Volunteer at the Dutch Language Café

In the Dutch Language Café, we have a great and friendly community where people have fun, make new contacts and improve their Dutch. We want to make it possible for more people to enjoy our community and at the same time make the Dutch Language Café more resilient for the future!

We are looking for a B2B Coordinator to promote what we do to other organizations, for example companies with many international employees or universities.

Who are we looking for?
● Has experience of the B2B sales process or is highly motivated to learn it
● Entrepreneurial spirit
● Able to represent an organization
● Able to quickly become familiar with new sets of products/services
● Highly motivated and enthusiastic about our mission
● Reliable and interested in staying for a longer period of time (at least six months)
● Fluent in English and confident in Dutch
● Living in or around The Hague

Responsibilities
● Finding suitable organizations
● Contacting organizations
● Assisting organizations in the sales process
● Taking care of the after-sales
● Improving our B2B services based on what we learn through this process

Practicalities
● Partial working from home possible, although in-person attendance is sometimes required; 2 times a month you are required to attend DLC Core Team meetings (can be online, but preferably at DLC location);
● Sometimes you have to travel to different locations (e.g. to meet organizations).
● Number of hours is very flexible – it all depends on how much you want to accomplish. However, a minimum of 4 hours per week is required.

How do we measure success?
● At least 2 new projects / month (with different kinds of organization – it doesn’t matter with whom);

What we offer
● Free membership to our community
● Opportunity to contribute to our mission of making language learning more fun, easier and motivating and helping people land in a new place!
● Learn and grow – a great experience on your resume
● For non-native speakers: a great (and free!)  opportunity to improve your Dutch at a high level
● Possibility to be converted to a paid position (read below*)

Note: In this position, you start as a volunteer. However, if our B2B side grows a lot and becomes a stable source of additional income for DLC, then there is the option to convert this to a paid position, where you get paid for the hours you spend. Of course, learning, growing and helping with the mission should be your main interest now, but consider that your contribution & involvement today are extremely valuable for the future of the DLC!

At the Dutch Language Café we have a great and cozy community, where people have fun, make new connections and improve their Dutch. We want to make it possible for more people to enjoy our community, while at the same time, making the Dutch Language Café more resilient.

Who are we looking for?
We are looking for a “Community manager” who will be responsible to empower and guide members to become active and organize activities themselves;
Time commitment: Minimum 12 hours/week, 2/week at DLC, rest at home.
 
How to measure success?
● At least 4 different activities per month by clubs.
● At least 4 participants per activity
 
Daily Tasks:
● If a member has an idea for an activity, help make the idea a reality.
● Guide initiatives from members from one-time activity to club/committee.
● Manage the activity calendar, website & meetup.
● Participate in new initiatives the first time
● Maintain regular contact with club organizers
● Regular contact with members of the DLC Core Team and attend to the Core Team meetings (2 times per month). 
● CM increases the number of activities per month by promoting clubs and different types of activities to members; he actively seeks club organizers (“Club officers”) and hosts;
 
Decides on:
● Which activities will be on the calendar
● How the activity budget is distributed among clubs and activities.
● Who will coordinate the activity and who will host it. 

Required knowledge and skills:
● Sociable and friendly person, who likes to interact with people from all around de world and who is mad about different kind of activities & sports (board games, ping pong, books, cooking, chess, music etc); 
● A reasonable level of Dutch understanding; to learn speaking – this is what we are for!
● Very organized, capable to manage and to coordinate many task & people in the same time;
● Capable of motivating others to organize activities and this way to increase the dynamism of the activities.
● Available at least 7 months from the date of beginning. 
● Willing to learn and to help other members from the community. 

What do we offer?
● Free membership to our community
● Opportunity to contribute to our mission of making language learning more fun, easy and motivating and helping people land in a new place!
● Learn and grow, the opportunity to be part of the organization board (DLC Core Team), therefore a great experience on your resume;
● For non-natives: a great opportunity to improve your Dutch at a high level
● Possibility to be converted to a paid position (read below*)

Note: In this position, you start as a volunteer. However, if the DLC community grows and by the activities that we enterprise we can set up a stable income, then there is the option to convert this to a paid position, where you get paid for the hours you spend. Of course, learning, growing and helping with the mission should be your main interest now, but keep in mind that your contribution and involvement today are valuable for the future of the DLC!

At the Dutch Language Café we have a great and cozy community, where people have fun, make new connections and improve their Dutch. We want to make it possible for more people to enjoy our community, while at the same time, making the Dutch Language Café more resilient.

Who are we looking for?
We are looking for a “Logistic manager” who will be responsible to supervise and to coordinate the activity of other logistic functions, such as: space rental, facility, financial & membership administration, legal assistant, technical group. Basically, he/she offers support and ensures that everyone is motivated and performs their tasks. At the same time, he is the link between the DLC core team and other functions mentioned above. 

How do we measure success?
Basically, if there are no logistical ‘issues’, you do you job well! That means:
● The physical DLC space is tidy, safe, and works well
● Financial and membership administration are up to date
● The website works well
● All the functions underneath accomplish their tasks

 Tasks:
● Works closely with the space rental team in order to increase their activity: may have ideas, may come with a different approach in order to find more opportunities to rent the space to other organizations/groups. 
● Ensures that the facility team has everything they need and they do their tasks: weekly cleaning the space, updating the calendar, take care of the plants etc;
● If any legal, financial or technical issues or tasks come up, then you have to redirect and delegate the task to whomever is responsible and to ensure support. 
● Regular contact with members of DLC Core Team and attend the Core Team meetings (2 times per month). 
● Like all the other DLC members, he promotes the community activities, seeks for new members, for club organizers, promotes DLC values inside and outside the organization. 
● Offers its own example by being involved in activities, organizing clubs (1-2 times/month)

Required knowledge and skills:
● A sociable and friendly person, who likes to interact with people from all around the world and who is mad about different kinds of activities & sports (board games, ping pong, books, cooking, chess, music etc) and of course, wants to improve his/her Dutch! 
● A reasonable level of Dutch understanding; to learn speaking – this is what we are for!
● Very organized, capable of managing and coordinating many tasks & people at the same time.
● Very practical & pragmatic – puts words and ideas into action.
● Capable of motivating others to organize activities and this way to increase the dynamism of the activities.
● Available at least 7 months from the date of beginning. 
● Willing to learn and to help other members from the community.

What do we offer?
● Free membership to our community
● Opportunity to contribute to our mission of making language learning more fun, easy and motivating and helping people land in a new place!
● Learn and grow, the opportunity to be part of the organization board (DLC Core Team), therefore a great experience on your resume.
● For non-natives: a great opportunity to improve your Dutch at a high level.
● Possibility to be converted to a paid position (read below*)

Nore: in this position, you start as a volunteer. However, if the DLC community grows and by the activities that we enterprise we can set up a stable income, then there is the option to convert this to a paid position, where you get paid for the hours you spend. Of course, learning, growing and helping with the mission should be your main interest now, but keep in mind that your contribution and involvement today are valuable for the future of the DLC!