Community Services Volunteer - Volunteer Position - Onsite in North Macedonia - 2 years, plus 3 months training
Peace Corps
United States
Posted on Aug 2, 2025
About The Job
Apply by :
January 1, 2026
Know By
March 1, 2026
Depart On
September 19, 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
Peace Corps has a long and rich history in North Macedonia. Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) have played a pivotal role in the country’s growth by offering their skills and talents for nearly 30 years with nearly 900 Peace Corps Volunteers having successfully served in the country. Since Peace Corps North Macedonia’s inception, Volunteers have inspired their counterparts and community members, created sustainable projects and programs, and formed lasting person-to-person connections, leaving an enduring legacy in their host communities.
Community Development Promotor Volunteers will focus on supporting local communities and organizations to effectively manage sustainable community development. Key national partners, such as the Ministry of Local Self-Government, the National Red Cross, and umbrella youth organizations have expressed the need for support of active citizen participation, organizational development and youth development. Volunteers could be working at a local non-government organization (NGO), government municipality, secondary school (with a focus on youth development), or a combination of a few organizations; collaborating with NGO workers, youth workers, municipality public servants, and teachers. Volunteers will be working to improve the contributions of organizations and community groups as identified by community needs. They will increase community engagement, especially among the youth.
Volunteers in this project participate in a range of activities that include, but are not limited to, the following:
Supporting organizations to assess community needs.
Collaborating with organizations to develop and implement community programs and building partnerships to meet identified needs.
Promoting organizations’ staff capacity development by providing ongoing training and skills transfer.
Assisting organizations and community groups with planning, grant writing, fundraising, use of information technology, volunteer management, and day-to-day tasks.
Supporting organizations in building capacity to use digital tools for work and training.
Providing non-formal educational activities for community members, especially youth, aimed at developing their life skills.
Developing extracurricular activities at secondary schools aimed at positive youth development.
Planning and organizing activities to help increase intercultural awareness for community members, with a youth focus.
Assisting with planning and implementing community engagement and service-learning activities with community members, especially youth, directed at their development as engaged citizens.
Supporting youth councils and organizations, local Scout groups and youth centers to increase youth participation and civic engagement.
Supporting community members in the areas of employability and entrepreneurship.
Required Skills
Qualified candidates will have one or more of the following criteria:
Apply by :
January 1, 2026
Know By
March 1, 2026
Depart On
September 19, 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
Peace Corps has a long and rich history in North Macedonia. Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) have played a pivotal role in the country’s growth by offering their skills and talents for nearly 30 years with nearly 900 Peace Corps Volunteers having successfully served in the country. Since Peace Corps North Macedonia’s inception, Volunteers have inspired their counterparts and community members, created sustainable projects and programs, and formed lasting person-to-person connections, leaving an enduring legacy in their host communities.
Community Development Promotor Volunteers will focus on supporting local communities and organizations to effectively manage sustainable community development. Key national partners, such as the Ministry of Local Self-Government, the National Red Cross, and umbrella youth organizations have expressed the need for support of active citizen participation, organizational development and youth development. Volunteers could be working at a local non-government organization (NGO), government municipality, secondary school (with a focus on youth development), or a combination of a few organizations; collaborating with NGO workers, youth workers, municipality public servants, and teachers. Volunteers will be working to improve the contributions of organizations and community groups as identified by community needs. They will increase community engagement, especially among the youth.
Volunteers in this project participate in a range of activities that include, but are not limited to, the following:
Supporting organizations to assess community needs.
Collaborating with organizations to develop and implement community programs and building partnerships to meet identified needs.
Promoting organizations’ staff capacity development by providing ongoing training and skills transfer.
Assisting organizations and community groups with planning, grant writing, fundraising, use of information technology, volunteer management, and day-to-day tasks.
Supporting organizations in building capacity to use digital tools for work and training.
Providing non-formal educational activities for community members, especially youth, aimed at developing their life skills.
Developing extracurricular activities at secondary schools aimed at positive youth development.
Planning and organizing activities to help increase intercultural awareness for community members, with a youth focus.
Assisting with planning and implementing community engagement and service-learning activities with community members, especially youth, directed at their development as engaged citizens.
Supporting youth councils and organizations, local Scout groups and youth centers to increase youth participation and civic engagement.
Supporting community members in the areas of employability and entrepreneurship.
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