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⭐Expedition Support Crew Wanted – Join A Running Expedition Across Eurasia

CENTRAL ASIA > In May 2026, Ria began running from Vladivostok, Russia, to Cabo da Roca, Portugal, becoming the first woman to run along the ancient Silk Road from coast to coast. Someone available for approximately four to six months beginning in September is needed to support the Central Asia section. The role will include driving a small RV, managing logistics, and helping with border crossings, visas and local administration. All expedition related day to day expenses are covered, along with flights to the agreed start and finish locations.

⭐️Level 3 Childcarers For Winter 2026/27

FRANCE > Ski Famille and Ski Vertigo recently posted on their social media about their need for Level 3 childcarers. Join them for winter 2026/27 to combine your passion for childcare with the excitement of living and working in a beautiful ski resort.

⭐Ice Karting Track Employee Wanted In Lapland

FINLAND > If your heart beats for speed, engines and the spirit of doing things, and you are not afraid of getting your hands dirty, this place is waiting for you. You will join a growing, professional motorsport team doing laps in Lapland. They have an employee apartment for rent. The working language is English. A driver’s license is required.

⭐Join A Nomadic Family In Africa

AFRICA > A French family travelling full time across Africa in an expedition truck with their two young boys is advertising for an open minded woman who would love to experience a different way of life for a few weeks, a few months… or even longer. In exchange for accommodation, food and an unforgettable adventure, they’d appreciate some help with everyday life: They say this is not a full time nanny position, that they are looking for someone who wants to experience slow travel and discover Africa from the inside. Speaking French would be a bonus.

⭐️Mobile Massage, Beauty, And Physio Therapists

FRANCE > This winter, Massage Me will once again be looking for staff to wow customers with their faultless service and awesome skills. They need a team on board who are excited by what they do and want to be part of the challenge.

⭐Far East Snowsports Social Media Manager

JAPAN > The current Far East Snowsports social media manager has created content to entice the next Far East Snowsports social media manager to Niseko.

⭐️Spicy Villa Volunteering In Chiang Mai

THAILAND > In the countryside of Chiang Mai province, there are a number of small Karen tribal villages around Spicy Villa, where the children in these villages are eager to learn English. Spicy Villa helps local schools by looking for volunteer English teachers. Food and accommodation are provided, but there is a small daily fee for transportation costs. Volunteers can also help out in their bungalows and organic farm, something two travellers did some time ago, sharing their experience on their blog, Traveling Adventures of Thunder and Bonsai.

⭐️Primate And Big Cat Rescue

SPAIN > Without the help of over 200 volunteers at AAP’s rescue centre in the south of Spain, near Alicante, AAP would not be able to do its work. Volunteers at AAP work as tour guides, animal caretakers, receptionists or drivers of the animal ambulance. They opened their doors in 2009 and take in chimpanzees, Barbary macaques and other primates, as well as big cats. Volunteers should be self funding.

     | AAP Animal Advocacy and Protection |

⭐Chalet Host Vacancies In Morzine, Les Gets And Méribel

FRANCE > You’ll need to be an all rounder with a positive ‘can do’ attitude and previous experience in a luxury hospitality environment to be the face of The Boutique Chalet Company’s brand. Find other open positions here. We saw them a couple of days ago advertising for a summer chalet host, too.

⭐Work A Season With VIP Ski

FRANCE > The hard work has begun in earnest for VIP Ski’s recruitment team as they sift through the hundreds of CVs received for jobs in one of their 50 properties across Avoriaz, Morzine, Les Gets, Les Arcs and Val d’Isere. Each one will be from someone who can think about nothing but hitting the slopes for that first daffy, handplant, or tip grab.

⭐New Volunteers Wanted For A Guesthouse in Kampot

CAMBODIA > Pat and Brendan have just taken over the running of a small guesthouse in Kampot. Their current volunteers finish on July 8, and they are keen to hear from people who are available after that.

⭐️Dog Loving Volunteers To Help Bansko’s Street Dogs

BULGARIA > Bansko Street Dogs say their dogs are irresistible, and Bansko is a gorgeous town, set amongst the mountains and national parks, with many amazing trails. They have welcomed hundreds of people from around the world onto their Residential Volunteer Programme. They fundraise to cover the costs of your accommodation and utility bills, so you need to be prepared to muck in and be of help here.

⭐Front Of House Staff For A Country Pub In A Wombat Heavy Part Of Victoria

AUSTRALIA > The Daylesford Hotel in Victoria is a community hub for locals and visitors alike. They are looking for front of house team members to be the face of the venue - greeting guests, taking orders, serving food and drinks, and making sure everyone leaves happier than when they arrived. In the surrounding area, according to Google Maps, are Wombat Creek Dam, Wombat Park, Wombat Bushland Reserve, Wombat Hill House, Wombat Hill Botanic Gardens, Wombat Flat Mineral Spring, and the Hungry Wombat Cafe.

⭐Live the Windsurf And Wing Foil Lifestyle

GREECE > For the 2026 season, Flisvos Sportclub Naxos is looking for a receptionist to join them from now until October. They say this is more than a reception job - it’s a chance to live and work in an active beach environment, surrounded by the ocean, wind, watersports, and an international community of people who love outdoor life.

⭐Donkey And Mule Care By The Sea

ITALY > Hercules, JAB’s favourite donkey, needs a carer.

⭐Green Dog Jobs At 78 Degrees North

NORWAY > Love dogs, the outdoors, and a bit of adventure? Green Dog Svalbard A/S is hiring guides and Arctic dog handlers to join their team.

⭐️Hetta Huskies May Have Availability For Volunteers In July And August

FINLAND > Hetta Huskies abandoned their volunteering page some time ago and moved most of the options they used to offer to overseas volunteers over to Workaway. So, this is the place to go if you would like to spend some time on their farm base, helping with their dogs, 50km inside the Arctic Circle in Finnish Lapland.

⭐️Fair Trade, Sustainable Weaving, And Empowering Women

GUATEMALA > Empowering over 150 Maya women artisans through fair trade, sustainable weaving practices, Trama Textiles invites volunteers and interns to join them in Quetzaltenango. A women led cooperative owned 100% by Maya weavers, their volunteer programme is a vital part of their organisation and plays a key role in supporting Indigenous Maya women weavers and preserving ancestral textile traditions.

They primarily welcome women volunteers for between six weeks and three months, but will consider applications from a highly motivated man who strongly aligns with their mission.

All volunteers spend the first week learning how to weave. This gives them the opportunity to understand the weaving process and be better able to assist in the school. They can choose to weave a scarf, placemat, or table runner. The cost of this ranges from US$50 to 100 to cover materials and programme expenses. Trama Textiles provides accommodation to their volunteers for $50 per week and inexpensive street food is widely available locally. International interns stay for four to 12 months, staying in homestay accommodation for $160 per month.

     | Trama Textiles |

⭐The Ronnie Is Hiring For Winter

FRANCE > Meribel’s Le Rond Point, aka The Ronnie is closed for the summer, but they have followed the pattern of previous seasons and popped up a message saying they are recruiting for the winter and asking us to answer five questions to apply for their management, bar staff, wait staff, kitchen staff and head chef positions.

⭐Join The Tibetan Bar In Morzine This Winter

FRANCE > Tony Tibetan is looking for bartenders - barmaids specifically, according to his advert title - to work at the Tibetan Bar in Morzine this winter. Last year, closer to the start of the season, Tony also hired servers and floor staff.

⭐Elephant Valley Project Volunteer And Site Coordinator

CAMBODIA > As EVP’s volunteer and site coordinator, you will be the heart of daily life at the sanctuary. You’ll coordinate volunteers, welcome guests, lead educational elephant experiences, work alongside local staff on practical projects, and help ensure everyone has a safe and memorable stay. Applications are due ASAP. EVP are looking for someone to start mid July to early August. You will receive a local salary of US$500 per month. They need someone who has a big heart, is flexible, loves elephants and wants to make a difference. An initial commitment of 18 months or longer is required for the right person. More information below and from Elephant Valley Project.

⭐️Dahab Cat Care

EGYPT > JAB has spent more time than it wished fending off thieving felines from its dinner in Dahab. Once, we almost rolled around on a cafe floor trying to prevent a cat from clawing away a much longed for brownie from our fork. On another occasion, we had a moggy zipped up in our hoodie, head sticking out under our chin, as the only way we could finish a meal in peace.

Dealing daily with Dahab’s cats is Dahab Cats. Their website seems to have expired, but their socials are up to date, and they still have a volunteer registration form. Last time we mentioned them, we said they look to recruit volunteers, over the age of 21, who have a deep love and some practical experience with cats, to assist them with the operational running of their two sanctuaries. They would be particularly interested in recruiting vets, trainee vets, and veterinary assistants. Accommodation is provided in the cathouse.

⭐️Volunteering With Dogs In Sicily

ITALY > The Ciccio Garibaldi Dog Shelter (Calatafimi, Trapani) is always happy for international volunteers to spend some time at their shelter, caring for about forty wonderful four legged friends, feeding them, cleaning their enclosures, and walking them.

⭐️Elephant Nature Park

THAILAND > Early retired, slow travelling nomads Ashley and Levon share their time volunteering with Elephant Nature Park, a hands off sanctuary near Chiang Mai. ENP is pay to volunteer, but… elephants!

Saengduean “Lek” Chailert, who founded the park in the 1990s, established her ethical credentials from the beginning, but this is not always the case. Rowena Harding recently wrote an ethical guide to seeing elephants in Thailand.

⭐️Protests In Albania Grow Over Jared Kushner Backed Luxury Resort

ALBANIA > Jared Kushner. Ugh. Protests over a proposed luxury resort backed by Donald Trump’s son in law in a protected coastal area made the news recently. Pushing back hardest is the country’s leading conservation group, the Protection and Preservation of the Natural Environment in Albania (PPNEA). They accept volunteer help.

⭐️Volunteer Opportunity In South Germany

GERMANY > A women and non-binary led is bringing back to life an old monastery mill as a hospitality space with a feminine led ethos. You’d be joining at the ground-floor stage - helping shape the place, not just passing through it, on a work trade accommodation and food basis.

⭐️Help Build A Forest Home

ROMANIA > Tudor Tescoveanu gave up life as an architect to build a home in the forest. It looks great. From now until September 15, he is accepting volunteers to help finish the building side of the project or with the garden. Minimum stay is one week, but more is better. Two plant based meals will be provided and, depending on availability, a bed in the house or a tent with an inflatable mattress. Inside and outside baths are available with river water.

⭐Help Out A Boutique Hotel And Hifi Lounge

THAILAND > One or two volunteers are required to come and enjoy tropical island living and help out in a boutique hotel and hifi lounge on Phi Phi Island, Krabi. Volunteers are asked to create events, entertain guests during their stay with jungle treks, boat trips, etc, and arrange some activities at the hotel lounge bar.

⭐Last Minute Dog Volunteer Spot On Koh Chang

THAILAND > Happy Dogs Koh Chang needs two volunteers right away. More details below or via Volunteer South East Asia.

⭐️Travelbound 2026 Maintenance Assistant

FRANCE > Travelbound closed their Chateau Du Molay vacancies in February, but they recently reposted an advert for an EU passport toting maintenance assistant to join them for the 2026 season in Northern France. The closing date this time is July 7.

⭐Wacky Stays & Llama Trekking

NEW ZEALAND > A yurt, train carriage, colonial wagon, tipi, house truck, and a farmer’s cottage, plus llamas, underpin Wacky Stays & Llama Trekking, in Kaikōura, a coastal town on South Island. They’ve a work exchange position involving animal care, housekeeping, DIY projects, and gardening starting about July 10.

⭐Hostel Staff Wanted In Paihia

NEW ZEALAND > Peppertree Lodge is looking for a new person to come and join their housekeeping team in the winterless far north, seconds from the beach in the Bay of Islands. They say: read this carefully before applying.

⭐️Volunteer At Uganda Lodge

UGANDA > Are you free in the coming months to help out with activities - supporting teachers in the classroom, painting, doing art and crafts, games and sports, serving porridge during break time, helping with reading lessons, etc - at Ruhanga Development School? They charge a booking fee of £100 to cover the cost of registration, but otherwise volunteers just pay for their accommodation, with food included, at Uganda Lodge.

     | Jo Talbot & Volunteer at Uganda Lodge in Africa |

⭐️Work For Hunter Chalets In Morzine And Les Gets

FRANCE > Hunter Chalets & Apartments is active in Morzine and Les Gets. They are outlining their 2026/27 need for chefs, chalet staff and drivers, complete with big ups from those who have done these roles before on their jobs page.

⭐F&P Is On The Hunt For Their Winter 26/27 Dream Team In Méribel

FRANCE > F&P Travel has now updated its seasonal jobs page to reflect the vacancies they were recently listing on third party websites. They welcome applications from both UK and EU passport holders, but Brits should apply as quickly as possible to have a chance of securing a work permit.

⭐Winter Season Jobs At Ski Magic

FRANCE > Many of Ski Magic’s team return from whatever it is they do once the snow melts to work another season with them in the Three Valleys. But there are always some that get waylaid in between winter seasons, so they are currently looking for more reliable, sporty people to prepare meals, clean the toilets, do the shopping, and chat with their guests.

⭐Chalet Host In Les Gets

FRANCE > As a small company, you may be involved in lots of different aspects of the business while working for Mountain & Tradition. You don’t need huge experience, but you do need to be enthusiastic to learn and willing to get stuck into all areas. Based in Les Gets, a family friendly French village a few minutes from the livelier Morzine, they will guide Brits and other non EU nationals through the process of applying for a work visa.

⭐Workation With A View

AUSTRIA > Landhotel Sepp Bauer in Göriach is hiring. More details below or via Winter 2026/27 Ski Season Jobs.

⭐Skibound Resort Rep/Tech

FRANCE > Described as perfect for a couple or two close friends, due to accommodation, Skibound has taken to Season Workers to round up two resort rep/techs for Les Deux Alpes. Applicants with EU documentation are preferred, but UK passport holders will also be considered and will be required to go through an application process for a French work permit and visa. Must be 21 or over.

⭐️Join Consensio In Val d’Isère, Méribel And Courchevel

FRANCE > Consensio entice many of their staff back to their ski chalets in Val d’Isère, Méribel and Courchevel year after year, but applications are currently open to welcome some new faces.

⭐The Mountains Are Calling You

FRANCE > A week or so ago, Alpoholics began advertising for chefs and hosts for their chalets in La Plagne.

⭐️Collaborate With A Unique Hotel, Restaurant And Spa In Northern Sweden

SWEDEN > An oasis of wellness and design, floating in the heart of Swedish Lapland, Arctic Bath is a tribute to this region of Sweden’s timber heritage. Floating during summer, frozen into the ice in winter, the structure is shaped by the elements and home to a hotel, spa and restaurant. They invite collaborations, welcoming film making creators who go the extra mile and think outside the box.

     | Arctic Bath Sweden |

⭐Partial Or Full Season Jobs In The Alps

FRANCE > We frequently spot Buildmyskitrip.com recruiting chalet hosts for both the full season and for shorter periods. Last week, they mixed things up and advertised for chefs.

⭐Chalet Host And Helper/Driver Positions In The French Alps

FRANCE > Reach4TheAlps, active in Morzine and Les Gets, has moved its winter vacancies to the fore. They are looking to fill chalet host and helper/driver positions with couples and singles.

⭐Apply For A Kaluma Winter Season Job

AUSTRIA & FRANCE > Kaluma is hiring chefs, chalet hosts, a kitchen assistant, drivers and a resort manager for their ski chalet operations in St Anton am Arlberg and Courchevel 1850.

⭐Go Alpes

FRANCE > Once the summer season ends, Go Alpes will start interviewing candidates for the housekeeper, rep and driver roles they are currently advertising here.

⭐Resort Assistants

FRANCE > Consensio Chalets is pleased with itself to offer resort assistant positions across its three resorts: Val d’Isère, Méribel and Courchevel.

⭐Seasonal Cleaning Staff Wanted This Winter

FRANCE > Love the mountains? Looking for a seasonal job that leaves you plenty of time to ski or snowboard? Go Massif Property Management is looking for reliable, hardworking people to join them for the winter season to clean and maintain holiday rental properties in Samoëns, Morillon, and the surrounding area.

⭐Year Round Chalet Couple Wanted In Samoëns

FRANCE > If you love the outdoors, enjoy meeting people, take pride in your work and dream of living in the mountains, Denee Bristow would love to hear from you. Her family run chalet business in the French Alps is looking for an enthusiastic couple to join them year round.

⭐️Tips For Landing Your Dream Ski Season Job: It’s Easier Than You Think

EUROPE > Rebecca Taylor did her first ski season aged 26 working as a chalet manager in Méribel. A few years later, in between working on a yacht and visiting her sister who runs a cafe in Lombok, she did another ski season in her thirties in Morzine as a chalet host for a fourteen person chalet. She shares some practical tips and insights to help us land our dream ski season job.

⭐️GET More Volunteer Teachers On Peace Boat

AT SEA > Peace Boat’s 125th voyage is departing Japan on December 15. The GET language school onboard looks for experienced English or Spanish volunteer language teachers to join them on their around the world cruises. They are accepting applications until August 24. More details below or via Jobs Abroad Bulletin - Worldwide Travel, Adventure & Backpacker Jobs.

⭐Winter Seasonal Workers Wanted In Niseko

JAPAN > Peak Niseko Car Rentals is inviting CV/resumes to join their team for the 2026/27 winter season. Applicants eligible for a Japanese Working Holiday Visa will find themselves doing airport and local pick ups and drop offs, vehicle cleaning and preparation, and general fleet support in one of Japan’s most famous ski destinations.

⭐️Niseko Working Holiday Guide

JAPAN > Good news for job hunters: Niseko’s café, hotel and bar scene is booming, and loads of local businesses are hiring for the season right now, says Niseko Hub, who have put together a seven part Complete Niseko Working Holiday Guide.

⭐Alpine Child Care

FRANCE > The Wallaces, the Marshalls, the Rykkjes, Oldlands, and Threadgolds are all heading off on a ski holiday this year and next. Each family has entrusted Alpine Child Care with finding nannies for their junior members.

⭐Childcare Host

EUROPE > TUI’s childcare host position is open to EU nationals available to start within the next few weeks. A recognised childcare qualification/education is mandatory.

⭐️Join The Unbeetable Experience For The 2026 Beet Harvest In Eastern North Dakota & Western Minnesota

USA > Why does JAB still get so excited when we see an ad for The Unbeetable Experience? We’re not American, don't have a work visa, and don't own an RV. We probably won’t like whatever it is that needs to be done with/to/for beets either when it comes down to it. Nevertheless, depending on the weather - and before we remembered about the American/work visa/RV stuff - it happened again when we saw we could earn up to US$4,400 per person in just ten to 15 working days this October.

     | The Unbeetable Experience |

⭐Summer Job On The Croatian Coast

CROATIA > A low paying summer job for two months in July and August selling boat tickets is offered on the beautiful coast of Istria in Medulin. They offer accommodation, a monthly base salary of €600 - 800, plus commission for each boat ticket sold.

⭐Seaside House Project

JAPAN > Peter Joseph Boyle has plans to bring to life a property he recently bought in Japan. Used as a Ryokan (western style hotel) for many years, it’s 400ft from a sandy beach and tucked in beside a national forest. It has a café/bar area, about 19 guest rooms and a grand hall. He’ll be wanting volunteers to lend a hand for a good few years.

⭐️How To And How Not To Pitch

REMOTE > Sidetracked Magazine editor, Alex Roddie is in the mood for japes. He shares the quietly profound tapestry of red flags encountered in his submissions inbox. Daniella Schoeman shows us how to pitch.

⭐️Hot Tub Content Exchange

UK > Daniella Schoeman reports that Grange Farm Park offers hot tub stays, stylish cottages, glamping pods, and luxury lodges on the Lincolnshire coast - and they’re currently looking to host travel and lifestyle creators with a complimentary stay in exchange for high quality content. She says that they are far more interested in creativity, storytelling, and genuine engagement than follower numbers. Whether your focus is travel, lifestyle, family, or dog friendly content, they welcome creative freedom and content they can proudly reshare across their socials. If interested, send your portfolio and media kit to mia@grangefarmpark.co.uk.

More opportunities for writers and creatives like this can be found in Wildly Successful Travelpreneurs. Daniella always says to please do *not* mention her as the person who referred you in your applications and pitch emails, and we’ll double down on this now that we’ve reread the title we’ve given this post.

⭐Digital Communications Officer (Videographer)

UK > Do you love filming and creating videos? British Trust for Ornithology’s digital communications officer role in Thetford could be for you. They are looking for someone with proven experience in the production and editing of video content and a passion for nature conservation. Find out more and apply by July 5.

⭐Oh, Oobee Doo. I Wanna Create Content Like You

UK & REMOTE > We spotted this communications internship in The Wild Path. Supporting and promoting the work of The Mammal Society via a variety of online channels, the part time eight month internship provides experience in science communication and campaigning. Apply by July 5.

⭐From Waste To Community Space: An Upcycling Project In Togo

TOGO > We don’t know much about this project other than what it says in their Instagram post, but they must want international volunteers because they posted the same information to Volunteer Abroad For Free. Together with local schools, children collected plastic bottles from the streets. In return, the schools received support with learning materials and things they needed for education. With volunteers and local hands, these bottles became building material. Step by step, bottle by bottle, earth and plastic turned into walls. What was once thrown away became part of a shared space.

     | Stefan Kegel |

⭐️Teach Children And Feed Giraffes

KENYA > Have you been thinking of travelling with a purpose or looking for a real life empowering volunteer programme where you feel you serve where your help is needed the most without insane fees involved? Harry Charles Polycap, who posted this request for volunteers for Madaras School, says helping out two non profit schools located on the shores of Lake Victoria incurs zero fees if you can cook your own food (US$10-12 per day with meals provided).

No fee volunteering is unusual in African countries, and being quite suspicious and thinking this looks a little too good to be true, we spent a good hour (not helped by their website being down) trying to ascertain if this is genuine without finding otherwise. Harry got back to our enquiry to tell us that there isn’t a charge for accommodation and sent over an information pack that covers details ranging from child welfare and T & Cs to the school providing inexpensive trips to nearby places of interest.

⭐️Space For Farmlife Lovers

KENYA > Back in January, Nickma Farm were admiring their mangoes, and a month or so ago they replied to someone looking for volunteer work without having to pay thousands of pounds for the opportunity saying: “We offer free accommodation and meals.” Their social media says they provide space for farm life lovers interested in agriculture and nature.

⭐️Help Children Gain Access To Opportunities By Developing Essential Skills

HONDURAS > ChangeStream Media, who create digital media to promote education, improve health, and advance social justice worldwide, partnered with Honduras Child Alliance to show what it’s like to be a volunteer in the Caribbean seaside community of El Porvenir. HCA coordinates community based programmes to support educational enrichment and healthy living.

There is a small daily fee to be paid towards accommodation here, plus a one off US$190 contribution toward materials, supplies, and administration of the volunteer programme, including helping to pay a local maintenance person and housekeeper. If it’s available and you can stay a year, their volunteer and outreach manager position offers free housing and a weekly food stipend. Intermediate Spanish is recommended.

⭐Work Exchange Programme In Chiang Mai

THAILAND > Ban Bon Doi Homestay needs friendly volunteers to help Thai students practice English online. More details below or here.

⭐️Volunteer Opportunity In Korea

SOUTH KOREA > Klein Geluk Korea is a small non profit supporting returning adoptees, single mothers, refugees, and vulnerable community members through housing, food-sharing, and community projects. They are looking for enthusiastic volunteers from Southeast Asia and around the world to join their team in Yangpyeong and Gwangju (Gyeonggi-do). There is also the chance to make tacos with their social impact restaurant partner.

⭐Active Couple Wanted

AUSTRALIA > A family run cattle station is looking for an active couple with their own caravan to help them out for a few months. Ideally, they are looking for people who have a general understanding of rural life and animals.

⭐️Drop Inn To Siem Reap

CAMBODIA > The Drop-Inn Hostel’s mission is to give back to the people of Cambodia by supporting free education for underprivileged children through a partnership with the New Dream Cambodian Children Organization, where there is the option to volunteer to teach English, help with games, or support school activities.

⭐Live, Eat, And Work At A Plant Nursery

SWEDEN > Oskar Widmark has taken over a nursery in southern Sweden and has opened applications on their new website for volunteers. For now, it’s only EU applicants.

⭐️Take The First Step Into A Conservation Career

SOUTH AFRICA > There aren’t any programme fees when volunteering with Alldays Wildlife and Communities Research Centre (AWCRC), which focuses its research on human-wildlife interactions and conflict, but volunteers and students are responsible for their own costs, including accommodation. Their short term programme is aimed at anyone with an enthusiasm for nature, and their longer term option is typically for university students and graduates looking for work experience.

     | Alldays Wildlife and Communities Research Centre |

⭐️Use Laulima Travels To Find Hostels In Latin America For Volunteering

LATIN AMERICA > In our April issue, focused on free or cheap volunteering in Latin America, we had intended to do a round up of hostels in the region that are open to work exchanges. That issue got quite big enough, thank you, but below are some of the hostels in South and Central America that accept volunteers that can be found through the free to use Laulima Travels website.

Mexico

* Metro Hostal Boutique (Mexico City) - https://laulimatravels.com/hostels/metro-hostal-boutique

* Ten To Ten Hostel (Puerto Vallarta) - https://laulimatravels.com/hostels/ten-to-ten-hostel

Bolivia

* Wild Rover Hostels (La Paz) - https://laulimatravels.com/hostels/wild-rover-hostels

Brazil

* Quintal Hostel (São Paulo) - https://laulimatravels.com/hostels/quintal-hostel

* Books Hostel (Rio de Janeiro) - https://laulimatravels.com/hostels/books-hostel

* Mambembe Hostel (Rio de Janeiro) - https://laulimatravels.com/hostels/mambembe-hostel

Colombia

* Spotty Hostel (Bogotá) - https://laulimatravels.com/hostels/spotty-hostel

* Cranky Croc Hostel (Bogotá) - https://laulimatravels.com/hostels/cranky-croc-hostel

* Hostel La Antigua Cápula (Cartagena) - https://laulimatravels.com/hostels/hostel-la-antigua-capsula

* La Casa De Adry (Cali) - https://laulimatravels.com/hostels/la-casa-de-adry

* Cacao Hostel (Santa Marta) - https://laulimatravels.com/hostels/cacao-hostel

Peru

* Kokopelli Hostel (Lima) - https://laulimatravels.com/hostels/kokopelli-hostel

* Waikiki Hostel (Lima) - https://laulimatravels.com/hostels/waikiki-hostel

* Rainbow Hostel (Lima) - https://laulimatravels.com/hostels/rainbow-hostel

* Alpes Lima Kennedy Park Hostel - https://laulimatravels.com/hostels/alpes-lima-kennedy-park-hostel

* Wild Rover Hostels (Mancora, Cusco & Huacachina) - https://laulimatravels.com/hostels/wild-rover-hostels

Ecuador

* Mama Tungu Hostel (Baños) - https://laulimatravels.com/hostels/mama-tungu-hostel

⭐Native Ecosystem Field Technician

USA > Join the Kauaʻi Native Ecosystems Protection & Management (NEPM) Programme and help protect some of Hawaiʻi’s rarest native forests and species. International applicants are accepted, but are warned to be aware that housing and cost of living are high in Hawaii. More details below or via Wildlife Science Career Network.

⭐️Glocal Roots

GREECE > Glocal Roots has internship positions in Athens and Kos, helping with their efforts supporting refugees.

⭐️Animal Sanctuary Volunteering Near Athens

GREECE > In a debate in the Volunteering Abroad For Free Facebook group about the definition of volunteering, Habitat Sanctuary outlined what they provided to their volunteers: their own room and bathroom, use of the volunteer/staff kitchen, towels, linen, all household items, groceries, and fresh eggs. This is provided in exchange for four hours of work a day for the animal sanctuary at the foot of a mountain, 49 km north east of Athens. There is a volunteer application form on their website.

⭐Reliable And Caring Volunteers Needed For Dog Shelter In Rural Romania

ROMANIA > Due to some recent cancellations, Monica’s Private Shelter in the Carpathian Mountains currently have availability in July and August, as well as throughout autumn and winter. A private room in their volunteer house, but no food is provided in return.

⭐️Off-Grid Living in Andalusia

SPAIN > Hilde, Alain and Matthew’s home is essentially an earthship in the ground, which means they have everything needed for comfortable, self sufficient living. They live off-grid in a mountain cave home in southern Spain, welcoming people who feel called to simplicity, creativity, and meaningful living. No prior experience is needed - everything is shared and taught with care, patience, and enthusiasm. While we’ve seen them giving detailed replies to job wanted ads more recently, this post on their own social media is more linkable.

⭐️Al Quinta Forest Garden

FRANCE > Al Quinta Forest Garden is located in the South of France. It’s a small, organic vegan permaculture community and animal sanctuary that in return for helping out for five hours a day, five days a week, offers volunteers a bed either in a shared room in the house or a small casot, along with three organic meals a day, with wine served with the evening meal. Working in the forest garden, gardening, feeding and tending to the animals, cleaning after meals, preparing meals from time to time and cleaning communal space are what needs doing.

⭐️Looking For A Meaningful Travel Experience In Cambodia?

CAMBODIA > AHHA Education is currently seeking international volunteers and interns to join its educational and community development projects. Ema René, who posted the ad, says there isn’t a fee to volunteer. More details below or via Volunteer Abroad For Free.

⭐️Explore The North Volunteers

SWEDEN > We mentioned Explore the North in a recent JAB Extra issue. That was about their paid vacancy, but here they are again, this time having popped in to the Volunteer, Work and Travel Away Europe Facebook group to enquire after volunteers for their Aurora Mountain Lodge located in Lannavaara, directly in the heart of Swedish Lapland and just north of the Arctic Circle.

⭐Work In Arctic Finland For Daavi Arctic

FINLAND > Despite initial appearances, Daavi Arctic is still in business, and they have a recruitment page. We are never sure if it is up to date or left over from 2023. As we did last year, and the year before, and possibly the year before that, we checked their social media for clues to life, noted the five posts since the turn of 2021, sighed, and considered bumping them until 2027. But wait. Here they are: demonstrating a pulse via ads in Ski-Jobs this very day (at the time of writing) for a hotel assistant. Scroll down to find more positions. They don’t have many Glassdoor reviews, but it might be an idea to check them too.

⭐️Join The Largest Ocean Clean Up In History

WORLDWIDE > 90% of all pollution in the ocean comes from rivers. The Ocean Cleanup deploy river based Interceptor solutions, including this contraption, to stop plastic before it reaches the ocean. If you want to get involved, they are building a database of volunteers who want to help with their mission on the ground and support the efforts of their local partners.

⭐️Tips For Landing A Job In Antarctica

ANTARCTICA > It took Matty Jordan three years of trying before landing his first Antarctic job. Now, after 500 days on the ice, he is willing to share what he’d do differently if starting from scratch in his free guide on how to get a job in Antarctica.

And, on the Atlas & Boots travel blog, Peter Watson reflects on working as a wildlife monitor in Antarctica with UKAHT: a joyful season of simple routines, close encounters and life on a tiny island.

⭐️Appeals With Reels

FRANCE > Simeon has been volunteering for Refugee Community Kitchen in Calais for two and a half months. Working as a chef in Scotland, he came to Calais as he was mortified about the situation for displaced people in northern France. If you want to do like Simeon, RCK is always looking for short and long term volunteers.

⭐Jump! Still Needs Instructors

HUNGARY > Jump! is still looking for two or three outdoor instructors to run programmes from September 7 to 17 in Hungary.

⭐Dive Centre Manager

INDONESIA > Emperor Divers is hiring a Dive Centre Manager for our operation on Nusa Lembongan, one of Indonesia’s most iconic dive destinations. Apply by July 10. More details below or via Emperor Divers.

⭐PADI Divemaster Or Instructor

GREECE > Paros Elite Dive Center is looking for someone comfortable working on boats and able to assist the captain with docking, mooring, handling lines, anchoring, and general deck operations. Priority will be given to candidates already based in Greece and available to start immediately, all the more so if they already have Greek tax and social security numbers.

⭐️Volunteer At An Outdoor Activity Centre In Wales

UK > ARC Adventures was founded in 2017 as an independent provider of activity and residential camps, with the mission of building a community of individuals who push boundaries, strive for the impossible, and learn to appreciate what each person has to offer to themselves and the world. Outdoor activities here include rock climbing, canoeing, stand up paddleboarding, gorge walking, laser tag, circus skills, caving, and target sports. They have big brother/big sister style roles, offering guidance, positive role modelling, and pastoral support for children and teenagers. Accommodation and three meals a day are provided, and apprenticeships may be available.

⭐️Hospitality Team Member Wanted At YHA Grasmere Butharlyp Howe

UK > Our first choice for a hospitality team member role with the Youth Hostel Association was this one at YHA Boggle Hole, because Boggle Hole, but that one doesn’t come with accommodation and, due to the location and limited public transport, candidates will need access to their own transport. If that’s not a problem, apply by July 7. At YHA Grasmere Butharlyp Howe in Cumbria, staff accommodation is available at a rate of £74.62 per week, from an hourly wage of £12.71. Apply by July 13.

⭐️Fake Lawyers, Scientists, Chefs And Punters: Meet The ‘White Monkeys’ Paid To Make Chinese Businesses Look Global

CHINA > Foreigners in China are used to help Chinese businesses appear more desirable, the foreigner association conveying prestige and a sense that the product is universally regarded, reports Elaine Chong. White monkey positions are advertised on job boards and can fall into different categories, from acting and modelling for Chinese films and products to pretending to be the foreign CEO of a Chinese company to lend it credibility. They might be seat warmers or go-go dancers in Chinese nightclubs to draw in customers, or English teachers in language centres to make Chinese parents feel their children are being taught by legitimate native English speakers.

⭐️Help Czechs With English

CZECH REPUBLIC > Prague Volunteers will hold their next programme linking English speakers and learners in August at Pension Selsky Dvur, in Novy Drahov near the German border. Ask, and you may be able to join them there for free.

⭐English / IPC Teacher (Grades 1–12) Wanted In Ulaanbaatar

MONGOLIA > King’s Kids Secondary School is seeking a passionate and dedicated native English speaking teacher to join their international team for the 2026/27 academic year.

⭐Looking For An Internship Opportunity?

SPAIN > Meet & Eat Barcelona is currently looking for interns in marketing, event management, business management, programming, and web development. More details below or via Jobs Abroad Bulletin - Worldwide Travel, Adventure & Backpacker Jobs.

⭐Daytime PR Wanted

SPAIN > Mustang Sally’s may still need someone to stand outside their restaurant in Tenerife to persuade people to come inside their restaurant in Tenerife.

⭐Booze Cruise

SPAIN > Yacht Fun is looking for a server to cruise between ports on Mallorca, offering jugs of Sangria and Aperol spritz to boats at anchor. Must have STCW.

⭐️RV Hook Ups With Animals

USA > Volunteer Sam dressing Twix in a cap and tie pretty quickly confirmed information we had from a couple of years ago that New Mexico’s Desert Haven Animal Rescue still accepts volunteers. Stizz, for example, joined their team as a work camper a while back and shares her experience volunteering for a free RV site (and cuddles) on her YouTube channel.

⭐️Experienced Horse People Wanted

AUSTRALIA > Elite Equine Group is a family business based in Brisbane serving clients nationwide. Part of their remit is supplying equestrian professionals, including on 88 day contracts. Here’s an application form to get on with.

⭐️Adventure In The Amazon

SURINAME > There is a fee (about €375 per week, cheaper for longer stays) to volunteer with Suriname Wildlife Sanctuary, but volunteering options in Suriname are rare, so into JAB it goes. They say the work - caring for rescued wildlife, maintaining natural enclosures, supporting their food forest, assisting with construction projects - is suitable for veterinary students, interns, digital nomads, nature lovers, gap year travellers and long stay visitors. They offer accommodation and meals, and free time to explore the rainforest, read, relax or work remotely.

⭐️Tools For Solidarity

UK > Belfast based Tools for Solidarity cannot imagine its existence without international volunteers, and throughout the years has hosted many volunteers from around the world. The main focus of this not for profit organisation is to support artisans in the poorest parts of the world, mostly in Africa.

     | Tools For Solidarity |

⭐Horse Yard Assistants Required

UK > Although the start date was in June, these two live in positions near Nairn in the Scottish Highlands offered by a rescue charity still seem to be available.

⭐️Get Paid To Scare Next Halloween

UK > Pun loving Farmer Tom and the York Maze team employ over 150 scare actors and performers every night over Hallowscream. No acting or scare experience is required, as full training on jumping out and shouting boo will be given to the right candidates. They use Scream Park Entertainments for their recruitment, which also rounds up scare actors for other events around the country.

⭐️Kingdom Of The Elves

UK > Wannabe elves have until the end of the month to apply to Bluestone Resorts, proudly rated Wales’ top holiday destination by Which? On the hospitality side of things, greeting elves are responsible for guest interactions, managing arrivals, providing transportation to Santa’s Lodge via buggy, and ensuring guests feel fully immersed in the festive atmosphere. The Kingdom/resort also needs actors and performers to act in a variety of elf roles. Entertainers are also hired.

⭐️Bachelor’s In The USA Scholarship

USA > Educations.com is offering a scholarship of up to $5,000 to international students who will be studying a bachelor’s degree abroad at a college or university in the USA. Apply by July 9.

⭐️“I’ve Found A Way To Get Free Ferries To France – And I Can’t Believe My Luck”

AT SEA > On the ferry to Dunkirk, Guardian writer Zoe Williams stumbles upon a remarkable deal and has barely been on dry land since.

⭐Volunteers Wanted For Reggae Geel 2026

BELGIUM > If you’re travelling through Europe this summer or looking for a unique volunteering experience, a few international volunteers are wanted to join the team at Reggae Geel 2026, the oldest reggae festival in Europe and one of Belgium’s most unique festivals.

⭐North London Ravers - Where You At?

UK > Slick Casting is on the hunt for festival legends to bring BIG energy to an epic garage rave scene in an upcoming independent feature film. In the comments, Anna Bundock says the real old school ravers are much older - 18 year olds don’t know how to party - although Jane is struggling to read the text.

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⭐️Smart Adventure Camps Is Looking For International Volunteers For Summer

ROMANIA > Spend six days in Transylvania (private group) helping children practise English through games, debates, workshops and outdoor activities, while being part of a small international team. Open to enthusiastic 18 to 27-year-olds who enjoy working with children and speak English confidently, Smart Adventure Camp is an English summer camp for children taking place in Poiana Marului, Brasov, near the Piatra Craiului mountains, in June and July.

⭐️Beat The Odds To Land A Winter Job With YSE

FRANCE > People apply to work in Val d’Isère with YSE because they want to ski almost every day for five months on some of the best slopes in the world. Competition for jobs is fierce. YSE receive over 700 applications every year for the 42 positions available, although this is better odds than four or five years ago when 1,250 applications chased just 35 to 40 jobs. They will help successful applicants from New Zealand and Australia obtain a French young traveller working holiday visa, and will help Brits with their French work visa applications.

⭐️Couples Wanted For The 2026/27 Ski Season

FRANCE > Ski Blanc recently opened recruitment for their 2026/27 winter season in Meribel, adding quotation marks to the couples they will need to staff their chalets there: one experienced in the kitchen and able to cook confidently to a high standard, the other experienced in front of house and housekeeping. They are a member of SbiT, an association that advises British workers on the work permit process, and will consider Australians, Kiwis and Canadians, too.

⭐️Inghams Lapland Elf

FINLAND > As always, when confronted with a choice of vacancies to highlight, JAB plumps for elf. Inghams Lapland are looking for fun, energetic, and guest focused individuals to entertain children and host lively Christmas parties. If you love performing, working with people, and spreading joy, this is your chance to be part of something truly special this winter.

⭐️Tour Leaders And Ski Instructors

EUROPE > Snowtraxx International is a ski tour operator specialising in packages for UK and International schools and colleges. They are looking for experienced tour leaders and qualified ski instructors to join them across their ski resorts in Austria, Italy, and Switzerland this coming season. If you are an experienced rep or a qualified ski instructor, email your CV to info@snowtraxx.co.uk. Visit their website for more information (from last year).

⭐️EcoAlgarve

PORTUGAL > Although their website says they are scaling down their volunteer/helper programme, we recently saw Simon Philips, who runs EcoAlgarve’s CdC project, actively looking for volunteers, and their website says they would still be interested in talking to people who have a few months to spare assisting with tasks in two areas: building / landscape / mechanical and marketing / management / business development.

With bases in both the UK and Portugal, the non profit was created to provide a centre for information about products and services in the Algarve region that are considered to be working towards a sustainable future. The last information we had from them said volunteers received accommodation and a reasonable living wage.

⭐️Every Person Who Joins Alikats Is A Host In The Broadest Sense

FRANCE > If you’re thinking about heading to the Alps next season for some cheap skiing, a bit of pocket money, and a story to tell at parties, don’t bother getting in touch with AliKats. They are looking to fill their chalets with people who come alive in a full room, who find energy in a busy chalet rather than despite it, and who still care in week twelve as much as week one. They might still have some summer roles, too.

     | AliKats Mountain Holidays Morzine |

⭐️Live By The Sea And Create A Mermaid World

GREECE > Ever wanted to disappear by the sea and build a world from your imagination? You can be part of this project, creating large scale immersive art in Kiato. This is described as not a typical volunteering experience. It’s a hands on creative space where ideas turn into physical art.

They are currently building an underwater world with giant relief sculptures of mermaids, octopuses, and sea creatures. You’ll work directly in the process: shaping structures with foam, applying plaster, adding textures, and painting the final world.

Looking for creative, open minded people staying at least one month, no experience is needed here; just curiosity and a willingness to create with your hands. The flow is flexible, with around 25 hours per week, in return for free accommodation provided in a shared artistic house just steps from the sea, with your own space in shared rooms, plus free pick up from Kiato train station. They also need a resident artist and content creator.

⭐️Volunteers Needed In June For A Fairytale Birthday Party

NORWAY > A homeschool family living in the fjords of western Norway, who have been hosting volunteers for eight years, is offering food and accommodation to volunteers. Help can be with making firewood, gardening, around the house, maybe some cooking or playing with the kids, and perhaps with sewing and fixing fairytale style clothes, or building a treehouse for the kids. Check out their Instagram - it’s amazing. They may also need volunteers in autumn, or sometimes in winter.

⭐️Childcare Roles With Family Ski

FRANCE > Recruitment has opened at Family Ski for those who want to work hard, ski hard and have fun this winter. Their childcare team consists of qualified early years specialists, activity leaders, and ski school helpers. They also hire chalet staff and resort support staff. For the past few seasons, they have employed around 50 Brits.

⭐️Youth Adventure Trust Volunteers

UK > Thinking of those who like helping young people canoe, bike, and dangle off trees, we received a postcard from Rowena Harding suggesting volunteering with Youth Adventure Trust.

Their challenge volunteers have the opportunity to visit some of the UK’s most picturesque areas - from the Lake District to Snowdonia, the Peak District to the South Downs - helping to make sure YAT’s fundraising challenge events run smoothly, and participants feel supported and have a great experience. Events range from team hiking to multi activity challenges, including canoeing, mountain biking and climbing mountains.

They also need programme volunteers to work with young people on camps or activity days, supporting them to get the most out of the experience, and mentoring volunteers.

⭐️Ski Miquel Is Now Hiring

EUROPE > Ski Miquel began posting their 26/27 winter season requirements on the internet recently, but a perfectly good overall of all their positions - which include bar & ski hosts, chalet hosts, and housekeepers - can be found on their website. Most positions require EU passports or the right to work already in place, but some, notably a British chef and resort reps in Baqueira, a resort in the Pyrenees mountains of Catalonia, are only open to UK passport holders.

⭐️Join Elvira’s Garden Community Centre

GRENADA > Looking for a meaningful experience abroad? Elvira’s Garden Community Centre says to join them in Grenada. They are a small grassroots community centre supporting children aged three to 15. They are looking for caring, enthusiastic volunteers who want to make a real difference in many ways, including teaching and homework support, with arts, crafts, music and drama, sports, dance, swimming, gardening, helping with children’s programmes and camps. A four week stay here is most common, with accommodation and meals provided.

⭐️Become A Sea Turtle Guardian In Cilento

ITALY > A minimum one month commitment is required to join Oceanus NGO in the Cilento National Park and help them protect the endangered Caretta caretta sea turtles. As a core member of their conservation team, you will patrol Mediterranean beaches for nesting activity, monitor and protect nests, and engage with the local community and tourists through environmental awareness events. €80 weekly is required towards food and shared accommodation.

⭐️Tour Operators And Chalet Companies That Take UK Passports

EUROPE > In helping out two UK passport holders looking for ski season jobs for 2026/27, Roscoe Montgomery helped all UK passport holders looking for ski season jobs when he posted this list to the Winter 2026/27 Ski Season Jobs group.

⭐️Help Restore A Caribbean Island Eco Hostel

VENEZUELA > Positive, open minded people, willing to learn, share, and exchange knowledge, are welcome to stay a minimum of two weeks (one month preferred), helping restore Hostal Nathalie in the Venezuelan Caribbean. Painting - walls or murals - maintenance and building work, gardening and general tasks all need doing here. A shared volunteer room bed and breakfast are provided in return.

⭐️Chalet Host Les Gets

FRANCE > Having been born and raised in Les Gets, a family friendly French village a few minutes from the livelier Morzine, Raphael travelled Europe as a noted chef before returning to his home in 2008 to found Mountain and Tradition with his wife, Jana. No experience is necessary to work for them as a chalet host, but some customer facing experience is an advantage. They’re open to employing UK citizens, outlining the steps needed to do so.

⭐️Interski’s Aosta Valley Vacancies

ITALY > Interski, who operate in the Aosta Valley, Italy, is looking for staff (including the heroically named rescue coordinator) to join their resort team for the upcoming winter season.

⭐️Nannies Wanted In The French Alps Next Winter

FRANCE > In one of our recent Extra issues for our paid subscribers, we said we hadn’t yet seen Jelly and Ice Cream recruiting nannies for work in the French Alps next winter season. Things have since moved on, and now we have.

⭐️Val Thorens Bar Street Jobs

FRANCE > The 60+ roles available in The Saloon Group’s venues - Saloon Bar, Downunder, Favela, Klub Summit, and The Frog - in Val Thorens will have opened by now. They are hiring across all levels of experience, whether it’s your first season or your fifth, and don’t seem overly concerned about passports.

⭐️The Black Sheep Pub Is Hiring

AUSTRIA > The Black Sheep Pub in Orbendorf has new positions available from July 20. More details below or via Winter 2026/27 Ski Season Jobs.

⭐️Work A Winter Season In The French Alps With Alpoholics

FRANCE > Alpoholics is hiring for roles including chalet hosts, cook/hosts and resort management in La Plagne for the 2026/27 winter season.

⭐️Work And Play On The Beach And Boats In Greece This Summer Season

GREECE > Dan is back, splashing about in the water after completing his first of four seasons with Kos Watersports, one of the largest watersports companies in Greece, operating eight centres around Kardamena and Kefalos. They are trying to tempt some new Dans over to the Greek Islands to work as either a watersports administrator or a stewardess. A ferry ride away, on Naxos, Plaka Watersports is hiring windsurfing instructors.

⭐️Volunteer Opportunity In Lombok

INDONESIA > Ayo Explore Indonesia is opening up opportunities for international volunteers who are eager to make a difference in a small rural community. This is their first time welcoming volunteers, who will teach basic English to local children, support activities at their community reading house, and help raise awareness about environmental care, especially waste management. Free simple village accommodation, meals and a motorbike to explore nearby destinations are offered in return.

⭐️Sunsail’s 2027 Flotilla Vacancies

GREECE > Whether you’re an experienced flotilla skipper, technician, or cruising instructor, or a first time sailor working on a qualification, by about this time of year Sunsail starts thinking about the next year. Their speculative application form is open to people interested in working summer 2027, with the potential for short notice vacancies in the 2026 season.

     | Sunsail Overseas Jobs |

⭐️Sustainable Living In The Andean Mountains

COLOMBIA > Celestial Seed Sanctuary can be found on several work exchange platforms. On Workaway, they describe themselves as a small, land based project located in the Andean mountains of Colombia, about two hours south of Bogotá, in a temperate cloud forest and protected forest reserve, surrounded by rivers, native forest, and open land.

They say their project is in its early stages and focuses on land stewardship, regenerative living, and the gradual development of a permaculture inspired ecoproject. Day-to-day life is simple and hands on, with an emphasis on respect for nature, shared responsibility, and conscious living. At the moment, the project is cared for by a small team of two people, along with some chickens, fish, and a cat.

Last month, they took to social media to announce they are opening a few focused roles: one suited to writers, photographers, videographers, or content creators, another for someone organised, reliable, and grounded, and a third suitable to a natural builder of bamboo, cob, and wood.

⭐️Teach For A Year In China

CHINA > Application for the 26/27 Ambassador Year in China programme is currently open. The cultural exchange for university graduates to spend a year teaching at placement schools across China as an assistant English language teacher is open until June 30, but earlier applications increase the chance to accommodate your location/grade preference. To secure a Chinese work permit and participate in AYC, all participants must be native English speakers with a passport from the UK, the Republic of Ireland, the US, Canada, Australia, or New Zealand.

⭐️Volunteers Wanted For Butterfly Valley Glamping

TURKIYE > Looking for an unforgettable summer by the sea? Butterfly Valley Glamping is looking for volunteers. More details below or via Volunteer, Work and Travel Away Europe.

⭐️Sea Turtle Conservation Project Coordinator

MALAYSIA > Bubbles Turtle Conservation is looking for a passionate and motivated project coordinator to join their turtle conservation team on Perhentian Besar Island, starting now until October. In return for a monthly allowance, food and accommodation, you’ll lead nightly beach patrols, manage hatchery operations, coordinate their intern team, run turtle talks for guests, and help with data and grant reporting.

⭐️Volunteer At An Observatory In Corsica

FRANCE > Discover Corsica differently: join an astronomy project, live in nature, and share moments with fellow sky enthusiasts. That’s the pitch on the HelpStay platform from Stephane, Observatory Manager at Stelle Nostre, a cultural project and observatory located in the mountain village of Erbajolo. Tasks here include supporting daily life at the site, such as preparing to welcome astronomy facilitators and visitors, and helping maintain guest rooms and communal areas.

⭐️Beach Resort Volunteering

ALBANIA > Stone Beach Residence is inviting passionate, open minded volunteers (private group) to Qeparo, Albania. There, they can explore a variety of roles depending on their interests and skills, including leading or supporting wellness sessions, outdoor adventures, and group activities. Working as a bar assistant is another option. Accommodation is provided, along with daily meals.

⭐️Travel Back In Time To Sundkøbing

DENMARK > Middelaldercentret - in English, The Medieval Centre - opened its doors for another year last month, welcoming a new batch of volunteers to live in the houses in the medieval town and communicate with their guests. We wondered if this is just for Danish speaking volunteers, but they have volunteers from all over Europe (and beyond). Many return year after year to the recreated town from 15th century Denmark.

     | Middelaldercentret Nykøbing Falster |

⭐️Medieval Week

SWEDEN > Medeltidsveckan is a historic festival in Visby on the island of Gotland. The organisers are looking for volunteers who’ll help make the festival happen. Volunteers can work setting everything up before the festival, during the festival to keep it running and/or afterwards to tear it all down. Entrance, ferry rides, sing songs, a camping ground spot, and the loan of medieval clothes are among the perks.

⭐️VIP Ski Opens Recruitment For Winter 26/27

FRANCE > A day after their managers ended their very busy winter 25/26 season with a pizza party, VIP Chalets opened recruitment for the next winter and began their hunt for another 170 or so chefs, nannies, chalet hosts, kitchen porters, drivers, maintenance, concierge staff, and more for their 50 properties across Avoriaz, Les Arcs, La Plagne and Val d’Isère.

⭐️Chalet Host And Driver And Maintenance Vacancies In Meribel

FRANCE > Although their seasonal jobs page hasn’t been updated since last year, F&P Travel has in the past few weeks posted chalet host and driver and maintenance vacancies to Season Workers. They also hire chefs and welcome applications from both UK and EU passport holders.

⭐️Work In Morzine-Avoriaz

FRANCE > Chilly Powder say they begin their recruitment process nice and early for their winter season in Morzine-Avoriaz, and, true to their word, here they are advertising for ski school & chalet assistants, and for a maintenance person. They also hire chalet hosts, chefs, room assistants, massage therapists, and nannies. British passport holders will need to be prepared to go through the process of obtaining a French work visa.

⭐️Doron Pub And Bar Cuba Are Hiring

FRANCE & AUSTRIA > The Doron Pub, a lively venue in Meribel centre, and Bar Cuba in St Anton are hiring bar staff, doormen and a staff chef for next winter. More details below or via Winter 2026/27 Ski Season Jobs.

⭐️Animation Staff And Activities Manager

FRANCE > Animation staff for September until the end of the year are on Manor Adventure’s shopping list. They may still want an activities manager to start ASAP, too.

⭐️Who Leads The Leaders?

UAE > In addition to group leaders, Ecoventure is also looking for experienced outdoor educators looking to take the next step as department leaders. Program leaders to lead their Adventurous Journey expeditions are needed, too.

⭐️Skatepark Obstacle Building And Community Gardening Volunteering Combo

PORTUGAL > Boa Sombra Skate Park is a non profit community indoor and outdoor skate park in Peniche. They would welcome volunteers to help out in their community garden and, ideally, you would also be quite handy for building skatepark obstacles. Unlimited access to the skatepark is a given.

     | Boa Sombra Sk8 |

⭐️Stalk Tourism Board Websites Properly

REMOTE > A lot of creators think tourism boards handpick influencers from Instagram like some kind of travel creator Hunger Games, writes Daniella Schoeman in the latest issue of her Wildly Successful Travelpreneurs newsletter. She presents her top three ways to stop waiting to be “discovered” and start finding actual opportunities.

⭐️A Taste Of Lapland

FINLAND > One such opportunity that, erm, ‘fell’ into this issue of JAB is offered by Visit Finland. They are inviting eight participants to an all expenses paid four day stay in Rovaniemi. Complete their social media video challenge on Instagram or TikTok by June 9 to apply.

⭐️Nordic Dreams

FINLAND > Yoann Simon Chopard is looking for a hand with 50 polar dogs near Rovaniemi. Volunteers must be able to speak French and commit to at least a month.

⭐️Nichbisi Earth Building Project

GEORGIA > If you want to learn natural building and get some hands on experience, check out the comprehensive info pack for this project in Georgia. They are looking for like-minded people to help them build their house, share healthy meals, live together as a community and spend some quality time together.

⭐️Alien Poster: Resurrection

USA > It’s alien themed poster invasion time again. Every year, Poster Invasion sends its two person touring teams to 45+ states on a mission to bring students an authentic form of self expression through the medium of posters. Paying a base compensation plus commission, they supply a vehicle, housing and travel related expenses to their hustlers, who should be aged 21+ and available for seven weeks.

⭐️Social Media And Content Creation For Mama’s Motorbike Family

VIETNAM > Amber is volunteering at Mama’s Homestay in Hà Giang, where they run motorbike tours around the beautiful Hà Giang Loop. They are currently looking for friendly, social volunteers to join their team.

     | Mama’s Homestay |

⭐️Volunteer On A Permaculture Farm

COSTA RICA > Finca Las Hormigas bills itself is a centre for experimentation and education in regenerative living. They’re in Puerto Limón on the Caribbean coast and have a volunteer programme designed for travellers, adventurers, and nature lovers, aged 20 to 50, who want to give back through meaningful work, live close to nature and discover the wonders of community life. The cost is US$100 per week for accommodation and three meals a day.

⭐️Volunteers In The Amazon Rainforest

ECUADOR > Galo Gref has taken to social media to announce a search for volunteers to stay in the Amazon rainforest for a minimum of 15 days. He says here the jungle embraces you, the wind purifies every breath, the birds mark the rhythm of your awakening, and we like to think the sun comes up tremendous.

⭐️Volunteer Hostel Helpers

MEXICO > Join the Maui Hostel team in Playa del Carmen and Tulum. They are once again offering accommodation and breakfast to helpers who share their energy with travellers from all over the world.

⭐️Join The Foundation Phase Of An Agro-Ecological And Artistic Place In Lesvos

GREECE > Painting, horses, upcycling and community life are the main threads of this newly formed social cooperative on the island of Lesvos. They need volunteers for a minimum of two weeks during set dates from now until mid December.

⭐️Koycegiz Dogs

TURKIYE > At the end of February, Amy Howells packed two suitcases and came over to Southwest Turkey to help the 450 to 500 shelter dogs at Sarah’s Private Sanctuary. Last year, she shared some details of the dog cuddling and poop scooping that await volunteers there. Volunteer accommodation may be available for £50 per week.

⭐️Jai Dog Ho

THAILAND > Join Jai Dog Rescue as a volunteer and help make a real difference for street dogs in Thailand. More details below or via Volunteer South East Asia. Happy Dogs Koh Chang is also advertising for dog loving volunteers.

⭐️Volunteers Needed For Conny’s Dog Rescue

SRI LANKA > Conny’s Dog Rescue needs volunteers to help out at their small shelter in Balapitiya, in the southwest of the country. Volunteers get their own room here.

⭐️Reliable Volunteer Help Needed

GREECE > Habitat Sanctuary in rural Greece is searching for reliable, grounded and animal loving people who understand that caring for animals is not a hobby, but a daily responsibility. Letting ducks and geese out in the morning and feeding two sheep is part of the job description here. A week later, the OP posted a grumpier request to the same group, saying she didn’t want tourists, drifters, or people looking for a picturesque backdrop for social media photos.

⭐️Volunteer English Teachers Needed

HONDURAS > Are you looking for a meaningful international experience where you can make a real difference? JazAn English Academy in Cofradía, Cortés, is looking for passionate volunteers to join their teaching programme. Anyone 18+ and willing to commit approximately five months to the programme can apply. Food and accommodation are provided.

⭐️Become An English Mentor

NEPAL > Fluent English speakers able to commit a minimum of two to four weeks helping to create a natural English speaking environment are welcome to help students build real life English skills through conversation, not classrooms.

⭐️English Speaking Volunteers Wanted In Tuy Hoa

VIETNAM > Bee Bee is looking for English speaking volunteers (private group) to join a small educational project in the peaceful coastal city of Tuy Hoa. Your role will be to support English classes or teaching for local students. More information can also be had via their Worldpackers page.

⭐️Discovering Pueblo Inglés And Teaching The Teachers

SPAIN > What happens at Pueblo Inglés stays at Pueblo Inglés, writes Adam Barratt immediately before sharing his thoughts and insights on Pueblo Inglés. A day later, he follows up with a post about how his time teaching and learning English with the 36 or so individuals on his programme led to several more stints as a volunteer and joining the company as a volunteer coordinator.

⭐️Animal Care In Rural Andalucía

SPAIN > Sarja Microsanctuary is currently looking for a few dedicated volunteers to join them near Cómpeta. More details below or via Volunteer Haven Europe.

⭐️ESL Teachers Wanted for School Just Outside Hanoi

VIETNAM > Maya School Hanoi is hiring full time ESL teachers for secondary and high school, focused on student centered, holistic education.

⭐️Volunteer Opportunity In Rural Vietnam

VIETNAM > A small English centre in a peaceful rural area near Buon Ma Thuot City is looking for friendly English speaking volunteers to spend time with local students. Accommodation is available at a homestay or guesthouse, and meals are provided.

⭐️English Language Arts Educator

NEPAL > The Peace Corps has a high need for an English language arts educator. Apply by June 15.

⭐️Three Month Camp Housekeeper / Host Opportunity

AUSTRALIA > Cobourg Coastal Camp is looking for a motivated, adventurous and hardworking person (or couple) to start a three month wilderness experience on June 10. This is a hands on housekeeping and guest hosting role in one of Australia’s most remote and beautiful coastal locations. Accommodation, meals and full training are all provided.

Please note we spotted this opportunity not long before sending this issue of JAB, and while we are fairly confident the OP, Hugh Gange, is linked to Cobourg Coastal Camp, we recommend readers keep their travel heads on and be aware of any red flags on applying to these positions.

⭐️Floating Flat Share

AT SEA > Turks & Caicos to Dominican Republic to Curaçao to Bonaire to Aruba to Colombia to San Blas to Colón to Bocas del Toro to the Panama Canal to Las Perlas, and on to French Polynesia is Ella and Felix’s intended route. They swapped Oslo and Berlin consulting desks for the helm of a catamaran that moves about as fast as a toddler on a bike, living full time on the water and sailing around the world in stages. They describe it as more like a floating shared flat - a bit hostel, a bit road trip, and a lot of adventure - and welcome people onboard to share costs. More than 60 people from all around the world have taken them up on their offer so far.

     | Felix Hackenberg |

⭐️A Bit Of Helpful Advice For Anyone Applying For Hospitality Jobs For The Winter 2026/27 Ski Season

WORLDWIDE > A clear hospitality focused CV can make a big difference to recruiters and managers going through a huge number of applications, including yours, says Andre Russell, admin of the Winter 2026/27 Ski Season Jobs Facebook group.

⭐️French Speaking Kitesurf Instructor

BRAZIL > A French speaking kitesurf instructor will enjoy endless sunshine, warm waters, and over 20 knots of steady wind when welcoming kite students from all over the world come November 1 in Ilha do Guajiru.

⭐️VDWS Certified Kitesurfing And/Or Foil Instructors

MAURITIUS > KiteGlobing is looking for motivated and qualified VDWS certified kitesurfing and/or foil instructors to join their water sports team for the upcoming season in Mauritius. Their centre on the southwest coast of Mauritius offers good wind conditions, a lagoon setting, and an international clientele. This position is described as suitable for instructors who enjoy teaching and working in a relaxed and professional environment.

⭐️Tour Guides Wanted For Rovaniemi, Levi, Tromsø And Kiruna

FINLAND NORWAY & SWEDEN > The Wildcard of the Week in issue 42 of The Wild Path was Arctic GM’s search for tour guides. The Lapland based tour operator offers small group and private experiences in Rovaniemi, Levi, Tromsø and Kiruna. One of their owners represents the 20th generation of their family in Lapland, with roots dating back to the 1600s.

     | Arctic GM |

⭐️Santa’s Lapland Ranger With British Sign Language

FINLAND > British Sign Language Level 3 as a minimum, experience working with large groups of children/families, and the ability to maintain high energy in low temperatures are the prerequisites for this Santa’s Lapland Arctic Circle position. Other positions in Saariselka - drivers, admin, rangers and reps - in what is described as a cold, lively, fast paced environment can be found here.

⭐️Calling All Watersports Instructors

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS > BVI Efoil is looking to hire watersports instructors for the new season from October 26 until August 27.

⭐️Independent Organic Winery Life In Umbria

ITALY > We had a post from Iacopo Paolucci scheduled in one of our recent extra issues, thinking his offer to host international travellers and remote workers (EU only) at his small independent organic winery near the medieval town of Todi sounded great. We removed it when we saw how many people agreed with us, and the position must surely have been filled. However, in a new post, it seems the offer is open ended. No specific experience is required, but interest in wine, good energy and an easygoing attitude are important.

⭐️More Than Just Stroking Cats All Day

GREECE > Gasah (Greek and Swiss Animal Help) shares a reel of what often looks like “nothing but stroking cats all day” but is actually the tight schedule of their hardworking volunteers. They are looking for more volunteer help in Kos.

⭐️Glocal Roots Is Searching For Volunteers To Join Their Project In Kos

GREECE > Elsewhere on Kos, The Hub supports refugees in their first steps in Greece. A facility of a Swiss NGO called Glocal Roots, it provides a safe space with a chillout area, workshops, and childcare. Volunteers should be self funding.

⭐️Snow Sport Enthusiasts At Hoys

AUSTRALIA > There are still a few positions available for snow sport enthusiasts at Hoys Skis mountain rental stores at Mount Hotham, Dinner Plain and Omeo in the Victorian Alps.

⭐️Client Coordinator

AUSTRALIA > The Land’s Edge Foundation is hiring a client coordinator to join their outdoor education team in Sydney Harbour.

⭐️Watersport Assistant

CYPRUS > KapparisWaterfun is hiring friendly, outgoing English speakers with a boat license to operate and maintain jet skis and boats, assist customers and ensure their safety.

⭐️Windsurfing Instructors Needed

GREECE > Beach Burger Bar & Watersports on Naxos needs someone with an EU passport and a windsurfing instructor license or good ability to windsurf and teach beginners.

⭐️Sea Kayak Guides Wanted In Arakoa

NEW ZEALAND > Start dates are September, October or December for what are described as dream positions for three experienced lead sea kayak guides.

⭐️Team Leaders And Entertainment Managers Wanted

SPAIN > Pamera Agency is hiring. More details below or via Seasonal Jobs.

⭐️The WRAGs Bursary

UK > Applications for a grant from The Merlin Trust for a WRAGs (Work and Retrain as a Gardener scheme) bursary will have opened on June 1. This bursary is open to existing WRAGs trainees to support them during their placement by covering travel costs, additional placements, or developing their training. Grants of up to £500 are available.

⭐️Wildlife Rehabilitation Assistant

UK > New Arc Wildlife Rescue is looking for a wildlife rehabilitation assistant to join their dedicated team in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Please note you must have the right to live and work in the UK. National minimum wage. For a full job description and person specification, email: jobs@newarcwildliferescue.org.

⭐️ESC Funded Volunteering With Boodaville Finca

SPAIN > Two volunteers, both residents of the EU outside of Spain and under 30 years old, are wanted by Boodaville for a European Solidarity Corps funded six month long gig.

⭐️Yacht Job Scams: How To Spot Them And Protect Yourself

AT SEA > Facebook groups, Instagram DMs, WhatsApp chats - anywhere crew gather online, fraudsters follow. They pose as agencies, captains, and yacht managers. Some want your money. Others want your documents. A few want something far more troubling, says Glenn Ward.

⭐️Volunteer Work Red Flags

WORLDWIDE > Stefania, who has moderated several Facebook groups in the past and knows how difficult it can be for admins to keep a group useful, safe and fair at the same time, shares some tips on recognising online stranger danger, even when they present themselves as hosts offering amazing opportunities.

⭐️Join The English Project Fatora On Nias Island

INDONESIA > Help local children learn English through fun, creative lessons. More details below or via Volunteer South East Asia.

⭐️Kudos To Mr And Mrs Builder

FRANCE > Cycling up mountains, skiing down them, the reality of Teak Builder’s Facebook profile entirely meets our expectations. Teak is looking for a couple to work from mid July to the end of August in the Aravis region of the northern French Alps in breakfast serving and room cleaning type roles. You must hold an EU passport or otherwise be legally allowed to work in France. Accommodation is included.

⭐️Portugal Spent Millions Attracting Remote Workers. Then Forgot To Keep Them

REMOTE > Tulsa invested $15,000 per person and got $622 million back. Europe still doesn’t get it, writes Gonçalo Hall.

⭐️Freelance Metadata / Documentation Specialist

REMOTE > Help us preserve a unique place, says The UK Antarctic Heritage Trust. They are seeking a freelance metadata / documentation specialist to prepare and enhance metadata for a portion of their rich Antarctic digital data. JAB doesn’t know what any of this means, but applications are accepted until June 15 from those who do.

⭐️Awakeland Work Exchange In The Algarve

PORTUGAL > Awakeland is growing, and is looking for people who want to grow with it via volunteer residency spots on a reforestation project and retreat centre in the foothills of the Monchique mountains. In return, you’ll have a place to sleep, food on the table, access to yoga and meditation classes, and 20+ hectares of nature as your daily reality.

     | Awakeland Portugal |

⭐️Paddle Board Yoga Instructors

UK > While they wouldn’t be a headliner, Paddle Board Yoga Instructors would feature in JAB’s fantasy festival line up. Spotted in The Wild Path, the job here will be to deliver SUP yoga sessions at Hilsea Lido in Portsmouth.

⭐️Minority Mammals

UK > Another issue of The Wild Path dropped before we went to press. There, we found a nine month training & events internship for young people from minority ethnic backgrounds offered by The Mammal Society. Apply by June 7.

⭐️Festival Glamping Jobs

UK > Team leaders are needed to lead crews building and furnishing luxury bell tent villages.

⭐️London Cruise Job Fair

UK > The largest recruitment event for the cruise sector is back in London on June 4. Cruise Job Fair’s research shows that attending a cruise job fair is ten times more effective than applying for jobs online.

⭐️Travel Brand Content Shoot

CYPRUS > British Indian and South Asian families in particular are encouraged to apply for a casting call for a family of four plus their grandparents to take part in an exciting travel brand shoot in Cyprus. More details below or via Film & TV Casting Calls UK.

⭐️Travel Writing Advice From A Commissioning Editor

REMOTE > We mentioned Jessica Holmes and her housesitting newsletter only recently, and here she is again, this time wearing her magazine editor’s hat. Jessica provides advice on what actually makes a travel story worth reading and commissioning.

⭐️How Small Writers Are Quietly Making $2K–$10K/Month In 2026

REMOTE > You can be a brilliant writer and make $0. Forever. Ghostwriting, niche newsletters, conversion copy, and digital products are what’s actually working right now and where beginners should start, says The Human Project. Bah! Too late, says JAB.

⭐️Isles of Scilly National Landscape Officer

UK > The Isles of Scilly National Landscape is recruiting until June 10 for a passionate and highly motivated individual to work full time in Scilly. How the candidate would be able to live in Scilly to undertake this job is posed as an application form question rather than provided as an answer.

⭐️Volunteer Opportunity With Umodzi Empowerment Organization

MALAWAI > Umodzi Empowerment Organization is seeking dedicated volunteers to support its water station project in Kasungu, Malawi. More details below or via Volunteer Abroad For Free.

⭐️Experienced Chefs Wanted

AUSTRALIA > The Watervale Hotel, located in the Clare Valley wine region of South Australia, has short and long term roles available at sous chef level, particularly in the grill section, and will also be looking for wait staff and bar staff, as well as horticultural / farm workers. They can also assist chefs on a Student Visa to achieve their skills assessment on a pathway to permanent residency, given the volume and variety of stations in the kitchen.

⭐️Multiple Roles For Bubbly Hospitality Workers

AUSTRALIA > Accommodation is available to a couple who love connecting with guests in nature and being outdoors. The roles in New South Wales with Reflections Holiday Parks, on Lake Keepit, are for a guest host and an all rounder.

⭐️Farmstay Assistant And Property Caretaker

AUSTRALIA > If you love animals, enjoy being outdoors, and want to help shape a growing business, Hope Farmstay in Mundoolun, Queensland, is looking for reliable, hands on, live-in farm assistants and property caretakers.

⭐️Beehive Frame Cleaners

NEW ZEALAND > Reliable casual staff are needed in Hastings to assist with beehive frame cleaning and beeswax scraping.

⭐️Become A Hostel Volunteer In Stockholm

SWEDEN > Nomad Gardet Hostel is currently welcoming motivated and friendly volunteers to be part of their hostel team. More details below or via Volunteer & hospitality exchange, food and accommodation (private group).

⭐️Saariselkä Ski And Sport Resort May Have Summer Vacancies

FINLAND > Fanni Katajamaa, who is affiliated with Saariselkä Ski and Sport Resort, recently answered a job wanted enquiry to say that they have a variety of positions opening during the summer. The northernmost ski resort in Europe doesn’t appear to have a jobs page, but on their Instagram they state they are returning to work at 9am on June 1.

⭐️Where $1,000, $2,500, Or $4,000 A Month Actually Gets You

WORLDWIDE > Nine cities. Three budget tiers. Real numbers from people who actually live there. Let’s get into it, says Nomad Playbook.

⭐️Summer Or Longer In The Highlands

UK > Be part of one of the largest private conservation efforts in Scottish history. Roles are available across all facets of hospitality, located in some of Scotland’s most unspoiled locations.

⭐️Volunteers Needed In Rural West Bogor

INDONESIA > IDE AKSI is looking for international and local volunteers to join their small community programmes in rural West Bogor. More details below or via Volunteer South East Asia.

⭐️Underwater Weeding

USA > Gary Franco is still looking for a couple of certified divers at Green Pond, in Northern NJ.

⭐️Professional Vocalists Wanted

FRANCE > Disneyland Paris is currently accepting online submissions for upcoming auditions for The Lion King: Rhythms of the Pride Lands. Apply by June 14.

⭐️Hel’s Jobs

UK > Tell Hel’s why you’d be great, and you could join the London team at a high profile tech conference in June. Roles include: wayfinding, registration, cloakroom, directional, and general assistance.

⭐️LadBible Is Casting For Football Fans

UK > Ladbible is searching for the UK’s biggest football fan and someone - who could well be the same person - based in Liverpool, London, Manchester or Birmingham, who missed the birth of their own child because they were watching football.

⭐️Counting Bald People

UK > Witness a sea of bald caps in Hyde Park and, once the counting is complete, stay and enjoy Pitbull’s headline show is the pitch to volunteers helping this world record attempt.

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⭐️Changeover Assistants For Summer 2026

FRANCE > Pure Morzine’s change over assistants help prepare their weekly rental properties for newly arriving guests. Just as they did last year, they need people with an EU passport or a French residence permit.

⭐️Volunteer Teachers Needed In Northern Thailand

THAILAND > KMI Foundation Thailand is looking for volunteer teachers to support its free after school classes project for local and disadvantaged children near the Myanmar border. No formal teaching experience is required.

⭐️Horse Volunteering In Tenerife

SPAIN > Do you have basic horse experience and want to be part of something meaningful? Tenerife Animal Sanctuary has a work experience programme. You’ll live on-site in their rustic sanctuary community for a minimum of three months, contributing around 25 hours per week in exchange for food and accommodation.

⭐️AK47s And Beer

LATVIA > Get paid to run parties and lead tours for Naughty Squirrel. Aside from getting paid and the private room, you will also get free drinks, free laundry, discounts on many things and a fully equipped kitchen. In a now removed post (DM their Instagram instead to apply), volunteers were said to need to be between 18 and 30 years old, highly extroverted, able to handle your liquor and an AK47, and “know how to take care of drunk people.” They were also recently looking for housekeeping volunteers.

⭐️Can You Do It On A Rainy Night For Stoke?

GERMANY > Here’s a form to convince Stoke Travel to let you on their sick crew for Oktoberfest in Munich.

⭐️Work Where Others Party

GERMANY > The Blackwater Irish Pub Winterberg is looking for staff - service, bar staff and a cook - asap from May until September.

⭐️Tourist Entertainers Wanted In Ibiza

SPAIN > Who doesn’t dream of living in Ibiza? At Acttiv, they want to incorporate animators full of good vibes into their teams at the Invisa Hotels chain. These positions come with cheap accommodation.

⭐️Expedition Trip Leader

USA & CANADA > Camp Thunderbird for Girls is now hiring for a highly coveted expedition trip leader position that they recently reopened. You’ll lead multi week expedition programmes for campers aged 14 to 16 across the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, Western US, or Canada.

⭐️Volunteer English Language Teachers Wanted For A Monastic College In The Himalayas

INDIA > Dzongsar Khyentse Chokyi Lodro Institute (DKCLI) is seeking volunteer English language teachers to join their monastic college in Chauntra, nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas, in Himachal Pradesh. This is described as a rare opportunity to contribute meaningfully to monastic education while living in a beautiful and contemplative environment.

Teachers support Buddhist monks who are studying classical Buddhist philosophy in Tibetan. Candidates should be native English speakers (or those with native-speaker competence) with ELT experience and relevant qualifications, able to commit to three months, with the possibility to extend. Volunteers receive a monthly stipend of INR 15,000 (approximately US$165) to help cover personal expenses, along with meals and accommodation at a nearby homestay.

     | Khyentse Foundation |

⭐️Marine Conservation Project In Lembata Island, East Nusa Tenggara

INDONESIA > Taman Daun, a small community based marine conservation project in Lembata Island, East Nusa Tenggara, is looking for volunteers to help with coral reef restoration, teaching and inspiring coastal kids, releasing baby turtles, and supporting community and daily activities. Whale and marine mammal watching, climbing volcanoes, diving and snorkelling in untouched waters, and exploring places most travellers will never see are promised on days off. There is a US$8 daily contribution expected for food and accommodation.

⭐️Hostel Helpers Wanted In Luang Prabang

LAOS > Lisa and Nico have taken over the management of La Casa Nostra, an authentic Laotian house with private rooms and a dormitory in Luang Prabang. They are looking for someone who can help them with daily housekeeping. Bonus points are awarded for artistic skills to help them decorate the house. They offer accommodation, breakfast and three dinners a week together with all guests.

⭐️Residency Opportunity

LAOS > La Folie Lodge, a small boutique resort on Don Daeng Island in the Mekong, is opening a short term residency during their low season. This first time initiative during their slower months will suit a yoga or wellness professional, a digital nomad or independent worker with outreach/marketing experience, or someone simply comfortable connecting with people and taking initiative.

⭐️Ski And Summer Camp Jobs In Georgia

GEORGIA > If you’re passionate about skiing, hiking, camping, and working with people - and want to spend an unforgettable season in a beautiful, active environment - this could be for you, says Shota Natadze, who posted this ad for PolSport in the private Ski/Summer Industry Jobs group.

⭐️Entertainers, Hotel Staff, And Lifeguards

GREECE & SPAIN > Anywork Anywhere is currently hosting three ads from Good Time Entertainment. One for sunny holiday destination entertainers, another for hotel staff, and one for lifeguards. EU passports are needed for these, but this one for entertainers/ animators posted by Med Ents Animation will accept UK applicants too.

⭐️Volunteer with Dogs In Sicily

ITALY > Volunteers for May are still needed at the Ciccio Garibaldi Dog Shelter. They offer Sunday lunch and very basic accommodation to international volunteers staying a minimum of ten days.

⭐️Help Teacher Simon

MYANMAR > Simon Luttrell, aka Teacher Simon, is up to something that could be interesting. His one man band educational charity has helped more than 3,000 young students in orphanages since 2012, but he feels that he could do with some help. It’s not for the faint hearted, and seems still to be in the planning stages, but depending on the response to his post in the Volunteer South East Asia group, he might organise something for short term volunteer teaching on a 28 day tourist visa, including trips around Inle Lake and the local area.

⭐️Volunteer At Sziget Festival

HUNGARY > The Festival Volunteer Center has been organising volunteer programmes for Hungary’s biggest festivals and concerts for over 13 years, and, as usual, they will be looking to fill plenty of volunteer shaped holes at Sziget Festival in August.

⭐️Help Create An Immersive English Language Environment In Uzbekistan

UZBEKISTAN > Kokand Leader School is inviting young international volunteers from around the world to join their one month Level Up Summer Camp, speak English and help create an immersive environment.

⭐️Help A Community Based Organisation

KENYA > Winnie Ogola runs a community based organisation in Kisumu providing shelter for the elderly, keeping girls in school by providing sanitary pads, donating clothes to vulnerable individuals, and empowering youth with practical skills such as hairdressing, beauty, mechanics, and plumbing. She has welcomed 29 international volunteers from different countries so far, and would like some more. There is a small fee payable towards meals and accommodation, coming in at under GBP£10 per day.

⭐️Lead Middle And High School Students

COSTA RICA & THE BAHAMAS > Broadreach has popped back into our Facebook group, this time narrowing down their search for international programme instructors to lead adventure based programmes for middle and high school students in Costa Rica and The Bahamas.

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⭐️Entertainment Hosts

AT SEA > If you love engaging with people, have great microphone skills, and enjoy making every guest feel welcome, P&O would love to hear from you. They are looking for warm, confident and enthusiastic entertainment hosts to shape the fun from morning till night in the form of quizzes, karaoke, live music, deck parties and more. They will be hosting a cast day on board Aurora in Southampton on May 13. Apply by today (May 1).

⭐️A Shot At A Job In Athens

GREECE > Eternal Promotions is currently recruiting shot sales staff to work this summer in some of Athens’ best venues, upselling shots (Jägerbombs, tequila, etc) to tourists and partygoers.

⭐️Help For Refugees In Samos

GREECE > Samos Volunteers is looking for team players who are also able to work independently to make their services helping refugees arriving in Greece as fair and smooth running as possible.

Alongside general volunteering, they are also currently looking for volunteers for several more specific roles, including teachers, logistics volunteers, women’s space facilitators, kids sessions facilitators, and LGBTQI+ sessions facilitators. If one of these sounds like a good fit for you, you can find more information and apply on their website.

⭐️Work For Americans In Germany

GERMANY > An option for Americans wanting to work in Germany is Edelweiss Lodge and Resort. Their guests are exclusively US service members and their families stationed worldwide.

They hire throughout the year based on their needs, with the busiest seasons in winter (typically starting in November) and summer (typically starting in June). Jobs here are entry level positions for up to 15 months in their housekeeping, custodial, food and beverage, guest services and recreation departments. They offer transportation from the USA to Germany, and free dorm style accommodation for the employment period.

AutomaticMonkeyHat, probably not their real name, had a friend working there a few years ago. In a Reddit comment, they shared their friend’s insight that most positions will be minimum wage, and they pay in US dollars, leaving little room for saving in a German resort town. She also mentioned a rough work schedule with little room for flexibility. But the surrounding area is beautiful, and the ability to travel pretty much made up for the downsides. Other opinions, good, bad and horrific, are given here and here.

⭐️Kindergarten Teacher Needed At The American School In Sunny Chiapas

MEXICO > The American School Foundation of Chiapas (ASFC) is seeking an experienced international kindergarten teacher to join their multicultural learning community.

⭐️Sunseed Desert Technology Coordinating Positions

SPAIN > Situated in an off grid ecovillage, SDT’s lively international community made up of staff and volunteers work and learn together to develop, demonstrate, research and communicate alternative low tech methods of living sustainably in a semi arid environment. Volunteers are encouraged to be ambitious, innovative, and experimental. Pushing self projects forward is one of Sunseed’s main objectives.

We are surprised this is the first time Sunseed has appeared in rebooted JAB. They have been doing their thing near Almeria, in the Southeast of Spain, since 1986, and have advertised their coordinator and assistant positions with us numerous times down the years.

A long term, minimum one year, commitment is asked from coordinators, who are compensated with vegetarian food, accommodation and a monthly allowance. A smaller allowance is paid to assistants. General and research internships are also possible for a fee, with ESC funding perhaps available.

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⭐️Speak In Italy

ITALY > We haven’t heard much from Speak for a while, but they still organise English language immersion camps in Italy for which they require Anglos, especially ones who are studying or have experience in mechatronics, engineering, electronics, design or related fields, to chat away in English in return for a free hotel stay.

⭐️Amplifying The Voice For Climate Action

BOLIVIA & GUATEMALA > Application deadlines are approaching for EU nationals and from some EU adjacent countries (nope, not the UK) to get on board two ESC funded projects under the Amplifying The Voice For Climate Action banner. This one is in Cochabamba, Bolivia, and the other is in Totonicapán, Guatemala.

⭐️Guardians Of Democracy

AUSTRIA > Forward4Future is looking for participants aged 18 to 30 for an Erasmus+ youth exchange in the Austrian Alps, hosted in a beautiful medieval castle in Neumarkt. Apply by May 5.

⭐️Island Watersports Manager

TANZANIA > JD Specized Recruitment has taken to ChickenLoop to recruit on behalf of an intimate and exclusive five star island lodge off the coast of Tanzania for an experienced island activities manager. The successful candidate will be the face of adventure on the island and responsible for managing and guiding a variety of land and marine based guest activities, including diving, snorkelling, dolphin excursions, sandbank picnics, and fishing trips.

⭐️Off Grid Farm Help

PORTUGAL > Gali WildBody is offering a tiny private house to a responsible person or a couple with a gardening background for help with her off grid farm in Central Portugal. Tasks here are things like gardening, watering trees with buckets, and some simple farm chores. Max four hours a day, six days a week.

⭐️Volunteer With Livingstone Rhinos Rugby Club

ZAMBIA > Lovemore Maphose sent us more details of the Livingstone Rhinos Rugby Club’s international volunteer programme, saying that at the moment, they do not charge a participation fee to join in. Their main goal is to make the experience accessible while creating real impact in the community.

Volunteers can help with coaching or assisting in rugby sessions, and supporting youth development programmes and local schools. Volunteers are typically responsible for their own travel and personal expenses, but assistance with local arrangements is available to ensure a smooth and meaningful experience.

⭐️Volunteering, Meditation, And Nature In The Heart Of Alentejo

PORTUGAL > Gephel Ling Buddhist Retreat Center was recently looking for volunteers to lend a brush this June to help paint the main house and keep their retreat centre beautiful.

⭐️Treasure Island Hong Kong Is Hiring Outdoor Instructors For Autumn

HONG KONG CHINA > Are you passionate about the outdoors? Do you want to live and work next to the beach on Lantau Island, Hong Kong? Treasure Island is looking for candidates with outdoor education experience, strong communication skills, and fluent in English. Asia Pacific Adventure is also in the market for outdoor facilitators and programme coordinators.

⭐️ESC Funded Volunteering In Kaunas

LITHUANIA > AC Patria Savanorių Centras has not one, but three ESC funded community driven volunteering options on the go at the moment, open to young people from mostly EU countries.

⭐️Yacht Getaways Host Opportunities

GREECE & CROATIA > Bespoke sailing holiday specialists Yacht Getaways are recruiting professional hosts to join their teams in Greece and Croatia. If you have a flair for hospitality, a love for the ocean and enjoy working in a dynamic environment, they’d love to hear from you.

⭐️Boat Booker

CROATIA > A long standing family business specialising in boat excursions in Medulin is looking for new team members for the 2026 season. Both paid positions and internships are available. EU applicants only.

⭐️Cruising Instructors

CROATIA > If you’ve got the qualifications and the right attitude, Sunsail would like to hear from cruising instructors.

⭐️Shore Excursion Staff

AT SEA > Leave the office behind, seek adventure, run away to sea and utilise your passion for travel, exploration, and customer satisfaction as you curate and support onshore activities in the world’s most stunning destinations.

⭐️Desktop Publisher

AT SEA > Leave the office behind, seek adventure, run away to sea and, erm, be responsible for all printed matter onboard, for collecting information about the various departments’ activities, menus and publishing all the printed material to be distributed onboard for both guests and crew.

⭐️Join Team Ice Hotel For A Warm Welcome And Chilly Reception

SWEDEN > 200 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle, a number of vacancies are open until May 7 to work at a hotel and art exhibition made entirely of ice and snow. These are for chefs, serving breakfast and lunch, and wait staff. Trying out exciting activities, such as a snowmobile safari under the northern lights, are among the perks here.

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⭐️Work In The Beauty Of Alaska’s Rainforest For The Summer

USA > Kawanti Adventures brings the beauty and excitement of Alaska to visitors from around the world. You can work on a zipline course, take people black bear viewing, lead off-road vehicle trips, take photos, work in the retail shop, or coordinate their excursions while working on the dock.

⭐️The Race Begins For Winter Season Jobs In Europe

EUROPE > The past ski season ended not long ago, but after a bit of a break, maybe somewhere warm, the usual winter employers will begin the cycle once again of getting new staff in place for the following year. So, who is, who will be soon, and who will eventually start hiring for the 2026/27 winter and ski seasons in the Alps and other mountainous parts of the continent?

We will add details of who is hiring to upcoming issues of JAB as they go live. But, for the moment, we’ve gone through our list of ski season employers that have featured in JAB down the years, checked which ones have been naughty or nice, made sure they are still in business, added a few more, and put them all in one place below for you to wade through and get a head start in the race for a job next winter:

* AliKats Mountain Holidays, a family run independent luxury chalet company based in Morzine, will soon begin their recruitment of chalet staff, housekeepers, chefs and drivers.

* A family run luxury holiday company, Simply Morzine recruits chefs, hosts, reps, drivers and maintenance staff with the promise you will be treated as an individual, not a number.

* While The Boutique Chalet Company say they are always on the lookout for great chalet hosts, housekeepers, managers and chefs, as well as support staff for their French office in Morzine, they have already been advertising their winter 26/27 vacancies on their website for a good month. UK nationals are accepted for their more experienced roles.

* The recruitment doors will open on May 11 to usher in new hopefuls for roles in Ski Famille and Ski Vertigo’s 26/27 winter season. They are a good option in particular for skiing childcarers, and they welcome British Passport holders.

* The application forms to apply to Ski Basics as a chalet host, driver/host, chalet cook, or chalet manager have been available since last month. They offer both catered and self catered options catering to a range of budgets in Meribel. UK applications are considered.

* Applications for working a winter with Inghams opened last year in mid May. They will have a variety of winter jobs covering hospitality, catering, reps and management in France, Austria, Italy, Switzerland and Andorra. Part of the same group are Ingham’s Lapland and Santa’s Lapland in Finland.

* People apply to work in Val d’Isère with YSE because they want to ski almost every day for five months on some of the best slopes in the world. They’ll be opening recruitment shortly, and welcome applications from those holding the following passports: UK, EU, Australia and New Zealand.

* Skibound are still taking registrations of interest for jobs in their three lively club hotels in Alpe d’Huez, Les Menuires, and Serre Chevalier. They’ll be holding webinars in May, where you can learn more about each role (and UK passport holders can gain useful information about the visa process), opening applications in mid June, and running online recruitment days throughout July, August, and September.

* Massage Me’s mobile home massage and wellbeing service across the French Alps will soon need new massage practitioners to come from all over Europe and beyond to spoil their customers. They usually start hiring after the end of April.

* Ski Beat made it into our last issue, such has been their quick start to thinking about next season, and we wouldn’t want them to feel left out of this roundup. As always, we said nice things about their employment website, considering it a reflection of their came-out-to-do-a-season-and-never-went-back origins.

* All of Alpinium’s teams in France share a common enthusiasm for excellent hospitality, guest service, tasty wholesome food and winter sports. The minimum requirements are for all host candidates to have attended a chalet cookery school. Experience in driving for at least three years is essential for drivers.

* Information for their chalet and logistics positions in Morzine next winter has already been on Skiology’s website since the beginning of April. Specify why you want to work for them out of all the tour operators for a guaranteed response.

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* Though this may change by the time this issue is live, Purple Ski’s jobs page has yet to be updated for 2026/27 recruitment. But they already have held recruitment sessions at the end of last season in the resorts in which they have chalets - Méribel, Corchevel and Val d’Isère - with EU and non EU applicants made welcome.

* European Pubs, owners and operators of five venues in the French Alps, hire bartenders, servers, chefs, hotel assistants and anyone with a passion for hospitality. They’ve already held a recruitment afternoon at Jacks Méribel.

* Potential chalet couples and maintenance people/drivers for Alpine 365 in 26/27 are encouraged to read on.

* Alpoholics operate several chalets in La Plagne, for which we have already seen them advertising this year for a resort manager. Other vacancies they may need to fill will be listed here.

* Ski Blanc will open recruitment from May 2026, when they will want couples - one in the kitchen, the other for front of house and housekeeping - to join them in Meribel. Under certain circumstances, they will consider Brits, Australians, Kiwis and Canadians.

* If they haven’t already, roles will open soon for a position in one of The Alpine Generation’s catered ski chalets in various resorts across the French Alps, including Morzine, La Tania, Le Praz and La Plagne. Interviews will follow in June. Previous career breakers themselves, they are always interested to hear from couples and individuals who are looking to do the same.

* If you want to work hard, ski hard and have fun this winter, Family Ski will begin recruiting by next month, if not sooner, for jobs in two resorts in France. They will make the effort for British applicants, employing around 50 each year.

* We frequently spot Buildmyskitrip.com recruiting chalet hosts for both the full season and for shorter periods. We would expect activity from them for next season around the end of May.

* Ski Magic will keep your CV on file if you send it in before they officially start recruiting. Their chalets are in Courchevel Le Praz, La Tania and Meribel.

* Mountain & Tradition guide Brits and other non EU nationals through the process of applying for a visa to work in France. By the middle of May last year, they had listed their staff requirements for winter in Les Gets, a family friendly French village a few minutes from the livelier Morzine.

* Powder Byrne’s services to their guests in Austria, Switzerland and Italy include private airport transfers, exclusive childcare facilities, ski guiding, and mountain hosting. These need to be staffed accordingly, and they always require additional personnel over the winter season’s peak weeks - Christmas/New Year, February half term and Easter.

* Short break ski holiday specialists SkiWeekends judge each candidate for their chalet roles in some of the biggest ski areas in the French Alps on their experience, confidence and friendliness. They started recruiting early last year, by mid April.

* Ski Miquel began their recruitment by the middle of this month last year, but were still posting adverts for some positions at the end of the year. They will want chefs, bar & ski hosts, and chalet hosts with EU passports or the right to work already in place.

* Recruitment usually begins in earnest in June, but VIP Ski’s recruitment team returns to the UK a month earlier to start sifting through the hundreds of CVs received for jobs in one of their 40 properties across Avoriaz, Morzine, Les Gets, Les Arcs and Val d’Isere.

* At Canterbury Travel, they call their reps Arctic Stars, and husky mushing, reindeer rides, and tobogganing are part of the job spec for their rangers in Finland. They hire general assistants to serve meals, and have character roles - including Speedy Sam, Noisy Nod, Tricky Dicky, Snowy Bowy and Wendy Wood - where you will be expected to speak in an authentic elf accent and be responsible for intertwining games, songs and dances into magical tours. Other responsibilities include collecting, organising and distributing presents, mini snowmobile supervision and tobogganing.

* Hunter Chalets & Apartments is active in Morzine and Les Gets. Their ski season positions usually go live in May.

* Le Ski should have a number of different job titles to hand out to successful applicants heading to their chalets in Val d’Isere, Courchevel 1650 and La Tania. They say that they accept applications from British passport holders and will help you get the visa you require. Their recruitment officially opened last year in June.

* Applicants aged under 22 are unlikely to have sufficient experience to join the Snow Retreat team in La Tania.

* Hip Hideouts is a small owner run luxury ski chalet company located exclusively in Val d’Isère. They say they have one of the most highly qualified teams in the Alps. They are a member of SBiT, whose members are seasonal outbound travel businesses that employ UK citizens to work in Europe for winter or summer seasons.

* Skiworld’s ski season jobs are in snow sure resorts, and they will want teams in Alpe d’Huez, Courchevel, La Plagne, Les Arcs, Les Deux Alpes, Meribel, Meribel Mottaret, St Anton, Tignes, Val d’Isere and Val Thorens. At the time of writing, they were taking registrations of interest for when ski season recruitment opens in spring. We gave them our email address and were spammed with unwanted holiday offers. Applications are now open.

* TG Ski’s teams for their chalets in Morzine and Meribel are made up of hosts, drivers, chefs and managers.

* Snowbizz is a family ski holiday specialist. They will be hiring junior kids reps and ski nannies in Puy St Vincent, France.

* The long established family run Snowcoach operates the Hotel l’Aigle in Valmeinier in the French Alps. They are already listing their winter 2026/27 requirements.

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* Select School Travel will look for enthusiastic, resourceful and professional peak season reps who will be focused on ensuring that their school groups will experience the best ski holiday ever, both on and off the slopes. In Europe, their school trips venture to France, Austria, Italy, Andorra and Norway.

* Sooner or later, Interski, which delivers school ski trips and snowsports holidays in Italy’s Aosta Valley, will be looking for instructors and staff to join their resort team for the upcoming winter season. A few roles may be open for UK passport holders.

* Total Chalets will have a small number of vacancies for couples or pairs of friends to join their chalet team in Bansko, Bulgaria. Cooking is an important part of the role, but it is not essential to be a professional chef to work here.

* Alpine Resort Nannies were already going again by this time last year, looking for warm and friendly professional nannies. Cheery dispositions, eagerness for creating and planning exciting activities, flexibility around the family’s needs and overall energy to enjoy an unforgettable winter ski season are a must have here. As are a minimum of two years’ consolidated experience in a professional childcare capacity within the past five years and the right to work in France.

* The last ski resort in the French and Austrian Alps where Merinannies are based will soon close for this season, but it won’t be long until they start hiring nannies for the next.

* Chilly Powder say they begin their recruitment process nice and early for chalet hosts, chefs, room assistants and nannies hoping to work in Morzine-Avoriaz. British passport holders will need to be prepared to go through the process of obtaining a French working visa.

* Alpine Culture recruit passionate, ski driven hospitality professionals for their luxury chalets in Tignes and Val d’Isère.

* If you have snow running through your veins, are flexible, love being part of a high performing team, have previous hospitality experience, are over 21, and hold a UK or EU passport, Ski Verbier Exclusive would love to talk with you when applications open in May.

* Reach4TheAlps is active in Morzine and Les Gets. When we last looked, they still had their summer vacancies listed, but in past winter seasons they’ve filled chalet host, driver and resort crew positions with couples and singles.

* Another Morzine option is Elevation Alps. Most of their guests speak English, but they also have French, Dutch and German speaking guests too. They say to their prospective employees you will find a welcoming and understanding environment if English is not your first language, but you want to improve.

* Northstar Chalets looks for couples or friends to run their catered chalets in Morzine. They may help UK applicants with visa applications.

* In previous seasons, we’ve seen Ski Weekender advertising their ski jobs in April. They offer fully catered short break ski holidays in the resorts of Le Grand Bornand/ La Clusaz in the Aravis and other resorts in the Northern French Alps.

* Kaluma, an owner managed, ski chalet operator working in St Anton am Arlberg and Courchevel 1850, hires chefs, chalet hosts, a kitchen assistant, drivers and a resort manager. They seem to start hiring a little later than other employers, around June or July.

Four staff work in each of Altitude Luxe’s chalets in Courchevel and Méribel.

* In one of our recent Extra issues for our paid subscribers, we said we hadn’t yet seen Jelly and Ice Cream recruiting nannies for work in the French Alps next winter season. When we still accepted job advertisements, rather than grubbing around for them in the snow as we are now, they usually advertised around this time of year.

* Alpine Child Care act as an introductory agent connecting self employed nannies with families looking for child care for their ski holidays. Nannies receive 24 Euros per hour for the jobs they are chosen for.

* Life in the mountains in winter is an unforgettable experience that will shape your career, whether you aspire to continue in hospitality or become a city banker, says Alpine Elements.

* Hotel Christiania, in Les Gets, is continually on the search for enthusiastic, hard working and flexible staff for their winter season. If you have some hospitality experience, whether in the kitchen, front of house or in housekeeping, then they would love to hear from you. British applicants passing their Zoom interview will be assisted with getting a French work visa, provided they cover the cost of the process.

* Cold Fusion Chalets can be found in several resorts in France, where they encourage their staff to take the time with their guests, sharing stories and experiences with them over a glass of wine or on a chairlift.

* Housekeepers, reps and drivers are the main roles with Go Montgenevre, based near the Italian border. They will respond to applicants to offer interviews after the summer season ends.

* Skiidy Gonzales has already put up information for drivers wanting to experience driving in snowy and icy conditions up and down mountain roads to and from Geneva airport.

* Spoken French is desirable, and excellent customer service skills are essential when driving for Mountain Drop-offs. They provide an airport and in-valley transfer service in Chamonix and the surrounding areas.

* Getaway Vans will have winter driving and admin positions. Drivers should be over 25 years of age and have at least two years of professional driving experience.

Driving for Ben’s Bus in the French Alps will suit people with work visas and accommodation already in place who are looking for a part time or weekend job for a bit of extra cash.

* Alpybus drivers serve resorts in the French Alps and across the Swiss border. Don’t bother trying to apply through their recruitment page. The links and other aspects of it are quite out of date, but other contact details are given on their website.

* It was only a month ago that Treeline Chalets were recruiting for their summer team in Morzine, and we would not expect them to have any information for winter quite yet. Try here again in June or July.

* Jack and Jill Holidays look for mature candidates with a bit of life experience for chalet host and transfer driver roles in Morzine.

* Recruitment for F&P Travel’s winter season opened by June last year. They will look for talented chefs, chalet hosts, drivers, and managers to join them in Meribel. They welcome applications from both UK and EU passport holders.

* More Mountain will need staff to fill positions for chalet host couples, apartment assistants, and resort team supervisors in Morzine.

* Sooner or later, Atlas Ski Co will pop online and remove “All 2025/25 positions filled” from their chalet host and chef job descriptions.

* Delicious Mountain is now recruiting for 2026/27, already listing their chalet job vacancies in Meribel.

* For some odd reason, Neilson’s winter vacancies in the mountains of France, Italy, and Andorra have never appeared in JAB. Three years ago, in May, we saidthey were readying their website and taking registrations of interest in anticipation that their vacancies in management, hospitality, kitchen, guiding and childcare positions would go live. Perhaps they did, and they will do so again this year.

* Scott Dunn is another business whose winter vacancies have never featured in JAB. Scott and JAB seem to have drifted apart since we used to walk past their office in a terraced house at the end of our street in Tooting Bec, London, when JAB was young and still had dreams. They say their main recruitment period for winter positions is from May until November.

* A large amount of their staff return year after year, says owner run Consensio Chalets. Their properties in Val d’Isère, Méribel and Courchevel need chalet hosts and managers, chefs, chauffeurs, housekeepers and resort assistants.

* Bramble Ski operates catered and self catered luxury chalets in Switzerland, Austria and France.

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* Meribel’s Le Rond Point, aka The Ronnie, should be closed for the summer by the time we send out this issue. If they follow the pattern of previous seasons, they will put up a pop up message saying they are recruiting for the winter and ask us to answer five questions to apply for their manager level, front of house, floor staff, chef, kitchen porter, housekeeping and night porter roles. In the same resort, and part of the same group, are La Taverne, The Brewer’s Den, and Sullys.

* One of the better reviews of the Doron Pub, a lively venue in Meribel centre, says the place smells like sick. They are part of the Mountain Trading Company, a selection of bars across France and Austria, including Scotts, in the same resort, Moris Pub, in Val d’Isere, not one, but two Scottys, in La Plagne and St. Anton, and La Terrasse, in Chamonix.

* La Folie Douce is one of Europe’s most famous après-ski bars in Europe. Represented in resorts including Val d’Isere, Val Thorens, Meribel, St Gervais-Megeve and Alpe d’Huez, they take on numerous staff including cashiers, kitchen assistants, admin staff, security, writers, dancers and DJs. Select a destination, then scroll to ‘Useful Tips’ near the bottom, and some of these pages will have links to employment information. Val d’Isere’s is very stylish.

* On the website of Verbier’s Pub Mont Fort, scroll down to find a link to download an employment application form. Questions to be answered include your favourite pizza and funeral song choice. The form is in English, and among the latest (mostly decent) reviews is a complaint that none of the staff speaks French.

* There isn’t an employment page on the website of Chalet Etoile, a historic restaurant in Cervinia, Italy, but they do sometimes use their social media to search for staff. The most recent one we found dates to July last year, looking for wait and service staff.

* Alpine Escape’s chalets are found in the Courchevel resorts of the Three Valleys. They hire chefs, hosts and drivers.

* White Horizon is an option for chalet couples looking to work in Tignes.

* Alp Leisure’s chalets in Courchevel and Meribel need motivated, exceptional people to join their seasonal team to provide excellent levels of service for their guests. Their seasonal roles are for chalet managers, hosts, chefs, chauffeurs and a maintenance team.

* Tignes is where Mark Warner receives their winter holidaymakers and staff. They employ both EU and UK staff across hospitality, kitchen roles and childcare.

* Retail staff, admin, and boot fitters are some of the roles to be had with Tignes Spirit, a snowboard and ski equipment delivery business with fingers in other pies.

* Present in 16 resorts in the Alps, Oxygene hires qualified ski instructors and will support partly qualified ski instructors to the end of their ski instructor qualification by offering a free instructor uniform and lift pass, an attractive rate of pay, a guarantee of 300 hours of teaching and fair distribution of lessons.

* New Generation is an international ski and snowboard school that operates in France, Switzerland, and Austria. They have a careers page for ski instructors, and also offer work and train scholarships.

* We semi loathe the sprawling TUI careers website, but jobs for ski reps, childcare and in admin with their Crystal Ski brand will appear there sooner or later.

* Greycoat Lumleys has a Ski and Yacht department, usually making their placements to private chalets.

* Silver Swan Recruitment sources domestic staff for private chalets.

* Don’t be flippant when considering working a winter, says Mountain Rooms and Chalets. They specialise in Val d’Isere only.

* Emma Tyndall, the owner of Simmering Shots, hires shot girls in the winter for Val Thorens and Chamonix. Come on, Ian - we’ve talked about this.

* Stanford Skiing should have a few vacancies coming up in their chalets in Megeve.

* Flexiski’s European destinations are Italy, Austria, Switzerland and Norway, but it is in France where they say they offer a whole host of roles across their chalets each winter. Seeing as they say to check back in May 2025, we’ll have to take their word for it.

* When we looked, Sugarella Cooks & Staff Agency had filled all of the small number of vacancies listed on their jobs page, but they do sometimes place staff in homes in the Alps.

* Premier Neige is still referencing the 2024/5 winter season on its jobs page. When we looked in on them in April, aka their distant future, the Sainte Foy ski holiday specialist was taking bookings for next season when we’d expect them to need skilled maintenance personnel, housekeepers, drivers, chalet hosts and a concierge person.

* Spend the winter in the Austrian Alps tutoring Britain’s budding skiing professionals. Ambition Racing’s teacher position plays a vital role within the ski team. Athletes as young as eight years old join the academy for various weeks throughout the autumn and winter, studying each afternoon after a morning’s skiing coaching. They also accept applications from a variety of other professionals in other areas: coaching, pastoral, physiotherapy and media.

* Evolution 2 guarantees their instructors at least 400 hours in mid-altitude resorts, and up to 600 hours in high altitude locations.

* Chalet Chardons will consider applicants up to two years in advance for their winter skiing and snowboarding jobs in Tignes, sifting through hundreds of applications each year to fill 35 to 40 jobs for their perfect team.

* Do you find it hard to walk past a crooked picture without straightening it? If the answer is yes, Chalet La Fenice say you should talk to them about vacancies in their historic, reconstructed building below the Matterhorn and overlooking the Italian ski resort of Cervinia.

* Every year, Kate and Graeme look for a couple, one a trained chef, to join their Sempre Ski team running their chalet in Bardonecchia.

* If you have snow running through your veins, are flexible, love being part of a high performing team, have previous hospitality experience, are over 21, and hold a UK or EU passport, Ski Verbier Exclusive would love to talk with you about working in the mountains from December until April. You do not need to speak French, but they say it always helps around the resort.

* Along with their usual language camp offerings, Les Elfes International run school ski trips and ski and snowboard winter camps in the Swiss mountains. Multi lingual ski instructors with previous experience working with children in skiing or other fields are hired, as are snowboard instructors. Camps will also have the usual complement of camp counsellors, kitchen staff, nurses, night guards, cleaning staff, etc.

* Ski/snowboard counsellor positions will be available with Viamonde for their winter outdoor education programmes in Switzerland, aimed at students from international schools. Additionally, they want healthcare counsellors and support staff. Flags are used to show which nationalities they can accept. Along with the usual suspects, the USA, UK, Australia and New Zealand are represented for programme but not support positions.

* Lovell Camps is an international sports and education Camp in Gstaad, founded in 1973 for boys and girls of all nationalities. They began their winter camp in 2012 and hire English speaking counsellors and ski and snowboard instructors.

* Zermatt Ski Chalets will be hiring chalet hosts, chefs and managers for the coming winter season. It’s EU passports only here.

* Snow loving wait staff, chefs, receptionists, breakfast hosts and bar tenders can each find a place in Switzerland’s Ski Lodge Engelberg. Most positions require German and English.

* Ski Armadillo is an independent company doing business in Meribel and Verbier. Chalet host and chalet chef are the roles usually offered here.

* On their jobs page, Simply Val d’Isere - a specialist travel and accommodation agent - simply says they have no vacancies this winter, but we realised things are not that simple, as their social media is quite helpful. There, they recently shared a notice that Progression Ski & Snowboard School is hiring instructors for the 26/27 season, and Snowberry is hiring for their bootfitting and ski repair shop.

* Recent chalet hosts and chefs working for Elysian Collection in Zermatt came from South Africa, Portugal, Ireland and Australia.

* Fill out their form if you are interested in joining Massage 1936’s team of professional massage therapists in Verbier.

* As we write, Explore the North’s work with us page is in full no vacancies at the moment mode, but when this changes details will be provided for landing one of the 160 seasonal jobs and 55 permanent ones across their eight lodges across Swedish Lapland. These include husky handling and guiding dog sledding tours.

* If you would love to work in a stylish hotel made of logs that floats during summer, freezes into the ice in winter, this place in the middle of northern Sweden is made for you.

* They undertake all kinds of cleaning, snow shovelling and lawn mowing at BäSTäd AB. Around this time last year, they posted this ad to their social media for English speaking EU nationals to work as cleaners in Sälen ski resort in Sweden.

* Niehku Mountain Villa in Riksgränsen, Swedish Lapland, hires waiters, chefs, and housekeeping. Their winter season began in January this year. Their wine cellar began life as a railway greasing pit on the iron ore route between Kiruna and Narvik.

* Last year, Luleå Travel strengthen their team from November to April with nature Guides to take care of the international tourists visiting Swedish Lapland, the Northern parts of Norway and Finland. If there are no vacancies listed on their work with us page, you can always send in a spontaneous job application.

* Santa Claus Holiday Village in Rovaniemi specialises in spreading the magic of Christmas every day of the year. On their careers website, they say that they constantly look for enthusiastic and skilled tourism and customer service specialists, especially for the winter season.

* Multiple seasonal positions are available for the winter season with Kaamos Lodge in Aavasaksa, Finland.

* Located in Swedish Lapland, Långforsen is a small scale nature resort. In winter, they hire culinary talent, wait staff and a winter season guide.

* Situated outside Luleå by the coast of Arctic Sweden, The Brändön Lodge’s jobs page is a couple of seasons out of date, but more recently we have seen them looking for outdoor guides, restaurant and cleaning staff. They also hire chefs.

Denmark’s largest ski travel agency, Nortlander hires destination guides and hotel staff. They are present in many resorts across France, Austria, Switzerland and Italy.

* We’ve seen Skischule Salober-Schröcken hiring before in October and the end of March. Ski and snowboard instructors and childcarers are the roles here. Their job page is in English, but they do ask for a good knowledge of German too.

* Motivated, German speaking and enthusiastic ski instructors are hired in Austria, in Alberschwende and in Schwarzenberg, by Skischule Schwarzenberg.

* German speakers can apply to work as ski and snowboard instructors with Ski School Brunner in Lachtal, Austria. We have also seen them hiring (in English) in the past via third party websites for bar staff.

* Instructors and childcare staff are hired at Tuxertal Ski School in Hintertux, Austria. Applications must be made in German.

* Skischule Warth hires ski instructors, snowboard instructors, and childcare workers.

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The following do not have employment pages, but we have seen them recruiting in the past for winter staff:

* Alptitude Chalets sometimes advertises positions in Morzine related Facebook groups and websites.

* Changeover staff, maintenance folk and drivers in Morzine are among the staff we’ve seen Snow and Trek advertising for.

* Host Savoie removed the join us page from their website some time ago, but they still look for staff. This ad, posted last year, will give an insight into their needs.

* Ski Hame operate catered chalets in Meribel and La Tania. They also have a transfer business. They do not have an employment page, but membership of SbiT indicates a willingness to employ Brits. They sometimes hire through the Jobs in the 3 Valleys Facebook group.

* The lively sports bar with gastropub food, Le Local Morzine is usually spotted recruiting chefs, wait staff and kitchen assistants for the summer, but we have seen them hiring for the winter too. They say that for the right people, they can handle work visas and permits for UK passport holders.

* Pub Le Ski Lodge and La Taiga, both in La Tania, have a connection, presumably the same owners. We certainly see them using the same email - takemeontim@gmail.com - when advertising front of house or kitchen positions in Facebook groups.

* On their home page, The Ski Company is pondering things to consider for winter 2027. Their jobs page simply said coming soon when we looked. It said the same in 2023.

* Saloon Group operate several venues across the bar street in Val Thorens. They don’t have an employment page, but email addresses and links to their social media, where vacancies are sometimes posted, can be found here. In previous years, they’ve held interviews in Denmark, Sweden, Portugal and Ireland.

* We have only seen this hotel and bar in the French Pyrenees hiring French speaking staff for the summer, but it’s in the mountains, they describe themselves as close to two ski resorts, and they offer ski packages, so we’d expect them to need people for the winter.

* Aside from offering their child care services to holidaying parents in Meribel and Courchevel, Meribel Nanny Services makes no mention of employing nannies on their website. Where we have seen them advertising for ski resort nannies, they’ve said they expect applicants to have two or three years of experience in a childcare setting or private home, plus an EU passport.

* Not all of the Méribel & Courchevel Nanny Services team can return for the next season, so they are recruiting some new faces for winter 2026/27.

* Alpine Fleet hires resort dispatchers to be based around the French Alps. We would assume they take on drivers, too.

* Mountain Express says an unusually large number of their drivers return each winter, which is perhaps why they don’t have any information for potential new drivers on their website. They also say new drivers joining them are carefully selected for their friendly, courteous and professional approach, and, as part of their selection process, they must pass a driving assessment carried out by a military trained diplomatic chauffeur and driving instructor, and they are all trained in advanced Alpine Driving techniques. More is revealed in this advert, which they placed a month or so ago.

* When Snowbound Transfers need new drivers, they put a call out in the Jobs in the 3 Valleys Facebook group. Here’s one from last year.

* While they don’t have a jobs page, chalet jobs in Morzine, Les Gets, and Portes du Soleil may be found with Rush Adventures.

* Ski Cuisine, a small independent in Meribel, has abandoned its employment and opportunities page, but we did see them trying to hire a chef midway through last season.

* Supreme Ski School offer a wide range of ski lessons in some of the most popular ski resorts in France and Switzerland. They are already hiring ski instructors.

* Enthusiastic ski instructors can join Swedish Ski School in Sierra Nevada, Spain. A high level of English and an EU passport or work permit are required. Knowledge of Swedish would be a plus. There isn’t employment information on their website, but some info and an email address can be gleaned from this post from last September on their Instagram.

* Hucksters Ski Holidays removed their job vacancies page sometime in 2023, but it never said much more than recruitment for the next season will start in April. Drop by after April, and it would still say the same. In theory, they need chalet hosts, maintenance/drivers and chalet cooks to service their holidays in three resorts in Italy and France.

* If you are hardworking, conscientious, with an eye for detail and hold the right to work in France, they might have you at Soap Box, a laundry in Meribel.

* We mentioned Simmering Shots in JAB recently. They provide bars and nightclubs with shot sellers. Right now, these will be heading to Ibiza, but come winter, they work in the French Alps.

* Alpine Shine’s website isn’t a great deal of help to mountain job seekers, so scroll down a little on their Facebook profile to find ads from last year looking for cleaning assistants to join them in Méribel.

⭐️Petting Zoo Tour Guide

NEW ZEALAND > Go Tekapo is looking for an animal loving person to join their winter team and run guided tours through their farmyard petting zoo. You’ll be responsible for the care of all the animals and managing guest interactions with them. They also want a stargazing tour guide.

⭐️Teach On The Silk Road

TAJIKISTAN > Our first ever vacancy in Tajikistan is for preschool teachers to join a growing early years team in Khujand * consults Wikipedia *, the second largest city of Tajikistan and the capital of its northernmost Sughd province, and one of the oldest cities in Central Asia, dating back about 2,500 years to the Persian Empire.

⭐️Educators Wanted For A Holistic, Community Based Space For Worldschooling Families

SRI LANKA > Elements is not a school, and these are not conventional teaching roles.

⭐️Windsurfing/Wingfoiling Job In Kos

GREECE > Big Blue Surf Center is looking to expand its team for the 2026 summer season and is in need of windsurfers/wingfoilers. Free accommodation is available.

⭐️Surf Instructors

SPAIN > Blue Surf Camp is looking for qualified and experienced surf instructors to join them in Fuerteventura.

⭐️Led By Water Donkeys

CROATIA > Water Donkey, a watersports school in Viganj on the Pelješac Peninsula, one of the windiest and most iconic spots on the Adriatic, is calling out for a motivated, easy going wingfoil instructor to join their international team for summer 2026. German is a big advantage here.

⭐️Windsurf And Catamaran Instructor Wanted In Southern Spain

SPAIN > Windsurf La Herradura is looking for passionate and motivated watersports instructors to join their team in southern Spain.

⭐️Daily Care At A Bird Rescue Sanctuary In Prachuap Khirikhan

THAILAND > A small bird rescue sanctuary in Thailand, caring for around 50 rescued birds, including parrots, doves and mynas, looks for reliable, responsible people who understand commitment. Workaway members can contact them via the platform, but they also have a Facebook page.

     | Aviary in Prachuap Khirikhan |

⭐️All Rounder Round Up

AUSTRALIA > 156km east of Perth, a tourist and local hot spot, the Cunderdin Pub is looking for a bubbly all rounder. Just up the road/900km north of Perth, the Carnarvon Hotel needs someone both able to cope with a lot on their plate, and carry three of them at a time. And, in a busy roadhouse/motel on the Nullarbor, someone new will soon be making coffees, serving customers fuel and food, and cleaning and stocking the store.

⭐️Couple Needed For Outback Store

AUSTRALIA > 268 km northeast of Alice Springs, the vital hub for nearby communities that is the store in Red Gum is ideally seeking a couple with a 4WD, some practical DIY skills, and the resilience to enjoy life in a remote setting. Your remuneration package includes groceries and accommodation.

⭐️Park Maintenance Worker Needed

AUSTRALIA > Looking to tick off your 88 days while experiencing the real Australian outback? Coolgardie Caravan Park is hiring a reliable and hardworking maintenance worker (private group). Accommodation is provided.

⭐️Summer In The Mountains Of Norway

NORWAY > Volunteers are wanted to join a non profit family hostel near Pulpit Rock from June to August. EU nationals only.

⭐️Hostel Volunteering In Sofia

BULGARIA > Volunteers have for many years been a fixture at Hostel N1 in Sofia.·They are looking for more to exchange five hours per day, five days a week for a bed in a dedicated staff room and groceries provided for meals. Other perks include joining guest trips and tours across Bulgaria for free, and a structured hospitality training programme.

⭐️Awesome English Teacher Wanted In Kuala Lumpur

MALAYSIA > A minimum of three years of experience teaching English as a second language will open the Awesome Academy doors to a native speaking English teacher.

⭐️NES Conversation Teachers Wanted For Kids In Korat

THAILAND > AnnyTalk Kids, described as Nakhon Ratchasima’s most respected English conversation school for young learners, offers full time teaching opportunities for fun, professional teachers who enjoy working with children.

⭐️Dancers, Singers, And Entertainers Wanted

SPAIN, GREECE & CYPRUS > If you love being on stage, working with international guests, and living by the sea under the Mediterranean sun - this is your chance. Palmera Entertainment is recruiting talented performers for the 2026 summer season in resorts across the Greek Islands, Cyprus and Spain.

⭐️Poo Picking With A View

ROMANIA > Monica’s Private Shelter had several cancellations last month - some of them very last minute - and could do with more volunteers for May, June and July at their dog shelter in the middle of the Carpathian mountains. They emphasise that this is not a holiday. Think less “spa retreat” and more “poo picking with a view.”

     | Monica’s Private Shelter |

⭐️Jesus Loves Festivals

UK > Jesus might not want you for a sunbeam, but he may well be happy to have you as a festival angel. Festival Angels are volunteer teams who work at several music festivals across the UK over the summer months. They work in areas such as prayer cafes, detached teams, safe place hubs and lost property. Festival Angels is a Christian organisation that believes that Jesus Loves Festivals!

⭐️Summer Camps In Warsaw

POLAND > We couldn’t find any jobs pages amongst the summer camps coming up this year that are listed on Kids in the City, most with websites, phone numbers and email addresses given, but many do seem to promise parents a stock of native English speakers available to their sprogs. A well timed CV might open up some opportunities for working in Poland.

⭐️Unseen Tours Of London

UK > We liked this share of a note by Jennie Blythe, who shadowed five tour guides on their routes around London. Unseen Tours trains people with experience of homelessness and is always looking for new tour guides who would be interested in creating new walking tours in London. Those of us lucky enough not to have experienced homelessness can be useful in three volunteer roles: with tour guiding training and advice, with social media, and as a photographer/videographer volunteer.

⭐️TEEP 2026 International Internship

TAIWAN > The Department of Veterinary Medicine at National Pingtung University of Science and Technology (Taiwan) is welcoming applications from students around the world for the TEEP 2026 Internship Programme (private group). Providing hands on experience in wildlife research and laboratory work, the programme is open to senior undergraduate or graduate students with a background in biology, veterinary medicine, engineering, AI, or related fields. NTD 15,000 (approx £350) per month living expenses, plus accommodation and research costs are covered.

⭐️Proactive Nanny Wanted For Four Month Travel Contract

USA & EUROPE > A travel loving family is seeking a warm, collaborative, and emotionally intelligent nanny to support their children throughout a four month US based stay filled with international travel. Applicants must be legally able to work in the USA.

⭐️Kakī Recovery Seasonal Field Ranger

NEW ZEALAND > Join the kakī recovery team in a hands on, full time seasonal ranger role based in Twizel. From late July to mid December 2026, the successful applicant will work directly towards kakī conservation, assisting in several aspects of wild kakī management, including supporting the annual kakī releases, locating wild pairs and nests, collecting eggs for captive incubation, and contributing to the recovery of one of New Zealand’s most endangered birds. A valid work visa that covers the whole period of employment is required. Apply by May 5.

⭐️Go To Some Of The UK’s Best Festivals For Free, Without Missing Any Of The Festival

UK > Jolly Green Sherpas is a festival luggage service for campers when they arrive. For volunteers, this means most of the work for their ticket is out of the way before the festival gets going. Around 16 to 20 hours of volunteering earns a full weekend festival pass with camping. This year, they’ll be at Download, Boardmasters, Creamfields and other festivals around the UK.

     | Jolly Green Sherpas |

⭐️Someone Who Knows Their Way Around Photoshop And Lightroom

SPAIN > EyeStunning do this. They want this. They are in Tenerife.

⭐️Marquee Installation Help

NEW ZEALAND > Six very strong people who can lift 25kg on their own are needed for installing a marquee on May 14 and 15, and dismantling it on May 18 and 19 at Addington Raceway in Christchurch.

⭐️Make The Potato Grade

NEW ZEALAND > Potato graders are needed in Methven. No previous experience is required. Start ASAP. Applicants must not be allergic to dust.

⭐️Application Deadline Approaches For Race Across The World

WORLDWIDE > The application deadline for the BBC’s Race Across The World has been extended until May 8. Teams of two, both legally resident in the UK, can apply to take part, with filming currently anticipated to be from September to December 2026.

⭐️Applications For Big Brother 2026 Are Open

UK > Big Brother want to hear from the UK’s most interesting, funny and stand out characters from all walks of life.

⭐️A Better King In The North

CANADA > Via Nomadico, we read that millions of Americans are now eligible for Canadian citizenship, and many are applying ‘just in case’.

⭐️Triathlon Supporting Artists Needed In Tenby

UK > Super fit individuals - especially those who run marathons, or compete in triathlons - are needed to run onto the sea in south Wales. Open water swimming experience and owning your own wetsuit are huge bonuses.

⭐️£10,000 Worth Of Paid Shadowing On A BBC Comedy Production

UK > The BBC Comedy Collective is a supercharged bursary scheme supporting ten emerging writers, producers, directors and editors from across the UK who want to build a career in scripted comedy. Anyone 18 or over and based in the UK or the Republic of Ireland can apply until May 6.

⭐️Drunks Wanted

UK & USA > Passers by, mourners, asylum seekers, and drunks are among the calls for supporting artists on the Alessi Hartigan Casting job board.

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⭐️English Cool Camps

ROMANIA > The Educational Centre Forever Young in Bacau, Romania, is looking for young native English speakers to become English trainers at kids’ summer camps. Full board accommodation and meals throughout the camp and trips in Romania, travel costs up to €400, and €150 weekly pocket money are offered in return. Apply by May 1.

⭐️Kids Club Assistant

GREECE > Scott Dunn is advertising a kids club assistant position for someone with a “nothing is too much trouble” attitude.

⭐️SafetyWing’s Creator Residency

WORLDWIDE > April 30 is the deadline to apply to SafetyWing and be the chosen creator whose travel expenses up to $20,000 they’ll cover to investigate the next wave of digital nomad destinations.

⭐️Casa Guatemala

GUATEMALA > Funded by their Hotel Backpackers, restaurant and volunteer contributions, Casa Guatemala runs several projects for the benefit of local children in El Relleno. Short term volunteering here is quite expensive, but those able to commit three to six months on their sustainable farm only have to make a one off US$300 donation. A stipend is paid for coordinator positions.

⭐️Physiotherapists And Other Volunteers Needed In La Paz

BOLIVIA > We’ve said before that Funprobo is always looking for motivated volunteers to help with their goal of providing prosthetics to low income Bolivians, and nothing has changed except that more prosthetics have been built from scratch in their workshops, and the local economy has benefited from materials sourced locally. Whether you are a physiotherapist and like to work with patients, would prefer manufacturing the prostheses in their workshop or like to work with computers, they are always looking for help at their clinic in La Paz. If you don’t fit any of these roles, get in touch anyway.

⭐️Paid Seasonal Work In Sarande

ALBANIA > Bote Farms has two paid seasonal positions available. One is a hotel position, the other is for someone who enjoys working on multiple projects: filling in in the hotel, working with animals, assisting on the land and trails, maintaining an eco pool, spending time in the kitchen or working with tools. All jobs included accommodation in a mixed gender bunk house.

⭐️Summer Adventure Above The Arctic Circle

NORWAY > A skilled mechanic is needed for two or three weeks in July and August to help get a bus back in top shape in Tromsø. Meals and accommodation for the duration of your stay, plus round trip airfare, are the enticements.

⭐️Sea Turtle Field Leaders

GREECE > Although the application process kicked off in early December, the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece still urgently needs volunteer field leaders for their 2026 projects in Zakynthos, Kyparissia and Lakonikos.

Field Leaders are not entitled to a salary, but they receive benefits such as accommodation and coverage of basic subsistence expenses, such as food. Applicants must be over 20 years old, have a car driving license, be fluent in English, and be ready to spend from three to six months on the site, depending on the project.

     | ΑΡΧΕΛΩΝ-Archelon, the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece |

⭐️Nao Now There’s No Limit

REMOTE > Nao Now is seeking enthusiastic and engaging online native English teachers to deliver 1-on-1 virtual lessons to students aged five to 12.

⭐️Help With Natural Building

THAILAND > November T Farm in Phetchabun province needs a hand working under the sunshine of Thailand with natural building.

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⭐️Summer Rockz

SPAIN > Summer Rockz, who say they are our #1 party holiday fixers, are back, and they are spicier than ever. They dropped by our Facebook group to hoover up event sellers, sales reps, customer servicers, social media marketers, content creators, entertainers, VIP hosts, and dancers.

⭐️Finished Your Winter Season? Head To Sunny Beach

BULGARIA > Do you want to work in a team of young people from all over the world while partying every night? Valhalla Nightclub is trying to lure bartenders over to Sunny Beach. They’re saying all you have to do is book your flight, and they will take care of the rest. More jobs - promoter or ticket seller, photographer, and videographer - are given on their jobs page.

⭐️Group Leaders

WORLDWIDE > Intro Travel is billing their group leader role advertised on Season Workers as an ideal job for backpackers.

⭐️Help Out At An Ayahuasca Retreat In The Amazon

PERU > Inti Eco Lodge is an ayahuasca retreat four hours from Iquitos (two by road and two hours by private boat). They take on volunteers year round to help with things like permaculture gardening and agroforestry, lodge maintenance and upkeep, and cooking vegetarian community meals. They occasionally post details of volunteering with them on their social media, including the fact that dormitory accommodation is provided, but they request €6 per day to cover meals.

⭐️Work At International Camp Sancelso

ITALY > The International Camp Sancelso runs from June 21 to August 8 this year in Castione della Presolana. The counsellors at the English language summer camps for children and teens are native English speakers, plus foreigners and Italians with Celta, IELTS, TOEFL or similar certifications.

⭐️Volunteer Life Guards Wanted

COSTA RICA > If you’re a certified lifeguard - regardless of nationality - fluent in English and interested in volunteer work, Santa Teresa Lifeguards offer accommodation, meals, and ongoing training in exchange for your participation as a lifeguard on the beach and during international tournaments such as the WSL, ISA, and ALAS. They began in 2015, when a group of foreign lifeguards organised to patrol the beach during high tourist seasons after three drowning deaths locally.

⭐️Salsa, TEFL And Accommodation In Ibague

COLOMBIA > Once upon a time, fluent English speakers able to stay at least one month were able to rock up to Connections English Institute, in Ibague, and get free accommodation and a meal each day in exchange for teaching conversational classes in English. A free Spanish class was also offered.

In 2026, changes have been made. Their programme is no longer just volunteering. It is now billed as a complete cultural and educational exchange that blends teaching, travel, language learning, and professional training.

They spell out all the details of their volunteer programme on their website, including that there is a US$295 fee for the first four weeks and $75 for each additional week. Along with the accommodation, a meal, and Spanish lessons, this fee now brings a mini TEFL course, airport pick up, salsa and tropical music lessons.

⭐️More Monkey Bridge Building

COSTA RICA > Constructing and funding monkey bridges - the US$300 volunteer fee each month here is the same as the cost to build one - is one of the tasks assigned to volunteers that pitch in at the Sibu Wildlife Sanctuary. Their efforts are focused on golden mantled howler monkeys, including helping them to negotiate the forest canopy in a rapidly developing area without getting electrocuted. Accommodation onsite and basic food are provided to mature, hardworking, and flexible fast learners, preferably aged 25+, and able to stay three months.

     | Sibu Wildlife Sanctuary |

⭐️Work For Weirdos Instead Of Seeing The Same People Every Day

AUSTRALIA > The weirdos (their words) at Backpackers @ 1770 in Agnes Water, Queensland, are asking if we are tired of seeing the same people every day? Sick of paying rent to live in a lonely flat all by ourselves? Are we yearning for days at the beach, nights at the Tav, and mornings doing a mere two hours of assorted housekeeping? If yes, they have the answer. Go work for them in exchange for free accommodation.

⭐️Volunteer Opportunity At Val’s Place In Paphos

CYPRUS > Val’s Place is helping to put on an Om & Bass Festival in May, and an Ecstatic Dance Festival in September/October. They are looking for enthusiastic and reliable volunteers to support them in kitchen help, bar assistance, cleaning and maintenance, helping to bring these events to life.

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⭐️Flotilla Host

GREECE > Spend the summer on the water with Sunsail in beautiful Lefkas. As a flotilla host, you’ll play a key role in creating unforgettable sailing holidays while supporting guests throughout their flotilla adventure.

⭐️Cultural Language Camp Jobs

CROATIA & SLOVAKIA > Native English speakers, aged 22 to 32 with ants in their pants, are wanted to work in one or both of International Village Project’s upcoming cultural language camps. These will be held in Croatia in April and May and in Slovakia in June. It’s paid, and plane tickets, board and lodging during the camp are covered.

⭐️Sub-Antarctic Island Museum Jobs

SOUTH GEORGIA > Adverts for next season’s roles at the South Georgia Museum are now live. They are recruiting for three operations assistants to join them from October 2026 to March 2027, and for an on-island operations manager. Applications close on April 13 and 20, respectively. Working on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia, you’ll welcome over 15,000 visitors to one of the most remote museums in the world.

⭐️GET Volunteer Teachers On Peace Boat

AT SEA > The GET language school onboard Peace Boat is looking for experienced English or Spanish volunteer language teachers to join them on their around the world cruises. They are accepting applications for the next one, their 124th Global Voyage, until April 17.

This departs on August 21 and returns to Yokohama, Japan, on December 6. From Dubrovnik and Kotor in the shimmering Adriatic Sea, to the ancient ruins of Egypt, Peru, and Easter Island, this cruise visits a variety of popular destinations. A highlight will be the chances to view the Aurora right from the ship.

Peace Boat is an international NGO building a culture of peace by connecting people across borders and creating opportunities for learning, activism and cooperation. Their teachers facilitate this by empowering their participants with the skills and confidence to use language to make these connections. While this is an unpaid position, Peace Boat covers the cost of visas, port fees, room and board.

⭐️Scriptwriter And Producer Wanted For Ocean Science YouTube Channel

REMOTE > Barny Dillarstone is looking for a talented writer and researcher to help build a new YouTube channel centred around ocean science explainers, ocean discovery, and the deep sea, and also provide writing support for his main channel. He thinks this is a cool opportunity for anyone with writing, research or science comms experience.

⭐️Tour Guide & Bike Mechanic

SPAIN & PORTUGAL > Wanted from August onwards, the job here is to lead Cycling Country’s guided tours in Spain and Portugal, setting up self guided cyclists and working on servicing and cleaning their bike hire fleet as a mechanic. They are looking for someone with spoken English and Spanish (and preferably Portuguese), who is an EU citizen or already has working visas in place for Spain and Portugal.

⭐️Ski Beat Opens Applications For The 2026/27 Winter Season

FRANCE > Applications for the 2026/27 winter season are already open at Ski Beat. Their recruitment began in March in various resorts in the French Alps with enticements to seasonaires to come back again next year. In previous seasons, we’ve said that Ski Beat’s excellent dedicated jobs website is perhaps a reflection of the business being founded by people who came out to France to “do a season” and then never went back.

     | Ski Beat |

⭐️Free Long Term Permaculture Volunteering

BRAZIL > Eco Caminhos have a number of pay to volunteer options - which we are not interested in here - but credit to them for keeping their long term volunteering programme free, though you probably will need to speak Portuguese. Their farm, located in the heart of the Atlantic Forest, one of the world’s most important biodiversity hotspots, and home to 15 percent of all known species on Earth, invites people with experience in key areas like natural building, agroforestry, gardening, carpentry, communication, administration, or marketing, to stay a while in basic accommodation and work full time.

⭐️Help Underprivileged Children In Rio de Janeiro

BRAZIL > Mais Caminhos, the social programme of the Caminhos Language School, and also connected to Eco Caminhos, offers a 100% free of charge programme to volunteer and help underprivileged children in a safe environment, close to Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro. Those with any experience in teaching, education, marketing, communication or fundraising are always welcome. EduMais is another option.

⭐️Join The Crew At Tiwi Island Retreat

AUSTRALIA > If you can work hard and get amongst it, an off-grid, barefoot spot with some of the best fishing in the Top End awaits a chef and a host.

⭐️Winter Jobs At Charlotte Pass Snow Resort

AUSTRALIA > Winter season jobs are filling up fast at Charlotte Pass Snow Resort. See their vacancies here.

⭐️Catering Jobs In Niseko-Hirafu

JAPAN > Odin Living is already putting out feelers for the 2026/27 winter season in Niseko.

⭐️Summer Bike Mechanic And Winter Interest

JAPAN > Rhythm Japan is currently advertising a vacancy for a bike mechanic (Japanese language skills are preferred) to work for four months over the summer in Niseko and Hakuba. They are also taking expressions of interest for their 26/27 winter season.

⭐️An Embassy Summer

MALTA > Working with Embassy Summer means that you’ll spend the summer crafting memories and inspiring their young learners from all over the world. Whether you’re a bubbly and enthusiastic activity leader, an inspirational EFL Teacher, or are looking to step up into a management role, they may have a job for you. An EU passport is required.

⭐️Scottish Dolphin Centre Residential Volunteer And Guide

UK & USA > WDC Scottish Dolphin Centre, in Spey Bay, Moray, is looking for residential volunteers and guides to join them from June 2 to October 2. The position is open to people from all walks of life and comes with accommodation in a stunning wildlife rich area and a £35 weekly food allowance. Applications close April 6.

Their US office, based in Plymouth, Massachusetts, has a 12 week marine mammal conservation internship open until they reach a maximum of 50 applications.

⭐️Community Living And Learning

ECUADOR > Rhiannon Commune in Malchinguí opens its doors to people from all over the world who want to experience a different way of living, connect with nature, and contribute to a project focused on permaculture, land regeneration, and community life. The minimum stay volunteering here is two weeks, working five hours a day in their 35 bed garden, on bio-construction projects, cultivating edible Ostra mushrooms, beekeeping, taking care of animals and making compost.

They ask for a financial contribution from those who are able to help cover part of the food costs, though it is flexible, varying from $40 to $150, and only if it is within your means. Two former volunteers, Antonio from El Salvador, and Maria Giselaand from California, wrote about their experience here in 2015.

⭐️Bug Lovers Can Give Butterfly Garden Tours

COSTA RICA > You pay no fees to intern at the Monteverde Butterfly Gardens for ten weeks. And you don’t need experience or prior knowledge of insects, as they will train you to do English language tours through their gardens and insect collection.

In return for volunteering, they provide food and housing, and will also gain two months of experience in environmental education and outreach, knowledge of neotropical insects and arachnids, plus amazing birding and wildlife viewing opportunities. They also take short term volunteers for four weeks, helping behind the scenes with vegetable gardening, watering, weeding, planting, maintenance, shovelling, and composting.

⭐️Help Turn Rubbish Into Schools

GUATEMALA > Long Way Home, in Paxan, Comalapa, is a non profit that uses sustainable design and materials to construct self sufficient schools that promote education, employment and environmental stewardship. LWH seeks many talents from fixing engines or laying concrete to playing games and horsing around, for periods of two weeks to three months. US$85 a week covers the cost of accommodation in the volunteer house. Typically, food costs and preparation duties are shared by everyone in the house.

⭐️Three Volunteering Possibilities On Lake Atitlán

GUATEMALA > A few years ago, Gabby Boucher (who we’ve mentioned several times in JAB) lived in Panajachel on Lake Atitlan for one month for free by helping GuateSUP with their paddleboarding business. She found the gig through Workaway, but this is their Instagram.

Whether they field volunteer enquiries this way, we don’t know, but their friends at Dreamboat Hostel frequently make their volunteer needs known through their social media. This Workaway listing seeking electronic music geeks and enthusiasts to work as club promoters and social butterflies belongs to Macá Hotel.

⭐️Election Observers And Other Ways To Show Solidarity In El Salvador

EL SALVADOR > Centro de Intercambio y Solidaridad (CIS) is a multi-faceted organisation, with many programmes supporting education, organising, and social justice. During elections, CIS seeks volunteer election observers, but generally is looking for English teachers to help with the English classes that they offer to local activists. More recently, they’ve sought help with marketing for their language school and for fair trade crafts. Volunteers usually must make a commitment of at least ten weeks. Volunteers must pay their personal expenses, plus a one off US$100 fee to CIS to cover their orientation costs. Housing with local families is US$90 per week.

⭐️Interested In A Ski Season?

EUROPE > At Skiworld, you can register your interest for working a ski season in 2026/27 in anticipation of when their vacancies open up. This is usually around the start of May for jobs in Alpe d’Huez, Courchevel, La Plagne, Les Arcs, Les Deux Alpes, Meribel, Meribel Mottaret, St Anton, Tignes, Val d’Isere and Val Thorens. Both Ski Famille and Skiworld are also accepting registrations of interest for next winter in the Alps.

⭐️You Say Potato, They Say Let’s Build A Potato Hotel

GERMANY > Our favourite potato hotel is back in JAB. The North German chapter of the potato loving community is once again offering an internship in their potato hotel and restaurant, the one and only potato hotel and restaurant in Germany. You will not earn money, but they provide accommodation, food, drink and German lessons in return for help in the kitchen, service, room service and gardening. Paid jobs are also possible.

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⭐️Live With Monkeys In The Sleeping Forest

PERU > Esperanza Verde is a conservation project tucked away in the Amazon basin in Peru. They’ve been there since 2010, rescuing wildlife and protecting the 180 hectares of rainforest they now own, called ‘Selva Dormida’ (sleeping forest).

Their volunteers help with ongoing construction, building enclosures and with the quarantine and veterinary clinic. In addition, you can help with mapping the area and participating in their reforestation project by replanting, among other things, fruit trees originating from the area.

Caretaking of the animals is one of the most important daily tasks, making sure that they are all kept fed and the enclosures clean and healthy. An intermediate knowledge of Spanish is handy, but it is not a requirement. Minimum stay is six weeks. Accommodation and food are provided for around £100 per week. Staff and volunteers coexist with about 30 monkeys who are free to roam around the centre.

⭐️Offbeat Himalayas

INDIA > Fika Homes, a slow, offbeat hostel-meets-boutique stay nestled in Gadagusain, a quiet mountain village in Himachal Pradesh is opening its doors for the summer season this April. They want a visual storyteller to tell their story.

⭐️Social Media & Volunteer Marketing Support Needed

ZIMBABWE > Rescue Dogs for Wildlife, a conservation and rescue project based near Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, is looking for someone with experience in social media marketing and volunteer recruitment to help promote its international volunteer programme.

They give dogs facing abandonment or euthanasia a second chance by training them for meaningful work in conservation and public safety, training them to track poachers, detect medical conditions, or locate missing persons. On their website, they give details on volunteering with them, helping their rescue dogs. However long you want to stay, they are happy to accommodate.

⭐️Orchards Cookery Is Recruiting Cookery Tutors

UK > Join the Orchards team for work from May/June to November/December 2026 with potentially ongoing roles. Ideally, applicants will have done multiple ski seasons or have at least one season, but with significant other cooking/chef experience, have great people skills and enjoy the company of young, energetic people and working as part of a team.

⭐️Sea Turtle Nest Protection

NICARAGUA > Join this organisation working on Nicaragua’s Pacific Coast with a focus on conservation and volunteer tourism. They run a sea turtle hatchery from July until January, taking on project assistants and volunteers. There is a fee, but MEMANTA says it works out to about the same per day as paying for a dorm room, meals and activities when backpacking.

SOS Nicaragua can arrange something similar. Last month, they put out an open call for volunteers, who contribute towards their keep, and research assistants - long term roles with living costs covered - to take part in fieldwork protecting endangered sea turtles on Los Brasiles Island.

⭐️Sea Turtle Beach Project Coordinators

COSTA RICA > Field coordinators working for The Threatened Marine Species Rescue Center (CREMA by its Spanish acronym), along several beaches on the southern Nicoya Peninsula in Costa Rica, have their meals and accommodations covered, receive a monthly stipend of US$300 to cover personal expenses, and some money towards flight costs. Applicants must have at least a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and be able to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing in English and Spanish.

They also need research assistants, but they must contribute a weekly programme fee of either US$120 or $180 to cover accommodation and three basic meals per day for the duration of their ten week internship.

Latin American Sea Turtles also has a research assistant programme. Depending on the previous experience and the skills of applicants, it will be decided whether the costs of lodging and food will be covered by LAST or if the assistant will be asked to pay US$5 or $10 per night.

⭐️Mustique Conservation Internship Programme

ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES > Be quick applying to this 11 week conservation internship for individuals who are passionate about marine and terrestrial conservation and eager to gain practical field experience in a unique island environment. The application deadline is April 3, and comes with a US$600 contribution towards food costs. Applicants must have Open Water SCUBA certification with a minimum of 25 logged dives.

⭐️Sloth Ironman Games

COSTA RICA > As the name suggests, Toucan Rescue Ranch devotes much of its attention to colourful, big beaked birds, but when we go to Costa Rica, we will be timing our arrival there with their annual Sloth Ironman Games. Held each year in October, the event is billed as the most sloooowly exciting event of the year.

The annual event helps to raise money for their mission to rescue, rehabilitate, and release Costa Rican wildlife, for which they take on volunteers and offer internships. They have tried to keep their internships free and their volunteering fees reasonable, but have had to give in to reality, charging US$30 a day to interns to cover room and board costs as well as the education you will receive. Volunteers pay for their accommodation and also must donate a $200 flat fee, which is refundable for all international volunteers who commit 12 weeks or longer. For local volunteers and interns, the fee is waived.

     | Toucan Rescue Ranch |

⭐️Slow Volunteering

COSTA RICA > Try The Sloth Conservation Foundation to volunteer with sloths. Volunteer opportunities here depend on their current needs. While they are unable to provide accommodation, transport, or meals for volunteers in Costa Rica, they do not charge a volunteer fee.

You will be hot, sweaty, wet, cold, eaten by mosquitoes, sleepy, sore, and tired, so volunteers must be extremely dedicated to sloth conservation on the Sloth Institute’s six month internship. On the yay side, they go on to say you’ll still feel that there is no other place in the world that you would rather be than watching sloths in the jungle. We don’t know if there is a fee or not here, or if they require any other type of contribution. Same with the Jaguar Rescue Center, which also has sloths and accepts help from volunteers.

⭐️Refuge In The Amazon

ECUADOR > Merazonia is a wildlife rescue and rehabilitation centre located on 250 acres of Amazon rainforest, near Mera. Volunteers from all over the world who are willing to get a bit of jungle dirt under their nails help in the day to day care of over 100 animals. Starting as a volunteer and ending up as a coordinator, Camille Lasbleiz shares a typical day volunteering at Merazonia.

Merazonia does not receive any government funding, and for the well being of the animals do not receive tourists in the centre either. Depending on volunteer fees to cover the basic costs of running the centre, they ask for US$115 to $160 per week, depending on length of stay, to cover lodging and food, and a contribution to medical supplies and animal food.

⭐️Join The Macaw Society Volunteer Team In The Rainforest Of Tambopata

PERU & COSTA RICA > The Macaw Society accept volunteers throughout the year to help them with their observations in the lowlands of southeastern Peru. Although most volunteers come from a biological or environmental sciences background, there are no qualification limitations, and they can find a role for almost any type of volunteer. You do need to pay for food and accommodation, but volunteering here is otherwise free.

Two more places to volunteer with macaws can be found in Costa Rica. The Macaw Recovery Network offers varied volunteer work in two locations. The work can involve caring for a group of macaws, giving tours to visitors, creating environmental education materials for children, or garden and infrastructure maintenance. Once on site, accommodation, daily transport, and utilities are provided at no cost, but all team members buy and prepare their own food.

They can also offer internships to young professionals, offering a comprehensive six month experience that combines hands on work, learning modules, and direct contributions to MRN’s core programmes: birds, habitat, and people.

When volunteering with Ara Manzanillo to help with their efforts to reintroduce the critically endangered Great Green Macaws to the Sur Caribbean in Manzanillo, in Limon Province, the accommodation is described as basic, though we like the sound of hammocks, a balcony overlooking the rainforest, and the open air porch. Volunteers are provided with basic bulk foods (rice, beans, coffee, eggs) and a bike for foraging and personal use. There is a US$300 per month donation for lodging and administrative costs, reduced if staying for three months or more.

⭐️Surf Camp International

WORLDWIDE > We were introduced to Surf Camp International recently when they posted to our Facebook group. They are an ocean and surf lifestyle recruitment agency specialising in finding you the most exciting ocean and surf lifestyle jobs and volunteer positions around the world.

⭐️Donkey Work

GREECE > Corfu Donkey Rescue, situated near Doukades, is looking for paid general workers. This is an all year round position starting as soon as possible. No previous experience with donkeys is required; full training will be provided. However, you must be crazy about animals, physically fit and able to speak a good level of English.

⭐️Volunteer As A Line Handler For Boats Crossing The Panama Canal

PANAMA > This is a thing. It costs a fair bit for a yacht to pass through the Panama Canal, but a yacht owner can save some money on the 12 hour or so transit by taking on volunteers as line handlers - it’s a requirement to have four onboard - instead of the more experienced Panamanians who charge over US$100 each.

Brian Hathaway, who hopped aboard a buddy’s catamaran specifically to ride through the Canal, says volunteers “don’t need to be athletes or bodybuilders, but they do need to be able to stand for a couple of hours, bend up and down, squat, and pull a line tight when needed. They should be physically fit enough, not superhuman, just capable.” In return, volunteers get an experience, fed and an Uber back the way they came.

Though you don’t need sailing experience or training for the crossing - the boats will be motoring through the canal - FarAwaySailor, who has done it as both a skipper and crew, does say he would always choose someone with experience over someone who has no idea what they’re doing because, while most of the whole process is pretty benign, it can quickly go wrong if people make mistakes or don’t understand instructions.

Sharing his tips in a Reddit thread, he says almost every single boat crossing from the Atlantic to the Pacific starts its journey from Shelter Bay Marina. Wannabe line handlers can advertise their free services as a line handler on the noticeboard at the marina. Or you might just be in the right place at the right time. One skipper picked up three Polish guys who had been camping in the woods outside the marina.

Going the other way, Stephen Knight, writing on his own Volunteer Latin America website, says to ask around the boats and use the notice board at the Balboa Yacht Club. His article was initially written a few years old so discard his advice about the Pedro Miguel Boat Club. That has since been forcibly closed down by the Panama Canal Authority.

⭐️Outdoor Education Positions Available In Vietnam

VIETNAM > Outgoing active tour guides and activity instructors are sought to work on multi-day school trips all over Vietnam from September to December. Both Vietnamese and international applicants are welcome to apply.

⭐️Sons Of Wind

KENYA > Sons of Wind Kiteschool is hiring kitesurfing instructors. ️️This is a rare opportunity to work in a stunning coastal paradise, meet riders and travellers from all over the world, and experience the warmth of Kenyan culture in one of East Africa’s most iconic beach destinations.

⭐️Vervet Monkey Foundation Volunteer Coordinator

SOUTH AFRICA > A volunteer coordinator able to stay for a minimum of one year may still be needed at the Vervet Monkey Foundation. Vegan meals and individual cabin accommodation are provided, plus a small monthly living allowance. General volunteers are also needed all year round.

⭐️Isla Animals Rescue Retreat

MEXICO > Isla Animals have bounced back after getting evicted from the land they used for their shelter on Isla Mujeres. Now settled into a new spot on the mainland, near Cancun, they can get back to their work offering free spay and neuter services, and rescuing, rehabilitating and rehoming puppies. There is no fixed fee to volunteer with this non profit (when we wrote this, anyway - this may change). Accommodation is provided, and a small contribution may be asked to cover costs such as electricity and water, which are among the information in their video presentation for volunteers.

     | Isla Animals |

YouTuber and blogger Christine Ka’aola filmed the day she spent at SOS El Arca, another dog rescue shelter in the region. They particularly welcome volunteers with special skills like accounting, marketing, fundraising, etc, but anyone is welcome to drop by their Playa Del Carmen rescue centre to help care for their hundreds of dogs and cats.

⭐️Paintshop Pros

PORTUGAL > It’s that time of year again when Paintshop Hostel is looking for staff members to work at their surf hostel by the beach in Figueira da Foz.

⭐️Ensure Your Surf Spot In Brittany

FRANCE > The Spot Surfcamps - La Torche is recruiting volunteers to help ensure the smooth running of their camp located in Penmarch, Brittany, close to the ocean and surrounded by nature. They need people from early May to mid September for a minimum of two weeks.

⭐️Help An Animal Volcano Rescuer In The Canary Islands

SPAIN > Someone hardworking, kind, and who loves animals is needed to volunteer in the Canary Islands. Isabella Jones has posted this to many groups to find help for her mother, Alison, whom she describes as a quiet, secret hero. Alison lives in an off-grid mountain retreat and guesthouse with 17 cats, four dogs, a disabled rabbit, 11 chickens, and a turtle, some of which she rescued from a volcano.

⭐️Community Based Coastal & Education Initiative

INDONESIA > This flyer was posted to the Volunteer South East Asia Facebook group in February, but we’ve seen them more recently putting the word out elsewhere about their coastal community project in Gorontalo.

Telmo Daniel Rodrigues from Portugal summarises the project thus: “Clean the beach Indonesia Beach clean teach about no plástic, give sport gear to locals, children and learn to calm, to sing, and be part of the culture instead of changing it. Less pizza, more rice :)- thank you locals for the time I lived with you, your smile is amaizing.” Volunteers will get a discounted stay here with breakfast.

⭐️Farmer Tom And The York Maze Team

UK > We don’t think Telmo Daniel Rodrigues, see above, was trying to be punny, but Farmer Tom and the York Maze team (who go straight onto JAB’s crap band name shortlist) certainly are. They are on the lookout for amaizing and cornfident people who, on cornpleting their application form, will be cornsidered for their seasonal teams for summer and Halloween.

⭐️Help A Mapuche Artisan

CHILE > A welcome is extended to content creators, poets, artisans, yoga practitioners, and, above all, world travellers who want to get to know the countryside in southern Chile, and help Nicanor, a Mapuche artisan/textile artist. Decent Spanish is required.

⭐️Project Ixcanaan

GUATEMALA > Tucked away on a quiet shore of Lake Peten Itza, the village of El Remate is home to around 250 families, surrounded by the luscious rainforests of northern Guatemala and an absolutely breathtaking array of wildlife. Howler monkeys, toucans, capuchin and spider monkeys are just some of your potential neighbours.

Year by year, Project Ixcanaan develops in new ways, working with everyone in the local community, from young children and grandparents to the town mayor and business leaders. The clinic is a staple to the village, as is the dentist surgery, women’s centre and children’s development centre. They welcome self starting, enthusiastic volunteers of every age and background, to whom they provide accommodation for a negligible fee.

⭐️Work To Surf

SOUTH & CENTRAL AMERICA > Volunteering at a surf camp in Central and South America offers a unique opportunity to trade your skills for accommodation while immersing yourself in world class surf culture, says the tame AI JAB enlists when stuck thinking up an introduction to a post.

Many surf camps and surf hostels in the region supplement their local paid staff with international volunteers who want to contribute to a community, whether through direct surf instruction or supporting the daily operations that keep a camp running. Instructing roles are usually paid, but many camps seek volunteers to help with hospitality, kitchen and bar tasks, maintenance, social media and photography.

Joining Workaway or one of the other work exchange platforms is the best way to find these gigs, but JAB won’t judge stingy backpackers looking to avoid paying their fees. You’re among friends here.

Although this is the harder way, this is exactly how Stella Ulm rolls. She searches “surf” in Workway, identifies candidates, stalks them on Hostelworld, and then gets in touch through Instagram. Most likely, this is how she ended up at Pop House, in Montanita, Ecuador. When volunteering there a couple of years ago, she said they also wanted surf instructors.

We’ve seen nearby My Little House Surf & Backpacker Hostel described as a good place to volunteer, too. In Las Tunas, try Hermanos Perdidos Surf. This is their Workaway profile.

Volunteers are referenced in the reviews of Free Spirit Hostel Ecuador. They are promised the loan of surf boards alongside accommodation, vegetarian meals, and yoga classes for sticking around for at least one month. Cooks, bar staff, yoga and surf instructors have all been sought out via their social media, but the tasks here could be almost anything to help out around the hostel, with the most important one being to help make the hostel a happy place. They can be found in a small fishing village called Puerto Engabao. They have a hostel in El Tránsito, Nicaragua, too.

The Canoa Waves Project is teaching over 300 local children to surf for free this season. They also provide English classes to surf instructors and do community projects like tree planting and art around town. Janna Maria Van Hoof is the point of contact for this.

Hostel Ohanalu Surf House is another place to contact via Instagram, ala Stella Ulm. Described as a surf museum, this is clearly their Worldpacker profile, something very much confirmed on their linktree.

Brazil’s Kite AliCori provides accommodation in Macapá beach to enthusiastic English speaking volunteers who are social and love to meet others in the kitesurfing community. They don’t have any information on their website, but this advert, posted to a Facebook group last September, describes what they want.

Along with hiring certified instructors who enjoy the adrenaline of constant wind, Kite Addict Colombia do nice things for the local community and kids in La Guajira, for which they take on volunteers. Nearby Kite Adventure is up for swapping surfboards and accommodation for yoga instruction. Content creators and general assistants are also sought here.

1,600 hours of work with the support of many volunteers have turned an abandoned shack in Pichilemu, Chile’s surf mecca, into Rusty’s Surfcamp. They are always looking for new volunteers to join them for free accommodation, breakfast, dinner, and surf equipment rental discounts. You’ll work four and a half hours a day, six days a week here.

While it isn’t provided free, the housing offered to volunteers donating their time for a few months to Otra Cosa Network is presented as an affordable option for accommodation in the surfers’ paradise of Huanchaco, Peru, especially in the summer months (December to March) when local hostels hike their prices.

Run by a British-Peruvian couple, OCN provides educational support to marginalised children. They don’t state how much it is on their website, but a former volunteer shared the cost as about £10 a night for a private room. They also make mention of a donation. They don’t say how much it is, but a link to pay your volunteer contribution will be provided on application. The homestay style Ola Surf House also takes on volunteers.

More kind hearted surfers can be found in a nearby small underdeveloped community called Cerrito de la Virgen. Surf Cerrito is a non profit aiming to use surfing to empower the boys and girls living there by making the sea a more accessible space for children from low income backgrounds. They look for enthusiastic and motivated people who are available for a minimum of six weeks, to help them make a real difference to people’s lives. You don’t need to be a surfer to apply; all they ask is that you have a positive attitude, a willingness to learn, and a commitment to making a difference. Some basic knowledge of Spanish is desirable as you will be working closely with the local community.

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Another of our favourite surf related volunteering opportunities can be found in Mexico. Based out of San Diego, Surfers For Strays is an all volunteer non profit organisation that reduces the number of stray animals through spay and neuter programmes. If you are staying nearby, watch this video and see if you don’t want to help out as a day volunteer with daily tasks at their headquarters in Nuevo Troncones, at their shelter in Zihuatanejo, or on one of their Spay and Neuter Campaigns. They also have a live-in site position at their HQ, but this tends to be booked months in advance.

Experienced surfers with a passion for making a difference are also required in Villa Del Sol, Puerto Madero, by Misión Surf to assist with their surf and swim programmes.

Related is The Misión México Casa. They accept volunteers during the Christmas, Easter, and Summer school holidays to facilitate specialised workshops and courses with the children and youth in their care. They are looking for passionate people to join their Enrichment Volunteer Program and lead activities and workshops based on their skills and expertise. 25 hours per week is exchanged for one meal per day and shared accommodation in a four bedroom flat. Volunteers must be native English speakers, 21 years and older, and willing to commit for two weeks or more. More volunteer roles are listed here.

When the new owners secured the keys at the end of last year to The Salty Dogs Hostel in Surf City, El Salvador, they set about remodelling the place with the help of volunteers. As long as you aren’t a lazy bollox, going forward, the indications are that they will keep some around.

The lazy bollox could perhaps head for Sunset Surf Villa in La Libertad. There are lots of volunteers here, perhaps too many. Although some reviews are more positive, many guests here describe the volunteers as cliquey and unwelcoming, hogging the kitchen, and creating a strange vibe.

Those with lifeguard experience or ocean safety skills can provide their services during international surf tournaments held in El Salvador.

It’s been a while, but we have seen Nicaragua’s Kitesurf Ometepe looking for a volunteer to join their team and help out for a minimum one month period in their busy December to April season in exchange for free classes and equipment rental. Though they said they were working on it, at that time they couldn’t offer accommodation.

Dreamsea Surfcamp in Tamerindo provides details of their volunteer programme on their website. While they don’t ask for many hours from their volunteers, they do ask for between US$118 and $220 (not including taxes FFS), depending on the length of stay.

For combining surfing and volunteering in Panama, try El Ranchito Surf Camp. They cropped up numerous times while researching this post.

⭐️Hang Out With Animals At The Beach

MEXICO > Tina Morse is offering accommodation in Troncones, Guerrero, to early risers who want to work with rescue dogs and cats. A minimum one month stay is required.

⭐️Volunteers Wanted In Mexico City

MEXICO > One or two international volunteers are wanted to create good vibes and clean spaces at Barsan Hostel.

⭐️Volunteer In Oaxaca, Mexico At Leveli Coliving & Hostel

MEXICO > Help with organising social events, such as taco nights, mezcal tastings, and game nights, and with social media/content for free accommodation in Oaxaca. Another hostel, that bills itself as a home for slow travellers, creatives, and curious minds who want to experience a different rhythm of life, is opening near Puerto Escondido. They are looking for volunteers starting now and in the coming months to help finish building and with their launch.

⭐️Students Wanted To Join A Research Team This Summer In Reykjavík

ICELAND > Elding Whale Watching Reykjavik got back to us a little late for inclusion in our last issue, but the last word we had from them indicated they still had research internships available and applications will remain open until they have enough successful ones.

⭐️Guesthouse Helper

MOROCCO > A small and peaceful guesthouse with only three rooms in Sidi Kaouki, near Essaouira, is looking for one volunteer every month to help with the daily routine.

⭐️Volunteer Opportunity In Mae Na Chang Village

THAILAND > MNJ Village Trip offers immersive, traditional Karen lifestyle experiences in Mae Na Chang village, near Chiang Mai, focused on nature, culture, and community sharing. Volunteers do simple construction work, paint houses, and support their local community project, and are hosted by a Karen family, paying a donation rather than a fee.

⭐️Hike Volcanoes And Help Kids

GUATEMALA > Nature lovers will enjoy the challenge of working as a volunteer guide leading trekkers on hikes near Quetzaltenango. Duties also include recruiting customers and cleaning the equipment. With the money they make from leading tourists on adventurous hikes, Quetzaltrekkers help to fund an organisation that takes care of local street children.

Guides must commit to three months, should have a love of the outdoors, be in decent physical condition, and speak conversational Spanish. Guides get a free private room provided in Casa Argentina in return, nice hot showers, a fully stocked communal kitchen, and all on-trek food and other expenses are covered. Quetzaltrekkers also hire social media volunteers.

     | Quetzaltrekkers Xela, Guatemala |

⭐️Vegan Volunteer Programme In Badass Fruiterrarist Land

ECUADOR > Accommodation is provided, but volunteers source their own food locally for a couple of dollars a day on this project billed as ideal for vegans seeking an authentic ecological volunteering experience in tropical South America.

⭐️Honduras Islands Conservation

HONDURAS > The Islas de la Bahía Foundation were recently calling volunteers to help them and learn about environmental conservation in Utila, one of the Bay Islands that is a continuation of the Belize Barrier Reef. International volunteers contribute US$100 per week for a shared room at the Iguana Research & Breeding Station, becoming one of the more than 500 volunteers who since 1994 have helped to preserve the Utila Iguana and its critical mangrove habitat.

Further north, on Caye Caulker, new volunteers won’t get to meet Charlie XCX or Chunky Monkey. The two turtles were released back into the wild in February by Aces Wildlife Rescue. But volunteers can assist with other tasks at their facility, including the cleaning of rehabilitation enclosures, patient feeding, transportation for injured animals, rescues, education, and fundraising events. All of their volunteer positions require an application, interview, and training, and volunteers should be self funding as neither food nor accommodation is provided.

⭐️A New Beginning For Children And Young People

PERU > It was quite some time ago when a former project manager and volunteer coordinator got in touch with us to pass on word of Kiya Survivors, a UK based charity that operates projects in Cusco, in nearby Urubamba, and in the north of the country, to make a positive difference to the lives of disadvantaged children, young people and their families.

They’ve been around for a while, and JAB has a vague memory of visiting them in 2002 while updating the file on local volunteer projects for the now defunct South American Explorers. More information can be found in their brochure, including on fees, the gist of which is it’s £55 per week for accommodation, but otherwise volunteers should be self funding.

The same person who got in touch with us way back when had also volunteered from time to time with Aldea Yanapay and said they would speak to Yuri, who runs the project. We didn’t hear back from Yuri, but he had volunteer projects in two schools, one in Cusco and one in the Sacred Valley. They still seem to be around, as of at least September, judging by their social media. There is no fee to help out here as they strongly disapprove of voluntourism.

⭐️Five Female Volunteers To Help With A Malay Wedding Festival

MALAYSIA > You’ll have to be nearby for this one. Ban Pecah Guesthouse is inviting participants to immerse themselves in the “village volunteer experience” starting right about now.

⭐️Work At The Tip Of Australia

AUSTRALIA > Cape York Camping is kicking off its dry season on May 1. They are hiring hospitality all rounders for roles including bar staff, baristas, housekeeping and cleaning, chefs and cooks, pizza makers, and kitchen hands.

⭐️Irish Bar In Lanzarote Is Hiring

SPAIN > The Old Mill Irish Bar in Playa Blanca is hiring bar and floor staff, and a kitchen cook. These positions are only open to applicants with an existing Spanish visa or valid work permit or to EU passport holders, which won’t be a problem for Irish people because their government aren’t fuckwits.

⭐️Housekeeping Adventure Hostels

NEW ZEALAND > Adventure Hostels NZ is on the hunt for vibrant, engaging and focused individuals to join the team for a live in position at their newly acquired hostel in Christchurch.

⭐️Media Managers

UK > ISSOS, one of the UK’s longest running international summer schools, has taken to Season Workers to advertise their media manager positions. These will be needed in Cambridge and St Andrews to document the point of view of staff and students, for the entire three week summer school, through photography and some short films.

⭐️Join Cyprus Marinelife Center For The 2026 Sea Turtle Conservation Season

CYPRUS > You will patrol nesting sites and monitor turtle activity, excavate nests and collect vital scientific data, and engage local communities in conservation education on CMC’s sea turtle conservation project. Aside from €40 per day for meals and accommodation, there is no fee to volunteer here and scholarships through Erasmus+ and other sources are available.

     | Cyprus Marinelife Center |

⭐️Spa Therapist Wanted In The Whitsundays

AUSTRALIA > Palm Bay Resort, a boutique island resort in the Whitsundays, is seeking an experienced and passionate spa therapist to deliver high quality spa and massage treatments while creating a calm, welcoming experience for its guests.

⭐️Outback Motel Management

AUSTRALIA > The Cobar Central Motor Inn is seeking a hands on, experienced management team of two to lead an easy to manage property in Cobar, NSW.

⭐️Attention Entertainers

MONTENEGRO > Montenegro Stars Hotel Group is looking for professional kids entertainers, sport & fitness entertainers, and show entertainers to join their team for the upcoming summer in Montenegro. They welcome any nationalities that are ready to have fun, bring their smile, positive attitude and enjoy the Adriatic coast.

⭐️Lawn Mower Riding Volunteer Caretakers Wanted

AUSTRALIA > A position with a caravan parking spot is available for a couple as volunteer caretakers/ museum guides at the One Mile Jetty Museum and Carnarvon Heritage Precinct on Babbage Island via Carnarvon, Western Australia.

⭐️Raspberry Picking Visa Extension Work In Coffs Harbour

AUSTRALIA > Raspberry and blueberry pickers are wanted. No Experience Required.

⭐️Spend Your Summer With Bears

USA > Northwoods at the Vince Shute Wildlife Sanctuary in Orr, MN, is offering the adventure of a lifetime. They are currently looking for a solo work camper or a couple for hands on outdoor work observing bears, learning about bears, and educating others about bears. They provide a stipend, meals, and a full hookup campsite or housing, if need be.

⭐️ESC Funded Volunteer Work With Children, Refugees, And People With Disabilities

TURKIYE > Long term volunteers, aged 18 to 30, from selected, mostly European countries and ready to work with children, refugees, and people with disabilities, can join a long term individual ESC volunteering project with System & Generation (S&G) in Ankara. Accommodation, food, and travel costs are covered according to Erasmus+ guidelines.

⭐️Bold Earth Is Still Looking For Summer Trip Leaders

USA & WORLDWIDE > Locations on Bold Earth’s adventure travel based programmes for teenagers include Western USA, Hawaii, Africa, Europe, Thailand, and Costa Rica. Staff training begins in mid June for trip leader positions that involve a combination of risk management, role modelling, leadership, laughter, games, and hard work. Applicants must be 21 years old, a college graduate or working towards a degree, WFR certified, demonstrate prior leadership experience with youth, and have the ability to facilitate fun. They only hire staff who are legally authorised to work in the US, and do not sponsor visas.

⭐️Windy Greece

GREECE > Join the Meltemi Windsurfing team on Karpathos, starting in May, if you want to improve your windsurfing skills and work at one of the windiest spots in Europe. They want a beach assistant with advanced windsurfing skills. They are also listing a vacancy for a bike guide/bike mechanic. Someone with experience driving boats can find work on Thassos in June. We don’t know how windy it is there.

     | Meltemi Windsurfing Karpathos |

⭐️Lake Vacancies

ITALY > Lago Lugano Water Club is looking to complete their team for this upcoming summer season by rounding up a watersports instructor and a skipper/tour guide.

⭐️Desk Talent

SPAIN > Duotone Procenter Tenerife is still looking for a centre coordinator who is passionate about windsurfing, kitesurfing or wingfoiling and talented behind the desk: managing rentals, lessons, planning and guests in a busy watersports centre. This is a full time, long term position. They should also be happy to share their toys.

⭐️You Say Marco, They Sometimes Say Polo

ARGENTINA > We couldn’t find any information on their website, and the last time they made mention of volunteering that we could find on their own social media dates to 2012. But, last year, Argentina Polo Day told Voluntouring.org that they would love to hear from people with at least three months to spare, who are fluent in Spanish and English, and interested in working hard and learning about polo. They offer food and accommodation and accept volunteers year round. Another polo club and cattle ranch offering working holidays via HelpStay may also be of interest.

⭐️You Say Marco, They Train You To Film Polo

UK > Polocam TV might still be looking to train someone to film polo games for the upcoming season.

⭐️Teaching Vacancies In Mongolia

MONGOLIA > Join one of Mongolia’s leading schools and inspire the next generation of global learners. Oyunlag School is hiring.

⭐️Volunteer In Rural West Bogor

INDONESIA > Looking for something meaningful where you can truly connect with local people? IDE AKSI says to join them in West Bogor, in a small village surrounded by tea plantations, rice fields, and nature. They are a small grassroots initiative focused on education, youth empowerment, and cultural exchange. Volunteers teach simple English to kids, teenagers, and the local community. Local family homestay accommodation and meals are available for a US$11 per day contribution to the host family.

⭐️Volunteer English Teachers Wanted In Santa Maria de Fe

PARAGUAY > Santa Maria Education Fund’s 2026 English classes are well underway this year. This UK registered charity needs the help of volunteers each year and warmly invites applications from people who are interested in becoming volunteer English teachers. They need to be able to speak Spanish, aren’t charged a thing to volunteer, but they must cover all their costs, including room and board.

⭐️Foreign English Teachers Required For Public Schools In Hanoi

VIETNAM > Binh Minh Group is currently hiring full time English teachers for the 2026–2027 academic year.

⭐️Starting Teaching In Japan In September

JAPAN > ECC, with 150 schools throughout the country, is hiring for September. They will be holding recruitment sessions in Toronto (monthly), the UK in April, and the USA in May.

⭐️Volunteer In The Largest Castle Made From Plastic Bottles

PANAMA > Five things caught our attention on the website of Plastic Bottle Village, on Isla Colon, Bocas del Toro.

1. After collecting more than a million plastic bottles, Robert Bezeau made the unconventional decision to build an entire village out of plastic bottles.

2. One of the village buildings is in the Guinness Book of World Records.

3. It has a dungeon where guests can repent their plastic waste crimes.

4. They take on bilingual English-Spanish speaking volunteers.

5. Something about stickers.

     | Plastic Bottle Village |

⭐️Volunteer Latin America

CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA > New registrations to join Volunteer Latin America have been suspended since at least 2024, but the volunteer curious can still read and investigate some of the voluntary organisations and non profits listed there without the need to log in.

⭐️Pick Up A Raincoat And Rubber Boots And Head To Rancho Margot

COSTA RICA > Do you have the goods to do some good? asks Rancho Margot. Through their volunteer work exchange programme, individuals work six hours a day, six days a week in exchange for room and board. Found 28 km away from La Fortuna in a rainforest valley next to Lake Arenal, Rancho Margot host collaborators to help with the gardens, farm, holistic animal care, kitchen support and more. They also host certified yoga instructors to guide twice daily yoga classes.

⭐️Provide A Valuable Education To Disadvantaged Children And Youth In Granada

NICRAGUA > La Esperanza Granada is a volunteer run organisation focused on improving the lives and education of impoverished children living in Granada. Volunteers go to local schools and learning centres where they assist the teachers, tutor young children, introduce children to computers, teach English and help stimulate an interest in learning. Volunteers who can assist in the office are also needed. Volunteers are asked to make a $50 contribution towards administration costs when they arrive and are responsible for their own transportation costs and living expenses in Granada.

⭐️Camping Babsita

COSTA RICA > We recently saw Camping Babsita looking for responsible and positive volunteers to help maintain their campground on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica for at least one month from April until June. Although that ad was more recent, we’ve linked to a slightly older one posted directly to their own social media because the contact details better match those on their website.

⭐️FAR Residence 2026

SPAIN > Applications are open until April 15 for a fully funded residency where 12 international contemporary artists will live together for two weeks in rural Spain. The programme will conclude with a group exhibition in Madrid immediately after the residency.

⭐️Temp Hairdresser / Make Up Artist Needed For 100m+ Charter Yacht

AT SEA > Viking Crew is looking for a hairdresser / make up artist to join a big boat in the Pacific from May 15 until June 2.

⭐️Sole Chef For 32m Expedition Yacht

AUSTRALIA > A high profile 32m private expedition yacht is on the search for a sole chef to join their adventurous programme. The chef must have with working rights for Australia / NZ.

⭐️Permanent Female Sole Chef Wanted For Boss Trips On 40m Private MY

AT SEA > The yacht will cruise Florida and then NE USA for summer 2026, then the Caribbean next winter, returning to the Med for summer 2027. The client, who wants Med based healthy cuisine and some Thai, Mexican with lots of fresh fish, will consider a temp if no perm chef is found. The chef should be female due to cabin arrangements.

⭐️Pole Dance, Heels Dance, Yoga, And Sisterhood In Phuket

THAILAND > A videographer/photographer can join a small women’s retreat in May in exchange for content creation.

⭐️Join Splashsports For The Summer

IRELAND > Splashsports is currently recruiting full time assistant managers and ISA Level 1 surf instructors to join their team from the June Bank Holiday weekend through to mid September.

⭐️Sea Urchin And Sea Grass Research Project Leader

CROATIA & UK > Operation Wallacea is a network of academics from European and North American universities who design and implement biodiversity and conservation management research programmes across nine countries worldwide. They are currently recruiting for a sea urchin and sea grass research project leader to work at their Silba marine site in Croatia. This volunteer position will run for six to eight weeks in June, July and August. Applicants must be qualified to PADI divemaster or equivalent and have a relevant academic background.

They also have a full time paid vacancy in their Lincolnshire offices for an expedition travel coordinator.

⭐️Trail Riding Guides

ARGENTINA > Every year, Estancia Los Potreros, in the Sierras Chicas of Córdoba, takes on a team of volunteer guides who help with tasks ranging from taking out guests on rides to cooking breakfast and serving aperol spritzes on the veranda. They usually want them to begin in September. In the past, when they’ve advertised in JAB, they have declared these guides should be excellent horse riders, aged 21+, sociable and available for between three and six months.

The positions are unpaid, but the estancia covered transport to and from Buenos Aires, all food, drink and accommodation. Volunteers also got their share of tips and Spanish lessons. They don’t have a dedicated page for volunteers, but this social media post from a couple of years ago confirms much of what we’ve written above and is accompanied by some nice photos and their contact email.

During the summer (December to March), Estancia Ranquilco have a few paid positions available for people with applicable skillsets, as well as several work-trade positions. These include horse guides with a very strong riding background.

Horses and Huskies might be another option in Patagonia. While their website doesn’t give away any information on volunteering with them, Sara Burdick wrote on Medium in 2021 that she volunteered off-grid there for two months.

⭐️Host And Visual Storyteller Wanted For A Ranch In The Andes Of Northern Patagonia

ARGENTINA > The host and visual storyteller vacancy at Estancia Ranquilco looks interesting. Ideal candidates for this should be outgoing, conversational, and detail oriented, with a natural gift for hospitality. Prior experience in the hospitality industry is a plus. English fluency is required, Spanish proficiency is a strong bonus, and demonstrated experience creating thoughtful, story driven social media content is essential. Estancia Ranquilco’s 2026/27 vacancies should be online around about now.

Staff here are housed in rustic accommodations, generally in a shared room. Meals are prepared in an outdoor kitchen and shared communally. A laundry machine is available at the volunteer house, and there is limited satellite internet available for use.

     | Estancia Ranquilco |

⭐️More Volunteering Opportunities With Horses In Patagonia

CHILE > More volunteering opportunities with horses can be found across Argentina’s border with Chile. As a volunteer with Galope Austral, 25 minutes from Puerto Natale, you’ll be involved in daily tasks: looking for the herd in the morning, caring for and saddling horses, assisting with guided trail rides, and supporting endurance training or multi-day treks. You’ll live with them in an off-grid cabin and become part of the rural life of Torres del Paine, learning its customs and the authentic gaucho way of life. The next selection for volunteers with extensive experience with horses takes place in June. More information on volunteering there can also be read in Hooves Around the World.

Another Patagonian horse ranch volunteer programme can be read about in the Newcastle University student publication, The Courier. The subject here is Estancia La Peninsula. Applications for this year should open this month. Hacienda Parga offers immersive tours and classes to hotel guests within a private reserve in the Lake District region. They accept horse lovers to help with chores that include the care and handling of 11 horses, using Workaway to recruit their volunteers, three of which were Bea, Ben and Ella from the UK.

A slightly different option in the region, but one that included horses, was put forward by Club Baguales last year. They wanted motivated and nature loving volunteers to join them at a family run countryside club just outside Puerto Varas. They wanted help with, among other tasks, horse care and polo horse training for a minimum of four weeks and might want the same again this year.

⭐️WOMAD Scrim Crew

UK > Scrim crew support the production team with build and break of WOMAD festival from start to finish, installing and derigging scrim site wide. Pay is £170 per day.

⭐️Music Industry Experience

UK > Each year, over 250 volunteers get the opportunity to gain first hand experience of life working in a variety of roles in the music industry over the course of The Great Escape Festival, held in Brighton in May. We said the same thing last year, but this time we’re actually going to add a link to their volunteer page.

⭐️Cheapest Workforce In The Field

UK > In one of our posts in the March issue of JAB, centred around volunteering at music festivals, we were a little irked that Festaff demands a £10/15 admin fee per event from volunteers already helping their business by putting in a minimum of two eight hour shifts per festival. An anonymous participant in the Music Festival Volunteers & Staff Community (UK) Facebook group goes further, calling working for a ticket a system that extracts free labour at scale.

⭐️Rafting And Kayaking Guides

ROMANIA > An adventure tourism company based in Romania is hiring rafting and kayaking guides for the 2026 season. Primarily, they are looking for guides from South America who can travel to Romania on a tourist visa valid for up to three months, or guides already based in Europe who do not need a visa to enter Romania.

⭐️Seasonal Work In Hvar

CROATIA > Pachamama Beach & Restaurant in Hvar recently offered themselves up to a job wanted request. This ad of theirs is from February, but in the absence of something more current, it will have to do.

⭐️Culebra Eden Foundation

PUERTO RICO > These hosts run a vacation rental business by day and a friendship farm, probably also by day, for which they take on volunteers who want to connect with the land.

⭐️Five Farms A Family Volunteered At In South America

SOUTH AMERICA > Matt and Liuan travel with three rambunctious boys. Among their slow travels were stops to volunteer with farms in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, and Ecuador.

⭐️Free Dogs

GUATEMALA > Rarely a day goes by when we at JAB don’t exclaim free dog! in response to our neighbour’s dog asleep on our doorstep. We do no more with Maggie than stand around in the garden barking and waving a colourful fly swatter to keep her entertained. Or going for a walk after lurking at the bottom of the drive, performatively shouting so our neighbours can hear: “No Maggie. You can’t come with us,” knowing full well she will, regardless of our or their thoughts on the matter. At Perros Libres, a non profit that rescues dogs from the streets of Tzununa, we’re sure they do a lot more than we do to keep the a lot more dogs that turn up at their door happy. This is why they often need volunteers.

Mayan Dog Rescue Foundation is another option for dog lovers heading to Antigua. Alyce Devlin is based near there, too. Take a look at her Workaway profile and get in touch with her there or via her Facebook profile.

⭐️The Wigtown Festival Company In Wigtown

UK > Both Rowena Harding and JAB thought on first glance that this was a wonderful chance to volunteer to run a bookshop in Scotland in exchange for free board. JAB’s great name radar also got excited because the not bookshop volunteering opportunity is in a place called Wigtown, a town and former royal burgh in Wigtownshire.

Sadly, we can’t volunteer in a bookshop in Wigtown (at least not for accommodation anyway), but the Wigtown Festival Company does put on a book festival, the second largest in Scotland, for which volunteers able to accommodate themselves can help as drivers, event stewards, event hosts, volunteers for their children’s and young people’s programmes, and festival bookshop assistants.

⭐️Sail Aboard A Greenpeace Ship

AT SEA > Want to become a Greenpeace crew member and help protect our planet? If you have experience at sea, valid marine qualifications, licences, or are eager to learn, they look forward to sailing with you.

     | Greenpeace International |

⭐️How To Find Brands Begging To Work With Creators

REMOTE > When Emily isn’t eating and exploring, she’s sharing where to find brands that are looking to work with travel creators.

⭐️Sanctuary On Wheels

CANADA > In Calgary, a host listed on Voluntouring.org is creating Sanctuary on Wheels, a mobile comfort space supported by trained therapy dogs, and is looking for volunteers who would like to be part of this meaningful project. Volunteers help with the bus conversion (carpentry, painting, insulation, organising) or with gentle animal care, depending on their skills and comfort level.

⭐️Deputy Operations Manager Wanted In Cusco

PERU > As the deputy operations manager, you will provide strategic and operational support to the operations manager, ensuring the efficient, safe, and profitable delivery of all Intrepid Travel experiences and business partner programmes across Peru and Bolivia. Applications close April 10 and preference is given to Peruvian nationals.

⭐️Tour Guide Jobs That Don’t Need Experience

AT SEA > Working Expat Sabrina has compiled a list of ten summer tour guide jobs that require no experience.

⭐️Blueberry Picking And Grading

NEW ZEALAND > If you are colour blind, this job located ten minutes out of Te Puke will not suit you.

⭐️Cow Milking In Cowra

AUSTRALIA > You’ll be milking cows. In Cowra. Cowra is in NSW. Basic accommodation.

⭐️Tall Ship Deckhand Wanted

USA > Two tall ship deckhand vacancies in the USA were still open as of a few days ago. This one operates out of Erie, Pennsylvania, and this one consists of education and public sails in South Jersey, as well as participation in Sail250 events in VA.

⭐️All Singing, All Dancing Big Boat Auditions

UK & AT SEA > Princess Cruises is holding auditions in London and Manchester in April for dancers and vocalists.

⭐️Fair Isle Croft Tenancy And Family Home

UK > The National Trust for Scotland aims to welcome an enthusiastic candidate who will make Fair Isle, the UK’s most remote inhabited island, their long term home. Apply by April 10.

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⭐️Activity Team Members

CYPRUS > TAG Live, in partnership with Holiday Villages, is recruiting activity team members for the 2026 season in Cyprus. Applicants must hold a valid UK passport and meet the eligibility criteria to live and work in Cyprus for the duration of the contract.

⭐️Fast Internet And Jungle Magic

BOLIVIA > Web designers are wanted to volunteer in the heart of the Bolivian Amazon. Pisatahua Ecolodge, described as a beautiful plant medicine eco-retreat centre in Bolivia, alongside Sustainable Bolivia, a non profit with community education projects and a vibrant biological research station, needs your help. You will be located in the Aquicuana Reserve, on an 80 hectare property surrounded by one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth.

⭐️Teachers Wanted For Remote Buddhist Monastery Schools In Ladakh

INDIA > Kelly Klein took up this volunteering opportunity in 2013 and stayed for 12 years. Now she is helping to round up more volunteers, who should have a minimum of one year of teaching experience with children ages five to 15, and experience travelling, working, or living in developing countries, particularly Asia. At the time of writing, there were still a couple of openings, but try again next year if by the time this Extra issue of JAB has been sent, these have been filled to join the nine teachers already chosen for four Buddhist monastery schools.

⭐️Summer Surf Camp Recruitment

EUROPE & MOROCCO > It would be no surprise to see job ads from Dreamsea Surf Camps this month and next. They’ve used JAB in the past to hire chefs and sous chefs, but other positions they may still need include managers, kitchen staff, bar staff and servers. In Morocco, they prioritise local hires, but in Portugal, Spain and France, applicants will need EU passports or the right to work already in place. Click on the map on their work with us page for more details.

⭐️Trading Your Office Chair For A Surfboard

INDONESIA & SRI LANKA > Whether you’re a surf instructor, a social media queen or someone who loves the ocean as much as they do, Kima Surf invites applications to work at their surf camps in Bali and Sri Lanka.

⭐️Get Involved With Colombian Culture

COLOMBIA > We had intended to include the YMCA COLead3rs International Volunteer Program in our April issue, when we will focus on volunteering in Central and South America, but their application deadline is March 20. International volunteers aged 21 to 39 and quick enough to apply in time will gain TEFL experience and get involved with Colombian culture from June to November. English speakers with a passion for the language, from countries where Spanish is not the first language, and who enjoy working with children and youth, are provided with a monthly stipend, but there is a fee to join this programme.

⭐️Volunteer Coordinator

INDONESIA > Cikananga Wildlife Center is currently looking for a passionate and dedicated volunteer coordinator to join them as soon as possible and help support their volunteer programme. Apply by March 18.

     | Wanicare Foundation |

⭐️Summer With AliKats

FRANCE > AliKats has some summer and year round positions in the French Alps that need filled, including someone with solid hands-on property maintenance experience.

⭐️Summer Boats Guide

CROATIA > Spend your summer on a Croatian island exploring boats and Adriatic nautical heritage with small groups of children. Private accommodation is included, plus a stipend of €900 per month. Applicants must have the right to work in the EU. Starts in June.

⭐️Receptionist In A Dream Place

ITALY > An EU national fluent in Italian, English and German is wanted by an outdoor sports employer based in Thiniscole/Siniscola.

⭐️Chalet Host Urgent Hire

ITALY > KaterBlue is urgently looking for reliable, practical, and energetic people to join them immediately for the remainder of the winter season, until April 30, at their chalet accommodation business in Livigno / Trepalle.

⭐️Lead Expeditions In Madagascar

MADGASCAR > Wild Expeditions wants another expedition leader, this time to lead their Madagascar trips, which run annually in November/December. This person would need to have solid logistical and safety experience with groups in a tourism setting, but they’re really eager to hear from those with wildlife expertise to elevate their guest experience. It is a marine based trip, so they are keen to hear from those with experience working in this environment.

⭐️Lions And Wolves

MALAYSIA > House of Lions and House of Wolves, two backpacker hostels in Langkawi, take on reliable volunteers to help them out in exchange for accommodation. A little further south, Ban Pecah Guesthouse might be another option.

⭐️Play As Much As You Like With Their Wind And Watersport Toys

SPAIN > A front desk member is wanted at Duotone Procenter Tenerife to be their first point of contact, meet, greet and check-in guests, handle their payments, schedule rental/lesson activities for them and make sure everything is running smoothly and well.

⭐️Help Make Festivals And Events Accessible To All

UK > Accessible Events is committed to making sure deaf, neurodivergent and disabled customers have an enjoyable experience at several events across the UK. For 2026, these include Love Saves the Day, Womad, Bestival, Blackweir Live, We Out Here, Heritage Live Events and The Long Road. Until March 24, they are looking for onsite accessibility managers, assistants and administrative support team members.

⭐️Mountain Biking Holiday Jobs In Morzine

Every year, we go too early in our expectation that Atlas Ride Co will have begun searching for chefs, drivers and chalet couples for their mountain biking holidays in Morzine. At the time of writing, we’ve done it again, but if by the time this issue is sent they haven’t yet put up a notice that they are looking for people with a love for biking, people, teamwork, and a solid work ethic in 2026, then they should do soon.

⭐️Combine Work And A Sporty Active Lifestyle

The Black Sheep in Oberndorf, a small NZ-Austrian pub-restaurant in a summer mountain playground, is hiring bar and kitchen staff. They prefer native English speakers with a little German and work permissions already in place. Australians and Kiwis with working holiday visas are particularly welcome to apply.

⭐️Feeding Dreams Cambodia

CAMBODIA > As a volunteer with Feeding Dreams Cambodia, you can expect to assist in classes, working alongside local Cambodian teachers to help deliver lessons in English and maths, support other programmes - school meals, community support, kindergarten - and assist with administration or general school maintenance. No formal qualifications are required, but if you’re enthusiastic, friendly and passionate about helping others, you’ll fit right in. To sustain their volunteer programme, they do ask for a one off contribution of US$150.

⭐️Volunteer In Sicily

ITALY > There are a great many layers to Eco-Adventure, and we always get distracted by the charm of Hercules the Donkey whenever we try to write a description of what a volunteer would be doing there. It mostly boils down to “living like a Robinson Crusoe family on a sunny island, building a treehouse eco village and adventure park.” Go check out their Workaway listing and then head back to their website to apply if you are not a Workaway member and want to avoid their fee.

⭐️Children First

KENYA > In Siaya County, the Children First Organization (CFO) runs the St Heidi Pre-School Program, serving several disadvantaged children from Kamariga Beach. We spotted them presenting themselves as an option to a potential volunteer looking to share her experience and background working with vulnerable children. They provide free accommodation to volunteers and have a contact form on their website.

⭐️Remote Indonesian Pearl Farm Manager

INDONESIA > This uncommon vacancy posted recently to our Facebook group is ideal for someone who enjoys diving, fishing, boating, or working in remote environments. The advertiser operates a remote pearl farm in eastern Indonesia and is looking for someone who enjoys remote living, practical problem solving, and leading people in challenging environments.

⭐️British Antarctic Survey Open Day

ANTARCTICA > British Antarctic Survey (BAS) announced last month it is looking for carpenters, chefs, plumbers, boat handlers, scuba divers, plant operators and more to work at its research stations in Antarctica. They have an open day coming up at the Cambridge Festival on March 21. A week or so later, BAS will close applications for field guides, who will assist scientific colleagues carrying out research in the polar environment.

⭐️Help Karenni Refugees Escaping Persecution From The Myanmar Junta

THAILAND > The Karenni Social Development Center in the beautiful countryside near Mae Hong Son on the Thai-Myanmar border educates Karenni young adult refugees escaping persecution from the Myanmar Junta. Volunteer teachers are an essential part of life here. They accept applications to teach English at their boarding school and have hosted many international volunteers over the years, asking that volunteers commit to at least three months. A private room with a fan and mosquito net, and three meals per day prepared by the students, is provided in return.

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⭐️Still Some Summer Roles Left At Peligoni Club In Zákynthos

GREECE > There are just a few roles left for this summer at Peligoni Club in Zákynthos, including for caring, confident and experienced crèche supervisors.

⭐️Windsurfing, Kitesurfing And Surfing Staff

SPAIN > Flag Beach, one of the longest established water sports companies in Fuerteventura, will be needing three or four new instructors in the coming weeks and months. Ideally, people who speak English plus another language. They can only employ EU passport holders. Accommodation is provided along with a salary for either a five or six day week.

⭐️Watersports Instructor Wanted In Sicily

ITALY > Sealosophy Diving & Watersports Center, in Sciacca, Sicily, is looking for a watersports instructor to join their 2026 summer season team.

⭐️Power Boat Driver

GREECE > If you hold a power boat level 2 or ski boat driver award (or equivalent license or experience), you can apply for this position with Blue Lagoon Village Water Sports Kos, part of Kos Watersports, one of the largest watersports companies in Greece, operating eight centres around Kardamena and Kefalos. Dan had the job back in the day.

⭐️Summer 2026 International Program Instructors And Trip Leaders Still Needed At Broadreach

WORLDWIDE > Broadreach still need international program instructors and trip leaders to lead high school student groups in Costa Rica, Ecuador, the Azores, and the Bahamas.

⭐️Experienced Outdoor Educators Wanted For A School In Singapore

SINGAPORE > UWCSEA has full time vacancies for August 2026 at its Dover and East Campus for outdoor education specialists. International applicants are accepted. Apply by March 29.

⭐️Yacht Crew Work Types Explained

AT SEA > Here’s what most crew don’t realise: there’s no universally “best” work type. The right one depends on where you are in your career, what you need financially, and what you can tolerate mentally. Glenn Ward puts together everything he wished someone had told him when starting out. Real day rates, honest pros and cons, financial comparisons with actual numbers, and the red flags to watch for in every work arrangement.

⭐️Bansko Nomad Fest 2026 Volunteers

BULGARIA > Hundreds of nomads, remote workers and freelancers will once again take over a corner of Bulgaria in June. Volunteers for Bansko Nomad Fest looking for a free ticket and other perks should get their applications in by March 31.

⭐️Volunteer In Rural India Teaching English To Girls And Young Women

INDIA > We came across Pardada Pardadi Educational Society on Voluntouring.org. They are an Indian NGO that aims to socially uplift and economically empower girls and women in the rural Indian province of Anupshahr. They accept volunteers of all ages to teach English, prefering stays of a minimum of six months. Food and accommodation are provided. Health/medical volunteers are also sought.

⭐️National Park Resident Content Creator

SOUTH AFRICA > The Wildcard of the Week vacancy certainly lives up to its billing in issue 33 of The Wild Path. Kruger Untamed is hiring a seasonal resident content creator to live on-site in Kruger National Park from May to September. This immersive, six month contract role involves capturing authentic safari storytelling through photography and video across their expedition style wilderness camps. Apply by March 23.

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⭐️Hostel Volunteering Lead In Budapest

HUNGARY > We’ve seen Budapest’s Baroque Hostel bigged up by one of their former volunteers. WickedDenouement, a regular Reddit commenter on workaways, said the fifteen hours (a week) of labour there in exchange for a bed was pretty fair, especially when compared to the 33 hours they worked at another hostel, in Tokyo, to get the same.

Overall, they enjoyed the experience and the owner is “super nice.” Potential volunteers can reach out to them via email, given on their Facebook profile and also a different one on their website. Their profile is not well used, so if it’s not still at the top, it won’t take long to find a post from August last year with their own words on what they want from volunteers.

⭐️Dingo Backpackers Hostel Didn’t Eat My Baby But Does Have Some Negative Reviews

GEORGIA > Dingo Backpackers Hostel, however, has had some negative reviews recently concerning management. We don’t know the truth of them, but we do suggest investigating and considering their reviews yourself before deciding if volunteering there between April and October is for you.

⭐️Sleep With Responsibility For Free Accommodation In St Ives

UK > A year round 60 bed educational accommodation provider for schools, colleges and universities, the deal with Cohort is they’ll save you money on paying for accommodation locally, and in return you are on call for about 15 hours a week. Their work exchange positions run from February through to the end of November every year, and can be combined with a paid job locally.

⭐️More Options For Volunteering With Rescue Dogs In Thailand

THAILAND > Add Saved Souls Foundation to the list of dog sanctuaries in Thailand. They’re in Ban Kok Gnam, about 40 minutes from Khon Kaen City. They have a volunteer house with shared rooms, and also private bungalows to choose from, and ask for a minimum two week stay. In Rayong, try Dog Rescue Thailand.

⭐️MoonAcre Sanctuary

CYPRUS > No two days at MoonAcre Sanctuary are ever the same. Volunteers from dozens of nations have pitched in to help mother and daughter Rochelle and Ella and their rescued dogs since they commenced their programme in 2016. One of them wrote on her blog the good, the bad and the ugly of rescue life.

⭐️Cristaland

PORTUGAL > When Nika and Nana (and their cat, Oscar), travelling in a converted van, asked after volunteering opportunities around the Algarve, Cristaland, an eco friendly non profit community, suggested they should head their way. They’re literally hugging a tree in this video. And in this Instagram post. Naturalmente, a holistic retreat centre may need volunteers, too.

⭐️All Hands And Hearts

WORLDWIDE > All Hands Volunteers and Happy Hearts Fund initially joined forces in Nepal in 2015 to rebuild disaster resilient schools in the wake of the devastating earthquake, eventually merging into All Hands and Hearts. AH&H provide three meals a day, free accommodation, and there is no programme fee to help their volunteer powered disaster relief. At the time of writing, they are active in Jamaica, Texas, and Gaza.

⭐️Join The Greenpeace Crew As A Festival Volunteer At Latitude

UK > Volunteer with Greenpeace at Latitude festival, and help create an amazing experience for festival-goers among the trees. Greenpeace is encouraging kids to play amongst nature and to come away with a little insight into what they’ve achieved. There are nets nestled amongst the trees, supervised wood chopping and plank hammering, and a café for parents and guardians to sit back with a hot drink to watch the kids fly around like squirrels. Experience of working with children is beneficial but not essential. Apply by April 6.

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⭐️Agrotourism Farm Volunteering In Southern Albania

ALBANIA > Some time ago, but not long enough that we’ve healed and are able to talk about it outside of paying by the hour, JAB mixed up two farms in Sarande, Albania. We got names wrong, apologised, confused Californians with Canadians, apologised again, and accidentally ordered salad.

When our cursor hovered over the link to Shawn’s Facebook profile, revealing her posing proudly in the nuddy, our trauma resurfaced on realising we had got genders wrong, too. Shawn was answering a job enquiry from someone with kitchen experience. Shawn and Kyle are the hosts at Botë Farms, a small farm to table agrotourism hotel in southern Albania, a short ferry ride from Corfu. This is their website. This is their WWOOF profile. Don’t mention us.

⭐️Volunteering At Yellow House KL

MALAYSIA > Yellow House KL recently rebuilt their volunteer house into a sustainable, light filled space; all the better to house all those giving their time to help this NGO with their work with refugees, homeless communities and other marginalised groups in Kuala Lumpur. They are on Workaway, but can also be contacted via their Facebook page.

⭐️A Big List Of Online English Teaching Companies

ONLINE > Veteran online ESL teacher Mike Veenstra’s Good Air Language keeps up to date a big list of online English teaching companies, along with plenty of other resources and advice on the topic. We found this list on TEFL Insider, a sporadically written substack, in a post remembering the best independent ESL resource sites.

⭐️Animal Sanctuary Volunteer Work Suggestions

WORLDWIDE > In response to a couple of French backpackers looking for volunteer work with an animal sanctuary, Gareth Jones (whose daughter we volunteered with in Thailand) pitched in with his suggestions, saying that DASH, the largest, licensed dog shelter in Greece, is always grateful for any help.

In western Bulgaria, Helen’s House of Hope was set up with her own money and resources in 2015 by Helen James. In Romania, Monica stepped up to support the local street dogs. She provides information on volunteering with her in a remote village in the rural countryside in the Carpathian mountains, and also has a Workaway listing.

The Animal and Environment Association, in Bethlehem, Palestine, is the first and only animal shelter in the West Bank. Gareth’s two suggestions in Thailand, Thai Street Paws and Sanklaburi Animal Sanctuary, are among these dozen or so ways to volunteer with rescue dogs in Thailand that we listed in JAB a couple of years ago.

Other participants in the Volunteer With Animals Facebook group (private) suggested Hold Fast To Dreams Animal Sanctuary and Rescue ODV, which started as two cousins travelling Europe with their pets and seems to have escalated. HJ Fish-er is currently in the hills of Almunecar, Spain, volunteering at a dog shelter run by Jane Bussmann, and says to give her a shout. Animal Aid Unlimited in Udaipur, India, is another recommendation.

⭐️The Jam Caravan

FINLAND & GREECE > JAB isn’t going to admit it was our mistaken belief that the Jam Caravan is a whole caravan made of jam that initially drew our attention to the subject of this post. The Jam Caravan is actually an artist residency in the Finnish archipelago based on a creative exchange model. Selected artists will receive free accommodation and meals in June, July, or August and, in return, artists are invited to share their work with their guests and local community through performances, DJ sets, workshops, talks, screenings, or other artistic activities. Here’s another artistic residency, this one in Greece.

⭐️Churchill Fellowships Have Opened For Australians

WORLDWIDE > A Starmer Churchill Fellowship offers Australian citizens and permanent residents a life changing opportunity to travel overseas. You don’t need an academic qualification to apply; in fact, you don’t need to have completed school. You can do a Churchill Fellowship on any topic, provided there is a benefit to Australia and your community by you sharing your knowledge or skills.

⭐️Road Marshals

UK > Road marshals are sought this summer to assist trekkers for the Trek26 series, raising funds for Alzheimer’s Society. See here for where and when. Pay is £13/h plus expenses.

⭐️Prague Volunteers

CZECH REPUBLIC > Here are ten native speakers from the UK, USA, Canada, Spain, Uganda, Greece, and India sitting around a table talking with 11 students from the Czech and Slovak Republics. A non profit organisation in Prague, EnglishStay’s aim is to raise the English language literacy of Czech students. They do this by enabling them to interact with native English speakers in a multicultural exchange. Information on volunteering with them, giving one on one conversations with their students, can be found on their dedicated website at www.praguevolunteer.com.

     | Prague Volunteers |

⭐️Volunteer With Pueblo Inglés

SPAIN > Are you a native speaker of English and can fit in a spot of volunteering in Spain? All it entails is connecting and conversing with learners of English, and in return you get a free week staying in Diverbo’s English Village. They have three programmes, for adults, teens, and university students and young people aged 18 to 23. Dates for 2026 are available to download. There’s a Pueblo Español too, where Spanish speaking volunteers share their language.

⭐️Winter Activities Attendant at Tekapo Springs

NEW ZEALAND > Are you an experienced ice hockey player, figure skater or enthusiastic about winter sports and excel in customer service? Do you thrive in a team environment while ensuring safety and fun for all? Tekapo Springs is looking for fit, energetic and responsible individuals to work in their activities team for the 2026 New Zealand winter season from May to mid October.

⭐️St Volodymyr Ukrainian Catholic Eparchial Camp 2026

CANADA > St Volodymyr Park near Pike Lake, in Saskatchewan, will this July be the new home to counsellors, junior counsellors and volunteer camp counsellors in training. Apply by March 31.

⭐️A Day In The Lives Of Two Teaching Assistants Living in Seville

SPAIN > Jen and Drew work as English assistants in public schools in Spain and as English tutors online. They share a day in their lives.

⭐️Bungle Bungle

AUSTRALIA > Bungle Bungle Savannah Lodge and Bungle Bungle Guided Tours are well-established, award winning companies providing guided tours and accommodation in Purnululu National Park (Bungle Bungle). They are seeking professional and enthusiastic tour guides for the 2026 season (Bungle Bungle), who share their passion for the Kimberley (Bungle Bungle). The successful applicant must be comfortable (Bungle Bungle) working in hot conditions (Bungle Bungle) at their live-in remote lodge (Bungle Bungle).

⭐️Au Pair In Australia

AUSTRALIA > Sol Au Pairs has been active on Backpacker Job Board recently. Give them your address, and they’ll send you a guide to becoming an au pair in Australia. Dream Nannies is also there, promising adventure in Rockhampton, and sun, surf and smiles for joining a family in Noosa.

⭐️Eveil Babysitters

FRANCE > Months of staring at our broken advertise with us form without doing anything about it while we phased out our website in favour of this newsletter meant a) poverty, and b) Babylangues, Be My Nounou, and Mômji couldn’t keep abusing our free option by posting their adverts far too frequently to our boards and ignoring our warnings to stop doing so. We only mention this because a) we’re spiteful and bitter, and b) maybe they will ignore and not take your wants and needs seriously should you work for them.

You’d think Eveil Bilingue would be the worst of the lot, but they weren’t. Like those above, they hire native English speaking babysitters to work in France. These days, that of course means EU passports or work permits are required. Expect the next generation of French English learners to speak something like this.

⭐️JAB Has Moved On

WORLDWIDE > JAB has gotten over our former squeeze, The Working Traveller, running off with another woman, Jo Barnes, of The 50+ Nomad Club. We really have. Even if this is the second time we’ve mentioned it. No longer do we produce snot bubbles induced by bouts of wracking sobbing. We’re down to a single tear and seeking solace in a family sized pack of Cheetos smeared in margarine these days. They seem happy sharing advice on living your best years yet, side hustles and ways to fund travel and explore the world.

⭐️Vietnam English Teachers’ Bad Experiences

VIETNAM > Got an English job offer in Vietnam? Want to know if the employer is good or not? There’s a place for that.

⭐️Sea Kayaking Guides Wanted For Nordic Adventures

NORWAY > Nordic Ventures is hiring sea kayaking guides for their 2026 season, running from April 6 to September 30.

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⭐️Volunteer At Herb Camp

INDONESIA > A Dutch volunteer tells us about Herb Camp, in northern Sumatra.

⭐️Learn Skills And Languages For Free With MIT

REMOTE > MIT OpenCourseWare is a free and open collection of material from thousands of MIT courses, covering the entire MIT curriculum. No enrollment or registration is required. Users can freely browse and use OCW materials at their own pace.

⭐️Remote Jobs That Travel With You

REMOTE > Trying to move abroad but need an income first? This was a question posed by the community members at Black Babes Abroad - two American women living in Denmark and Thailand - who delivered up these remote job platforms and creators sharing real opportunities you can take anywhere.

⭐️Totalnannies

ITALY > London based Totalnannies was a regular JAB advertiser in our old format. They specialise in the placement of highly qualified nannies, professional governesses, night nannies, and English speaking childcare experts. Most placements are in Italy.

⭐️Showcase Your Skills On MasterChef: The Professionals

UK > Have you honed your skills working in a chalet in the Alps or another seasonal catering job found in JAB? Professional chefs have until April 3 to get their applications in for MasterChef: The Professionals.

⭐️Africa On The Go

AFRICA > Every week, Dr Nafeesah Allen shares an extensive round up of entertainment, employment, and education opportunities in Africa and for Africans.

⭐️Big Love

UK > Volunteer applications are open to help behind the scenes at Big Love Festival, held this year in South Wales in July.

⭐️Dog Lover With A Camper Spirit

USA > If you’ve ever said “I wish I could do more to help dogs” this might be your moment. WorkCamped is carrying a post for a dedicated dog caretaker to live in an RV in Bennettsville, SC, and help care for rescue dogs.

⭐️Visegrad Scholarship Programme

CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE > Visegrad scholarships support Master’s and post-Master’s students and researchers in all disciplines and in any language for up to two semesters at more than 190 accredited higher education institutions across Central and Eastern Europe.

⭐️La Napoule International Artist Residency

FRANCE > The La Napoule Art Foundation offers time and space for creative minds to engage in cultural interchange and meaningful work that impacts the world of the common good, by providing residency opportunities for accomplished and emerging artists from around the world. The application deadline is April 10. More scholarships and paid travel opportunities can be found in Gabby Beckford’s SeekPTO.

⭐️The IAATO Antarctic Fellowship

ANTARCTICA > Applications for the IAATO Antarctic Fellowship will open shortly. Each year, the Antarctic Fellowship is awarded to talented early career researchers, scientists, engineers, environmental managers, and other professionals whose research will strengthen understanding of the region.

⭐️Camp Beaumont Asia And Dragonfly English Camps Link Corrections

THAILAND & MALAYSIA > At the beginning of the month, in big JAB we said UK passport holders can be volunteer activity leaders in Thailand or Malaysia, receiving a subsistence reimbursement each week to help cover basic in-country living costs. For email subscribers, the link given to their PDF document with the details was corrupted and should be this. And the link given for Dragonfly English Camps is this.

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Expeditions, adventure, storytelling, Greenland, Elton John, Transylvania, Corfu, Peru, loo crews, & more…

⭐️European Waterways Is Still Hiring

FRANCE, UK & IRELAND > European Waterways began their search for staff, including tour guides, hosts and chefs in December, but were calling out for more applicants as recently as last week.

⭐️Expedition Leader

GUYANA > Launched in 2021, Wild Expeditions is a small UK based tour company run by a wildlife cameraman and an aid worker who wanted to promote the protection and conservation of unique destinations across the world. They specialise in small group, low impact wildlife adventures to some of the most remote and wild places on the planet.

Until their March 8 application deadline, they are looking for an exceptional expedition leader to join their team on a freelance basis. This person would need solid logistical and safety experience with groups in a tourism setting, and they’re really eager to hear from those with wildlife expertise to elevate their guest experience. For the right candidate, it may also be an opportunity to conduct research during expeditions.

⭐️The Adventure Centre Is Hiring Outdoor Activity Instructors For The 2026/27 Season

UAE > It was only last month that The Adventure Centre was offering some extra work between the seasons. Now, they have moved on to thinking about the 2026/27 season and the outdoor activity instructors they’ll need to deliver high quality outdoor education programmes for international schools across the UAE.

⭐️Nomad Greenland Is Hiring For Their 2026 Season

USA GREENLAND > Last year, Nomad Greenland took on volunteers to work alongside their paid crew for the first time, and they are doing so again in 2026. Working with them means joining a small expedition team living and working in remote Arctic environments. Every role contributes directly to guest safety, experience quality, and camp culture. Flights to and from Greenland, food and accommodation throughout your stay, and a place in a remote camp accessible only by boat or helicopter are the rewards.

⭐️Camp Beaumont Asia

ASIA > UK activity camp provider Camp Beaumont has expanded into Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, and Hong Kong, offering adventures during school breaks for children aged three to 15. As long as you’re legally able to work in these countries, fluent in English, and can demonstrate a passion for working with children, they will welcome your filling out their form and dropping a CV to join their talent pool for seasonal jobs. UK passport holders can be volunteer activity leaders in Thailand or Malaysia, receiving a subsistence reimbursement each week to help cover basic in-country living costs.

⭐️Dragonfly English Camps

THAILAND > Trying the spiciest dishes at Mark Wiens’ restaurant in Bangkok is a YouTuber staple, but before he opened that, and before he built his own channel to over 11 million subscribers, Mark worked for Dragonfly English Camps. Mark must be fun, outgoing, friendly and open minded, because these are the traits they seek for their English camp jobs.

⭐️Environmental And Wildlife Conservation Opportunities

SOUTH AFRICA > If you want to make a genuine difference, The Wildlife For All Trust is looking to expand its team. They got in touch to tell us that they are currently offering rare opportunities to work at their nature reserve in South Africa.

They describe themselves as a pioneering charity with a refreshingly different and deeper approach. All their staff work as non paid professionals, believing that most charities spend far too much money on salaries and other unnecessary expenses, and not enough on what is needed.

They train their team members to understand how attitude has a huge impact on project success. No previous conservation experience is required. They provide all the necessary training to be part of their highly successful work. You need to be willing to challenge yourself, learn to work hard, and want to be the best you can be. See wildlifeforall.org for further details, including how to apply for an interview on the interviews page.

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⭐️Sea Turtle International Field Assistants

CAPE VERDE > Project Biodiversity is accepting applications until March 13 for this internship position described as ideal for those pursuing careers in conservation biology or related fields who are interested in gaining hands on experience performing biological fieldwork and leading volunteers in an international setting. Every year, many of their field assistants end up in a coordination position in similar projects after spending the summer here. Field Assistants are not expected to pay any fees, will receive a stipend of €150 per month, are fed while based in a field camp, and are asked to commit to a minimum of three months, but ideally for the entire nesting season from June 8 until October 20.

⭐️Clean Your Way Around Europe

EUROPE > From a four day psychedelic gathering in the Alps, to Europe’s only psytrance beach festival, Psyclean’s volunteers will be present with their brushes, mops and buckets. VIP camping, private toilets and free food are among the perks for joining their crew. Visit their volunteer page to select a festival and find an application form. Some of the festivals given there will have their own volunteer needs, too.

⭐️Two To Go To Looe

UK > Do you dream of living and working on your own island, surrounded by wildlife and stunning coastal scenery? Cornwall Wildlife Trust is currently recruiting for two residential volunteers on Looe Island from May to October this year. Your role will be about managing the island nature reserve and assisting with visitors to the island during the summer months. Out of pocket expenses are paid. March 15 is the closing date.

⭐️Festival Loo Crew

UK > Water Aid’s volunteers help make sure festivals stay clean, safe and enjoyable for everyone - all whilst raising awareness of the life changing power of clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene. This year, Water Aid will be serving Camp Bestival, Green Man, and Shambala, and volunteering with them is about rolling up your sleeves and getting stuck in, come rain or shite shine.

⭐️Skyros Work Scholars

GREECE > Most of the work for work scholars is cleaning, clearing, laundry, kitchen help, and maintenance. Described as very demanding work over sustained periods of time and in the heat of Greece, you need to be physically fit and have stamina to cope with working long shifts in hot weather to earn twin shared accommodation, meals and spending money. There is also the opportunity to attend a wide variety of courses for the ‘scholar’ part.

⭐️Corfu Donkey Helping

GREECE > We’ve enjoyed watching Amanda & Alan’s Greek Job in Corfu, one of our old haunts. In between renovating a wreck of a house, they helped out Corfu Donkey Rescue, and you can too.

⭐️Sail The Mediterranean As A Research Volunteer

MEDITERRANEAN SEA > Every year from April to September, the SY Waya Waya sails the Mediterranean Sea, running marine research projects and developing new methods and further outreach efforts involving communities, dive centres and research stations. As they did last year, the yacht will be sailing from Italy to Greece, Greece to Malta and from Malta back to Sicily again with up to ten research volunteers onboard for a daily routine of snorkelling and data collection. A contribution towards the running costs of the boat and food costs on board is expected.

⭐️A One Year Storytelling Assignment

WORLDWIDE > Among the listings in the recent issue from Wildly Successful Travelpreneurs is one of those best job in the world type jobs/publicity stunts. This one is by Matador Equipment. The assignment is to travel throughout the year, capturing real travel experiences, create two YouTube episodes per month for Matador’s channel, and support each episode with short form video, photography, and written storytelling.

It sounds great already, but getting paid $100,000 pushes it firmly into dream job territory. Apply by posting a video to Instagram by March 31. Runners up will land paid, project based assignments with Matador throughout the year.

⭐️Work & Surf At BoardX Surfcamp

FRANCE & SPAIN > BoardX is hiring motivated team members (private group) for early April until the end of September. You can join them for a few weeks, but staying several months is preferred. Compensation is provided along with accommodation, meals and use of surf equipment. They have a variety of jobs to do at their surf camps in Montalivet and Le Pin Sec (France), and Berria and Zarautz (Spain): helping with building up and breaking down the surfcamps, taking care of their guests, and night watch shifts.

⭐️Volunteers Wanted For Help Around An Animal Sanctuary In Transylvania

ROMANIA > Kind, grounded individuals are sought to help at a peaceful animal sanctuary in the hills of Transylvania, home to around 60 horses and about 150 rescued dogs, plus a few other animals. Accommodation and food are provided in an apartment in a nearby town. Longer stays are preferred, but options can be discussed.

⭐️Share Culture And Language

MALAYSIA > If you’ve been dreaming of stepping out of your routine, escaping what’s left of the winter cold, and experiencing life in a warm, multicultural country, a kindergarten in Johor Bahru is launching a Cultures of the World project and is inviting friendly, passionate individuals to join them. Volunteers will teach basic English with their little learners for up to five hours a day in return for ensuite accommodation and meals.

⭐️Concordia Language Villages

USA > Every year, Concordia Language Villages engages thousands of youth, educators and adults from across the United States in language and cultural learning through their immersion camp settings in the North Woods of Minnesota. They employ teachers and counsellors, support and other staff, welcoming them from all over the world on J-1 visas. They’re still hiring until March 15.

⭐️TUI Childcare Host

EUROPE > TUI is using Season Workers to pitch to EU passport holders with a childcare qualification who are willing to move to one of their holiday destinations for the summer.

⭐️Backcountry Hut Caretaker

USA > Escape Adventures hires bike mechanics, tour leaders, interns, and detail oriented team players who would like to be part of their Aquarius Trail Hut System Team. The Aquarius Trail is a five night self-supported bike trip on which you would work behind the scenes to ensure that guests arrive to a well stocked and clean hut. Housing is included. All candidates must be US citizens.

⭐️Port Lockroy General Assistants 2026/27

ANTARCTICA > Could you live and work in a small team for five months in Antarctica? The UK Antarctic Heritage Trust need hard workers with excellent people skills, resilience and a flexible mindset for a job that includes welcoming up to 10,000 cruise ship visitors to the island, running the charity gift shop, a British Antarctic Territory Post Office.

Fundraising, creating media content, annual maintenance and the upkeep of the historic buildings and artefacts, wildlife observations and many other varied and challenging tasks are also part of the role. International candidates are welcome to apply but all applicants must be resident in the UK by the start date of team selection and have the right to work in the UK. Apply by March 15.

     | UK Antarctic Heritage Trust |

⭐️Heritage Carpenters

ANTARCTICA > As is usually the case at this time of year, the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust is advertising for a conservation carpenter to rock up to Port Lockroy on the Antarctic Peninsula in time for their Austral summer season, roughly January to March 2027. Full media training is provided for this position, in preparation for any interviews that may take place during your contract. Here are two previous carpenters discussing repairing and repainting a hut. Apply by March 6.

⭐️Explore The Shuswap

CANADA > Think tents, outdoor private showers, outhouses, and a shared cooking space for the ingredients provided for three meals a day when volunteering with Bughouse Bay Adventures. If you enjoy wake surfing, they have four unpaid positions available starting May 1, with more ongoing over the summer.

⭐️88 Day Eligible Work In The Atherton Tablelands

AUSTRALIA > A Brazilian backpacker in desperate need of 88 day eligible work in the Atherton Tablelands area was suggested to try the Barron Valley Hotel, which describes itself as a fabulous pre-war hotel and a place that can find work for backpackers, mostly picking avocados and bananas, almost all year round through its association with local farmers.

⭐️In Room Dining Host

SWITZERLAND > Six Senses Crans Montana want an English and French speaking EU national with a high school diploma or equivalent and at least one to three years of restaurant experience to assume the responsibilities of their in room dining host.

⭐️The Whale Museum’s Marine Mammal Response Program

USA > The Whale Museum is hiring for two seasonal positions with the Marine Mammal Response Program (formerly the Stranding Network) for summer 2026. They are seeking a part time Program Assistant for 12 weeks and a full time intern for 11 weeks. Applicants are asked to apply by March 13. They’re in Washington State and have volunteer opportunities, too.

⭐️The Housesitter’s Guide

WORLDWIDE > You’ve seen the Instagram content on house sitting. The cosy cottages, tropical villas, cute pets and life is a holiday vibe. Jessica Holmes’ newsletter, The Housesitter’s Guide, also shows the 6 am pet medication, unexpected vet trips, awkward homeowner overlaps and the sits that looked perfect online, but weren’t. Jessica is also the senior editor at Nomad Magazine, a magazine for digital nomads, remote workers, and travel lovers.

⭐️They’re Hiring At Moonlit Sanctuary Wildlife Conservation Park

AUSTRALIA > Motivated, customer focused people are sought to join their team across several roles in Victoria, including café staff, customer service assistants, and night tour guides. Pop over to their website to find out more and apply by March 8.

⭐️Help Build A New Medieval Edifice

FRANCE > Since 2008, Opus Gothique has been transforming its dream to reality stone by stone with the help of builders from all around the world. Volunteers are expected to work 30 hours a week. The main work is stonemasonry: mixing mortar, placing stones, and glueing them into place to build up the edifice, but they also look for individuals with a broad range of skills and expertise, including content creation, social media management, and more. Food and lodging are provided in return. Here’s a report by the BBC.

     | Opus Gothique |

⭐️ESC Volunteering Opportunity in the heart of Transylvania

ROMANIA > The Transylvanian Hungarian Films Association (THF) is looking for motivated young people to join an eight month ESC project in Odorheiu Secuiesc, Romania. Volunteers will collaborate with local youth, take part in creative film and photography projects, and become valued members of the local youth organisations.

⭐️Festival Applications Are Open At My Cause And Charity Concierge

UK > The deal with My Cause UK is that you give your time at a festival, get a free ticket, and My Cause will make a donation to a charity of your choice based on the fee received from the event organisers. They’ve had a record number of applications this year, so if you’re looking to join them this year and have yet to put in an application, be quick.

⭐️Festival Stewarding And Campaigning For Oxfam

UK > In 2025, stewarding for Oxfam was available across 36 weekend festivals and day shows. Festival stewards carry out a range of important roles to make sure the festival runs smoothly. You could be checking tickets at the gate, patrolling the campsites and arena, or staffing the accessibility platforms. Stewarding positions are allocated on a first come, first served basis. There is less chance of missing out on your favourite event this year, as more than one role can be applied for at the same festival. Volunteers can also campaign for Oxfam.

⭐️Paid Festival Jobs

UK > Sister company to My Cause UK, Ethical Staffing provide stewards, security and other event staff for events across the country. See their jobs board for what’s coming up. Peppermint is the place to go for bar work. For traffic management jobs, there’s Tracsis Events and DC Site Services.

⭐️Festival Coach Reps And Stewards

UK > Bad Bunny at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Bearded Theory in the Midlands, and Boardmasters in Cornwall are among the festivals and events that will have a Big Green Coach pull up outside this summer. By volunteering for just a few hours, you’ll get free entry and have access to staff camping. They seek coach reps and transport stewards.

⭐️Festival Medical Volunteers

UK > Festival Medical Services (FMS) is a charitable trust that provides volunteer doctors, nurses, paramedics, first aiders and other trained medical and administrative personnel to music festivals throughout the UK. They also have roles for non-health professionals from a wide range of disciplines.

⭐️Fest Buddies

UK > John met Mike while volunteering at a festival. Between them, they founded Fest Buddies to help fill various festival staffing roles. Last year, it was Reading and Latitude, but at the time of writing, they hadn’t announced which festivals they will be serving in 2026, but they have invited volunteers to sign up on their website.

⭐️How To Go To Your Favourite Festival For Free

UK > After adding a few posts this month about volunteering at music festivals, we started compiling a long list, a very long list, the longest ever list of festivals where volunteers can earn themselves a free ticket. Starting alphabetically, we’d got all the way up to A when we discovered - yes! I mean, oh no! - Colette Burgess has already done one for her blog, We’re Going On An Adventure. Her guide links to 90 festivals, from ALSO to Y Not?

⭐️Summer Season Positions Are Open At Alpine Elements

FRANCE > Fancy spending your summer exploring everything the French Alps have to offer? Alpine Elements is looking for adventurous, energetic and hardworking individuals to join them across a range of roles in the French Alps. UK applicants are welcome. Mountain bike mechanic is one role we particularly have our eye on.

     | Alpine Elements Jobs |

⭐️Summer Childcare Jobs

GREECE & TURKEY > Kids activity leader, early years leader, and head of indy are the childcare positions for summer 26 listed on the Mark Warner website. They were also advertising a week or so ago on Season Workers for a childcare manager.

⭐️Lifestyle Exchange For A Retired Individual Or Couple

AUSTRALIA > Billed as a non employment lifestyle exchange - free accommodation and the use of the property in return for farm duties - Cane Farm have a caretaker position for a retired individual or couple dreaming of the simple life in tropical North Queensland.

⭐️Nature Camp Volunteer Exchange In Amsterdam

NETHERLANDS > Terragon runs small scale nature camps where children play freely outdoors in a big green area inside Amsterdam. Volunteers join daytime camp life in a supportive, observational role, with space to contribute through play, nature art, storytelling, music, movement, games, and general help. Food and accommodation are included, and there is no fee.

⭐️The Future (Or End) Of The NALCAP Programme

SPAIN > By now, Americans and Canadians would usually be getting their paperwork together for the 2026/27 edition of The North American Language and Cultural Assistant Program (NALCAP), but doubts surround the programme and people interested in teaching in Spain are considering alternatives in Meddeas and BEDA. Applications to the UCETAM language assistant programme end this month, on March 27. The SpainAuxiliares subreddit is a good place to get information and ask questions about teaching assistant programmes in Spain.

⭐️Work At ASIJ’s Summer Day Camp

JAPAN > Planning to be in Tokyo this summer? Happy to make a fool of yourself in front of children? Willing to work hard in the relentless heat and humidity? If you answered “Yes” to all three, then applying for a job at ASIJ’s Summer Day Camp may be for you.

Summer Day Camp employs over 300 young people and adults from a variety of nationalities and backgrounds each summer. A college degree and relevant teaching experience are required of English teachers and lead specialists, but if you are at least 15 years old as of March 31 and have completed ninth grade by July, you can still be a candidate for SDC.

     | The American School in Japan |

⭐️The Teaching Assistant Program In France Closes This Month For Americans

FRANCE > The chance to work seven months teaching English in schools in France, including in overseas departments such as French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and La Réunion, over the 2026-2027 academic year closes for Americans on March 16.

⭐️How Good Are The Chances Of An Asian Person Getting A TEFL Job?

ASIA > An Asian individual considering getting a B.Ed and a TEFL certificate, who wanted to work as an English teacher in Thailand, China, Japan, Korea or other Asian countries, perhaps even western non English speaking countries, recently dropped by Reddit to ask for advice. They were aware native English speakers are favoured for these types of jobs and wanted to know whether they should pursue this career or find something else to do?

Filipina travel blogger Trisha Velarmino has written that she grew up believing that every school in the world instructs in English and, despite believing a case could be made that the Philippines should be included in the official list of native English speaking countries, she found that ‘native English speaker’ usually means white.

However, worried she might have discouraged Asians in pursuing English teaching as a means of financing their travels, she followed up with reasons why they should still go for it. Both posts are now gone in a site reorganisation, but Kach Umandup’s A Filipino Guide to TEFL covers the topic.

⭐️German Speaking VDWS Kitesurf Instructors

GREECE > The Meltemi Kiteclub on Rhodes is after qualified, German speaking VDWS kitesurf instructors for the 2026 summer season. Motivated beginners with very strong kitesurfing skills are also warmly welcome to apply.

⭐️Impulse Sailing School Is Hiring

SPAIN > They’re looking for kitesurf, windsurf and wingfoil instructors who are keen on some Costa Brava vibes.

⭐️Come On, Gen Z. Pull Your Pants Down In The Name Of Medical Science (And Earn Money For Travel Too)

UK > Millions of young people risk missing out on new treatments for health conditions and having to use medicines that are unsafe, ineffective or inappropriate because so few take part in medical research. Gulliver Waite, who signed up for a clinical trial after antidepressants and talking therapies failed to alleviate clinical depression, credits a study with transforming his life, while Rich Pelley hopes his tales of pills, tubes and paydays can inspire a generation to get involved.

⭐️Communications Officer

UK > Do you have a passion for storytelling and experience in communications across a variety of media and channels? If yes, COAST is looking for a full time communications officer to work in the beautiful surroundings of the Isle of Arran. Apply by March 11.

They also need a wide range of volunteers doing all sorts of things, from working at a computer, decorating or building things, undertaking artwork or research, talking to people, working with children, or being out and about at one of our events.

⭐️Create Good Vibe At A Cosy Little Hostel In Kolkata

INDIA > Suitcase Stories, a hostel in Kolkata where travellers come for a bed and stay for the vibes, is offering a dormitory bed and complimentary breakfast to a friendly, positive (female only - nice try, Iän Snowden - at the moment) volunteers who love meeting new people and creating those good vibes. Please note, while this isn’t unusual and we have no reason to be suspicious (or not suspicious), we haven’t been able to link the person who posted the advert with the hostel.

⭐️Help With Gardening And DIY Projects On A Farm Near Lanchkhuti

GEORGIA > We found this Workaway through the writing of Scott and Mary, who shared their two weeks in a warm, humid climate with a friendly Georgian family in their newsletter. Odashi Farm is a community supported agriculture project delivering fresh vegetables to the doorstep of more than 100 families and hosting volunteers since 2023. Among those were Matt and Jess, who are cycling the world with bagpipes in support of Refuweegee (a Glaswegian charity that also accepts volunteers), and Bea and Daniel, who made a movie about their time there.

     | Odashi Farm |

⭐️Two Places To Volunteer In Bosnia

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA > On their way to Georgia, Scott and Mary (see above) stopped off in Bosnia and volunteered at Biokovina Wild (who we mentioned in October and in one of our recent Extra issues) and in Blagaj.

⭐️Now Fialka’s Trying To Ruin Australia For Us, Too

AUSTRALIA > Last month, we were introduced to Fialka, who tried to ruin volunteering for us. Now she’s at it with Australia, sharing her account of time spent on a working holiday visa in Australia in hard mode.

Young Brits moving to Australia on a working holiday visa are also finding out it isn’t quite what they expected, reports The Telegraph. Middle aged people, including Chris P Bacon, share their own opinions on The Telegraph’s Facebook page.

⭐️Horsey Helpers

BULGARIA > Stan Johnstone, who has helped Lucy Irvine with her LIFE in Bulgaria, recently suggested his Stanpede Horse Rescue to a volunteer looking to work with horses. (Back in October, Lucy and Stan were heading to the local bazar to gather evidence of unlawful activities involving horses, and while JAB hasn’t found any there, we have found some in neighbouring Romania).

⭐️Lomdogs

INDONESIA > Georgios is looking for animal loving volunteers to live in Lombok. At Lomdogs Animal Care, you’ll help capture photos and videos and create posts for the shelter’s Instagram and TikTok. In return, they provide a private room guesthouse in downtown Kuta, a six month volunteer visa, and three daily meals at the town’s Greek restaurant. See their listing on HelpStay for more details.

⭐️Alex’s Adventures

USA > At the moment, Alex’s adventures are in Thailand, where she is bikepacking around Southeast Asia, but before she started her current period of funemployment, she led tours in Alaska’s Denali National Park.

⭐️Peru Digital Nomad Guide

PERU > Our first experiences as digital nomads were set in Peru. That was quite some time ago, so we’re sure one of our readers, Millie Austin, who lives there now, didn’t struggle with TCP/IP protocols in an internet cafe with Spiderman on loop in the background when she put together her guide to working in Peru as a digital nomad.

⭐️Volunteer For Ocean Conservation

WORLDWIDE > By volunteering with the Captain Paul Watson Foundation, you join a worldwide movement committed to the health and longevity of our oceans. Your hands on involvement, whether on land or at sea, is pivotal to advancing their conservation efforts for current and future generations. They need volunteers both on land and at sea.

No prior experience at sea is needed to volunteer on their ships travelling around the world, often to remote or environmentally sensitive areas. Crew members learn the ropes during their three to four months at sea, where a bunk and three vegan meals a day are provided.

     | Captain Paul Watson Foundation |

⭐️Help The Animals At Mazatlan Animal Rescue

MEXICO > Jim and Chris, Canadian empty nesters of five kids, say they are too old for hostels, but they’re not too old to pitch in and help the animals at Mazatlan Animal Rescue, as they show in this video.

⭐️Solarpunk Utopian Baby Chick Sitting

MEXICO > A prospective solarpunk utopia is looking for people interested in participating in art, country life, farm work, and animal care. Daily tasks include babysitting baby chicks (private group).

⭐️Ticket Selling Jobs In Ibiza Advice

SPAIN > Google’s tame AI says a ticket selling job in Ibiza is a high energy, commission based summer role involving face to face promotion of boat parties, club nights, and excursions to tourists. It requires an outgoing personality, confidence to approach strangers, and provides flexible hours, with potential earnings exceeding €100 daily.

VivaIbiza, however, who once ran teams of ticket sellers, says to “fuck off the ticket selling job” and find a legal position if you are an EU passport holder. The lack of Brits competing for jobs means more work for everyone else. Finding work will be easy. Accommodation is the hard bit.

Brits, unable to work legally in Spain, resort to ticket selling. But one drawback for under the table workers unable to stay in the Schengen area for more than 90 days is that they either head out early to Ibiza to secure a job and miss the peak period, or go for the peak period but are unable to get a job.

And, in more good news, doing so on a commission basis is a waste of time as purchasing online is the preferred option for most visitors to the island. No one buys tickets on the street from randoms these days. This last bit of advice we saw offered to someone heading to San Antonio who’d heard a lot of stories about people coming for a job like this reduced to selling drugs. Americans wanting to work as either a shot girl or a gogo dancer at a club for one month luck out (in the British sense), too.

⭐️Scott Base Is Calling

NEW ZEALAND & ANTARCTICA > Antarctica New Zealand is the Crown Entity that manages Scott Base, New Zealand’s research station in Antarctica. They’re hiring now to fill their roles for the 2026/27 season. Positions include chefs, carpenters, electricians, field support. Applications are open until the middle of the month.

     | Antarctica New Zealand |

⭐️Cheese Roles

UK > Anna Mae’s is looking for enthusiastic, food loving people to join their summer festival crew. They have two cheese roles available: event crew and team leaders.

⭐️Street Food Festival Tour

UK > Managers, chef crew, and till wizards are wanted for a summer on the road touring the UK’s biggest music festivals with their travelling food hall of six street food brands. You must have worked on food units at speed and volume before.

⭐️The Great British Food Festival

UK > Friendly, enthusiastic, problem solving and responsible stewards are wanted for summer food festivals held around the country. Roles include cooking, greeting, maintaining, and behind baring, . Event dates are given on the careers page linked to above, but this graphic does a better job of spelling out their locations.

⭐️Keep Calm And Volunteer

UK > Diverse UK is an independent charity that provides professionally staffed sensory calm spaces at festivals, live events, corporate events and conferences. Their teams include autistic and neurodivergent staff who use their lived experience. So far this year, they will be present at festivals in Bristol and London.

⭐️Qualified Therapists Wanted For Festivals

UK > Blink provides wellbeing support at several UK festivals, recruiting for two volunteer roles. The application deadline for well being support volunteers has closed, but qualified therapists have up to March 13.

⭐️Enjoy The UK’s Biggest Music Festivals For Less Cash Than A Trip To The Cinema

UK > There is a £10/15 admin fee per event, hence the title of this post, for what Festaff, a business making its money supplying staff to festivals, say is light and rewarding customer facing stewarding roles. Their most common positions include gate stewarding, area stewarding and FOH bar assistant (stewarding pints across the counter?).

Most of the events staffed by Festaff volunteers require two eight hour shifts. Some, such as Creamfields, require three shifts. There is no drinking on shift. Three days at Creamfields, including camping, is £270 plus a £20 booking fee. Working 24 hours at minimum wage equals £305.04, meaning a volunteer would be up £10.04 - before paying the £15 bloody admin fee - if they didn’t volunteer, and they can get as drunk as they like.

⭐️Kitchen Hands

NEW ZEALAND > First Mates, Last Laugh, centrally located on Westhaven Marina, overlooking the yachts and Auckland city, wants kitchen hands for an immediate start.

⭐️Bakers Assistant

NEW ZEALAND > A position is available in Twizel for someone to assist bakers over the summer season. Full training will be provided, so no previous experience is needed.

⭐️Tour Guide Jobs And Influencer Opportunities

IRELAND > Paddywagon Tours is Ireland’s leading tour company. Each tour is a blend of sightseeing, scenery, leisure time and laughs. Led mostly by driver- guides, in the peak summer months they also employ non driver tour guides to look after groups.

If you can’t drive or lead, guests who would like to produce short videos can get a free trip on one of their coaches to Wicklow, Glendalough and Kilkenny, and to the Giant’s Causeway.

⭐️Live And Work On A Remote, Artistic Island In Maine

USA > Live where people vacation and soak up island life. Monhegan House, a boutique hotel from 1872, is looking for a dishwasher, breakfast chef, groundskeeper, pizza spinner, prep cook, and more, starting in June. The right to work in the US will be required.

⭐️How To Find Spring Seasonal Jobs

USA > Working Expat Sabrina has provided us with a short list of businesses known to hire seasonal workers in the spring.

⭐️‘Don’t Go To The US – Not With Trump In Charge’: The UK Tourist With A Valid Visa Detained By ICE For Six Weeks

USA > 65 year old Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, it can happen to anyone,’ reports The Guardian.

⭐️Impact Jobs With Purpose

GERMANY, AUSTRIA & SWITZERLAND > Max got in touch with us to tell us about Baito, suggesting the over 10k open positions in sustainability, NGOs, and social impact there, and their focus on matching and filtering for international candidates would make them a great addition for our publications.

⭐️How To Get Paid To Travel In 2026 (No Followers Required)

REMOTE > If you’ve ever thought, “I’d love to make money travelling, but I don’t have a big following,” this article by Travel Creator CEO Roxanne may spark a lightbulb moment.

⭐️2026 FIFA World Cup Preview Experience

CANADA > Creators based in the US can get on a press trip to Toronto in April.

⭐️Supporting Artists To Play Students

UK > Paid extras are wanted to play students in a major feature film in the London area.

⭐️German And French Speakers Wanted For Social Media Ads

FRANCE & GERMANY > German and French speakers based in Germany and France, aged 31 to 50, are wanted for social media ads. €400 is the pay.

⭐️Elton John Body Double

UK > An exceptional pianist is needed to pretend to be Elton John.

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⭐️Summer And Ski Camp Staff

JAPAN > English Adventure may or may not still want ski camp leaders for their upcoming spring ski camp. Held on a private ski hill in Niigata, this will happen at the end of March. We see that the ski camp position was advertised a couple of weeks ago. If they have done with their hiring for this, consider their summer camps instead.

⭐️Elephant Sanctuary Programmes Coordinator

THAILAND > At Kindred Spirit Elephant Sanctuary, they are looking for a fluent English–Spanish speaker to join their team and help shape how they work with elephants and their local community. Based in a remote rural village in Thailand, this one year contract combines education, guest experience, programme development, communication and social media. Food, accommodation, and visa costs are covered. Apply by February 28.

⭐️September Start For TEFL Internship In Thailand

THAILAND > September 21 is the next start date for SEE TEFL’s paid TEFL internship in Chiang Mai. It’s not for experienced teachers, but beginners looking to fund nearly half a year in Thailand may find this an ideal way to do so. We advertise SEE TEFL in the main JAB every month, so go check out their pros and cons in the the r/Chiangmai subreddit.

⭐️Eurovision Song Contest Production Runner

AUSTRIA > In last Tuesday’s round-up of new freelance jobs and opportunities, Helen Coston reported that freelance digital producers and creatives are wanted for work at the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna. Our pick here for JAB readers is the entry level role for a production runner to assist with a variety of practical tasks during studio and show days.

⭐️Ramble On

EUROPE > Since we featured them in JAB three years ago, Ramblers Walking Holidays have changed their name to Ramble Worldwide but kept the same information for potential walking tour leaders: they are always looking for new ones. If you are an experienced traveller, have a walking qualification such as the ML or NNAS bronze, silver or gold and/or strong language skills, and most importantly, you are an outgoing and gregarious person, then contact them for an information sheet.

⭐️Rat Race Production Crew

UK > In this role, you will be responsible for driving equipment to and from multi sport venues, assembling event structures such as gazeboes, start and finish lines, managing event villages and car parks, and collaborating with other crew members to ensure an excellent experience for their customers. This position is ideal for individuals who are hands-on, proactive, and passionate about events. Volunteers are also taken on.

⭐️Le Local Summer Jobs In Morzine

FRANCE > Le Local Morzine, an established bar–restaurant and sports bar in the centre of Morzine, is already thinking about the summer. They are hiring a chef and a kitchen assistant with the right to work in France.

⭐️Talking On Water

AT SEA > Do you have a passion for whales, dolphins, and science communication? ORCA is looking for enthusiastic individuals to join their team of ocean conservationists, onboard DFDS Global sailing the North Sea from Newcastle (UK) or IJmuiden (Netherlands). Apply by March 2.

⭐️National Whale And Dolphin Watch Assistants

UK > Each year, the Sea Watch Foundation seeks national whale and dolphin watch assistants. This position will suit volunteers who have a strong interest in marine conservation and recognise the importance of educating and raising awareness by involving the public. Applications are open until March 31.

     | Sea Watch Foundation |

⭐️Green Deckhands

CYPRUS > The season is fast approaching, but Latchi Watersports Centre is still recruiting for positive and energetic people to join their team in the beautiful Cyprus sunshine. For any green deckhands out there, they can offer experience and potentially a stepping stone into that first long term superyacht role.

⭐️Sustainable Stay Helpers Wanted On K’gari/Fraser Island

AUSTRALIA > Here’s another chance to live on the world’s largest sand island and be part of a small, fun loving, eco-conscious team of adventure enthusiasts. You’ll live in Drop Bear Adventures’ beachfront team house, help with the day to day running of their tours and guest stays, and explore the island with them. Couples are preferred for this four week exchange beginning February 25. If this date doesn’t suit, they take new people on every couple of weeks.

⭐️Turncable Wakepark Is Hiring

GERMANY > Whether directly at the start dock, in the kitchen, the beach club or in the shop, Turncable Wakepark is hiring motivated staff for the 2026 summer season.

⭐️Salty Sunsets And Wind

PORTUGAL, ITALY & TUNISIA > Oasis Kite is looking to lure a kite instructor to Sicily for a paid role beginning in June/July, and a breakfast & excursion host to Djerba. The host will start the mornings with fresh coffee and good vibes, working around four hours a day for accommodation and meals, plus plenty of time to kite (or finally learn).

In the Algarve, Sagres Sun Stay hostel and surfcamp will provide accommodation from March onwards to their teamers, who assist with hostel tasks like housekeeping, meals and social media from March onwards.

⭐️Blue Zone Living And Wabi-Sabi Values

FINLAND > Stay for a minimum of two weeks for low cost living combined with learning and volunteering with Life Skills Village, a self sufficiency and sustainable living centre in Turku.

⭐️Yoga Volunteers

CAMBODIA > In exchange for teaching yoga and helping with light cleaning/admin, you can get accommodation and three meals a day from Yoga Barn Kampot.

⭐️Dive For Project Seagrass

UK > Project Seagrass is looking for between six and eight HSE divers to form a dive team for their 2026 fieldwork. You’ll be supporting them with their seagrass restoration and research activities across the UK. They expect to be able to provide some remuneration, along with food and accommodation. Successful applicants will need to be available for a training date in Pembrokeshire. Apply via their form: https://forms.office.com/e/N5wB25hGAW.

⭐️Catering Jobs In Sydney

AUSTRALIA > In Sydney, a French restaurant in Baulkham Hills is hiring a front of house all rounder, and a 65 seat Middle Eastern Mediterranean restaurant in Potts Point is on the lookout for a senior sous chef.

⭐️OzFish Communications Officer

AUSTRALIA > OzFish is looking for an Australia based communications officer who can bring their broad comms experience to play a vital role in shaping their narrative and enhancing and growing their national reputation with recreational fishers, waterway lovers, governments, organisations and other stakeholders. This position, casual working opportunities to assist in filling gaps in their workforce from time to time, and volunteering information are given on their careers page.

⭐️Island And Highlands

UK > March 1 is the deadline to apply for the vacant retail supervisor position at the National Trust for Scotland visitor centre in Glencoe National Nature Reserve. On the Isle of Raasay, the local distillery is still recruiting for kitchen team members and tour guides.

⭐️Save The Frogs Travel Grants

USA > Apply until March 1 for travel grants averaging US$500. These grants, given to individuals or organisations within the USA, and organisations outside the USA, assist early career conservationists who require financial assistance to travel to professional conferences and educational trainings.

⭐️Seasonal Work Faves

USA > Someone looking to start seasonal work in the summer has wondered what people who’ve already done it consider their favourite place to work. Glacier Park Boat Company, and Jackson Lake Lodge are named checked positively, McKinley Creekside Cabins in Alaska is amazing, and Frye’s Leap General Store and Cafe in Maine is said to be awesome. Keep an eye on Coolworks and Wander Jobs for their recruitment ads.

⭐️Crew & Concierge

AT SEA > Fancy boat recruiters, Crew & Concierge have uploaded new vacancies, including for chefs, stews, deckhands and divemasters to their job board.

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Turtles and wallabies, tours and chores, coral reefs, monkey magic, wildcats, Sinai, beets, & more…

⭐️Simply Morzine Needs A Replacement For The Remainder Of The Ski Season

FRANCE > Simply Morzine is looking for a representative/driver to join them in the French Alps as soon as possible for the remainder of the current winter season, following a recent serious ski injury to a member of their team.

⭐️The Adventure Centre Is Hiring Outdoor Activity Instructors

UAE > Looking for some extra work between the seasons? The Adventure Centre has announced that it is offering short term contracts from March 23 to May 10 in Hatta, where an array of activities is offered across three sites to international school groups.

⭐️Another Go For Turtles And Wallabies

AUSTRALIA > We’ve said it before, but Sea turtles AND wallabies? Yes. Please. Working for a living AND paying good money to do so? Nope. Not at Quoin Island Turtle Rehabilitation Centre. This sort of opportunity is usually in the gift, if you paid a lot of money for the gift, of voluntourism businesses. The medical clinic and rescue and rehabilitation centre for sick and injured sea turtles off the coast of Queensland only takes on a small number of live in volunteers per year, and we were disappointed when we checked recently that we’d missed them recruiting back in November. But a couple of cancellations mean they need two more volunteers, beginning in April and July.

⭐️Help With Tours And Chores

AUSTRALIA > If cruising around in pink 4WDs and calling K’gari/Fraser Island home sounds like your sort of thing, send Fraser Dingo 4WD Adventures some pics and words, and they might take you on as a volunteer to help with chores and tours.

⭐️Monkey Magic

UK > Wild Futures can host up to ten volunteers at a time, all year round, in shared accommodation at The Monkey Sanctuary in Cornwall, asking only for a £40 per week donation to help cover the costs of their volunteer programme. Anyone interested in volunteering with them this year can get in touch by email at volunteer@wildfutures.org.

⭐️Saving Wildcats

UK > Could you be Saving Wildcats’ next enthusiastic volunteer? Saving Wildcats is a partnership project led by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS), dedicated to Scottish wildcat conservation and recovery, aiming to prevent the extinction of wildcats in Scotland by breeding and releasing them into the wild. You would assist the field team with GPS radio tracking of released collared wildcats, camera trap checks, and handling and analysing camera trap survey data. Apply by February 23.

⭐️Native Speaking English Teacher (NET) Scheme

HONG KONG CHINA - If you are a native English speaker and can get through this dry page of information submitted by the Education Bureau of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China that leads to application forms that have to be submitted by February 27, then you could be teaching in primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong for the 2026/27 school year.

⭐️Applications For The 2026 TEIP Program Are Open

POLAND > The Teaching English in Poland (TEIP) program invites American volunteers - from college students to retirees and everything in between - to teach English to Polish and Ukrainian students during summer camps in picturesque regions of Poland. You need to pay a US$125 non refundable registration fee and your airfare to Poland, but host camps pay for all your basic needs once you’re in Poland: lodging, food, tours, entrance fees, transportation, etc. March 2 is the application deadline this year.

⭐️An Unbeetable Experience Awaits

USA > JAB got quite excited when we saw an ad for The Unbeetable Experience, and even remained a little giddy once we remembered we don’t own an RV, and are neither American nor have a work visa, all of which are important for taking part. Recently, they were at the Tampa RV Show connecting with workampers and sharing what the sugar beet harvest experience is all about. Which is, essentially, a good way for people who live in homes with wheels to earn good money with their friends in a short period of time.

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⭐️Volunteering In The Sinai

EGYPT > Castle Zaman Beach Bar & Restaurant, perched above a private beach on the Gulf of Aqaba, is looking for one seasonal volunteer to join its team. And, on the Red Sea coast of Sinai, the family behind Al Magarra Camp is offering simple beach accommodation to one or two grounded volunteers.

⭐️Replacement Chef Needed

ITALY > Inghams needs a chalet chef for the remaining months of the season in Selva, part of the Dolomiti Superski area.

⭐️JMS Yachting Is Hiring

MONACO > As part of their continued expansion, JMS Yachting is hiring an office manager to join their Monaco office. Applicants should be fluent in English and French, with previous onboard/yachting experience preferred.

⭐️Lead Nature Club Educator Wanted For Immersive Seasonal Role In Ardèche

FRANCE > ReCreation is a small, lived-in family village in the Ardèche mountains. Housed in a converted silk factory, they do worldschooling for the kids and have a brochure. They are looking for a lead educator to help hold the children’s daily rhythm within their nature club.

⭐️Volunteer On A Six Month English And Environmental Programme

THAILAND > A six month commitment is required for this volunteer position with the Association for Development of Environmental Education and Participation (DEEP) in northern Thailand. Open to native English speakers, this pilot scheme combines English learning with environmental education.

⭐️Coral Conservation And Reef Restoration Internship

USA > Both land based and dive track positions are available with Coral Restoration Foundation. Applicants must already be eligible to work in the US for these four month long full time volunteer positions. The internship includes an educational stipend to support living costs in the Florida Keys. Apply by February 27. CRF is also seeking its next intern and volunteering coordinator, and a digital marketing administrator.

⭐️Motivated Young People To Join An ESC Volunteering Teams Project In Nabeul, Tunisia

TUNISIA > Apply by February 23 for three weeks of beach cleaning, recycling and organising movie nights. The project is open to motivated young people aged 18 to 30 who are interested in environmental protection, community engagement and intercultural learning.

⭐️Join Global Tribe Eco Village In Southern Spain

SPAIN > Global Tribe, an eco village and international community located near Doñana National Park, is currently enticing motivated volunteers to join them and become part of their shared daily life.

⭐️Follow Conservation Kate For A Wildlife Job

WORLDWIDE > Kate, a big old animal behaviour nerd, is a wildlife biologist and content creator. She shares her life as a conservationist with us via TikTok, Instagram and her other channels, including weekly job opportunities to work with wildlife.

⭐️Talk Your Way In

VIETNAM > Enghouse English Homestay has space from April in the dorm accommodation offered to volunteers in exchange for two hours of their time each day. Vietnamese students live and study with foreign teachers in the same house.

⭐️Festival Volunteer And Paid Steward Job Applications Are Open

UK > Hotbox Events says they’ve been blown away by the response to the opening of their 2026 festival volunteer applications. Some festivals have been so popular that applications may close soon. They will be at Reading, Leeds, Download, Latitude, Camp Bestival and Forbidden Forest.

⭐️Get Involved With Shindig

UK > Shindig Festival is coming up in May. They are inviting registrations to be part of their bars team or stewarding team.

⭐️Banjo Beale And The Boathouse Ulva

UK > Banjo Beale and the Boathouse Ulva sound like a band that would be told to fuck off when introducing themselves to a crowd of six at their first few dive venue gigs. But those days would quickly recede into the past thanks to Banjo’s social media savvy.

Banjo, the real one, not of JAB’s imagination, and his husband’s search for a couple of people - a chef (or experienced cook) and a brilliant front of house person - to join their kitchen on a small island (population 16) off Mull has been picked up by The Daily Record and attracted thousands of likes. Because of this, we suspect this position has gone, but if so, and this appeals, follow their social media and get in touch early next year when they’re sure to need the same again.

⭐️Be A Captain For The Season And Get Sent Off (To The Isle Of Wight)

UK > James Rowley recently took to pitching seasonal captain roles by the sea on the Isle of Wight to ski seasonaires and experienced hospitality professionals in the Ski Season Jobs 25/26 - French & Swiss Alps Facebook group.

Of no relevance whatsoever to this, when our mouse hovered over the link to James’ personal Facebook profile, it revealed him to be a Tottenham Hotspur supporter of 33 years and ten months standing. James took a photo of this tree and shared it on his Instagram. The tree is a Spurs fan, too.

⭐️Fauna Spotters

AUSTRALIA > Fauna Spotters is looking for experienced fauna spotter catchers and ecologists for local and FIFO roles across Queensland and the Northern Territory. This is not a training position. You must be confident in the field, have qualifications, and be capable of working within structured compliance systems.

⭐️A Switch In The Kerry Team

IRELAND > Skilled builders, DIYers, carpenters, etc, are invited to the start of a renovation project restoring a traditional Irish farmhouse in southwest Kerry. You would have your own space in a campervan with cooking facilities.

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⭐️Wildlife Rehabilitation Assistant

COSTA RICA > Wild Sun Rescue Centre has a nine month long volunteer position for a wildlife rehabilitation assistant. Apply by February 14. They also want someone for nine months on their ongoing Scarlet Macaw Reintroduction Project.

⭐️Mt Baw Baw Alpine Resort Jobs

AUSTRALIA > At the moment, the vacancies on Mt Baw Baw’s careers page mostly concern downhill mountain biking, but we expect the closest ski and snow resort to Melbourne will soon start filling up with ski positions for work from June to October. They’ve had people from Melbourne, France, Chile, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the UK taking up work at George’s Ski Hire, a busy rental and retail store 25 metres from the base chairlift in Mt Buller Alpine Village.

⭐️Birdsville Tourist Park Is Hiring For The 2026 Season

AUSTRALIA > Queensland’s Birdville Tourist Park is signing off on the second and third year visas of energetic all rounders (private group) who join them from March until late September, a period that covers the Birdsville Races (known as the “Melbourne Cup of the Outback,” according to Google’s tame AI). Free accommodation is included with the salary. Volunteers can also get free admission to the races in September.

⭐️Summer Baristas Needed And Social Media Sorted In Zakynthos

GREECE > Peligoni Club in Zakynthos opened their vacancies for this year back in December. We would guess they’ve already got someone doing their social media since every few days someone’s on it, highlighting one of their other positions. One that recently caught our attention was for baristas.

⭐️Climbing Instructors For Summer 2026

USA > Don’t miss out on this opportunity to travel to the USA and teach climbing for the summer. The position includes: salary, room and board, travel expenses paid, and Camp Winadu will sponsor your USA! USA! USA! work visa. No professional experience? They will pay experienced climbers for their safety training and certification. Here are more vacancies.

⭐️Kitchen Staff And Trapeze Team Wanted

CANADA > Camp Wahanowin on Lake Couchiching near Orillia is hiring counsellors, specialists and support staff for summer 2026. They welcome applications from international staff.

⭐️Brave Island Heritage Work Experience Placement

UK > Our eyes lit up when we saw the the words “Ranger Placement: Gain paid, hands-on experience working as part of a ranger team for those aged 18-25, supporting conservation, access and visitor management across a protected landscape” in the latest issue of The Wild Path. Glancing furtively left and right to check no one was looking, we slipped the six month opportunity hosted by The National Trust on the Isle of Wight into this extra issue of JAB.

⭐️Experience Teaching In A Spanish School

SPAIN > Applications for The North American Language and Cultural Assistant Program (NALCAP) for 2026/27 were expected to have opened in January, but still hadn’t when we looked before the weekend. English Language Assistant (ELA) positions at UCETAM affiliated schools in and around Madrid are open, though. All candidates must be native English speakers, have experience with children, hold a university degree, have a clean criminal record, and have a valid TIE card or EU passport.

⭐️Summer Camp Counsellor Internship Programme For American College Athletes And Cheerleaders

JAPAN > Applications have opened for SCOA’s 2026 intake of counsellors to head to Japan for five weeks for a cultural exchange with Japanese students. Starting in mid July, this is an unpaid internship, but includes airfare, food and lodging covered, and also accommodation while sightseeing in Tokyo. It is open to US college students and recent graduates who have participated in a team sport and are native level English speakers. At least one counsellor with a cheer and dance background is selected because cheer dance is a camp activity.

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⭐️Help Festival Goers And Help Children And Mothers In Kenya

UK & IRELAND > Charity Concierge raise tens of thousands of pounds for Child.org at each festival they provide their concierges. Volunteer with them, and you could be driving golf buggies or providing drinks services to festival goers. Present at festivals including Latitude and Wilderness in the UK, and Electric Picnic in Ireland, volunteer slots are filling up fast.

⭐️Sales, Social Media & Marketing Paid Volunteer / Work-Exchange

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA > Biokovina Wild (who we already have down for a brief mention in our next main issue) is currently looking for a practical, creative and organised person to support their sales, social media and marketing, both on-site and online, over the next three months. Starting ASAP.

⭐️The Teaching Assistant Program In France Closes This Month For Canadians

FRANCE > The chance to work seven months teaching English in schools in France, including in overseas departments such as French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and La Réunion, over the 2026-2027 academic year closes for Canadians on February 27.

⭐️Unique Opportunity For A Teacher In Somaliland

SOMALILAND > After decades of war, generations of Somali girls have grown up with little to no education or chance of economic opportunity. The Abaarso Network includes three school systems in Somaliland, and they need teachers.

⭐️Human-Elephant Conflict Field Assistant

CAMBODIA > Submit an application by February 15 (and have a bachelor’s degree in social, ecology, wildlife biology, forestry, environmental sciences, zoology/ecology, species conservation, conservation science or related subject, plus at least two years practical experience in conservation science, social science, scientific research and/or biological monitoring) and you could be heading to Mondulkiri Province as WWF-Cambodia’s next human-elephant conflict field assistant.

⭐️SwimTrek Guides

WORLDWIDE > They have already received loads of applications for the 2026 season at SwimTrek, but their application form is still available to EU passport holders looking to leverage their open water swimming expertise and other water based qualifications.

⭐️Front Of House Managers And Supervisors Needed In Alderney

UK CHANNEL ISLANDS > The Georgian House & The Moorings are looking for experienced FOH managers and supervisors to join them for the 2026 summer season (and beyond). You must have the right to live and work in the UK.

⭐️Wilderness Adventures Is Still Hiring Trip Leaders For Summer 2026

WORLDWIDE > Wilderness Adventures began their recruitment of enthusiastic trip leaders some months ago, but based on previous hiring cycles, we’d expect them to have some vacancies still to fill until the end of the month.

⭐️Paid To Party

SPAIN & GREECE > Simmering Shots provides bars, nightclubs and beach clubs with shot sellers. They work in the French Alps in the winter, and on Ibiza in the summer. The bio on their Instagram says work abroad with us and #paidtoparty.

⭐️Join The Team At Loch Insh

UK > Loch Insh Outdoor Centre sits in the foothills of the Cairngorm Mountains. For the upcoming season, they have roles in housekeeping, front of house, kitchen, reception, and activities. Live-in accommodation options are available.

⭐️Help Set Up And Dismantle A Buddhist Festival

UK > Buddhafield is a UK-based charity hosting one day events, meditation retreats, a vegan café, and online programmes rooted in Buddhist principles and ecologically and socially conscious living. They need help from volunteers to set up and dismantle their annual Buddhafield Festival, held in Somerset from July 15 to 19. Other areas needing help, and applications from performers and people holding workshops and movement sessions can be found here.

⭐️Whale Watching Guides

PORTUGAL > Lobosonda - Madeira Whalewatching, a whale-watching company that specialises in the responsible observation of cetaceans out at sea, is looking for enthusiastic guides. Applicants should be fluent in German and English, hold a relevant degree, and have a sailing license.

⭐️Applications For Artist Residencies From August To December 2026 Are Now Open

GERMANY > Twice a year, around 1000 professional artists working in the fields of dance, performance, media arts or music apply to the Pact Zollverein Residency Programme for studio space, accommodation locally, and a weekly grant allowance. Applications close February 23 for residencies from August to December.

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Paid TEFL Internship In Thailand

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Orphan bats, funky foxholes, sunset bintangs, island hopping, New Caledonia, burping DJs, & more…

⭐️Apply For More Tourism

ITALY > Applyfortourism is a Dutch company that rounds up entertainers, choreographers, football coaches, hospitality staff, receptionists, team leaders, and interns, and releases them into campsites across northern Italy. EU passports are required.

⭐️Allround Entertainers For The Balearic Islands

SPAIN > Did you know that in the Balearic Islands, you can find both crystal clear beaches and megalithic art? Us neither, but we do know that Acttiv is looking for all round entertainers to head there and organise children’s games for all ages.

⭐️Riveting Staff Wanted

CANADA > This summer, Dog Mermaid is running two adventure packed kids camps in British Columbia. They want kayak guides and instructors to keep things more exciting than this. Rental shop staff, too. They’ll hire international staff, but we detect a little sarcasm when they say they will handle the fun paperwork.

⭐️Discover The Magic Of Winter In The Snowy Mountains Of New South Wales

AUSTRALIA > Are you an experienced housekeeper or someone eager to learn? If that’s a yes, Jo’s Complete Clean needs housekeeper team members, team leaders and preppers to service holiday rental properties in Jindabyne, Thredbo and Crackenback.

⭐️On-Site Team Members 2026

FRANCE & AUSTRIA > Ever dreamed of living in a château in France, or the mountains of Austria? Contiki is once again looking for on-site team members to live and work at one of what they call their Special Stays in Europe for the summer season. Positions vary from site to site, but include cooks, bike guides, bar tenders and housekeepers. An EU passport is needed.

⭐️Experienced Chalet Host

FRANCE > Le Ski has a chalet host position - that could suit a couple - in La Tania for the remainder of the season.

⭐️Cooking, Foiling, Biking

A campsite with a wingfoil and mountain bike centre in northern Portugal has vacant cook/chef and kitchen assistant positions to fill in their restaurant.

⭐️Enjoy Your Great Spoliday

GREECE > Spoliday - where sport meets holiday - shared this free PADI Divemaster internship in Greece, put forward by GoDive Mykonos.

⭐️Island Hopping

GREECE & CROATIA > Someone who already knows their way around TikTok and Instagram, are comfortable in front of the camera, loves travel, and is not afraid to try new things will be perfect as the next content creator intern for Sail Croatia’s Island Hopping brand. Shared accommodation, a food allowance, flight contribution, and €2,000 paid at the end of the internship are in it for you. Applications close February 14. Sail Croatia itself is offering an identical gig in Croatia. Influencers, photographers and videographers can also leverage their creativity for complimentary experiences.

     | Island Hopping |

⭐️EPIK’s Fall Application Period Should Be Open Now

SOUTH KOREA > How our heart lept when we saw EPIK’s notice that they have updated their website. It sank again once we realised it is still shit. It is better to navigate around, taking not long at all to find the how to apply page, and read the wonky text that applications for teaching in Korea through this programme, affiliated with the Korean Ministry of Education, should open on February 1. Many potential teachers use an agency such as Korvia Consultancy. Annah Pokubye’s application walk through came up first when we searched YouTube. Advice may also be found in r/teachinginkorea.

⭐️Camp Taiwan Is Hiring Now

TAIWAN > A North American style camp that works with international schools and local communities is looking for summer camp counsellors and seasonal outdoor instructors.

⭐️Adventure Awaits In Australia

AUSTRALIA > Belgravia Outdoor Education have put an up to $2,000 flight reimbursement on a stick and is waving it in front of British, Canadian and American outdoor educators. They want them for eight weeks in Victoria.

⭐️Volunteers Needed For Flying Fox Orphan Release

AUSTRALIA > Aw. A cute bat smoking a big pink cigar, we thought incorrectly on first glance at the pictures illustrating Bat Conservation and Rescue Queensland’s advert (private group) for volunteers. Volunteers who will live onsite at their orphan flying fox release site and help them return to the wild. They had us from that moment and didn’t let go, mentioning that during the minimum four week stay we will get to see the babies grow and learn to fly.

⭐️Volunteer Photographer Or Videographer

AUSTRALIA > Captain Paul Watson Foundation Australia is looking for a volunteer photographer or videographer to join their crew for two to four weeks before they head to Antarctica. You will sail to Hobart and document life at sea for their supporters.

⭐️Cook Vietnamese Food For Guests Staying In The Galapagos Islands

ECUADOR GALAPAGOS ISLANDS > A chef is wanted to cook Vietnamese food for guests staying in a villa in the Galapagos Islands from June 4 to 11. Chefs who think they know a bit about Asian food and would like to apply shouldn’t bother. The chef can be located anywhere, as the clients will pay the travel costs and arrange the visa.

⭐️The Sailing Ship Laborer Is Seeking Volunteers

CARIBBEAN > Since Captain Dave Perdew purchased the Labora in Denmark in 2018, the historic wooden vessel has become a floating classroom and cultural hub. Hundreds of crew members from various nationalities have joined its voyages, sailing from Denmark to Cape Verde and across the Atlantic.

The ongoing project was recently seeking volunteers to help maintain, and build sailing platforms throughout the Caribbean islands, welcoming individuals interested in hands on work, traditional seamanship, and cultural preservation. Stays are flexible. Some people join for a few weeks, others for up to a year.

⭐️Join Tobiasbrygga This Summer

NORWAY > Tobiasbrygga, a waterfront restaurant in the heart of Lofoten, is hiring waiters and kitchen staff for the summer. Consider also Husum Hotel in Lærdal, which is seeking seasonal staff for a combined role including housekeeping, reception duties, breakfast preparations and waiting tables.

⭐️Naturist Resort Vacancies

GREECE > Vritomartis Naturist Resort posted a bunch of vacancies from Crete recently, including this one for a receptionist with excellent French or German, plus English. The careers page on their own website covers food and beverage, housekeeping and guest relations.

⭐️Oasis Of The Possible

NEW CALEDONIA > Nestled in the mountains of New Caledonia, Oasis des Possibles welcomes Wwoofers who are passionate about gardening, caring for nature and sustainable living.

⭐️Another Chance For Conservation Volunteering In Iceland

ICELAND > Land and Forest Iceland’s search for volunteers, which we mentioned in the last issue of JAB, will be coming to an end on February 15. Another way to apply, by the same date, for conservation work on the island is through the Nature Conservation Agency of Iceland. Their trail teams spend ten weeks on a selection of nature protection tasks and natural trail maintenance projects throughout the country’s national parks and nature reserves. The remoteness of the worksites and Iceland’s notoriously changeable weather make this volunteer programme both a challenge and an adventure. Applicants should be aged over 20.

     | Icelandic Ministry of Silly Walks Iceland Conservation Volunteers |

⭐️Extra! Extra! Read All About It!

UK & WORLDWIDE > For a while, we’ve had the bones of a post about earning money as a film or TV extra sitting in our drafts and - hoorah! - we don’t have to finish it. Emma Lunn, writing in The Guardian, has done it for us. In her article, she reveals extras can expect to be paid between £150 and £250 a day on average, and lists agencies such as Uni-versal Extras. For readers in Ireland, we’d add Belfast based The Extras Dept. More agencies are provided in Save The Student.

Other advice in the piece suggests watching out for casting calls. Many are listed in Backstage and Project Casting, and through Facebook groups such as Film & TV Casting Calls UK.

Working as a background artist can be a lucrative side hustle, boosting travel funds before setting off and also while already on the road. JAB met the captain of a hijacked ship rescued by a girl with the ability to talk with animals in a restaurant in Chiang Mai, and here’s the ex of an old flatmate wearing a green shirt, chatting away behind Hugh Grant in Notting Hill.

Other travellers who have fallen into it include Johnny Duncan, who, on the second day of his first backpacking trip, was approached by film scouts and able to extend his time in Cairo doing various films, playing everything from a British diplomat to a doctor, a businessman and an army officer. He suggests, if you want to try the same, staying in or asking around at the cheapest backpacker guesthouses, and you might be approached.

Digital nomad James Clark method acted sitting in front of a computer for a cut scene in The Impossible about the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami. Travel bloggers Cody McKibben, Adventurous Kate and Backpacking Matt danced in the background of a Full Moon Party on Koh Phangan for a German action movie, and Turner Barr got paid to stand around smoking dressed as an American soldier for a National Geographic documentary shot in Bangkok.

None of these went on to a career as a film extra, unlike John Walker who found that his look – skinny and not too good-looking – was in high demand, leading to more than 2,500 appearances on screen, or Jill Goldston, whose 60 year career as an extra was itself the subject of a film.

⭐️Eco Villa Renovation Volunteer Project

ITALY > An update has come over the wires from Voluntouring.org that ColivingLiguria is taking requests from volunteers interested in transforming beautiful, historic villas into a vibrant coliving space for remote workers, volunteers, and anyone who wants to take a break from frustrating city life. Flexible volunteer hours are agreed individually, and accommodation is offered in return.

⭐️Another Koh Rong Sanloem Volunteering Option

CAMBODIA > You can add SunBoo Beach Bungalows to last month’s Koh Rong Sanloem volunteering options. They are open to hosting people looking for a short term work exchange (private group) or long term employment opportunity at Sunset Beach.

⭐️Campsite Couriers

SPAIN & FRANCE > A new campsite team leader is in the sights of Siesta Lifestyle Holidays. They particularly want one that is enthusiastic, fun loving and responsible, who is also an EU passport holder or a UK national with residency in Spain. The use of a Gmail address on the advert looks a bit dodgy, but we checked their own website - where they also list vacancies for campsite couriers and couple site reps - and they use it there, too. KelAir Campotel is also advertising for couples couriers.

⭐️Waiters/Waitresses Wanted In Mallorca

SPAIN > Megapark has been on Hosco again, this time to advertise in English ten vacancies for wait staff to serve their mostly German customers. See their website for a video presentation of all their vacancies.

⭐️Live Your Summer On The Water

ITALY > Michele Marioni is doing the online stuff for her brother Stefano, advertising a bunch of instructor vacancies for Garganosurf in Vieste.

⭐️Manor Adventure Is Hiring Animators

FRANCE > Although the start date seems to have passed, Manor Adventure have six month contracts waiting for activity instructors joining them at their two locations in France. EU passports or work visas for France are needed, but experience isn’t.

⭐️Applications Are Open For The Next Series Of Race Across The World

WORLDWIDE > Race Across the World, BBC One’s BAFTA winning hit series, is back and once again is searching for intrepid duos ready to take a step into the unknown and embark on another epic race across land and sea. This experience is open to anyone with a passport, whether you’re a seasoned traveller or total novice, as long as you’re aged over 18 and legally resident in the UK. Applications are open until March 29.

     | Race Across The World |

⭐️Carry On English Language Summer Camping

EUROPE > A fair number of the posts we’ve shared in the last couple of issues of JAB have been from immersive English language summer camps for kids. The goal with these is to mix activities, games and fun into an English language environment created by native speakers.

Why not round them all up into one post, we thought. You get another chance to ponder the chances of getting a work visa to live in the woods or mountains in Europe, and JAB gets more time in the pub to add even more jobs abroad goodness into this issue.

In Germany, Fokus Camps are present in ten camp locations around the country, each needing their fill of enthusiastic, energetic English native level speaking camp counsellors, who are able to run sports and activities programmes for two to six week placements. And, good news for Germans with a native level of English, or native English speakers already living in Germany, Language Farm have now updated their application form for 2026.

There is a map of Kids Camp America’s kids camps in Germany on their jobs page. They hire teachers and teaching assistants with experience working with children - either in a teaching position or as a coach, au pair or similar - from English speaking countries all over the world, as well as German born English speakers, to run their sports and activities programmes.

A weekly summer salary of between €720 and €810, along with travel reimbursement and room and board, is paid to the English teachers who land this job with Alpadia Language Schools.

In France, American Village Camps seek energetic, creative, team players who are fluent English speakers who love working with children. Young Austria has been encouraging the participants in their kids’ camps to speak English in all situations - for the whole day - since 1950. They’re looking forward to receiving applications from native English speakers for yet another year.

Village Camps will be needing language teachers, activity counsellors and support staff for their summer camps in Austria, Switzerland and Portugal this summer, from the end of June until early or mid August. Two more options in Switzerland are Camp Suisse and Le Rosey Camps.

The English Camp Company is present in Austria and also in Italy. Their staff are volunteers. You Can Camp also takes on volunteers for their camps in Italy. They accept American, Australian, Canadian, Kiwi and European participants aged 20 to 35 years old, with a college degree or attending college/university. Alternatively, a TEFL certificate or previous camp experience is accepted as well.

Each year, Dalina Borcan recruits for summer camps in Transylvania, Romania, selecting English speaking volunteers who are 18 to 40 years old, energetic, enthusiastic, and who enjoy working with children and young people. Volunteers should be able to spend a minimum of four weeks here, but can stay the whole summer should they wish.

Lastly, to Spain. The Village offers an opportunity to work as a summer camp coach there for four weeks in July. They hire native English speakers (or Spaniards with C1) to engage in sports, music, dance, drama, games, outdoor activities, and coastal and mountain trekking.

Amy and Andrew, a British couple JAB met in Thailand a few years ago, are still on the road 13 years after they left home. One of their experiences in that time was a stint working in English camps in Spain. They share both their lowdown on how this went, and these companies that run English camps in the country: Forenex, Enforex, and TECS.

⭐️Ten Weeks Working At An Immersive English Camp: A Survivor’s Story

SPAIN > For anyone who’s considering a camp job, Stephanie Saint shares her story of the ten weeks she spent working at an immersive English camp in the north of Spain. The kids that attend the camp are meant to eat, sleep and breathe English for the duration of their stay, and, although she looks back on the camp with fond memories, it was also a pretty immersive experience for the teachers, too, for both good and bad reasons.

⭐️More Language Camp Vacancies

ITALY > Other camp positions to consider are the ones run by Alphabet Education. They believe that a summer camp is not only a programme, but also - and above all - a place that surrounds the participants and creates a whole new world. The place they chose for this goal, in the hills on the border between Tuscany and Umbria, attracted the abuses of their lawyers, according to our translation of their Italian language newsletter.

Ideal candidates for the ESL teacher, camp counsellor and group leader roles will be native English speakers, patient, have previous experience working with students, and possess ESL certification. Consider, too, this position that popped up last week in the English Teachers in Italy Association group. It will suit 18 to 35s happy to work with kids and available in July.

Lastly, every year, every single year, we check out Lingue Senza Frontiere’s website and social media and think nope, they’ve closed down. A year later, when we start thinking about English camp vacancies again, we find that they did run camps and staffed them with native English speakers with bubbly characters and a genuine interest in working with children. Currently, as expected, their application form is for 2025, but this will change at some point between now and this time next year.

⭐️Camp Europe

EUROPE > Though we missed their applications opening up last autumn - bad JAB! Bad! - yet another summer camp option is Camp Europe, who do their thing across various campsite locations in Germany, Austria, Ireland, England, Spain, and Italy. They hire camp counsellors, language coaches, offer a three month long internship, and a six month long outdoor education diploma. They also hire coordinators. Many of these come with a stipend to provide financial support.

Academic Camp doesn’t seem to be doing anything in Germany this year, but they do hire teachers and camp counsellors for their camps around the UK. As well as these, they are running a couple of camps in Canada.

⭐️Make A Real Difference In The Lives Of Animals

COSTA RICA > Wild Sun Rescue Center will be short of hands this March unless they get some support over the coming months. There’s no programme fee if volunteering for 12 weeks.

⭐️Castle Bartender Position

ITALY > The thousand year old castle we mentioned in our last issue is now putting out feelers for a bartender.

⭐️Big Boat Childcare And Sports Recruitment

AT SEA > Kings Active Foundation, a not for profit with a specialism in childcare and sports recruitment, is presently recruiting sports, youth and cruise staff for Royal Caribbean cruise ships travelling across the world.

     | Kings Active Foundation |

⭐️Make New Friends, Party All Night, Tan Under The Sun By Day

GREECE > Saloon Tex Club in Kos tried to post an ad to our Facebook group in December, and we’ve only just noticed that a) it ended up in our spam folder, and b) we have a spam folder. The ad for promoters, proppers/PRs, reps, bartenders and DJs for their club was nearly the same as this one on their Instagram.

If their reviews are to be believed, the DJ should be able to burb into a microphone, the bartenders adept at watering down drinks, and PRs should be super aggressive. But, if there is a time and a place for this sort of thing, summer 26 in Kos is probably it.

Another summer 26 holiday job in Kos is this one, put forward by Wild Bull Kos. They are hiring bar staff and floor staff.

⭐️Volunteering Good, Bad And Ugly

WORLDWIDE > Abbey, a redhead gone rogue, has enjoyed her money saving experiences on the Worldpackers platform, volunteering in Turkiye, Morocco and in a castle in Scotland. Emma, who fled her Workaway host in the middle of the night, not so much. Both introduce us to Fialka, who doesn’t have the Workaway spirit and tries to ruin volunteering for us with her own horror stories and these from the Worldpackers subreddit.

⭐️More Safe Sailing

AT SEA > Emma’s host in Panama (see above) co owned a sailing school. Both her and Fialka have heard many similar horror stories from female volunteers on boats and conjecture that sailing experiences seem to attract the creeps. Here’s a reminder of our safe sailing post from May 2024.

⭐️The First Vegan Hotel In Italy Is Hiring

ITALY > La Vimea April is hiring Italian and English speaking (German is an advantage) reception, service, and housekeeping staff for April to November. It’s EU nationals only, and preference will be given to vegan applicants.

⭐️Sole Chef For World Travelling 50M Motoryacht

AT SEA > From mid to the end of February, a chef with experience in multi course plated menus will be travelling Europe before crossing the ocean to the Caribbean and/or USA later in the year. Another summer in the Med winter in the Caribbean opportunity presents itself to a chef with a sailing background if they cook for a team of seven to 15 staff on a private 40m sailing/racing yacht. Another sole chef will stay in Italy on a 23m charter sailing catamaran.

⭐️Stewardess Wanted In South Of France

FRANCE > A dedicated stewardess is wanted to join a 25m motor yacht based in the South of France for a seasonal position.

⭐️My Way And The Sky Way

PORTUGAL > MyWay Kite & Surf is advertising for kitesurf instructors, interns and volunteers for the 2026 season. Good English is mandatory; German and/or Portuguese would be good. French is also cool. They are also in the market for an English and Portuguese speaking handyman.

     | MyWay Kite & Surf |

⭐️Workcampers Wanted In Virginia

USA > Indian Cove Resort in Virginia Beach is looking to hire workcampers for their 2026 season.

⭐️Greeka Jobs

GREECE > Now is a good time to drop by the job offers section of Greeka.com. Sales reps, boat crew, champagne girls and hospitality jobs, mostly with titles ending in “ess”, as is usually the want in Greece, were among the vacancies posted there when we dropped by.

⭐️Senior Watersports Instructor

GREECE > A week or so ago, BeyondBeach still needed a senior watersports instructor to step up into a role at their Greek Beach Clubs.

⭐️Swimming Coaches

EUROPE > TUI is looking for talented swim coaches who are willing to relocate to one of their holiday destinations for Summer 2026. If you speak English plus German, Finnish or Swedish (and have an EU passport, and a qualification in swimming teaching or a coaching certificate), head here.

⭐️Boat Barber

AT SEA > A wealthy someone with shaggy hair wants a hairdresser to join an 80m+ new build for three months of the year, filling in for the usual hairdresser when on leave. Candidates should have at least a year of yachting experience. The Med in the summer and the Caribbean in the winter is the likely itinerary.

⭐️Fulbright Grants Are Available To Austrian Students

USA > Applications for Americans to work in Austrian secondary schools via the US Teaching Assistantship Program have closed. Austrian students wanting to go the other way and obtain a Fulbright grant to pursue a master’s degree and study in the US are in luck, though. The Application period for this is February 1 to May 1.

⭐️Volunteer At Roskilde Festival

DENMARK > Every year, CoffeeCow goes to Roskilde Festival to sell coffee and asks for help from strong people. They’ve shown a preference for Irish girls and boys at previous festivals, offering tickets and food to their volunteers. Other vendors post their volunteer vacancies to the Roskilde Festival - Become A Volunteer! Facebook group, or check out the many positions listed here.

     | Roskilde Festival |

⭐️Working For Farmer Phil

UK > Farmer Phil’s music festival this year will be taking place from August 7 to 9 in a field near Shrewsbury. The festival continues to grow since its inception in 1998, and will need, among other things, stewarding, drink serving, rubbish collecting, and camping field a marshalin. Volunteers do these.

⭐️Live In A Tent, Wear Black, Serve Drinks And Hear Dance Music

UK > Hap Solutions is responsible for rounding up bar staff to work at Creamfields (Chelmsford, in May), and Creamfields North (Cheshire, in August). You will need a good quality tent and a sleeping bag.

⭐️Trotters Independent Travel Will Pay Travel Writers £200 Per Piece

REMOTE > We were very excited to read in a recent issue of Wildly Successful Travelpreneurs that Trotters is launching in 2026 and will need travel writers. Mostly because we could make a crap joke that this is Del and Rodney’s latest venture. Matador seeking writers for golf pieces in Scotland and Hawaiʻi, and Nomad Cruise’s want for a digital nomad lifestyle writer are some of the other opportunities shared there.

⭐️Will Teach For Surf Lessons

INDONESIA > Iwan Sang Dakhi is still hanging out in volunteering Facebook groups, spreading the word about the Fatora English Project, located on Nias, an island off the western coast of Sumatra. Volunteers teach English to local children in return for accommodation and surfing lessons.

The graphic with all the details says there is a small donation to support the project. It doesn’t say how much, but if it hasn’t changed from last August, it will be US$5 a day, plus volunteers source their own food from the many food stalls in the area. Videos of teachers doing their thing can be found here, and if you’re still wavering, these sunset bintangs by the beach are making us think about what we are doing with our lives.

⭐️Share Your Hospitality Skills

LAOS > La Folie Lodge, a small boutique resort on Don Daeng Island in the Mekong in Southern Laos, is interested in volunteers willing to share and teach their skills in hospitality.

⭐️Thai Akha Volunteers Discounts To Bloggers

THAILAND > We found Chiang Mai’s Thai Akha Cooking School in Rowena Harding’s post, Thailand Told Through Noodles. Their Workaway profile, through which volunteers could have helped them grow and develop their cooking classes, has been paused, but bloggers can earn discounts on their courses. Warm Heart, in the Phrao District of Chiang Mai, may be a suitable alternative for volunteering.

Asian Oasis, who work with the Lisu, another hill tribe in Thailand, and who kindly hosted JAB many years ago, are also willing to explore potential collaboration opportunities with influencers. They have volunteering and internship programmes, too.

⭐️Volunteers Wanted For New Backpackers Hostel In Langkawi

MALAYSIA > If you’re looking for a fun way to experience island life, meet backpackers from around the world, and be part of building a brand new hostel from the beginning, The Crowded House Backpackers Lodge is offering dorm accommodation and meals for helping out about the place.

⭐️Spring / Summer Activity Leaders For An International Language School

UK > Spend your spring and summer working outdoors, enjoying life and making memories with international teenagers through exciting activities, excursions, and adventures in Brighton and the south of England.

⭐️Samuel Huntington Public Service Award

WORLDWIDE > This award provides US$30,000 for a graduating college senior to undertake a one year public service project anywhere in the world immediately following graduation. Non US citizens can apply if graduating from a US college/university. The deadline for applying this year has been extended to February 9.

⭐️Escape The January Blues. Applications Open For Jobs In Antarctica

ANTARCTICA > British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have announced they are looking for people to work at its research stations in Antarctica. Carpenters, chefs, plumbers, boat handlers, scuba divers, plant operators and more are encouraged to apply for a job that offers the ultimate career change for those seeking adventure at the end of the Earth.

     | British Antarctic Survey |

⭐️Have An ICE Time At Trump Camp

USA > An anonymous user with a silly name put a serious question to the Outdoor Education Jobs Facebook group about working at summer camps in the USA as a foreigner: would they be safe there, let alone be allowed into the country?

⭐️Work Campers Who Enjoy Gardening And Hands On Projects

USA > Handy work campers who enjoy gardening, power tools, and hands-on projects - raised beds, trellises, fencing, and practical homestead builds - can cover their campsite rent by working ten hours a week at Harvest Woods in Alabama. 20 hours a week if you use their camper or a private room in the house. Extra hours are paid.

⭐️Live, Work And Play In The Trinity Alps Wilderness Of Northern California

USA & CANADA > Camp Unalayee is excited to be hiring a number of new wilderness camp counsellors this year. They provide wages and not quite room and board, aka a tent. Wilderness counsellors and other staff are also needed in Ontario.

⭐️Call For European Volunteers

ITALY > Three places are available (two from the EU, one from Italy) for ESC funded volunteers to spend six months with Creative Art Farm, beginning in March. Apply by February 8.

⭐️Recruiting Nautical Instructors For The Orient Express Sailing

AT SEA > Talent Collective is thrilled to be supporting the recruitment for the inaugural season of the world’s largest and most advanced sailing yacht by rounding up world class nautical instructors. They also need a stage manager. Fucking hell! How big is this yacht?

⭐️Jump Is Recruiting In Europe

EUROPE > Jump Foundation is recruiting outdoor instructors in Europe for their programmes in Hungary, Slovenia and the Czech Republic this May and June. Other jobs are available with them elsewhere.

⭐️ESL Teachers And ESL Nursery Teachers

THAILAND > The Language School is inviting ESL teachers and ESL nursery teachers to Surat Thani. As well as the usual native speaking suspects, fluent non native speaking teachers with an education degree and TOEIC certification may also apply.

⭐️Adventure Guides

USA > Santa Barbara Adventure Company is hiring adventure guides for seasonal roles with opportunities to transition into year round employment. This role is ideal for those with flexible availability during the high season (March to November) and a love for working outdoors. Some positions include opportunities to camp overnight in remote settings.

⭐️Outback Wilderness Sanctuary Needs A Housekeeper

AUSTRALIA > Privately owned and operated, Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary in the Northern Flinders Ranges, South Australia, is renowned for its spectacular landscapes, unique geology, rich ecology, and world-class dark skies. They are looking for an enthusiastic and hardworking housekeeper for a dual role position. Daytime hours will be spent in housekeeping, the evening in the restaurant/bar or kitchen as a kitchen hand/dishwasher (depending on your skills).

⭐️Lakeside Hospitality

IRELAND > There’s a nice selection of vacancies from the outdoors industry, as always, in the latest copy of The Wild Path, including these ones supporting hospitality, operations, and guest experience at the Gougane Barra Hotel, a fifth generation family run lakeside hotel in County Cork.

⭐️Thinking Of Hanging Up Your Ski Boots?

UK > The ability to ski or snowboard (though you could be taught by one of their young people) is essential, and ski Instructor qualifications are desirable for Snow Camp’s next wellbeing manager in the north west of England. They are a charity turning young lives around with the power of snowsport, taking young people from beginner to qualified snowsports instructors in just one year, with volunteering and apprenticeship progression routes available at the end.

⭐️Nauti Otter Yurt Village Night Host

USA > By day, the Nauti Otter Yurt Village night host will do their normal tourist stuff: taking a glacier cruise, kayaking, ATV, hiking, you name it, but by night, the Nauti Otter Yurt Village night host starts fires, and welcomes and mingles with guests staying at the Nauti Otter Yurt Village in Seward, Alaska.

     | Nauti Otter Yurt Village |

⭐️Volunteer Gathering At Bjärkan In Northern Sweden

SWEDEN > Bjärkan, a land based community project in northern Sweden, recently highlighted the two week work exchange they are hosting from June 30 to July 11.

⭐️Cruise Job Fairs

UK & WORLDWIDE > Cruise Job Fair’s research shows that attending a cruise job fair is ten times more effective than applying for jobs online, says Cruise Job Fair. The first chance for cruise job seekers to meet recruiters in person, introduce themselves and hand out their CVs will be on February 26 in Barcelona. Other opportunities across the year will take place in Cancun, Varna, London, Amsterdam and Budapest.

⭐️Go Diving Show

UK & WORLDWIDE > NAEC Stoneleigh Park in Coventry will be hosting the 2026 Go Diving Show from February 28 to March 1. Google’s tame AI describes the show as an excellent venue for finding dive jobs, bringing together a large concentration of industry employers, including dive centres, liveaboard operators, and training agencies, and serving as a major hub for networking, allowing attendees to meet recruiters in person, which is often more effective than applying online.

⭐️African Impact

SOUTH AFRICA > Katie Adams shared with the Wildlife Workers’ Network (private group) African Impact’s paid camp management, research and photography guide positions. She says they offer a chance to live and work in a conservation focused environment where no two days are the same. Applicants should be South African citizens or have a work permit.

⭐️Sakharov Fellowship For Human Rights Defenders

EUROPE > The European Parliament’s Sakharov Fellowship offers up to 14 human rights defenders selected from non EU countries the opportunity for two weeks of intensive training in Brussels and at another location in an EU Member State. The Fellowship covers return travel, accommodation, and a daily living allowance. Candidates with a proven record in human rights campaigning and a high level of English proficiency should apply by February 15.

⭐️Apply To Zis By February 15 For Free Travel

GERMANY > Zis travel scholarships are once again open to young people of all nationalities as long as they are aged under 21. Non German applicants can apply if they live in Germany, travel to a German speaking country or choose a topic with a context to German culture. Apply by February 15. All information on the application can be found in a nutshell in the Zis info flyer.

⭐️Spanish Speaking Freelance Tour Guide

UK > Edinburgh based tour operator, City Explorers is looking for enthusiastic, committed, fun, friendly individuals who would like to work with them as a Spanish speaking freelance tour guide. Previous experience is a bonus but not necessary. The main thing is that you are committed, flexible, professional, willing to learn and fluent in Spanish at a native level.

⭐️Social Content For A Huge UK Artist

BELGIUM > A casting call is being, erm, called for a huge UK artist that JAB has most likely never heard of. See here if you’re black, over 18, based in Brussels, available on February 6 and love being in front of a camera.

⭐️Finance Brand Casting Call

UK > Street Cast models are currently looking for real people - in this case, male 57 to 65, and female 33 to 38 - across the UK to be filmed in a podcast style interview for a social first campaign. It is for a well known finance company and is well paid for just two or three hours filming in London at the end of this month.

⭐️Do You Really Want To Be A YouTuber In 2026?

THAILAND > How to be a YouTuber in Thailand in 2026? Don’t bother, that’s how, says Bangkok Pat, before covering the topic in more depth and, with the help of other Bangkok based YouTubers, offering some useful tips on avoiding making the same crappy videos on the same topics just for clicks. In his own video, Paddy Doyle, a YouTuber long established in the country, shares his earnings for the past year.

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• Be a university graduate and hold a recognised bachelor’s degree

• Be no older than 50 and no younger than 21

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⭐️Summer Adventure In Rhodes

GREECE > Trekking Hellas Rhodes is looking for sea kayak guides and assistant guides to spend the summer paddling along crystal clear waters and exploring hidden bays. Full season candidates, working from May 15 until October 2026, are their top priority, but shorter two month contracts may also be considered.

⭐️Office Assistant Wanted In Paphos

CYPRUS > The Latchi Watersports group are recruiting a motivated and friendly office assistant ready to swap the mundane for a workplace where the sound of the sea and happy holidaymakers is your daily soundtrack. More of their open positions are given here.

⭐️It’s Finally Autumn At The British Council

WORLDWIDE > Not long after our snarky post last month on the British Council’s loose definition of autumn, the UK’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities relented, declared summer over, and opened applications for its English Language Assistants (ELA) programme. These six month or one year placements support the teaching of English in Argentina, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and Quebec. The deadline for applications is January 28.

⭐️Skomer Island Volunteering Applications Are Open

UK > Applications close January 31 for the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales’ three long term volunteering positions on Skomer Island this year. Three months long, these positions are an excellent chance to gain practical conservation skills on one of the most important seabird islands in Britain. They also have a one month long seabird monitoring position. Apply by February 28 for this one.

⭐️Scottish Dolphin Centre Residential Volunteer Opportunity

UK > Are you passionate about marine conservation, wildlife, and connecting with people? The Scottish Dolphin Centre is inviting applications for its Residential Volunteer Guide Programme until January 19. £35 per week food allowance and free accommodation in an area full of amazing wildlife are the perks.

⭐️American Camps In Germany

GERMANY > There’s a map here of Kids Camp America’s kids camps in Germany. They hire teachers and teaching assistants with experience working with children - either in a teaching position or as a coach, au pair or similar - from English speaking countries all over the world, as well as German born English speakers, to run sports and activities programmes.

⭐️Help To Create An English Speaking Environment In Germany

GERMANY > If you have spent the past week talking English but paying for your meals and accommodation, then you are doing something wrong. There are places in this world where we can do what we do all day anyway, and people will feed us and give us a free bed to sleep in.

In Germany, these people are called Englischhausen. They spend much of their time creating English speaking villages where students can immerse themselves in our vocabulary and idioms. To volunteer as an Anglo in one of these villages, you should be a native English speaker, aged over 22, and enjoy conversation and learning about different cultures. Occasionally, fluent non native speakers are also able to attend as Anglos, as long as their English is close to or equivalent to native proficiency, and exceptions are sometimes made for outstanding applicants between the ages of 18 and 22.

⭐️Ever Wanted A Pet Emu?

AUSTRALIA > Mark de Groot can rack off with his opinion that applicants would effectively be signing up for unpaid labour - dude! free emu! - if they take Pierro Veillon’s suggestion to help his landlords in Coolalinga, NT, in exchange for free accommodation (for the first week, then A$150 per week). As well as Strech the emu, you’ll get to feed baby wallabies, meet Colin the little calf and Nugget the big one, watch the eight peacocks show off their feathers to impress the ladies, and chat with Reggie the cockatoo.

⭐️Land And Sky Iceland

ICELAND > Every year, Land and Forest Iceland (Land og Skógur) looks for volunteers who have some experience of camping and hill walking, enjoy wilderness landscapes and are ready for a challenge in Iceland’s notoriously changeable weather. They will be heading to Thórsmörk, Goðaland and beyond for three to nine weeks to take part in trail maintenance, land restoration and wilderness management projects. Food and campsites are provided throughout the placements, and there is no participation fee.

This year is a good year to do it. “This year’s solar maximum is expected to make Iceland’s northern lights even more spectacular,” say Einar Davidsson, a spokesperson for travel agency Guide to Iceland. Applications are open until February 15.

     | Guide to Iceland |

⭐️Volunteer On Lombok Island

INDONESIA > Ferenc Feiler is just back from Lombok, where he volunteered for four weeks with an organisation of local youth who teach English to local children for free. They are not on Facebook yet, but he will give us more information and contact info.

⭐️Teach Basic English And Engage With Local Students In Sidoarjo

INDONESIA > A school in Sidoarjo, East Java, is looking for passionate volunteers who love teaching, culture, and new experiences. Local meals and accommodation near the school are provided in return, but not, despite the delusions of some comments, flights.

⭐️Urgent Help Needed In Hoi An

VIETNAM > The director of a US nonprofit animal rescue shelter in Hoi An has had to rush home and really needs someone (private group) to move into her house near the shelter before January 10 and do five hours a day, five days a week, helping with cleaning and feeding, and vet trips.

⭐️Hang Out With Pumpkin And Carrot

THAILAND > Spend a week volunteering at an observation only elephant sanctuary on Koh Lanta. There is a fee - this is voluntourism - but at under £200 for the week, not including accommodation, we think it is a not unreasonable one for this experience.

⭐️Isaan English Teaching Experience

THAILAND > SINE invites passionate native English speakers to join their Experience Isaan Program. This immersive, short term experience places you in government schools across Northeastern Thailand. No teaching experience needed.

⭐️Bay Of Biscay Science Communicators

AT SEA > The Wild Path found this ocean conservationist gig abroad Britanny Ferries. The role follows an approximate four weeks on, four weeks off rotation, sailing across the Bay of Biscay to Spain from Britain or Ireland. The application deadline is January 11.

⭐️Castle Maintenance

ITALY > A thousand year old castle in the Tuscan mountains is looking for a hands on maintenance person with electrical skills for work from March until October. Italian is a plus, but English is a requirement. Accommodation can be provided if needed.

⭐️Language And Culture Exchange In Busan

SOUTH KOREA > LanCul, a global community in Busan, is a place for foreign travellers to meet Korean friends and learn the Korean language and culture, and for Korean English learners to meet foreign friends and talk in English with them. English speaking volunteers can stay between three and ten weeks. Accommodation is free, and you can cook in the kitchen.

⭐️Backroads Hiring Events

WORLDWIDE > Hiring events are coming up in February and March in the USA, Canada, and Europe, as well as virtual ones, for the Backroads trip leader and trip prep specialist positions we mentioned in our last issue.

⭐️Camp Cayuga

USA > Camp Cayuga is a private nonsectarian residential camp in the Pocono Mountains of Northeast Pennsylvania for boys and girls ages six to 16. They are hiring multi talented counsellors from English speaking countries who are qualified to instruct more than one activity.

⭐️Work For Sangria

GERMANY & SPAIN > Legends of the fest, aka festival crew or Stokies, will get their accommodation, food, beer and sangria free when helping Stoke Travel put the infrastructure in place for paying customers to bull or booze fueled festivals in Spain or Germany. Past festival crew have included acrobats and electricians, dancers, accountants, hospitality workers, carpenters, bar staff, receptionists, tour guides, soldiers on leave, and TV personalities. They also have volunteer opportunities available at their San Sebastian Surf House and in Barcelona.

     | Stoke Travel |

⭐️Work Sleep Beach Repeat

SPAIN > If you believe their website, EU residents looking to work in Spain under Dutch supervision will have to wait a little longer until applications open at Mallorcajobs.com. Their Instagram, however, says otherwise. This states applications are now open for restaurant jobs on the island. The season runs from April to November.

⭐️Koh Rong And Koh Rong Sanloem Volunteering Options

CAMBODIA > M’Pai Bay is the guesthouse hotspot on Koh Rong Sanloem, and the direction volunteering curious travellers are pointed towards. Taylor, a travel blogger who visited in 2019, suggests that basically every hostel and bar in town is seeking volunteers who are willing to put in some easy working hours in exchange for free accommodation. Beach House Cambodia is certainly known for having volunteers about the place. A former volunteer, who went on to be a paid manager at the hostel, says they had 12 volunteers at a time there (though they did say it was a fucking nightmare, with three separate cliques at one point, and a relief when certain people’s visas would run out).

Dragonfly Guesthouse has also been suggested, but the current owners are ready to sell up and move on to new ventures. Speaking of new ventures, Jamie Albert and his friend Kasper bought a restaurant, bar, bungalow and glamping business on the island called On the Rocks. They have been happy to have volunteers working in the bar for bed, booze and food. The Cliff Hostel has been known to take on volunteers as well, but reviews from two of them, which we think were left by two friends, are less than positive.

Over at Saracen Bay, The Big Easy likes volunteers to stay a month on their island crew. Yellow Sun Koh Rong sometimes needs volunteers, offering two meals a day, drinks and accommodation to work alongside their local staff. And, only last month Watersports Cambodia had an opportunity for a female or a couple to help out around their dive centre. It’s possibly gone, but we noted them wanting volunteers earlier last year, so it’s not a one off.

⭐️Death And Clowns

SAUDI ARABIA > Professional artists are currently sought to work in Saudi Arabia for six days from January 26. Required performances are for a clown, Globe of Death, Wheel of Death, and trapeze. We both hope and assume this is for a circus.

⭐️Gnomes

NEW ZEALAND > At Gnomes, they are seeking enthusiastic people who enjoy working in a fast paced environment, with a love for the mountains, and derive satisfaction from assisting the customers in their ski and snowboard retail stores.

⭐️Activity Centre Support Roles Open At Condover Hall

UK > JCA has begun their recruitment for catering assistants, retail assistants, kitchen porters, and housekeeping assistants for their Condover Hall activity centre. These positions are seasonal, full or part time. Applications close January 12 or 23, depending on the position.

⭐️Travelbound Publishes Their 2026 Chateau Du Molay Vacancies

FRANCE > Part of the same Experience Education Student Travel Group as JCA, Travelbound is hiring until February 20 for their Chateau Du Molay venue, host to residential school trips from the UK. Positions are open to those with the right to work in France, including chefs, pot washers, general assistants, activity assistants, kitchen porters, and maintenance assistants.

⭐️Bike Guides And Bike Mechanics

CROATIA, GREECE & ITALY > Neilson Active Holidays got ahead of themselves this year, posting their vacancies for the summer earlier than usual. Among them are these bike guide and mechanic positions pitched at individuals who wish to combine their love for cycling and outdoor activities with a desire to help their beach club guests have an unforgettable holiday.

⭐️Immediate Start At Le Local Morzine

FRANCE > Le Local Morzine is looking for a reliable kitchen assistant to join them for the remainder of the winter season.

⭐️American Village Camps

FRANCE > Have a dig around the website of American Village Camps because recruitment for the 2026 season is open, and they are inviting us to check out their calendar and available positions. If you can bring the English language to life for school children aged eight to 14 years old, are eligible to work in France and are suitable for this employment opportunity, then there may be a job here, somewhere, for you. Tigger, Peachy, Eagle, Bon Bon - are these made up? - and Mr Fresh did it.

⭐️Summer Village Camps

SWITZERLAND & AUSTRIA > Village Camps will be needing language teachers, activity counsellors and support staff for their summer camps in Austria and Switzerland this summer, from the end of June until early or mid August. It’s applications from EU nationals, Norwegians and Swiss only in Austria, but Brits, Americans, Canadians, Aussies and Kiwis will also be considered for their vacancies in Switzerland. Camps are usually held in Portugal, too. At the time of writing, recruitment information wasn’t available for there.

⭐️Become A Summer Camp Coach At An International Camp In Northern Spain

SPAIN > The Village offers an opportunity to work as a summer camp coach in Spain for four weeks in July. They hire native English speakers (or Spaniards with C1) to engage in sports, music, dance, drama, games, outdoor activities, and coastal and mountain trekking.

     | The Village, Spain |

⭐️Summer Leader Job Opportunities

WORLDWIDE > The Road Less Traveled is now seeking trip leaders knowledgeable in any or all of the following: language immersion, service learning projects, backpacking, camping, rock climbing, whitewater rafting, kayaking, scuba diving, and biking. Interns are also hired in supporting roles.

⭐️The Language Farm Will Start Hiring Soon

GERMANY > Four hours south of Berlin, The Language Farm teaches English through adventure, music, cooking, outdoor experiences and creativity. When we scrolled down to the bottom navigation on their website to their Join our team link, we found they hadn’t yet updated their application form for 2026, but we expect them to do so shortly.

A few years ago, in response to Brits locked behind the Brexit paywall looking to work with them, they said “where [there] is a will there is a way,” but on their form for 2025 they stated that they were looking for native English speakers, or those with a native level of English, who are already living in Germany, and to: “Please kindly refrain from applying however, if you do not already live in Germany. You must also already have a valid visa to work in Germany available to send to us.”

We have also seen them on occasion hanging out where outdoor instructors do, looking to hire canoe instructors/ lifeguards to join their tours in July and August.

⭐️International Boarding School Summer Staff

SWITZERLAND > Club and activity leaders with a minimum one year of university studies and experience working with children are on the list of staff the Leysin American School, an international boarding school in the Alps, is hoping to attract for the summer.

⭐️Summer Camp Jobs In Crans-Montana

SWITZERLAND > Applications are open until January 30 to get in with International Summer Camp Montana as a staff member at their summer camp in the alpine resort of Crans-Montana. They’ll be needing group counsellors to assume the role of parents while their charges are away from home, activity specialists, English, French and Spanish language teachers, and drivers. Swiss and EU citizens will have no problem working there, and US, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand and South African passport holders can obtain a work permit.

⭐️Airport Transfer Assistants

FRANCE & SWITZERLAND > Immediate starts are available to join Inghams mid season, supporting arrivals and departures for Les Deux Alpes, La Plagne and Les Arc. This is a Saturday only position and accommodation is not included, so this role is best suited to candidates already living in or close to these resorts.

⭐️Chalet Host And Chef

FRANCE, AUSTRIA & SWITZERLAND> Whoever is responsible for posting their vacancies to Season Workers for Ski Miquel spent some of the last day of 2025 trying to hire a chalet host and a chalet hotel chef.

⭐️Kitchen Assistant Wanted In Morzine

FRANCE > The head chef for Chilly Powder will soon have a brand new kitchen assistant at their beck and call.

⭐️Bubbly Wannabe DIY Queen Seeks Help Renovating A Pawsome Old House In Galicia

SPAIN > Rosie and seven dogs from the streets of Morocco have moved into an old, but fairly solid, house in Lugo, Galicia, and are looking for an awesome, practical, building-skilled human to join them for ideally a few months and help them make the house comfortable and doggie friendly.

⭐️It’s Up To You

MEXICO > This volunteer opportunity offered by a small hotel on the Costa Maya, 30 km north of Mahahual, has attracted plenty of comments, some of which we have ranked below in order of enthusiasm:

“Omg! My idea of heaven. One day.”

“Looks dreamy.”

“This sounds really interesting! I would love to talk with you.”

“I’m interested if you have options that don’t require physical labor.”

“Can we bring a small dog?”

“Not enough information provided.”

“Cheap labour. Employ locals. You’re looking for free workers for a private business.”

“Sounds suspect to me sorry”

“That house looks so photoshopped.”

“Any cartel activity in the area?”

“I wouldn’t be taking my teenage daughter to a Mexican jungle with possible risk of being trafficked.”

⭐️Volunteer Opportunity In A New Hostel

GEORGIA > A brand new hostel opening in Tbilisi is looking for friendly, responsible, and social volunteers to join the adventure.

⭐️Two Volunteers For Fairyland

PORTUGAL > Gota de Alma describes itself as a magical project with a big dome and a large grass area with trees around a lake for outdoor events, ecstatic dances, ceremonies, and workshops. They are looking for two volunteers.

⭐️Volunteer On An Island In The Mekong River

LAOS > Helping the people around them on Don Som island, the Dom Som Project has already built toilets for schools, a bridge, got fans for a school, a teacher/student building, books for children, an activity centre for kids to come to play and learn, and more. Volunteers can pitch in and help for a minimum of two weeks in exchange for food and shared accommodation. While a lot of information is provided in their post to the Volunteer South East Asia group, we couldn’t find any mention of the €14 per day to cover your costs and support the project reported in a recommendation from a volunteer there earlier this year.

⭐️Volunteer On Another Island In The Mekong River

LAOS > NK Seeds first came to JAB’s attention when one of their signs featured in the background of a YouTube video shot during lockdown. Started by a young French woman, they already help fund one free English school on Don Khong, the largest island in the Mekong River, and have recently got involved with another, Double Horizon English School, on Don Deng Island. Volunteers can help here, teaching a couple of hours a day. five days a week, assisting their local English teachers and contributing €70 per week towards homestay accommodation and two meals a day.

     | NK Seeds |

⭐️UK Will Rejoin EU’s Erasmus Student Exchange Programme In 2027

EUROPE > The UK will rejoin the Erasmus study scheme from 2027, six years after announcing it would end its participation as part of a deal to leave the European Union. Britons will be able to spend a year studying at European universities as part of their UK degree courses without paying extra fees, and vice versa for European students.

⭐️Experienced Instructors Available From March

IRELAND > Training begins March 24 for the new cohort of Carlingford Adventure instructors. UK citizens have full rights to work in Ireland, and Carlingford Adventure will help in the process.

⭐️Language Assistant Programmes In Spain

SPAIN > Accepted into the North American Culture and Language Assistant Program, Daniel Catena nearly fled when confronted with his first class, which would have been a shame as he now considers it one of his greatest travel experiences. The next application period should begin in February. Canadians will be able to apply here. Joshua Paavola’s website and Auxiliar de Conversacion Bureaucracy Guide Facebook group are places to get advice and ask questions about the programme.

For Native English speakers who have experience with children, another option is the UCETAM language assistant programme. Applications for the 2026/27 academic year should open in the next couple of weeks.

⭐️US Teaching Assistantship Program In Austria

AUSTRIA > As a US teaching assistant in Austria, you will work in one or two Austrian secondary schools, teaching 13 hours every week. If you are interested in applying by January 15, you will need at least an undergraduate degree (or be in your final year) and have a working knowledge of German.

⭐️Young Austria Camps

AUSTRIA > Young Austria has been encouraging the participants in their kids camps to speak English in all situations - for the whole day - since 1950. They’re looking forward to receiving applications from native English speakers for 2026.

⭐️Campsite Kids

A family running a campsite in the Sinai is still searching for the right person to join them as a live in volunteering teacher for their two boys.

⭐️BUNAC Vs Camp America Vs Camp Leaders Vs CCUSA Vs Americamp Vs Another Summer Camp Placement Agency

USA > If you’re not from the States, you will need the right to work in the country in place before taking a job at a summer camp in the USA. The J-1 visa is the easiest way to do this, and can be obtained along with a job offer through several organisations, including Camp Counselors USA, Camp America, IENA, InterExchange, CIEE, Camp Staff USA, Americamp, Work Play USA, Camp Leaders, and Wild Packs.

Which of these is best will depend on factors personal to you, but advice and opinions can be found in the r/summercamp/ subreddit. There is the option to apply to a camp directly, too. Some will arrange visas themselves, but the reason for this could be that placement agencies won’t work with them, and employment cancellation could leave you stranded. One tip we liked, from a hiring coordinator/director, suggested applying directly to a camp that works with an agency already and, if they hire you, they can go through the direct hire process. This way, you may get paid more than when placed through an agency.

⭐️Upcoming BUNAC Hiring Fairs

USA > BUNAC is on a summer camp hiring world tour and is inviting registrations to attend. Summer camp directors are flying in to London, Dublin and Madrid to offer the chance to walk away with an American summer camp job arranged on the day.

⭐️The Hole In The Wall Gang Camp Jobs

USA > No experience with children or serious illnesses is required to work at The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, just a ‘hole’ lot of heart. Their camps in Connecticut and Maryland serve seriously ill children and their families. They will start making job offers to summer programme staff - counsellors, program specialists, medical staff, kitchen team, facilities crew - after February 1, but will continue to process applications until all positions have been filled.

⭐️Whale Camp Is Hiring

CANADA > Whale Camp is hiring environmental science instructors, outdoor recreation and dorm instructors, and a camp nurse/medic for their 2026 summer team. Whale Camp is a residential marine science programme grounded in experiential and place based learning in the Bay of Fundy, home to the highest tides in the world. Staff are primarily from the US and Canada, but they can obtain work permits for one or two international staff.

     | Whale Camp |

⭐️Join The Meramec Adventure Ranch Team

USA > Using the transformative power of the wilderness and adventure, Meramec Adventure Ranch serves individuals and families whom much of the world has given up on, including youth struggling with traumatic pasts, youth in residential treatment, on the Autism Spectrum, and siblings separated in the foster care system. They have 20 vacancies for summer adventure guides to lead small groups of campers through ten weeks of team challenges, climbing, kayaking, aquatic adventures, land navigation, and many other adventures in intentional ways that allow young people to grow, hope, and heal.

⭐️Meet The Camp California Team

CROATIA > Every summer, a team of counsellors and staff give Camp California’s campers the best possible summer camp experience on the Adriatic coast. Look at them. Don’t they look happy, readying themselves to create a welcoming atmosphere of fun, friendship, and excitement, with one day off a week to go island hopping or explore Croatia’s national parks, cities and villages?

⭐️Summer Camp Counsellor Jobs In Scotland

UK > Camp Cooper is an international summer camp based in Scotland for international and British children aged seven to 17. They opened applications last month to be a role model, friend, leader and mentor for their campers. While they are only able to hire staff who currently have the legal right to work in the UK, those with this eligibility who live abroad may be offered video interviews as an alternative to attending in-person assessments.

⭐️Camp Canada Hiring Fairs

CANADA > Embarking on an unforgettable Canadian adventure with eight to ten weeks at camp and up to six months of travel time is the dangling carrot (plus some money) offered by Camp Canada. They have hiring fairs coming up this month in London, Liverpool and Glasgow.

⭐️Worldwide Kids

WORLDWIDE > Worldwide Kids recently unveiled their brand new website, where they hope to gather up crèche assistants, activity leaders, and their supervisors and send them out into the luxury hospitality and leisure sector.

⭐️Avoid ESL Scams: Safe English Teaching Online and Abroad

WORLDWIDE > The Really Great Teacher Company has got all mumsy, licking a tissue and wiping a bit of dirt from JAB’s face before sharing these tips for avoiding English teaching job scams.

⭐️Party Hard

EUROPE > Party Hard Travel opened applications in November to represent them in Ayia Napa, Kavos, Magaluf or another of their destinations around Europe, but there is still time for people with three A-levels and a strong liver to apply. Try Rep Route and Summer Takeover, too.

⭐️Club NL Is Looking For Ticket Sellers For Summer In Mallorca

SPAIN > Club NL Mallorca is looking for smooth talkers to be the face of the Dutch party scene on Mallorca. While the ad in Anywork Anywhere is in English, non Dutch speakers might struggle relying on the commission based pay.

⭐️Weeding Out Volunteer Opportunities On Koh Tao

THAILAND > Bird’s Nest Residence bills itself as a cosy, social hostel on its volunteer wanting listing on Laulima Travels, but its reviews are less complimentary. The customers at their weed shop - where volunteers can help with customer guidance, product organisation, tidying, and helping staff with daily tasks - are, perhaps unsurprisingly, far happier.

⭐️PhD Studentship: Oceanography Of Aldabra Atoll

SEYCHELLES > Aldabra is a remote atoll in the southwest Indian Ocean, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and home to an enormous population of endemic giant tortoises, with human presence largely limited to a small permanent research base. This paid position offered by Oxford University is largely computational, suiting a student with a strong quantitative background and broad interests in physical oceanography and ecology/conservation.

⭐️Travel For Teens Trip Leaders

WORLDWIDE > Travel For Teens is looking for qualified candidates to be trip leaders for their programmes throughout Europe, Oceania, Asia, North America, and Latin America. This position carries the highest level of responsibility, and potential leaders must be at least 25 years old by the start of summer. Preference is given to candidates able to commit to at least two summers.

⭐️Go Oxford Academia

WORLDWIDE > Last issue, we said Putney Student Travel’s 2026 leadership applications are open. They also run academic summer programmes for high school students at Oxford, Yale, the American University of Paris, Temple University Japan, University of Siena, and Esade Business School in Barcelona. The most successful candidates for these positions can inspire, lead, mentor, empathise, educate, set limits, enforce rules, and collaborate as a team.

⭐️Dinghy Sailing Instructor

SINT MAARTEN > The Sint Maarten Yacht Club needs a Dutch or American applicant for a sailing instructor position starting in March.

⭐️Algarve Watersports Instructors And Other Vacancies

PORTUGAL > Algarve Watersports will soon have new kitesurf and windsurf/wingfoil instructors. Other 2026 season vacancies, including breakfast chef and bar master, are listed on their website.

⭐️Kindergarten Teachers

HONG KONG > HK Education Provider Company is advertising for two ESL teachers from either Australia, Canada, the UK, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa or the USA for kindergarten schools in Hong Kong to start work between Feb 2026 and July 2027.

⭐️Teachers For Schools In Uzbekistan

UZBEKISTAN > Recruitment is underway for English Language teachers for the Ministry of Education in Uzbekistan. Contracts will run from Sept 2026 to May 2027. Flight and visa fees are reimbursed, and accommodation and health insurance are provided.

⭐️Winter Camp Teachers

MALAYSIA > Erican Language Centre is currently hiring qualified native English speakers for winter camps held soon in the Kuala Lumpur area.

⭐️Conservation Crews

USA > Explore the Upper Midwest, make an impact outdoors, build lifelong friendships and get paid doing it. WisCorps participants spend the duration of their project time living, serving, and travelling together. Crews stay together during their non project time to participate in recreational activities, take care of chores, or travel to their next project site.

⭐️Activity Guides And Cooks

UK > Caledonian Discovery had a great team on their holiday barges cruising Loch Ness and the Caledonian Canal in the Highlands of Scotland.in 2025. Many of them are rejoining them for 2026, but they will still need some new faces to live aboard, with meals and a single cabin provided.

     | Caledonian Discovery |

⭐️Loves Of Nature, Mountains, Rivers, Gorges, Adventure, Adrenaline, And Challenges

GERMANY > After years as a guide for rafting, canyoning and mountain biking, Peter Putz founded Adventure Canyoning Ramsau. He’s hiring rafting guides, canyoning guides, mountain guides, and mountain bike guides fluent in German, and ideally also in English. The season starts May 1.

⭐️Watersports Instructor

CYPRUS > Green Bay Watersports and Wake Academy is looking for new employees with a boat license and an EU passport to join their team. Accommodation is provided within five minutes’ walk to the beach.

⭐️FlowRider Surf Instructor

CAMBODIA > A FlowRider surf instructor is needed by Golden Beach Surf Club on Koh Rong for a minimum of six months.

⭐️Youth Program Coordinator

USA > Montana Conservation Corps staff are into the great outdoors, having fun, working hard, and dressing casually. Their new youth program coordinator should also be over 21, have at least two years of college or military experience, or equivalent work experience, and previous leadership experience, skills, or training.

⭐️Edinburgh Fringe Festival Volunteering With Accommodation

UK > Various venues and organisations take on volunteers during the Edinburgh Fringe, including the venue management company, Paradise Green. They offer coveted accommodation to volunteers taking on catering, front of house and theatre tech roles.

⭐️Bar Staff Wanted In Carnarvon And York

AUSTRALIA > The Carnarvon Hotel and The York Hotel, both in Western Australia, are looking to put people behind bars.

⭐️Handy Helpers Needed At Luxury Outback B&B

AUSTRALIA > Ooraminna Station Homestead, a hospitality and tourism business 30km southeast of Alice Springs on a working cattle station, is seeking grey nomads or young nomads for positions or exchanges. In exchange for your assistance, they offer space for your motorhome/caravan in their campground with use of the amenities block.

⭐️Luxury Lodge Assistants

NEW ZEALAND > 30 minutes by water taxi from Picton, The Bay of Many Coves is a boutique luxury lodge, set amid a rolling landscape of untouched native bush that reaches down to the shoreline of the Queen Charlotte Sound. Due to their remote location, they are particularly interested in hearing from couples with complementary skills to form the team for their upcoming summer season. Accommodation is provided as part of the package, as well as power, internet and laundry facilities at no extra fee, on the condition you complete the appropriate Emergency Response training and are available to assist in the unlikely event of an emergency.

⭐️Cleaning Hostel Work Exchange

NEW ZEALAND > Auckland’s Metro Adventurer Backpackers will exchange accommodation for 12 hours of the usual not too scary hostel cleaning chores.

⭐️Good Times And Dodgy Tan Lines

UK > Wild Shore Blackpool is hiring full and part time activity instructors. They provide in house training to ensure that you excel both with them and once released out into the world.

⭐️Work And Live On The Great Ocean Road

AUSTRALIA > Apollo Bay’s Icaro Cafe is inviting couples for some surfing, hiking, and exploration of waterfalls in between shifts at their café and wine bar. 88 days sign off is available for the right candidates.

⭐️Seasonal Instructors

UK > YHA Edale Activity Centre in the Peak District is looking to recruit seasonal instructors for the 2026 season.

⭐️Surf Instructors Wanted In Cornwall

UK > Elemental Surf Academy in Newquay is looking for passionate watersports instructors to work with school groups, adult groups, and local children, helping them build confidence in the water.

⭐️Food Coordinators

USA > Since 1926, New Mexico’s Cottonwood Gulch has been leading outdoor expeditions for generations of students, families, and adults. They are seeking a food coordinator who can hike up to eight miles on uneven surfaces, carrying a pack of up to 50 pounds. More seasonal positions are given here. Lost Creek Adventures also wants a trip food coordinator, plus sea kayaking guides, in Wisconsin for their sea kayaking tours.

Lost Creek states that, at this time, they do not have a way to offer work to foreign applicants unless you already have a work visa. Cottonwood Gulch doesn’t mention the matter at all, so we assume they don’t either.

⭐️Animal Lodge Volunteers

JAMAICA > Dedicated volunteers are wanted to help support Animal Lodge, a pet education and service non profit in Jamaica, for between two and 12 weeks. Accommodation is provided.

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⭐️Eco Volunteering In Tenerife

SPAIN > Be part of a meaningful international experience, make a real environmental impact, and gain lifelong skills while living in the Canary Islands. Inspiria, a Latvian NGO, have some Erasmus+ funded eco volunteering projects coming up in Tenerife. One short term from March 5 to 25, the other long term from February 25 to May 5. Both accommodation and flights are covered.

⭐️Singing Dancers And Dancing Singers

AT SEA > Carnival Cruise Line is seeking dancers who can sing, singers who can dance, centre stage dancers and musicians for their Playlist Productions shows. Auditions are held in Los Angeles, Oklahoma City and London in January and February.

⭐️Alpine Garden Society Tour Award 2026

FRANCE & WORLDWIDE > The Merlin Trust has long supported young horticulturists to explore plants growing in the wild through Alpine Garden Society tours. They are doing so again in 2026, covering the costs for British and Irish applicants of a tour to Val D’Isere, Mt Cenis from June 29 to July 4. Details of their International Travel Bursary, which awards up to £1,500 to individual applicants to assist with worldwide travel projects, are also available.

⭐️Plant Study And Training Grants

UK > Plant study grants up to £1,000 (or € equivalent for applicants from the Republic of Ireland) are annually awarded by the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland to students who would typically be botany or plant science undergraduate students looking for funding for a project collecting plant related data. Training rants up to £250 (or € equivalent) are also available to aspiring botanists who want to go on short training courses.

⭐️The Mighty Roar In-Country Coordinator

SRI LANKA > The Mighty Roar arranges volunteer programmes for a fee. While this won’t suit everyone who reads JAB, many potential volunteers are willing to pay to have the safety net of in-country support. And, if you were one of these people, are now more experienced in the ways of the world, have taken a trip with The Mighty Roar, are friendly, out going and professional, then you are already halfway towards doing another trip and getting paid for it as their next in-country coordinator in Sri Lanka.

⭐️Holiday Football Coach

EUROPE > TUI is looking for talented football coaches who are willing to move to one of their holiday destinations during Summer 2026. Football enthusiasts with an EU or UK passport, Level II Football Coaching Qualification or UEFA C Licence (or equivalent), and a valid first aid certificate who speak English and ideally another European language will be considered.

⭐️Classical Ballet Teachers

WORLDWIDE > Rising Stars International Talent Agency offers classical ballet teacher jobs worldwide, including this one in China.

⭐️Kefalonia Yoga Chef

GREECE > Vericoco Retreat is looking for an experienced cook/chef (private group) to join them next season at their family run yoga retreat on Kefalonia.

⭐️Festival Film Crew Volunteers

UK > HowTheLightGetsIn, a philosophy and music festival, is looking for bright and enthusiastic volunteers to assist their film production crew for their next edition in Hay, in May. Other volunteer roles, including stewards, are also available.

⭐️Summer In The Wilderness Of Jack London And Robert Service

USA > Historic Skagway Inn is a ten guest room frontier Victorian bed and breakfast, 60 seat restaurant, living history theatrical presentation, and 5000 sq ft kitchen garden in southeast Alaska. They are currently recruiting for the season from May 1 to September 30. Seasonal employee housing is a limiting factor here.

⭐️Doggy And Moggy Money

ONLINE > This is Maggie. You might recognise Maggie in the photo below as the star of our housesitting advertising campaign. Maggie, our neighbour’s dog who comes into our garden whether we like it or not, has made JAB a few quid. We like Maggie. To be frank, she’s made JAB a damned sight more cash money than the humans around here. Ruth Lawes tried to do similar, using the services of pet influencer agency Urban Paws to try to turn her indolent, not photogenic, and reluctant cat into a social media star in seven days.

⭐️Swapping Single Parent Holiday Hell For Pet Sitting Heaven

WORLDWIDE > Camping trips were miserable, and package holidays expensive. Then Nicola Skinner and her daughter discovered the joy of staying in strangers’ homes in return for a little dogwalking.

⭐️Seasonal Holiday Park Warden Couples

UK > Plassey Holiday Park is hiring warden couples to start in early February in expectation of a busy 2026 season in North Wales.

⭐️Festival Cocktail Bartenders

UK > Interviews will be held by Peppermint Bars and Events between January and March for bartenders to craft high quality cocktails and deliver standout service in lively festival environments. Other on-site vacancies for summer 2026 are given, too. If you prefer to walk in Elvis’s blue suede shoes, an immersive experience in London celebrating the life and work of Elvis Presley, which has 664 terrible TripAdvisor reviews, is also hiring cocktail bartenders.

⭐️Park Wardens Wanted In Yorkshire

UK > We made a note to share something from Caravan Job Finder. And we have.

⭐️Manor Adventure Is Holding An Instructor Selection Weekend In Scotland

UK > Residential school outdoor fun providers Manor Adventure is holding a selection weekend at Lockerbie Manor, in Dumfries and Galloway, from February 13 to 15 to entice instructors into their remaining vacancies.

⭐️Killiecrankie House Expands Team

UK > In Pitlochry, Scotland, Killiecrankie House is expanding its team from February, and is looking for front of house, a housekeeper, a kitchen porter, and a commis chef/chef de partie. A staff meal is included on service days. Staff receive a share of tips. Accommodation may be available on site for those who require it.

⭐️‘I Was Not Built For The Nine-To-Five Lifestyle’: Why So Many Gen Z Workers Have A Side Hustle

UK > When they are not retiring in their twenties, nearly half of Gen Z have a side hustle, with extra projects boosting incomes by an average of 22%, reports The Big Issue.

⭐️Remote Work Funds Ashleigh’s Travel Bugg

REMOTE > Ashleigh at Travel Bugg says remote work has changed her life and let her see parts of the world she couldn’t have visited. She shares her list of remote job boards.

⭐️2026 Sundance Institute Ignite X Adobe Fellowship

USA > The Sundance Institute and Adobe are teaming up to find the next ten Sundance Institute Ignite x Adobe Fellows - emerging filmmakers, aged 18 to 25, who are creating stories that bring their passion, voice, and perspective to life. Apply by February 12.

⭐️Join The Horseshoe Lake Team In 2026

UK > The Horseshoe Lake Activity Centre, near Sandhurst, is holding a recruitment day on January 31 to entice instructors their way.

⭐️DC Site Services Announces Crew And Team Leader Pay Rates For 2026

UK > DC Site Services, who provide staff to the festival and event industry, will be paying their crew £13.21 + £1.59 holiday pay in 2026. 2026 is a fallow year for Glastonbury, one of their clients, but campervan parkers, litter pickers and stewards can find work at Latitude, Leeds, Reading and Glastonbudget.

⭐️Haircut $100

NEW ZEALAND > For use in a Before & After for their social media and marketing, a Wellington hairdresser is offering up to NZ$200 to backpackers, students, or anyone adventurous and wanting to do something really cool with their hair.

⭐️Zombies Wanted For Shooting In The Midlands

UK > Zombie extras are needed for a short film shooting in the Coventry / Kenilworth area in late February to early March. No acting experience is needed - just enthusiasm, reliability, and a willingness to embrace your inner undead. No pay, but catering is provided.

Red Tape

JAB is thrown together quickly on a shoestring and contains information and advertising that we believe is authentic and currently available. However, we recommend checking things out for yourselves, as we could be wrong about everything. We remind our readers that there are many scams on the internet aimed at people looking for work abroad, and suggest reading our Warnings, Safety and Spotting Scams pages.