France: ESC: Lesven high school 2026/2027

About the local hosting organization

The Bureau Information Jeunesse (BIJ), located in Brest, France, is a not-for-profit organization created in 1993. The BIJ of Brest is a youth information center which is a part of a network of 1500 info spot throughout France. The BIJ is running by a team of 6 professionals which involves a general manager, an account and administration assistant, an international mobility project manager, 2 project officers and a numeric project leader. Its main goals is inform and support youngsters between 16 and 35 and caters to the needs of young people on subjects such as education, vocational training, jobs, employment, cultural offering or sporting events. But also on issues like housing and health or even individual rights or international mobility (jobs, volunteering, education, training placement, etc.). For that it has a documentation section with a free access to Internet where the welcoming is free, anonymous and adapted to the demand. Besides, the BIJ has a website www.bij-brest.org and social networks which provides young people with a tremendous quantity of daily updated practical and useful information. Apart from that, the BIJ yearly publishes a guide books “Jeunes à Brest” (Youngsters in Brest) and is also involved into the organization of several events such as : - The summer jobs days - the Youth International days The Bij is member of different networks: youth information network, Eurodesk, IDEO (network dedicated to vocational training), Erasmus + developers, etc.

Presentation of the programme

Jules Lesven is a general, technological and professional high school with 1400 pupils located on a school campus with 2 other high schools. The 2 ESC volunteers will work at the high school cafeteria, a confortable place, where they will both share an office and manage the cafeteria with some students (selling snacks, stock management, schedule to set up, etc.). They will organise smalls events and animations for students all year long, for i.e. : blind tests, games to win snacks, Christmas/Easter decoration workshop, exhibitions, playlists, language clubs, etc. They will have to offer projects/ideas to set up, it will be the heart of their project! They can also lead workshops or project at the boarding school: yoga, movie nights, etc. Last but not least, they will have to organise key moments: thematical weeks on health, environmental awareness, equality, European countries, etc., tournaments (baby-foot, football, etc.) The project is coordinated by Bij de Brest.

About the accomodation

Each volunteer will get his/her own furnished studio flat (9 to 13 m²) in a Youth accomodation centre (FJT) with basic furniture. If a volunteer needs extra furniture, it will be on his/her own budget. FJT is in Brest city centre (15 minutes by bus to Lesven high school, 2 min. walking to main square). FJT collective heating system works from mid-October to mid-March like at the high school. Food allocation : 240 € per month Pocket money : 240 € per month Bus ticket provided/refunded

About the leisure activities

Pre-departure training (PDT): organised by the sending organisation On-arrival training (OAT): organised by the French National Agency Mid-term training (MTT): organised by the French National Agency Besides, during his/her ESC the volunteer will get: a task-support mentor, Eva Rosot, senior school administrator Her office is at the school life department, 50 meters far from the volunteers’ one. a personal mentor

Requirements

The Participant profile: We are looking for 2 volunteers from European Union countries, from 18' up to 30'. Basic skills in French as well as basic IT competencies are requested. Students could have a very bad level in English, that's why it's important to be able to communicate with them in French and to go out your comfort zone to create a link with them. ️Candidates should have: a good contact with youngsters team work ability the willingness to set up and lead activities and to be actively involved in the activities a strong motivation the ability to take initiatives ️Besides volunteers must respect the following rules: Be on time Respect the schedule Warn if he·she is exceptionnally late Always provide a medical certificate in case of absence (It serves as proof that he·she is actually unfit for work) Take good care of the flat To NOT host guests for over the night or after 22:00 PM ️Please be aware an ESC volunteer is not a teacher, he·she can lead workshops/presentations in classes but only from time to time. It musn’t be his·her main task. Full ESC call available on https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CYB0rPlvkDi-YZj0jEt_TeQwSEgvED61?usp=sharing ️ Candidates must send their application (CV + motivation letter) to: ️ Agnès Pissavy, ESC project manager at Bij de Brest: [email protected] ️ We will select volunteers on the go.Deadline: