About BlueFire
BlueFire is a free open-air intercultural arts festival that takes place in Dublin's historic Smithfield Square. The festival is a non-profit social enterprise with a mission to promote social integration and cohesion amongst Dubliners across all cultural backgrounds.
Mission: Building cohesive communities through the creative power, vision, and action of youth changemakers.
Vision: A vibrant city embracing intercultural community.
What's Involved
Are you an innovator? Entrepreneur? Ambitious? Willing to throw yourself in the deep end and really learn? Interested in Festivals, Events Management, The Arts, Community Engagement and PR, Sales & Marketing? Believe in integration and equality? Then you may be interested in joining our Community Engagement Team!
As part of 2018’s community engagement strategy we’ll be working with local youth organisations, asylum seekers and refugees through a number of initiatives. This includes a 6-month arts & entrepreneurship programme, culminating in a weeklong summer camp where young people from different cultures will curate our annual festivals’ teenzone; a 3-month digital media training programme with asylum seekers and local at risk young people; and a quarterly audience-participatory TED talk style event.
Responsibilities of this team include:
- Workshop development & delivery .
- Collaborating with local youth organisations & stakeholders to co-create workshops.
- Managing the overall delivery of these programmes, including ongoing monitoring, reflection, and development.
- Managing relationships with partner organisations, and developing new relationships with potential partner organisations.
What's required for this position
Would you like to see a united, inclusive Ireland? Do you want to advance our mission by ensuring everyone knows about our services? Are you eager to collaborate radically and think outside of the box? Want to learn, grow, and empower yourself? Then you’re exactly who we’re looking for!
Skills required:
- Experience in the arts or facilitation experience a bonus .
- Passion for working with and for young people .
- Event planning & project management .
- Creative & innovative .
- Capacity to maximise resources and work with limited budget .
- Financial management & budgeting.
- Arts/ Music/ Drama
- Business/ HR/ Management
- Community Development/ Social work
- Event management/ Fundraising
- General Admin/ Office Support
- Multi-lingual/ Multi-culturalism
- Personable Skills
- PR/ Marketing/ Market Research
- Research/ Journalism/ Media
- Retail/ Customer Service
- Youth/ Childcare
Level of English required for this role:
Intermediate English
Times and commitment required for this role
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Minimum time commitment: 6 months
Hours required: 4hrs Weekly
Other Details
Location of volunteering opportunity:
Dublin City Centre
Screening details for this role:
- Formal Interview
- Application Form
Volunteers will be provided with the following supports:
- Support/ advice/ recognition
- Supervision
- Initial induction and training
- Insurance cover
- Ongoing training opportunities
Volunteers with the following challenges will be supported in this role
- Physical Disability
- Sensory Disability
Age restrictions:
Over 18
Is this opportunity suitable for groups/teams of volunteers?
Yes
Benefits you will receive as a volunteer
●Training & mentorship opportunities to broaden & develop your skills
●Collaborate with a diverse team, where your ideas become reality
●Connect & network with people from the community & arts sector
●Certification
●Social nights out & regular meetups
