Sustainability advisor

Who are we?

SIW is a versatile Dutch non-profit exchange organization (NGO). For more than 65 years, SIW has been receiving foreign volunteers on various projects in the Netherlands and Dutch volunteers have been sent to projects all over the world. In total, this concerns approximately 250 broadcasts and receptions per year. SIW falls under three international networks (Alliance, CCIVS and SCI).

SIW's mission is to encourage people to broaden their horizons. SIW does this by bringing volunteers into contact with other cultures. In this way, SIW wants to increase intercultural understanding, contribute to the personal development of volunteers and encourage them to dedicate themselves to a better society “For and by volunteers”.

The activities of SIW are organized by approximately 70 enthusiastic voluntary employees with an office in the heart of Utrecht.

What are you going to do?

Sustainability is an important theme in society that is increasingly being discussed at SIW and in which major steps have been made in the last three years. We now want to communicate that more to the outside world. SIW sends and receives many volunteers who fly in most cases. Should we introduce CO2 compensation and/or encourage train travel? How can we make our own activities more sustainable? How can we make the building that SIW owns more sustainable? These are questions that require expert advice. You like to delve into these questions together with a colleague sustainability advisor and to provide the board and the various working groups with expert solicited and unsolicited advice.

Who are you?

· You are enthusiastic about the projects, objectives and mission of SIW;

· You have broad knowledge of dealing with sustainability issues and experience with the practical design of sustainability;

· You have experience in giving advice;

· You are proactive;

· You are able to make others enthusiastic about sustainability issues;

· You have strong communication skills, both oral and written, in Dutch and English;

· You also help to promote SIW to potential participants, for example on information days/evenings, at trade fairs, school meetings and/or on social media;

· You intend to commit yourself to this position for at least 2 years (average 2 hours per week). You are enthusiastic about the projects, objectives and mission of SIW;

· Young people and people with a multicultural background are expressly invited to apply in order to form as diverse a team as possible.

What do we offer you?

· A nice organization with many enthusiastic people with a passion for volunteer work and travel;

· The opportunity to gain relevant experience and further develop skills and make SIW a more sustainable organization;

· Room for own initiative and plenty of opportunities to shape your ideas;

· Incidentally, it is possible to participate in (inter)national training courses and meetings;

· The (travel) costs incurred are reimbursed, as well as a discount on an international volunteer project through SIW.

Interested?

More information about SIW can be found on our website. For more information about the position, please contact the P&O department. You can send your motivation with CV to our email address attn Sarah Chaquibi until September 30, stating “Sustainability advisor".