JAB / 124 / February 2024: An Unbeetable Experience And Other Pun Puns
Vacancies, Leads, Links, Inspiration & Ideas For Working Abroad, Volunteering & Taking A Gap Year
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⭐️Activity Leaders Wanted For English Summer Camps
ITALY > Puntolingue wants energetic native or C1 level English speakers for their summer English camps in Italy. Sport, theatre, music or activities skills would be considered a plus.
⭐️Volunteer Teaching In Poland
POLAND > The Kosciuszko Foundation is busy at the moment recruiting American volunteers for their eight summer camps around Poland. During the two week camps, Polish and Ukrainian kids are taught English and familiarised with American culture through sports, art, and cultural projects. Teachers of all subject areas and levels are encouraged to apply while teaching assistants can be college students, retirees, business people, former military, or anyone who has an interest in experiencing living and teaching in Poland. The application deadline is February 19.
⭐️Be A Contiki Trip Manager In 2025
EUROPE & ASIA > Grab a coffee and make some time to get your CV updated, find your passport and click here and here to register your interest to become one of Contiki’s trip managers in Europe or Asia in 2025.
⭐️Ever Dreamed Of Living In Your Own French Chateau Or Austrian Gasthof
FRANCE & AUSTRIA > Contiki is also looking for enthusiastic staff for the upcoming summer season with the potential to also work the winter season in Austria 24/25. Their on site team members are all rounders, doing a bit of everything from housekeeping, cleaning, bar work, working in the kitchen clearing dishes or serving food. They also have EU passports.
⭐️Scottish Island Assistant Hostel Manager
UK > Get your application in by February 8 for a chance to be Skye Basecamp’s next assistant hostel manager. The climbers’ hostel is an expansion of their successful mountaineering business Skye Guides, which is often in the market for new appropriately qualified guides and instructors.
⭐️Feel Free To Look After 13 Horses, 2 Dogs, 2 Cats And 4 Chickens
POLAND > Geert and Iris, who runs a vacation farm in Poland, will be in Belgium between June 16 and July 2. Someone can stay at their place for free in exchange for the care of their animals.
⭐️Dog Temple
INDIA > In Goa, only male dogs are wanted so the female puppies get dumped on the road and left to die. Stepping in to help them is Dog Temple. More information on helping Dog Temple can be found via their Workaway profile. They have free space for volunteers in one of their bamboo huts from July until September and can be emailed at Himmelskater@gmail.com. One of their past volunteers, Leonie provides a visual summary of her stay with them here.
| Dog Temple |
⭐️Spend April To November In Rhodes
GREECE > In the south of Rhodes, Mosa Beach Bar & Restaurant is well past the waggle stage and on to the follow through of their summer 2024 recruitment.
⭐️Ski Chalet Replacement Service
FRANCE > Looking to get to the mountains this season? Due to an unfortunate skiing injury that has sidelined a team member, Golden Goose Recruitment is currently seeking an experienced hostess for a prestigious chalet in Courchevel. Candidates should have a background in luxury chalets, villas, or yachts.
⭐️Housekeepers/Front Of House Staff To Work In Les Gets
FRANCE > Hotel Christiania, a small traditional French family hotel situated on the edge of the piste in the very centre of Les Gets, need someone ASAP to work in their housekeeping and front of house team. Hospitality experience is essential, French speaking is an advantage and both UK and EU passport holders are accepted.
⭐️Chalet Position In Tignes Les Brévières
FRANCE > PM James Philpott for more details about a chalet host position for a couple/two friends. It’s available from Mid/late February to mid April, running a 12 person chalet in Tignes Les Brévières. Accommodation is available. EU passport holders or carte de sejour only.
⭐️Work The Rest Of The Season In Bansko
BULGARIA > Total Chalets is looking for a competent cook and front of house pair to run a chalet for the second half of the winter season in Bansko. EU passport holders or Bulgarian residents only.
⭐️Swap Winter In The North For A Winter In The South
AUSTRALIA > Head to Mount Buller for another ski season. A big list of their seasonal positions, from June to September, is given here. And here’s a promo video to whet your appetite.
⭐️Volunteers Needed
CAMBODIA > The Last Point Koh Takiev recently posted this graphic along with the words “Urgent need of 2 Volunteers.”
⭐️Paid And Volunteer Work In Hvar
CROATIA > Send your CV to Dink's Place if you want to live, have fun and work in beautiful Hvar town. They are looking for people with experience in hospitality - whether that’s in hostels, hotels, reception, housekeeping, bartending, kitchen, pub crawls, tour guiding, etc - for their open hostel roles, both paid and unpaid. If you can stay for the whole season of for months or more, and have an EU passport, it'll be a big advantage. Otherwise, volunteers need to commit to at least one month. For paid positions, the minimum is three months.
⭐️Join Kids In Greece In 2024
GREECE > We missed Kidsingreece’s announcement just before the New Year that they are inviting English speaking qualified nannies, nurses, primary school teachers, teaching assistants and social care workers, to join them in providing childcare services in Greek resorts. See these graphics for more information.
⭐️Working At A Sailing Centre In Minorca
SPAIN > Minorca Sailing has been hiring for the summer for a couple of months already but we would still expect they have space for more sea side instructors.
⭐️PADI Instructor Wanted In Skiathos
GREECE > Skiathos Diving Center needs a PADI instructor with a least one year of experience for the summer season beginning in the middle of May. Active status, professional dive insurance and your own full set of dive equipment are required.
Looking to get into this sort of thing? Sharyn McCullum’s Travel and Work Abroad as a Scuba Diving Instructor or Divemaster is a good place to get on the path to working underwater.
⭐️Hotel And Entertainment Jobs In Cyprus
CYPRUS > The Cypriot Ioannou Employment Agency is recruiting staff to work in hotels for the summer season running from April to November. They want masseurs and spa therapists and all kinds of staff.
⭐️Save Money On An Organised Gap Year
COSTA RICA & SPAIN > Take a field assistant role with GVI in Kekoldi or Cartago, in Costa Rica, or Tenerife, Spain to save thousands of pounds on an organised gap year.
⭐️Experienced Backpacker Couple To Join A Friendly Team At Eight Acres Lakes Entrance
AUSTRALIA > A boutique accommodation and wedding venue is asking for a three to six month commitment from a backpacking couple with a car to do their housekeeping and groundskeeping.
⭐️Work On A Remote Island In The Torres Strait
AUSTRALIA > Suited to a single young enthusiastic individual seeking a bit of adventure while working in at a very relaxed pace, this boutique accommodation located on a remote island in the Torres Strait is looking for a chef/cook (private group) to start by early April. An experienced woodfired pizza chef may prefer this vacancy in The Alpine Hotel in Cooma, NSW.
| Roko Island |
⭐️Communications Officer
SENEGAL > BirdLife International, the largest nature conservation partnership in the world, is looking for an experienced communications officer to engage, educate, and inform targeted external audiences about the BirdLife Partnership’s work and priorities in Africa through creative use of various mediums, including the website, social media and print materials. Applicants should have a degree in journalism, media, communication, or other relevant fields and be fluent in oral and written French.
⭐️Beach Club Attendant
US VIRGIN ISLANDS > Little Gem Resorts is a collection of island resorts in the US Virgin Islands. As well as US nationals, Little Gem Resorts accepts applicants with H2B and J-1 visas. More vacancies with this employer are listed here.
⭐️Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Volunteer
JORDAN > Since 2012, Acted has been implementing projects with vulnerable communities in Syria, providing life saving support to vulnerable displaced persons and returnees. The volunteer will receive a US$300 per month living allowance, accommodation and travel expenses. A degree in political sciences, public administration, international affairs, economics or a related field (anthropology, sociology, statistics) is required.
⭐️Media and Communications Intern/Officer
MADAGASCAR > SEED, a sustainable development charity working in southeast Madagascar, is offering a volunteer opportunity to an early career communications intern/officer. The successful candidate will work with both national and international staff to assist on a wide variety of tasks, from supporting with planning and scheduling content across their range of social media platforms, creating digital media for marketing and social media and day to day administration tasks. The role is predominantly office based with some ad hoc travel to their rural projects.
⭐️Trekking Leader/ Riding Instructor
GREECE > An experienced rider of a sunny disposition who loves being around people and horses is needed to offer basic lessons and lead riding treks during the summer in Crete.
⭐️North Atlantic Islands Residency
AT SEA > Professional artists and young people aged 18 to 24 can take part in a three week residency sailing onboard a Lowestoft fishing smack, the Excelsior, from Orkney to Shetland and the Faroe Islands in late May and early June. Participants make a £200 donation to The Excelsior Trust before taking part in the Residency, but otherwise the trip is fully funded. February 11 is the application deadline for artists. Young innovators have until March 3.
| Excelsior Trust |
⭐️Hotel Allrounder
AUSTRALIA > A 120 year old country hotel on the edge of the desert in Western Australia needs someone able to assist across all the components of this business: takeaway food shop, bar, bottleshop, restaurant and motel accommodation.
⭐️Cleaning For Accommodation
AUSTRALIA > A self contained caravan five minutes from the beach is the reward for ten hours cleaning three properties on Magnetic Island. There is some light gardening and chickens to be fed too. Or try Chocolate Gannets on the Great Ocean Road in Apollo Bay, Victoria for paid cleaning work (private group).
⭐️Early Childhood Educator
AUSTRALIA > To care for the littlest ‘snow bunnies’ on the slopes this winter, Falls Creek Alpine Resort, four and a half hours from Melbourne, hopes to round out its team with qualified early childhood educators. Staff accommodation is limited here.
⭐️Fun Opportunity Working With Children
AUSTRALIA > Do you have experience as a teacher, early childhood educator, nurse, swim teacher, camp leader, sports coach or similar? If yes, you can join the Farmhouse Team in their distinctive childcare environment in Mansfield, Victoria for a position starting February 12. See their post in the private Backpacker Jobs in Australia Facebook group or their website if interested. Accommodation is provided but it doesn’t count towards your 88 days.
Shirralee Bill Palmer wants a home tutor / governess for a ten year old girl in year 5 at a sheep station in NSW. If you have experience with children and horses, try this.
⭐️Final Call To Volunteer In Iceland
ICELAND > We have mentioned them a few times here recently, but the winter transfer window to join The Iceland Forest Service in their efforts to maintain trails in the Thórsmörk and Goðaland area of the country slams shut on February 11. Food and campsites are provided throughout the placements and there is no participation fee.
⭐️Music Festival Volunteering Form
ALBANIA > Applications weren’t yet open at the time of writing, but Mainstage Festivals has put up a form to register interest for volunteering with their festivals in Albania in 2024: Kala, Anjunadeep Explorations, and ION Festival. Last year they had roles as festival representatives and management support.
⭐️Teach Maasai Children
TANZANIA > Glorious Foundation Tanzania invites all people around the world to join them in volunteering to teach vulnerable children from the Maasai community at their school. Accommodation and meals are provided in return. Enjoy Tanzania’s national parks on your days off.
⭐️Cabin In The Woods
UK > Last year six volunteers helped Jack Fetherstonhaugh build a wood cabin in a remote corner of North Wales. In return for help running the day to day operation of a glamping site, couples or a pair of friends are invited to live there over the spring and summer.
⭐️Peak District Hostel Job
UK > Your editor’s first hostel experience was at YHA Edale on a school trip to the Peak District. They are currently advertising for a seasonal team member to provide hospitality, catering and housekeeping support. The position comes with subsidised accommodation.
⭐️Instructor Development Schemes
UK > Your editor’s second school trip was to Snowdonia, the location of The Outbound Trust’s Instructors Development Scheme. Up and coming instructors get a £22,672 salary plus training allowance and other benefits while building up their technical skills, gaining NGB qualifications and broadening their experience working with young people.
In the highlands of Scotland, Active Outdoor Pursuits is also offering an opportunity to grow your experience, qualifications and skills through their Instructor Development Programme. The application date passes after February 10.
⭐️Entertainment Managers
GREECE > TAG Live, in partnership with Holiday Villages, are casting for fun and friendly entertainment managers who hold EU passports to work in Kos or Rhodes. Liaising with the Shaun and puppetry is part of the job spec. There’ll be two weeks of rehearsals in Türkiye before moving on to the resort.
⭐️Grants For Young Horticulturalists
GERMANY & UK > A grant of £1,500 is available to smooth the way for a young horticulturist with an interest in alpine plants to visit a world renowned alpine garden in the mountains near Munich this summer. In the UK, Saxifrage fans may prefer to apply for funding from The McGregor Saxifrage Study Award. Put towards travel, accommodation and other associated costs, the award funds work experience at Waterperry Gardens, near Oxford, shadowing the Saxifraga collections manager for one week in April. Find out more about both awards from The Merlin Trust and apply by February 19.
⭐️Gain Or Further Your CELTA Or PGCE Teaching Experience
UK > Churchill House is looking for enthusiastic and dynamic teaching staff to work at their five British Council and English UK accredited summer centres across the South East of England from the beginning of July until mid August. Details of other positions (dating from 2023), including activity leaders, are given here. Dusemond Study Programmes also want EFL teachers and activity leaders for their centres.
⭐️Fringe Benefits
UK > Applications are open to enthusiastic, friendly and hard working volunteers to join Paradise Green for two, three or four weeks of the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe. Management, technical, performer support and front of house roles are available. Volunteers are provided with tickets to their shows, meals and a shared room in a rented flat for their help. Paradise Green is a non profit organisation run by unpaid volunteers from a range of backgrounds united by a shared love of theatre and the performing arts. Their two venues, Paradise in Augustines and Paradise in the Vault, are both located in the heart of the Old Town, just minutes from the Royal Mile.
| Paradise Green |
⭐️Retail Bottle Shop Casual Position
AUSTRALIA > The Lane Cellars is an independent bottle shop in Albury, NSW that specialises in boutique wine, beer and cider. Ideally, the candidate for this position will have an interest in craft beer and/or wine.
⭐️Sydney Harbour Kayaking
AUSTRALIA > Sydney Harbour Kayaks is looking for one more customer service expert, who should have strong sea kayaking skills.
⭐️Beach Camp Volunteering
COSTA RICA > The Surfer Factory is looking for a beach camp volunteer to join their team in Jaco, Costa Rica.
⭐️Dynamic Bar Staff Wanted
AUSTRIA > If you are a special kinda person with a real passion for service - and an EU passport - then get in touch with Hotel Staffler.
⭐️Babysitting And Tutoring Jobs In Paris
FRANCE > Be My Nounou and Babylangues have both recently posted their needs for fluent English speakers to work with children in the French capital and other cities around France.
⭐️100 Aqua Park Jobs
UK > We will be passing by Let's Go Hydro Resort on our route into Belfast later today. Coincidentally, the aqua park, glamping, watersports and activity resort not far outside the city is in the process of building its new team for 2024.
⭐️Museum Taxonomy Internship
PARAGUAY > Fundación Para La Tierra is a not for profit organisation dedicated to the conservation of fragile habitats in Paraguay. Your task here will be to sort unidentified specimens from their collection in a more specific taxonomic order. Applicants must have or be working towards a degree in a biology related subject and be ready to stay for at least one month. (It wasn’t until we had written this post that we noticed that there is a fee of US$1,195 per month for this position, covering all living costs during your stay with them, but what the hell - it’s staying in. It’s not like JAB is overflowing with museum taxonomy internships this month).
⭐️Casual Catering Attendant At Ayers Rock
AUSTRALIA > Are you ready for your next big adventure based at the heart of Australia’s iconic Red Centre? AAT Kings says you can join their team in Central Australia as a catering attendant and grow your career whilst delivering exceptional experiences in this ancient wonderland.
⭐️An Unbeetable Experience Next October
USA > It’s not for a while yet, but The Unbeetable Experience is already asking us to picture ourselves in October immersed in the sugar beet harvest in North Dakota and Minnesota. The potential to earn up to $4,300 in just ten to 15 days makes this a popular opportunity for workampers in America, with many returning year after year.
⭐️Pun Pun Organic Farm And Learning Centre
THAILAND > At Pun Pun they live in a community. Around 20 members live and work near Chiang Mai trying new projects and supporting each other in sustainable living. They take on volunteers for two weeks to two months, asking for a small fee to cover the costs of food and accommodation.
⭐️Finnish Speaking Combi Guide
GREECE > Nazar Nordic want to hear from someone with a winning attitude, flexible mindset, and a passion for customer service to welcome their guests to Rhodes.
⭐️Norwegian Speaking Digital Marketing Specialist
SPAIN > If you are both a big fan of digital marketing and fluent in Norwegian then Taligual are looking to place you in a position in Barcelona.
⭐️Mountain Bike Race Marshals
AUSTRALIA > Accommodation and some food can be provided to Mt Baw Baw’s marshal volunteers when they host Round 5 of the Victorian Downhill Series mountain bike race. For paid ski jobs this antipodean winter keep an eye on their careers page. We would expect it to start filling up with vacancies around the middle of the month.
⭐️Help The Lesmeisters
USA > Full time nomads the Lesmeister family are putting down some roots in eastern Kentucky to raise their own food, find consistent friends for their son and have a place to do maintenance on their vehicles. Needing help to make this happen they provide a full 50 amp hookup for any sized RV to volunteers able to commit for a minimum of two weeks.
⭐️Two Positions On A Farm Near Torquay/Geelong
AUSTRALIA > A farm in Victoria has need of both an experienced young horse rider and a builder/handy man (private group) to help finish converting a 40 foot shipping container into a cabin.
⭐️Grape Picking In Victoria
AUSTRALIA > With Grape Season begun, Agriconnex is recruiting for additional pickers to join their busy teams in the Red Cliffs wine district centred on the towns of Red Cliffs, Karadoc, and Irymple on the Murray River. Previous experience picking table grapes is preferred.
⭐️Looking For A Genuine Aussie Beach Family Experience?
AUSTRALIA > A laid back Aussie family in Skennars Head, near Byron Bay is looking for an energetic demi pair to join their sunny life (private group) near the beach. They will cover your living costs in exchange for helping them out for a few hours each morning.
⭐️Attend Multiple UK Festivals On A Budget
UK > My Cause, which we mentioned in last issue’s post on music festival volunteering, has opened applications for volunteers to join them campaigning at music festivals this summer. Get in quick: it only took a day for Bearded Theory, Shambala and BST: Robbie Williams to be filled.
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GERMANY > A quick reminder: applications for Zis Foundation Travel Grants close February 15.
⭐️Short Term Short Notice Event Staff
UK > Students saving up for their travels can tend bar at an Ultra White Collar Boxing event in Edinburgh or marshal a road race through an estate in Lincolnshire. These are some of the events Flair recruitment agency needs to staff in the coming months.
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