During the 2 days of the Government meeting, each delegation will be assigned a Liaison Officer, who will be the main point of contact for all queries concerning the 3rd GFMD. The focal point of each delegation will receive an e-mail with the name, e-mail and telephone number of the assigned liaison officer one week before the meeting.

The Liaison Officers are members of the Volunteers, Continuers of the Athens 2004 volunteer movement. Please find below information about the volunteers and visit their website to view some of their great work

Athens 2004 Volunteers - Continuers
The Athens 2004 Olympic and Paralympic Games left behind a great heritage, the greatest volunteer movement in the history of the organisation.

As hosts of the most successive games until now, the volunteers of Athens impressed everyone with their enthusiasm, civility and hospitality.

With this heritage as a point of reference, a group was formed, the Athens 2004 Volunteers - Continuers. We call all friends of the volunteer movement, with the volunteers of Athens 2004 at the lead to give again the presence!

E-mail: info@volathens2004.gr
http://www.volathens2004.gr/wordpress/

In search for a happy crowd to help us!!

As Liaison officers you will be assisting international government representatives, heads of delegations and so forth, to make their visit to Greece a welcoming and unique experience.

Your support in other departments would also be of great assistance! If you are also interested in technical, translation and logistical support, please do not hesitate to contact us. 

Liaison Officers
The Liaison Officer is part of a team of volunteers. Each Liaison Officer will be assisting from 1 to 5 delegations (it will depend on the size of a delegation, including the entourage and number of volunteers!) of member states of the United Nations, prior to their arrival and for the duration of the Forum.
The Liaison Officer will assist the Head of Delegation, or other delegates, on matters of information acquisition, communication, issue resolution, cross-over communication such as, to book bi-lateral meetings, and much more. In addition the Liaison Officer is the link in the chain of communication between the GFMD Office and the delegations.
Language skills are of great importance, the more the better!!! Knowledge of English is the primary requirement, but also of French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Afrikaans, Arabic, Russian, Japanese and so forth). Ability to communicate via e-mail, familiarity with internet search engines (e.g. Google) and so forth is also an essential asset. 

Responsibilities:

• Assist delegations in various tasks, such as providing information, organizational tasks (e.g. find an available restaurant located close to the venue, contact the restaurant and book a table), answering to various queries related to various matters (tourist info, location of an office in the venue) and issue resolution, have an ability to predict various needs and to ensure that they are provided.
• Function as an intermediate regarding communication between the GFMD Task Force and delegations.
• Administrative support where needed (printing, photocopying a document and distributing it etc).
• Support in translation both oral and written (e.g. with a media representative, or to assist communication between a delegate and nurse on a health issue).
• Liaise with departments when issues arise in order to solve issues, or reply to queries such as with the issuing and pick-up of delegation accreditation cards.
• Assist by using the Liaison team to channel the communication between various delegations to book bi-lateral meetings and so forth.
• To assist in other issues that may arise within reason.

Skills:

• A communicative personality
• Enthusiastic and energetic!
• Preferably ease of use of the English language, but fluency in other languages is also an asset provided that there is some level of spoken English as documents etc are in English.
• Familiarity with internet, office word and use of photocopiers and fax machines.
• Familiar with the city and surrounding area.
• Sensitive to cultural, ethical and social differences.
• Flexibility.

For further information please contact:

Valia Dimaraki
 
4th floor,
6 Dragatsaniou str.,
101 83 Athens, Greece
[t]: +30.213.21.42.410
[f]: +30.213.21.42.439
[e]: vdimaraki@gfmdathens2009.org