Are you interested in the renewable energy transition and passionate about sustainability? Do you want to contribute to raising youth voices & perspectives in your own local community?

If this resonates with you, apply to be a Country Representative (CR) in your Local Country Team!

What is a Country Representative (CR) at YES-Europe?

Since our foundation in 2016, YES-Europe has believed in the importance of local communities to take action and engage within the energy field. Strengthened by our international network, our local teams play a fundamental role within the ongoing impact of our network by implementing YES-Europe’s vision locally and shaping the future of their cities, regions and communities

The Country Representative is responsible for organising and leading their Local Country Team, by making sure that the team is being active in line with the mission and vision of YES-Europe and is channelling information from the central organisation to the local teams and vice-versa. With Country Representatives coordinating projects and activities across various European countries, Local Teams are organising events and publishing content to develop national programmes based on their field of interests.

Being a Country Representative for your Local Country Team involves:

• Organising your Local team, by:
  • Recruiting more members through the membership form
  • Onboarding new members, by informing the Board
  • Building your team and creating a team feeling
  • Organising regular meetings
• Making sure the team has activities and are organising events, by:
• • Engaging your team members to organise activities
  • “Keeping the ball rolling”
• Being connected with the central organisation of YES-Europe, by
  • Keeping yourself updated on what’s happening in the organisation (through Discord, emails, General Assemblies, communication with our Governance Team and International Teams)
  • Having exchanges and collaboration with the Country Coordination Team and other CRs (through Discord, emails and monthly CR Meetings)
  • Channeling information from YES-Europe centrally to your team,
  • Enabling sharing of national events in the broader YES-Europe channels
• Asking the CR Lead and Country Coordination Team for support

What’s in it for you?

• A chance to develop your team-working skills and core soft-skills in a dynamic and fun group of international young professionals and students.
• An opportunity to expand  your professional network European-wide.
• An opportunity to gain deeper insight on energy and sustainability topics, NGO operations, leadership skills and youth engagement through hands-on work.
• A great opportunity for you to interact with a broad community of like-minded people with expertise on all aspects of sustainability. 

Required qualifications:

• Being strategic/forward-looking, in order to engage and motivate other people, coordinate, create a team feeling and delegate work to team members.=
• Good communication and team coordination skills
• Contacts within (a) local university/ies, (an)other NGO(s) or local energy, innovation, eco or policy companies/agencies will help you grow your network and team membership
• Knowledge of local energy, sustainability, policy and research topics in your city/country is seen as a plus, but not required
• Basic understanding of social media management, fundraising/financial management and administration is a plus, but not required
• Previous volunteering experience in a youth organisation is a plus, but not required
• Previous leadership experience is a plus, but not required.

Please note that YES-Europe’s working language is English, so the successful candidate should have sufficient knowledge in the English language to be able to work in English. However, within your internal team and when speaking to local partners or people to network, you may communicate in your local language

Please also note that the position is unpaid. YES-Europe conducts all work virtually. People volunteering with YES-Europe are mainly young professionals or students in the energy and sustainability sector, 18-35 years old and based in Europe. 

If you want to be part of this inspiring journey, reach out to our CR Lead at evi.makri@yeseurope.org

Interviews for the position will be conducted on a rolling basis as applications are received.

We are looking forward to hearing from you!