Interesting about this job
- An inspiring work environment within an enthusiastic team that has a heart for lifestyle.
- The opportunity to gain experience in communications and PR.
- Opportunities to expand your network and develop new skills.
- Flexible working hours and the opportunity to work from home.
- A volunteer or P job contract and compensation.
- Companying training and courses.
This position can also be filled as a participation job. More information about a participation job can be found at: https://gemeente.groningen.nl/participatiebaan-vinden. You will be available for 16 hours a week.
Job tasks and duties
Are you an enthusiastic person with a passion for communications and PR? Would you like to use your skills for a good cause? Then this is your chance to contribute to Slim Leven West! We are looking for a motivated volunteer to join our team in the field of communication and PR.
As a volunteer, you will be involved in various tasks, including:
- Managing social media accounts such as Instagram and Facebook.
- Writing texts for (neighbourhood) newspapers, the neighbourhood website, WIJ's internet and intranet.
- Photography: taking appropriate photos to match the messaging.
Slim Living West is active in the districts: Vinkhuizen, de Held, Reitdiep, Gravenburg, Selwerd, Paddepoel,Tuinwijk, Hoogkerk and surrounding areas. Your place of employment is at WIJ Hoogkerk, where you will work closely with our team to promote Slim Leven West and spread our message.
Minimum education level: mbo
Job skills and qualities
- Affinance with communications and PR and a pré if you have a background in communications
- Good writing skills in Dutch and experience in copywriting
- You are highly computer literate
- Basic knowledge of social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook and Tiktok.
- Experience with Canva/graphic design
- Experience with photography and/or film is a pré but not a requirement.
- Creative and innovative
- Flexible and able to work independently
- Cooperate with colleagues’s and with contacts in the district.
- Able to make contacts easily and you are an expert in networking.
- Affinance with lifestyle.
Extra information
Are you ready to use your talents for Slim Leven West and the community of Groningen West? Then send a short motivation (and if you have your CV) to vct@wij.groningen.nl. For more information about this vacancy, please contact:
Jacquelien de Vries jacquelien.de.vries@wij.groningen.nl or via 06-46889251. Working days: Tuesday to Friday.
A Certificate of Good Conduct (VOG) is part of the procedure.
Slim Leven West, programme part of WIJ Groningen, supports and advises people in the Selwerd, Paddepoel and Tuinwijk, Hoogkerk and Vinkhuizen districts, to get and keep a grip on their lives themselves. Preferably with the help of family, friends of these residents and their network. The ideas of Positive Health are leading in Slim Leven West. These include: mental well-being, meaning, quality of life, participation, daily functioning and bodily functions. These six dimensions always influence each other and are therefore connected. Slim Leven West works together with various parties in the neighbourhoods. These include GPs, Poh-er, physiotherapists, WIJ colleagues’s, network partners, community centres and residents' groups.
Job information
| Job type | Volunteer Work, Participation Job |
|---|---|
| Services | accident insurance, training, volunteer contract, volunteer reimbursement, Certificate of Good Conduct is required |
| Duration | indefinite |
| Hours per week | at least 12 hours, max 16 hours |
| Work hours of your own choosing? | Yes |
| Location | WIJ Hoogkerk, De Verbetering 3, 9744 DZ Groningen |
Organisation address and information
WIJ Groningen
Paterswoldseweg 267
9728 AC Groningen
Website: https://jijbijwijgroningen.nl/