled in a role of a regional volunteer and the Region thrives with a great mix of skills, competencies and experiences, there are several key must-haves to take into account. Hover your mouse over each of them to find out more...
LANGUAGE SKILLS
KNOWLEDGE
TIME COMMITMENT
Motivation
LEADERSHIP
TEAM WORK
INTERCULTURAL ENVIRONMENT
PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE
Get to know the roles
There are a number of different roles where your experience, skills and energy is needed! Click to explore more about each role:
Team Lead
APPOINTED
A leader, coordinating the work of the team and ensuring wellbeing of team members
A member of a working group, short term task force, event planning team
APPOINTED
Team Member
Coordinator
APPOINTED
Ensures the fulfillment of tasks delivered by a number of teams in an area of operation
Committee member
ELECTED
The main governance body of the Region, six members elected by the Conference
Read testimoanialsfrom Lana and Laura
Read a testimoanial
Read a testimoanial
Read a testimoanial
What does a Team Member do?A member of a team usually belongs to a group not larger than 6 scouts (as scout patrol). As a member, you will deliver on agreed tasks individually or together with your fellow team members in a given timeframe. To do this, you will attend and actively participate in team meetings, both face-to-face and online. Being a member of such a team means you will get to know scouts whom you’d work closely with for a period of time and build strong experiences together! All teams have specific objectives to work on and usually specialise in a field such as sustainability, growth, external relations, youth programme or others. The usual outcomes of the teams in their support to Member Organisations are events, toolkits, guidelines, online sessions, e-learnings and others. Some teams may have a shorter timeframe to achieve their goals, these teams are called task forces or project teams. Being a member of a task force may require more intense work on one specific project in a shorter period of time.
What does a Team Lead do?Being a team lead means holding a position of leadership, which includes a periodic coordination of the team (usually not bigger than 6 members). In addition to ensuring that tasks are performed within the scope and timeframe agreed, team leads foster team culture & dynamics. It’s a key leadership position in planning, executing and reviewing team’s work. Team leads usually report to a Coordinator of a respective Area of Operation or directly to the European Scout Committee. As an example, a team lead facilitates an inclusive process and together with the team specifies and agrees on actions that need to be taken to reach the aims set. Team lead prepares for and organises team meetings, supports individual journey of fellow team members in their development as regional volunteers, is responsible for the results of the team and works closely with the Coordinator and staff from WSB Europe to direct the work of the team towards success.
What does a Coordinator do? The Coordinator is the main link between the different volunteer teams and the European Scout Committee. Usually Coordinator together with a dedicated staff member from the WSB Europe, is responsible for a number of teams working in a specific area of operation. Ideally, the core part of Coordinator’s responsibility includes close work with team leads ensuring that teams are set and able to implement their piece of work. The role requires strong management and delegation skills, providing enough support to teams while staying on top of their work. Coordinator is a member of a team made from other fellow Coordinators and, usually, a representative from the European Scout Committee and WSB Europe. It’s a fulfilling and challenging role to take. Coordinating a number of different teams include a variety of tasks such as volunteer recruitment, reporting to the Committee, organisation of joint or area level events, overseeing relevant WOSM Services and other initiatives in the Region. In short, this role provides a number of opportunities to suggest more strategic ways to progress in the area and hands-on work contributing to the implementation of the Regional Scout Plan.
What does a member of the European Scout Committee do? The European Scout Region is strategically led by the Regional Scout Committee, which is elected by the Regional Scout Conference - the general assembly of the Region.
Comprising six volunteer members, the Committee is elected for a three-year term. Ex-officio members of the Committee are the Regional Director and Regional Treasurer. The implementation of the Conference resolutions, providing financial and oversight, acting as advisory body to the World Scout Committee and supporting Member organisations in the Region are the main functions of the Committee. Being a member of the Regional Committee may introduce many differences in relation to the other volunteer roles available which are operational in their nature. Essentially, the Committee steers the work of Region on behalf of the Conference and ensures that the Region runs smoothly and is on track including all possible dimensions (financial, legal, social and others). This requires strategic decisions, oversight skills, knowledge and practice of good governance principles as well as advocacy and representation skills. The role may also involve specific agreed responsibilities such as representing the Region at the KISC Committee, at the Board of the European Scout Foundation, overseeing our joint work with WAGGGS, supporting specific Member Organisations, providing governance oversight of projects or initiatives, overseeing the Regional Scout Plan implementation and others. It’s a fulfilling role to further the Scout Movement by promoting the spirit of a worldwide family, of co-operation and mutual assistance amongst Scout organisations within the Region!
Ana Vallejo
Event Impact Assessment Team, Volunteer Management Team
" My name is Ana Vallejo, I started volunteering at the beginning of this triennium, December 2019. I first joined the Event Impact Assessment Task Force, which lasted approximately 9 months. After our task was completed and the report delivered, I joined the newly formed Volunteer Management Team. Volunteering for the ESR has meant to be connected back to scouting and those values we all hold so close to our hearts. After a few years as a leader, I was no longer involved directly in scouting so being able to volunteer meant that I could reconnect and be part of the movement again, even though with no direct contact with young people. In my time as a volunteer I have learned, worked with amazing people, developed skills and explored different areas of the movement I didn't have a lot of knowledge on. It has definitely been an incredible experience and I would recommend it to anyone motivated and committed towards a better future and Region."
Allan Simpson
Impact of Scouting Team Lead
“Being a Team Leader has been a great experience. I've stretched myself by supporting volunteers from across Europe, bringing our collective ideas together to deliver valuable services for NSOs. I've gotten to know lots of people from the region, and events like the All Groups Meetings have allowed us to exchange ideas in our meetings, and relaxing in the evenings. Through all of this, the best aspect is the positive impact we can have on young people's Scouting experience across the Region.”
Lana Husagic
Coordinator, Strategic Priorities
“Being a coordinator in ESR was a very fulfilling experience that provided lots of opportunity for Scouting and personal growth. As a coordinator for Strategic Priorities, I have been overlooking work of 6 teams (4 long-term and 2 project based), having to balance out the strategic input and hands on work. It is important to create a cohesive environment for the Team leads and teams themselves, connecting the people and work, motivating with the common vision, etc. While it is time consuming and sometimes challenging to fit all the pieces of the puzzle together, it is very rewarding to work with so many engaged volunteers across Europe. Absolutely recommended experience!”
Laura Neijenhuis
Coordinator, External Relations
“As a coordinator you are at the heart of the European Scout Region. What I loved about the role over the last years is that you are the linking pin between the committee (strategic) and the volunteers (operational). Creating the action plan together with the volunteer teams is an important start to define concrete goals, actions and create ownership! Keeping the volunteers happy, whilst keeping an eye on achieving those goals, is what we do as coordinators. This means attending team meetings and committee meetings and don’t forget that we’re a true team as coordinators as well! Which is important, because we can always support each other, and bounce ideas of one another. The role of coordinator is an absolutely amazing opportunity to grow, and it can fill your life with purple love if you let it!”
Hulda Gudmundsdottir
European Scout Committee member, 2013-2019
Coming soon!
Which roles would fit your expectations and experience?
Try out the questionnaire to assess and see which of the roles available in the Region you may find relevant and interesting, best fitting your expectations & experience!
Start
* Once you finalise the questionaire you may come back to this page and continue exploring the tool!
Hulda
We hope that you were able to explore and learn more about the different opportunities and ways to set up your volunteer journey in the Region! Follow our communication channels and keep informed about different Open Calls to volunteer. Interested to apply but have questions? We urge you to contact our volunteers and ask them more about their experience volunteering with the European Scout Region! Good luck!
Jasper
Beatrice
Allan
Laura
Committee
Coordinators
Lana
Pedro
Ana
Team Leads
Team members
Thank you for your time!
some useful links
The European Scout Region
Teams implementing the Regional Scout Plan 2019-2022
The Scoutship - A Compass for Adult Volunteers
WOSM Services: Adults in Scouting resources
Good Governance in National Boards
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Transcript
Welcome to the Volunteer Journey Explorer!
Before you start!
List of acronyms
ESR - European Scout Region (WOSM) KISC - Kandersteg International Scout Centre TL - Team Lead WAGGGS - The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts WOSM - World Organization of the Scout MovementWSB - World Scout Bureau
Index
1. Welcome
2. What does it take to volunteer with the Region?
3. Get to know the roles
4. Which roles would fit you? Test it out!
5. Contact our volunteers
6. Useful resources
The European Scout Region is home for more than 2 million scouts! Each three years, Member Organization of WOSM in the European Scout Region decide on a Regional Scout Plan - our Strategic Priorities - and elect members to the European Scout Committee - our board - who steers the work of the Region to reach the aims set. To do this, volunteers from all around Europe are essential to contribute and implement the European Scout Plan (our strategy) by running events, campfires, advocating, gathering best practises, spending some fun time together and many more great things!
This tool will let you know more about a variety of volunteer roles available in the Region and hopefully steer you towards one! It will give you an impression on the differences between the positions, explain the expected profiles for each role and give a glance at what the volunteer experience might look like! The tool will not orient to specific roles in specific teams but rather provide guidance on the type of role and give some practical examples from day-to-day volunteering experiences and type of tasks carried. The tool is open access, designed for an individual and is completely anonymous. Follow the guiding questions and explore what roles would fit your expectations!
The following roles are covered in the tool:
* Please note that this is not a definitive answer to what role may be best for you, there are many opportunities in the Region and you may as well be really great at several of those! At the end of the tool, you will find contacts of our volunteers, who would be more than glad to share their experiences and answer questions you may have about specific roles. ** Also note that the role of Consultant is not included in this overview. Consultants are volunteers holding experience and expertise in one or more of our Services. They follow a dedicated role training and are on-boarded in the overall WOSM Services framework. *** Last, many of the operational tasks and activities are shared and overlap with the work of the professionals at the World Scout Bureau - European Support Centre. This role is excluded from this explorer for obvious reasons. For more information on the Consultant and Staff roles you can reach out to the World Scout Bureau- European Support Centre directly. Click next to start exploring!
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO VOLUNTEER WITH THE REGION?
Our volunteers - Team Purple - are the driving force of Region mobilised for the implementation of the Regional Scout Plan. Curious, innovative, devoted - those are just a few volunteer qualities one can come across. Good humour and jokes are always welcome! While many scouts would feel fulfilled in a role of a regional volunteer and the Region thrives with a great mix of skills, competencies and experiences, there are several key must-haves to take into account. Hover your mouse over each of them to find out more...
LANGUAGE SKILLS
KNOWLEDGE
TIME COMMITMENT
Motivation
LEADERSHIP
TEAM WORK
INTERCULTURAL ENVIRONMENT
PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE
Get to know the roles
There are a number of different roles where your experience, skills and energy is needed! Click to explore more about each role:
Team Lead
APPOINTED
A leader, coordinating the work of the team and ensuring wellbeing of team members
A member of a working group, short term task force, event planning team
APPOINTED
Team Member
Coordinator
APPOINTED
Ensures the fulfillment of tasks delivered by a number of teams in an area of operation
Committee member
ELECTED
The main governance body of the Region, six members elected by the Conference
Read testimoanialsfrom Lana and Laura
Read a testimoanial
Read a testimoanial
Read a testimoanial
What does a Team Member do?A member of a team usually belongs to a group not larger than 6 scouts (as scout patrol). As a member, you will deliver on agreed tasks individually or together with your fellow team members in a given timeframe. To do this, you will attend and actively participate in team meetings, both face-to-face and online. Being a member of such a team means you will get to know scouts whom you’d work closely with for a period of time and build strong experiences together! All teams have specific objectives to work on and usually specialise in a field such as sustainability, growth, external relations, youth programme or others. The usual outcomes of the teams in their support to Member Organisations are events, toolkits, guidelines, online sessions, e-learnings and others. Some teams may have a shorter timeframe to achieve their goals, these teams are called task forces or project teams. Being a member of a task force may require more intense work on one specific project in a shorter period of time.
What does a Team Lead do?Being a team lead means holding a position of leadership, which includes a periodic coordination of the team (usually not bigger than 6 members). In addition to ensuring that tasks are performed within the scope and timeframe agreed, team leads foster team culture & dynamics. It’s a key leadership position in planning, executing and reviewing team’s work. Team leads usually report to a Coordinator of a respective Area of Operation or directly to the European Scout Committee. As an example, a team lead facilitates an inclusive process and together with the team specifies and agrees on actions that need to be taken to reach the aims set. Team lead prepares for and organises team meetings, supports individual journey of fellow team members in their development as regional volunteers, is responsible for the results of the team and works closely with the Coordinator and staff from WSB Europe to direct the work of the team towards success.
What does a Coordinator do? The Coordinator is the main link between the different volunteer teams and the European Scout Committee. Usually Coordinator together with a dedicated staff member from the WSB Europe, is responsible for a number of teams working in a specific area of operation. Ideally, the core part of Coordinator’s responsibility includes close work with team leads ensuring that teams are set and able to implement their piece of work. The role requires strong management and delegation skills, providing enough support to teams while staying on top of their work. Coordinator is a member of a team made from other fellow Coordinators and, usually, a representative from the European Scout Committee and WSB Europe. It’s a fulfilling and challenging role to take. Coordinating a number of different teams include a variety of tasks such as volunteer recruitment, reporting to the Committee, organisation of joint or area level events, overseeing relevant WOSM Services and other initiatives in the Region. In short, this role provides a number of opportunities to suggest more strategic ways to progress in the area and hands-on work contributing to the implementation of the Regional Scout Plan.
What does a member of the European Scout Committee do? The European Scout Region is strategically led by the Regional Scout Committee, which is elected by the Regional Scout Conference - the general assembly of the Region.
Comprising six volunteer members, the Committee is elected for a three-year term. Ex-officio members of the Committee are the Regional Director and Regional Treasurer. The implementation of the Conference resolutions, providing financial and oversight, acting as advisory body to the World Scout Committee and supporting Member organisations in the Region are the main functions of the Committee. Being a member of the Regional Committee may introduce many differences in relation to the other volunteer roles available which are operational in their nature. Essentially, the Committee steers the work of Region on behalf of the Conference and ensures that the Region runs smoothly and is on track including all possible dimensions (financial, legal, social and others). This requires strategic decisions, oversight skills, knowledge and practice of good governance principles as well as advocacy and representation skills. The role may also involve specific agreed responsibilities such as representing the Region at the KISC Committee, at the Board of the European Scout Foundation, overseeing our joint work with WAGGGS, supporting specific Member Organisations, providing governance oversight of projects or initiatives, overseeing the Regional Scout Plan implementation and others. It’s a fulfilling role to further the Scout Movement by promoting the spirit of a worldwide family, of co-operation and mutual assistance amongst Scout organisations within the Region!
Ana Vallejo
Event Impact Assessment Team, Volunteer Management Team
" My name is Ana Vallejo, I started volunteering at the beginning of this triennium, December 2019. I first joined the Event Impact Assessment Task Force, which lasted approximately 9 months. After our task was completed and the report delivered, I joined the newly formed Volunteer Management Team. Volunteering for the ESR has meant to be connected back to scouting and those values we all hold so close to our hearts. After a few years as a leader, I was no longer involved directly in scouting so being able to volunteer meant that I could reconnect and be part of the movement again, even though with no direct contact with young people. In my time as a volunteer I have learned, worked with amazing people, developed skills and explored different areas of the movement I didn't have a lot of knowledge on. It has definitely been an incredible experience and I would recommend it to anyone motivated and committed towards a better future and Region."
Allan Simpson
Impact of Scouting Team Lead
“Being a Team Leader has been a great experience. I've stretched myself by supporting volunteers from across Europe, bringing our collective ideas together to deliver valuable services for NSOs. I've gotten to know lots of people from the region, and events like the All Groups Meetings have allowed us to exchange ideas in our meetings, and relaxing in the evenings. Through all of this, the best aspect is the positive impact we can have on young people's Scouting experience across the Region.”
Lana Husagic
Coordinator, Strategic Priorities
“Being a coordinator in ESR was a very fulfilling experience that provided lots of opportunity for Scouting and personal growth. As a coordinator for Strategic Priorities, I have been overlooking work of 6 teams (4 long-term and 2 project based), having to balance out the strategic input and hands on work. It is important to create a cohesive environment for the Team leads and teams themselves, connecting the people and work, motivating with the common vision, etc. While it is time consuming and sometimes challenging to fit all the pieces of the puzzle together, it is very rewarding to work with so many engaged volunteers across Europe. Absolutely recommended experience!”
Laura Neijenhuis
Coordinator, External Relations
“As a coordinator you are at the heart of the European Scout Region. What I loved about the role over the last years is that you are the linking pin between the committee (strategic) and the volunteers (operational). Creating the action plan together with the volunteer teams is an important start to define concrete goals, actions and create ownership! Keeping the volunteers happy, whilst keeping an eye on achieving those goals, is what we do as coordinators. This means attending team meetings and committee meetings and don’t forget that we’re a true team as coordinators as well! Which is important, because we can always support each other, and bounce ideas of one another. The role of coordinator is an absolutely amazing opportunity to grow, and it can fill your life with purple love if you let it!”
Hulda Gudmundsdottir
European Scout Committee member, 2013-2019
Coming soon!
Which roles would fit your expectations and experience?
Try out the questionnaire to assess and see which of the roles available in the Region you may find relevant and interesting, best fitting your expectations & experience!
Start
* Once you finalise the questionaire you may come back to this page and continue exploring the tool!
Hulda
We hope that you were able to explore and learn more about the different opportunities and ways to set up your volunteer journey in the Region! Follow our communication channels and keep informed about different Open Calls to volunteer. Interested to apply but have questions? We urge you to contact our volunteers and ask them more about their experience volunteering with the European Scout Region! Good luck!
Jasper
Beatrice
Allan
Laura
Committee
Coordinators
Lana
Pedro
Ana
Team Leads
Team members
Thank you for your time!
some useful links
The European Scout Region
Teams implementing the Regional Scout Plan 2019-2022
The Scoutship - A Compass for Adult Volunteers
WOSM Services: Adults in Scouting resources
Good Governance in National Boards