THE VOLUNTEER PROGRAMME IS AN ASSOCIATED STRUCTURE TO THE SIBIU INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL AND IS ORGANIZED BY THE “RADU STANCA” NATIONAL THEATRE SIBIU.
The Volunteer Programme developed within FITS is perhaps the largest non-formal educational programme based on selection, volunteering and training in the field of performing arts and cultural management.The FITS Volunteer Programme was born within the framework of the Sibiu European Capital of Culture 2007 Programme.
Every year, around 500 volunteers from all over the world, trained and matched according to personal and professional preferences, take part in organising and streamlining festival events. In addition to local and national volunteers, international volunteers join in year after year, building a community of over 200 volunteers from countries such as Bulgaria, Canada, Iran, Japan, France, Georgia, Germany, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Turkey and Hungary. In this enterprise, FITS has collaborated with a number of partners for recruiting them, such as European Capitals of Culture, SPAF (Seoul Performing Arts Festival, the most important performing arts scholarship in Asia), Eu-Japan Fest or Takayama City Hall (twinned city with Sibiu since 2012), through STEP project (Sibiu - Takayama Exchange Project). In 2023 Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan became a partner of the programme, facilitating the access of Japanesse volunteers to the experience offered by both the festival and the city of Sibiu.
The structure associated with the festival operates in accordance with the stipulations of the law no. 78/2014 on the regulation of voluntary activity in Romania; at the end of the period, each participant receives a certificate attesting to the achievement of certain specific professional skills, as a result of the participation in theoretical and practical courses, designed by the programme coordinators.
Profile of a Volunteer:
- +16 years
- not in the final years of studies
- excited to learn, discover and meet people
- dedicated, trustworthy
- assertive and respectful
- empathic and positive
- observant
- flexible, polite
We will help you discover yourself and become a super volunteer. How? Fill out the registration form, join the training, remember the information made available and required to pass the tests, be engaged and on time. Everything else will follow!
Become a FITS volunteer and discover the magic, feel the joy and the intensity of those ten festival days, choose to try a one-of-a-kind experience, immerse yourself in the mysterious world of performing arts.
Departments
Advertising
Responsibilities:
- Checking the FITS posters for each event/performance
- Organizing and managing FITS posters
- Delivering posters and programs to FITS partners and locations
PERFORMING ARTS MARKET
Responsibilities:
- Communicating with different guests
- Assisting the coordinator in various daily tasks
- Spreading promotional materials throughout the venues
THE CRISIS CELL
Responsibilities:
- Managing unforeseen events that may occur during FITS
- Assisting other coordinators or volunteers
- Collaborating with other departments to help them fulfill their tasks
- May have to solve another department’s task, so these volunteers should be familiar with the responsibilities of all departments
- May have to work over the pre-established schedule
Companies
Responsibilities:
- Ensuring the communication between the companies’ members and FITS’ staff
- Keeping in touch with the logistic department regarding the designated company
- Assisting the members of the company throughout their staying at the festival (assembly, rehearsals, show, dismantle)
Special Conferences and Book Launches
Responsibilities
- Communicating with the guests
- Assisting the coordinator in various daily tasks
- Spreading promotional materials throughout the venues
Exhibitions
Responsibilities
- Communicating with the invited artists
- Assisting the coordinator in various daily tasks
- Spreading promotional materials throughout the venues
Info Desk
Responsibilities
- Offering informations regarding the festival in the InfoPoint desk
- Daily reviewing the festival’s schedule and notifying the errors
- Printing the badges for the FITS’ participants
- Spreading promotional materials throughout the InfoPoint desk
Logistics
Responsibilities
- Assisting the coordinator in various daily tasks
- Ensuring the communication between the festival’s members and the participants
Outdoor
Responsibilities
- Assisting the coordinator in various daily tasks
- Spreading promotional materials
- Ensuring the communication between the festival’ staff and the members of the outdoor companies
Pr and Communication
Responsibilities
- Participating at the special events
- Writing presentations, short texts regarding the events
- Communicating with various guests of the festival
- Assisting the coordinator in various daily tasks
Protocol
Responsibilities
- Ensuring the protocol in all the venues of the festival
- Assisting the coordinator in various daily tasks
Sponsors
Responsibilities
- Spreading promotional materials throughout the venues
- Assisting the coordinator in various daily tasks
Technic
Responsibilities
- Technical assistant (working in PowerPoint and video projections)
- Ensuring the translation, if needed, between FITS’ staff and the technicians from the invited companies
Ticketing
Responsibilities
- Checking/Scanning the tickets at the venues
- Helping the audience to their seats
- Offering details regarding the performances
Video
Responsibilities
- Assisting the video team in recording the performances
- Assisting the staff in the process of video editing
- Handling the technical equipment
TEAM
