Education

• Inspiring young people for a successful application

  location

  The whole of Switzerland

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  Year-round

  
  education user Free spaces available time Year-round recurring

  Inspire youth with the Application Process module of the Young Enterprise Switzerland (YES) Personal Economics program. First, we offer you a short training course to become a YES volunteer. Then you can get to work with young people right in their classroom! Self-awareness and knowledge of the world of work, researching job offers, writing job applications and most importantly simulating job interviews: you coach the students (14-16 years old) in one or more of these topics according to the needs of the class and thus prepare them in an optimal way for their future job applications. You are free to use our teaching materials, to draw inspiration from our other volunteers or to share your knowledge in your own way. We need your professional experience to give the students the best chance to be inspired and motivated! Volunteering with YES allows you to support youth and have a real positive impact. Furthermore, it's also an opportunity to develop new professional skills and access our network of partners and volunteers.

• Mwalimu – specialized training for the long-term unemployed

  location

  Biel oder Bern

  calendar

  Year-round

  
  education user Free spaces available time Year-round recurring

  Mwalimu – specialized training for the long-term unemployed As part of the project “Mwalimu” (Swahili for “teacher”), we are looking for volunteers to support and, if needed, advise participants in the final stages of preparing to enter the world of work. The participants are all employed in the private sector and are working towards meeting the minimum requirements for a permanent position or formal vocational qualification. We are also looking for volunteers to prepare and deliver remedial classes tailored to participants’ needs. A teaching qualification is desirable but not necessary.

• IT Trainer at Powercoders

  location

  online, Zurich, Bern, Lausanne

  calendar

  Year-round

  
  education user Free spaces available time Year-round recurring

  Support Refugees & Migrants. Powercoders is a work integration program for refugees and migrants. We offer a 3-month coding bootcamp, followed by a 6-12 month internship. The goal of IT training is to support the Teaching Lead as well as the participants during the bootcamp. You as volunteer will step in and help the individuals doing IT exercises and to get their homework and projects done, onsite usually half-days and online a few hours.You have an understanding of some technologies in a specific IT field, mostly Web development, but also DevOps, Software programming,Testing, Machine Learning and more. No prior teaching experience is required.

• Inspiring young people in dealing with money

  location

  The whole of Switzerland

  calendar

  Year-round

  
  education user Free spaces available time Year-round recurring

  Inspire the youth with the Money Management module of the Young Enterprise Switzerland (YES) Personal Economics programme. First, we offer you a short training course to become a YES volunteer. You can then work together with young people, right in their classroom! Budgeting, savings, insurance, payslips, tax returns or even telephone subscriptions and leasing: you coach the students (14-16 years old) in one or more of these topics according to the needs of the class with the aim of enabling them to face the future calmly and avoid excessive indebtedness. You are free to use our teaching materials, to draw inspiration from our other volunteers or to share your knowledge in your own way. We need your professional experience to prepare young people for life and to give them inspiration and confidence! Volunteering with YES allows you to support youth and have a real positive impact. Furthermore, it's also an opportunity to develop new professional skills and access our network of partners and volunteers.

• Job Coaching at Powercoders

  location

  across Switzerland

  calendar

  Year-round

  
  education user Free spaces available time Year-round recurring

  Accompany a Refugee / Migrant during their Internship: Powercoders is a work integration program for refugees and migrants. We offer a 3-month coding bootcamp, followed by a 6-12 month internship in an IT company or IT department. To support the participants in making their internship a success, all of them are accompanied by a volunteer Job Coach. The Job Coach meets the coachee regularly and supports him/her in reaching their goals. The Job Coach also joins monthly meetings at the company and supports the coachee in his/her social and professional integration. Job Coaches can be based anywhere in the Romandie or Deutschschweiz.

• Coaches for people with ambitions to pursue further education and training

  location

  online

  calendar

  Year-round

  
  education user Free spaces available time Year-round recurring

  EDUCA SWISS is the Swiss foundation for promoting and financing education. We help people to develop, budget and carry out their own further education project. If needed, we also arrange student loans and mentors to help bring the project to life. We are looking for worldly-wise volunteers to coach our candidates in developing life and financial goals. Would you like to volunteer and advise people from lower-income backgrounds on how to plan their own further education project?

• Introduction to permaculture

  location

  Zug

  calendar

  19.05. - 25.05.2024

  
  education user Free spaces available time Year-round recurring

  Introduction to permaculture A week of pure sustainability! Ten young volunteers from Switzerland aged 16 to 29 will work to help protect the environment. Together with young people from Spain, they will volunteer on a permaculture finca (farm) and experience a week of various outdoor activities, permaculture workshops and art projects. This international youth exchange will allow participants to immerse themselves in the world of permaculture and promote intercultural exchange. The project, organized by the Swiss association MUNTERwegs, builds a bridge between social cohesion, education and the environment. The volunteers will be supported by a team of youth workers.

• Inspiring young people and discovering the economy

  location

  The whole of Switzerland

  calendar

  Year-round

  
  education user Free spaces available time Year-round recurring

  Inspire the youth with the programme Our Community of Young Enterprise Switzerland (YES). First, we offer you a short training course to become a YES volunteer. Then you can get to work close with young people right in their classroom! Thanks to our available programme, you will teach 5 lessons that will take the students (9-10 years old) on a journey through a fictitious community to discover, in an interactive and playful way, the functioning of the economy and life in society. We need your professional experience to offer students varied lessons anchored in reality! Volunteering at YES allows you to support the youth and to have a real positive impact. However, it is also an opportunity to develop new professional skills and access our network of partners and volunteers.