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FFWPU EUME, under the initiative of Vice Presidents Bogdan & Yoshiko Pammer, seeks to expand the support and development opportunities offered to youth and the next generation of Unificationists through diverse faith development opportunities and leadership support.
Four new or adapted projects and programmes are planned for 2023-2024 on EUME level: continuous training for young leaders, youth leaders’ support (HARP and young adults), the Foundations programme and EUME Missionary Programme. These are operating in the framework of the Hyojeong Youth Academy (HJYA). The projects were identified as responses to analysis on needs among 2nd Generation members and young leaders, which took place over a weekend in January 2023 – see the full report.
HJYA is seeking project/programme leaders and team members to support the project leads in implementing these activities for an initial one-year commitment with varying levels of time commitment during that year, depending on the applicant’s availability. Below you find more details about each programme and the available positions.
Project: Continuous training for young leaders
Open positions: team members, including technical support and media/communications.
This project consists of the provision of practical leadership skills training to EUME leaders and is an adaptation of the popular Pastors’ Association meetings. The target group is the next generation of national & community leaders, and the content is designed accordingly, but the activity is open for anyone in the Unificationist community to participate regardless of age and position, paid or volunteer. The project team will organise and oversee the activity and is not expected to deliver the training themselves.
The expected commitment is 1 year part-time for less than 5 hours a week, although needs will be more in certain periods and less in others. The time commitment and tasks are negotiable, and anyone interested is encouraged to apply.
The team members support the project lead (volunteer) to implement the following tasks:
- Organise 8 online leadership skills training sessions (1h – 1,5h each) over the period of 1 year, including determining topics based on leaders’ needs (using existing materials on leadership and/or using a list of suggested topics, potentially a survey of most needed skills/topics), finding speakers and advertising the event.
- Organise an offline retreat for young/new leaders in January 2024
- Develop a curriculum for future courses.
- Liaise with the Youth Leaders’ Support project team for potential collaboration.
This position could in the future include the development and running of an offline foundational course for new leaders, especially if the project team is interested and available, but this is not expected in the first year.
Project: Youth Leaders’ Support (HARP and young adults)
Open positions: team members, including technical support and media/communications.
This project consists of the provision of practical leadership skills training to youth leaders taking care of young people such as those responsible for HARP and young adults’ activities. The project team will organise and oversee the activity and is not expected to deliver all the training themselves.
The expected commitment is 1 year part-time for 5h> a week, although needs will be more in certain periods and less in others. The time commitment and tasks are negotiable, and anyone interested is encouraged to apply.
The team members support the project lead (volunteer) to implement the following tasks:
- Organise 8 online leadership skills training sessions (~1,5h each) over the period of 1 year, including designing the sessions (topics can rely on existing materials, a list of suggested topics, potentially a survey of most needed skills/topics), finding speakers and advertising the events.
- Organise an offline retreat for youth leaders in September.
- Liaise with the Continuous leadership training project lead for potential collaboration.
- Represent HARP and young adults in the Education for all activity which collects educational resources.
- Provide brief reports and data about the project when requested.
The project team is not expected to provide one-on-one mentorship.
Programme: EUME Missionary Programme
Open positions:
- project lead
- team members
The European and Middle Eastern (EUME) Missionary Programme (EMP) is a faith development programme that has run for 2 seasons, providing young people with opportunities to deepen their faith through visiting and working in Unificationist communities in the EUME region. The programme will be expanded to a 9-month programme consisting of various modules and activities. The new version of the EMP is still being planned, and part of the roles will be to consolidate the programme design to best serve young Unificationists in the EUME region.
The expected commitment for this position is 1.5 years part-time (preparing and running one season of EMP) but this is negotiable, and anyone interested is encouraged to apply.
The responsibilities of the programme lead, and team members include:
- Design the new version of the EMP programme based on preparatory work that has already taken place, including addressing weaknesses of previous programmes.
- Lead on the preparatory work for the EMP, including liaising with mission countries and relevant stakeholders.
- Advertise the EMP
- Together with others, support the programme participants and ensure their overall well-being during the programme.
- Provide reports and data about the programme when requested.
See a short report of last year’s EMP – click here
Programme: Foundations
Open positions: team members, including technical support and media/communications.
Foundations is a home-based faith development programme for young Unificationists that provides them with the opportunity to explore their faith in a safe environment and apply it to their everyday life. The programme has previously focused on spiritual leadership but is now opening to a wider audience taking place once a week over 3-months, with improved content to help young Unificationists on their journey of faith. As the new version of the Foundations course is still being planned, the position will involve consolidating the programme design to best serve young Unificationists in the EUME region.
The expected commitment for this position is 3 to 6 months part-time volunteering, depending on the final design of the programme and the availability of the programme team.
The team members work with the programme lead on the following tasks:
Support the programme lead in designing the new version of the Foundations course based on preparatory work that has already taken place, including addressing weaknesses of previous programmes. Develop a curriculum for the course that can be implemented again.
- Support the preparatory work for the Foundations, including finding speakers, planning topics and activities.
- Advertise the Foundations course.
- Organise one offline gathering for participants.
- Together with others, support the programme participants and ensure their overall well-being during the programme.
- Provide reports and data about the programme when requested.
Communications/media support involves supporting teams in advertising and communicating about the projects; technical support involves hosting the training sessions on Zoom.
See a short report of last year’s Foundations – click here
If you have questions or want to discuss any position, please contact Bogdan at bogdan.pammer@ffwpu-eume.org.
Please submit your expression of interest by filling in this form: https://forms.gle/ZT7Z1hntcSdx3cjp6 by 7th April 2023.
