Information about ESC vacancy 2024 at
Lidicka Art Department – shorter
Receiving and coordinating organization:
Luzanky – Centre of Leisure Time (SVC Luzanky)
OID: E10146786
Accreditation: 2021-1-CZ01-ESC50-094574
Website in English: https://solidaritycorps.luzanky.cz/
Website of Luzanky: https://www.luzanky.cz/
Duration of activity: flexible, 3 to 6 months
Beginning of activity: as soon as possible – June/July 2024
End of activity: at least 3 months from the start of the activity
Contact person (ESC coordinator): Hana Klenovská
Phone Nr: +420 724 200 131
Email: evs@luzanky.cz
Selection process:
Please send us your CV, motivation letter and preferred period of volunteering. In case we consider you for further interview, we will ask you for videocall.
The placement is open until the suitable candidate is found.
If you have any questions, please contact us at evs@luzanky.cz
Description of the workplace
Luzanky – centre of leisure time is the oldest and biggest leisure time centre in the Czech Republic. We offer hobby clubs, workshops, educational programs, summer camps and events for public for all age groups, but mainly for children.
We host ESC volunteers at our different workplaces (Art Department, Technical Department, Circus, …), but usually volunteers´ work consists of mixture of activities and they assist to our pedagogues in various hobby clubs focused on art, sport, music, cooking etc.
From June 2024 we have free ESC placement at our Art Department at Lidicka workplace. There will be also possibility to join activities at our other departments, help with promotion of ESC programme etc.
The important thing is that during summer holidays in July and August the main work of the volunteer would be assisting on summer camps. From end of September volunteer assists at our regular hobby clubs (focused on art). It means during summer the work is different, June and part of September would be specific too. Everything is upon discussion between us.
Description of workplace Lidicka Art Department
Lidicka is a branch of Luzanky leisure center situated in the center of Brno in the middle of a large park called Luzanky. It has several departments with different focus like on painting, science, drama, yoga, computer science etc. The volunteer will work in the Art Department: painting and ceramics.
This department holds regular art and ceramic classes for children around the age of 2-18 as well as for adults. Besides that it occasionally organizes weekend courses or workshops. There are also some classes which support handicapped children and children with poor social backgrounds. Apart from that, it holds exhibitions in one gallery which is available mostly to schools and young artists.
Lidicka is looking for an art-skilled volunteer who will work mainly with children and teenagers. Our classes are focused on drawing, painting, graphic and ceramic. We expect the volunteer to help us with various art workshops and also with organizing summer camps for children. Attending occasional art sessions outside of Luzanky may be a part of the volunteer´s work too.
We prefer a volunteer who generally likes to work, motivate and inspire children as well as teenagers. It is important for the volunteer to have a positive attitude towards arts.
The time schedule of the volunteer:
35 hours weekly:
- 25 hours of work for Lidicka Art Department (art activities, summer camps, help with planning and organizing public events etc.)
- 2 hours meetings with coordinator and other ESC-ers – time you spent with your ESC coordinator discussing your work and planning the future events, projects etc.
- Up to 3 hours Czech language class/ studying at home
- Up to 5 hours for your Mini project – time you spend on preparing your own mini project/s.
We offer our volunteers the following kind of support: One of our workers will be your tutor – a guide and adviser who will help you during the whole project. You will be also provided with all the material of the particular workplace. If you like you can also visit some activities at Lidicka or in other branches of Luzanky.
General description of volunteering project in Luzanky:
There are 8 ESC volunteers working at different places on individual projects, meeting every week on common meetings with the coordinator and from time to time with all the colleagues to evaluate and plan the project. Luzanky hosts and coordinates ESC volunteers also in other organizations (focused on environmental education, preschool education etc.), so all hosted and coordinated volunteers will meet during the project and can visit workplaces and events of each other.
The volunteers work also together with the coordinator on tasks connected with their integration into Luzanky and presentation of their presence in our organization. Those tasks will be mainly related to the promotion of Solidarity corps program.
Volunteers can visit some of the courses and events organized by Luzanky for free (circus training for adults, ceramics etc.).
The organization will host only volunteers older than 18 years old.
Days off and holidays: volunteers have 2 days a week free + 2 days per month of vacation. While working occasionally on weekends they have extra days off during the week.
Allowances:
Volunteers get their pocket money and food allowance monthly (at the beginning of each month), and they are provided with a card for Brno public transport.
Accommodation:
Volunteers live either in University´s dormitories, or in rented flats (not in the centre of the city), it can happen that two volunteers will share one room. There will be 4 volunteers in the flat with 3-4 bedrooms. There is no living room, only common space/eating area in the kitchen. Distance to your working place from the flat can be around 30 minutes by public transport, even a bit more. Getting affordable accommodation in Brno is very difficult in recent years, so please be ready for described conditions of accommodation if you apply to our project. The advantage for you is that you will stay in quite a big city, which offers cultural and other events for young people, some even in English or other languages.