Community Development Facilitator - Volunteer Position - Onsite in Moldova - 2 years, plus 3 months training
Peace Corps
Marketing & Communications, Customer Service
United States
Posted on May 3, 2025
About The Job
Apply by :
October 1, 2025
Know By
December 1, 2025
Depart On
May 31, 2026
Duration
2 years, plus 3 months training
ELIGIBILITY: Must be at least 18 years of age. Must be a U.S. citizen.
Project description
Moldova is a small and resilient country, tucked away between Romania and Ukraine in the furthest reaches of Eastern Europe. Moldovans are known for their hospitality and have welcomed Peace Corps Volunteers into their communities for over 30 years.
Community Development Facilitator Volunteers aid community institutions and non-profit organizations to improve their organizational capacity to make a significant impact on sustainable community development. The project aims to strengthen Moldovan civil society organizations and local public institutions (i.e. NGOs, local action groups, youth community centers, mayor’s offices, and public libraries) by improving their internal processes, designing short and long-term projects, and supporting organizational leaders’ development to help achieve the mission. The project focuses on partnerships with organizations and communities with limited access to external resources and expertise. Assignments are in both rural locations and regional centers (similar to large towns in the US). In both cases, Volunteers work with host organizations that tend to routinely have informal work plans/schedules and may only have basic facilities and minimal staff.
Volunteers in the Community Development Facilitator position have a unique opportunity to experience the challenges and rewards of grassroots civil society and community development in close partnership with Moldovan colleagues. Most of the partner organizations are at a basic level of organizational development. Volunteers collaborate with local partners to assess organizations together, contribute to the improvement of project planning and management skills, initiate and/or co-develop internal systems and processes, advance organizational planning, while simultaneously engaging in improving day-to-day operations. Volunteers are involved in working with partners to develop and implement projects in support of community change and improve institutional practices. This can include collaborating with local leaders to assess community assets and needs, refine their vision, and design practical approaches to addressing problems and identifying achievable outcomes. The Volunteer’s role is often to bring optimism and a fresh perspective to communities that have struggled with systemic obstacles. To this end, Volunteers support local counterparts in establishing partnerships with other community institutions and in increasing their visibility in the community. They also assist local organizations to better target and address the needs of their beneficiaries.
Another major task for the Community Development Facilitator is to facilitate youth clubs and camps that build youth leadership skills and increase civic engagement. This may involve service-learning programs, initiatives focusing on coding/computer skills and leadership skills, as well as local clubs to foster increased volunteerism, environmental awareness, and practical English language usage.
Volunteers serve in the communities to which they are assigned. Activities in the community must be carried out with a local partner(s), be directed to local beneficiaries, and include element(s) of capacity building.
Required Skills
Qualified candidates will have one or more of the following criteria:
Apply by :
October 1, 2025
Know By
December 1, 2025
Depart On
May 31, 2026
Duration
2 years, plus 3 months training
ELIGIBILITY: Must be at least 18 years of age. Must be a U.S. citizen.
Project description
Moldova is a small and resilient country, tucked away between Romania and Ukraine in the furthest reaches of Eastern Europe. Moldovans are known for their hospitality and have welcomed Peace Corps Volunteers into their communities for over 30 years.
Community Development Facilitator Volunteers aid community institutions and non-profit organizations to improve their organizational capacity to make a significant impact on sustainable community development. The project aims to strengthen Moldovan civil society organizations and local public institutions (i.e. NGOs, local action groups, youth community centers, mayor’s offices, and public libraries) by improving their internal processes, designing short and long-term projects, and supporting organizational leaders’ development to help achieve the mission. The project focuses on partnerships with organizations and communities with limited access to external resources and expertise. Assignments are in both rural locations and regional centers (similar to large towns in the US). In both cases, Volunteers work with host organizations that tend to routinely have informal work plans/schedules and may only have basic facilities and minimal staff.
Volunteers in the Community Development Facilitator position have a unique opportunity to experience the challenges and rewards of grassroots civil society and community development in close partnership with Moldovan colleagues. Most of the partner organizations are at a basic level of organizational development. Volunteers collaborate with local partners to assess organizations together, contribute to the improvement of project planning and management skills, initiate and/or co-develop internal systems and processes, advance organizational planning, while simultaneously engaging in improving day-to-day operations. Volunteers are involved in working with partners to develop and implement projects in support of community change and improve institutional practices. This can include collaborating with local leaders to assess community assets and needs, refine their vision, and design practical approaches to addressing problems and identifying achievable outcomes. The Volunteer’s role is often to bring optimism and a fresh perspective to communities that have struggled with systemic obstacles. To this end, Volunteers support local counterparts in establishing partnerships with other community institutions and in increasing their visibility in the community. They also assist local organizations to better target and address the needs of their beneficiaries.
Another major task for the Community Development Facilitator is to facilitate youth clubs and camps that build youth leadership skills and increase civic engagement. This may involve service-learning programs, initiatives focusing on coding/computer skills and leadership skills, as well as local clubs to foster increased volunteerism, environmental awareness, and practical English language usage.
Volunteers serve in the communities to which they are assigned. Activities in the community must be carried out with a local partner(s), be directed to local beneficiaries, and include element(s) of capacity building.
Required Skills
Qualified candidates will have one or more of the following criteria:
- Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science degree in any field
- 5 years' professional work experience