ESC CodeWomen Project Assistant in Barcelona
Open Cultural Center Spain
Barcelona, Spain
Description
CodeWomen is a project within the MigraCode Barcelona coding program that aims to support female students. Apart from individual support to the students, the project includes and encourages any woman to join the CodeWomen sessions, events, workshops and meetups to become part of our diverse and gender inclusive community! CodeWomen also works towards awareness raising of female talent in the tech sector. Your tasks will be: - Support & facilitate the organisation of CodeWomen events - Participate in all CodeWomen events & meetings, with as main responsibilities the welcoming and registering of participants, and the logistics at the event - Ensuring attendance of volunteers for Coding with Coaches sessions & UX/UI meetings, & for events with a workshop (Google Calendar invites, Slack reminders, emails & follow-up) - Drafting Eventbrite invitations & keeping track of registrations - Taking care of food & drinks for events - Liaising with hosting partners
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
- Travel costs reimbursed from the region of origin to Barcelona and back (up to the limits established in Erasmus+ Guide distance calculator) - Accommodation: you will share a flat in the center of Barcelona with other volunteers. It will be fully equipped (kitchen, bathrooms, washing machine, etc). It is important to be ready to share your bedroom with another volunteer of the same sex/gender. - Monthly food + pocket money: approximately €310 - Insurance (Henner for ESC)
Training during the activity
You will receive a complete induction to Open Cultural Center activities, values & principles and processes. You will receive training on OCC's safeguarding policies. You will be trained by your direct supervisor in regards to your tasks as the CodeWomen Project Assistance. You will also receive training on the usage of online work tools (Slack, Notion, Airtable, etc.). You will have access to our language courses (in presence or online, Catalan, Spanish and Arabic). During the year, you will have access to all the internal training sessions delivered to the team (ex. public speaking).
Participant profile
- Enthusiastic, committed regarding achieving more diversity in the tech sector, & women empowerment in general - People person, happy to help others, comfortable with networking - Independent & creative, able to come up new ways of doing things & suggest improvements - Good command of English, Spanish is a great advantage - (Volunteer) experience with organisation of events - Able to manage deadlines - Comfortable with online tools & interested in learning - Some writing skills (e.g. to post in Slack, and draft Eventbrite)
Activity dates
A total of 52 week(s) during the period 16/09/2025 to 16/09/2026
Activity location
Carrer del Rec 27, Barcelona, Spain
Activity type
Individual volunteering
Looking for participants from
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine
Activity topics
Reception and integration of refugees and migrants
Education and training
Working against discrimination (including gender discrimination)
Deadline for applications
Application deadline: 15/09/2025 23:59