JAB / 111 / January 2023: Volunteering In Iceland
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⭐️Neilson Have Begun Accepting Applications For This Year
EUROPE > After the madness of the last few years, they are going full gas for summer 2023, and if you want to be a part of it, the first step on the ladder is to research their vacancies and complete an online application. Options include water and land based activity roles, resort host, spa and massage jobs, and joining the yacht team.
⭐️Volunteer In A Fairy Chimney Cave Hotel In Cappadocia
TURKEY > When Brandon Fralic emailed from his cave room in Cappadocia to say he had scored a volunteer position we had mentioned in the Jobs Abroad Bulletin, we told him how the hotel cat gets into his room and, in exchange, he told us more about his job. That was some time ago but we contacted the owner recently, who said that they are interested in having a new volunteer when they open in the spring. More information and contact details are on their website.
⭐️Richmond Or Corfu?
GREECE > Land Simpson Travel’s customer services executive role and the first question to answer is whether to work from either their UK office in Richmond office or their Corfu Town office. Now, there’s nothing at all wrong with Richmond but question two is cake or death?
For their overseas concierge positions, there’s no choice but to work in either Lefkada or Paxos and accept the accommodation and car provided as part of this role. If you have the right to work in Greece, visit their website for full details.
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⭐️TUI Says New Year, New Career?
WORLDWIDE > Start 2023 off right by securing your dream job as part of TUI’s destination team this summer. They are hiring individuals to join their childcare teams, rep teams, and so much more. On TUI’s Facebook page, Nicole fancied a go in Jamaica but Anton said woah there, you will have to have done a fair few seasons before getting placed somewhere like that. If you do get a job offer you would most likely be placed in a European country first. Anton secured a job as a rep aged 45 and absolutely loved it.
⭐️Get Up & Go Jobs In France And England
FRANCE & UK > Say yes to a similar question posed by Travelbound and Chateau Du Molay in Northern France will be your home this summer. Chefs, general assistants, bar staff, hotel supervisors, and management positions are among the positions all presently needing filling. In the UK, sister brand JCA Adventure, based at Condover Hall, Shropshire is also looking for seasonal staff for 2023.
⭐️Trip Leader
AUSTRALIA > Are you looking for an adventure? Do you love travelling? The outdoors? Connecting and learning from locals? Asking is Fair Game Australia a not for profit health charity with an innovative approach to reducing inequality for under serviced Australians via recycled sports equipment. They are looking for an enthusiastic trip leader who can plan, organise and lead their Fair Game Academy volunteer trips into remote and regional Western Australia. The job starts February 18 for one year and can be done on a WHV. Perth based Australians looking to volunteer locally should investigate Fair Game’s website.
⭐️Caretaker And Companion
AUSTRALIA > An advertiser on Grey Nomads is looking for a reliable and honest couple to mainly provide companionship for their 80 year old Dad who recently lost his wife. He remains active playing golf and has an RV and was also a keen caravanner. He has a small, well trained dog. Dogs are welcome. The property has a main house where the caretakers can stay as well as a master wing where Dad lives. There are many wallabies and koalas that regularly appear on the property. It would be ideal if the applicants were able to spend a few months at Bootawah, where the only duties required are helping to maintain the garden and pool, some simple cooking and friendly conversations. A small remuneration is available.
⭐️Ski Host
FRANCE > Ski Miquel is currently looking for a Host to work in one of their French resorts. The successful candidate must have a valid EU passport, or must already have the right to work in France. This is a very social position where staff are encouraged to interact with the guests to become a major factor in the enjoyment of their holiday.
⭐️Tourism Jobs In Greece And The Islands
GREECE > On Greeka.com there are currently 23 jobs advertised, including bartenders, housekeeping and wait staff wanted in Paros, a family restaurant based on Zakynthos island looking for enthusiastic people to work in 2023 season, a retail sales assistant sought on Santorini, and various catering staff, including head and sous chefs to staff a beach bar on Rhodes. Europe’s largest Hamam, which offers seasonal employment each year from the middle of April to the end of October, also has an ad.
The latest jobs in Greece advertised via Just Landed include bar work in Lefkada. The employer has a penchant for females as is not uncommon in Greece for customer facing bar jobs but gents might be able to land the kitchen helper job.
Crete’s Queens Cocktail Bar may still be looking for waitresses for summer 2023, living in an apartment provided close to the beach, working eight hour shifts per day from April 15 to October 15.
⭐️Entertainment And Animation
GREECE > If dance skills and a foreign language compliments your English then a regular advertiser on Just Landed wants entertainers to do sports activities and guest contact during the day and take part in dancing shows at night in Corfu. At least one season’s previous experience is required. Golden Oddyssey need animators and photographers for hotels in Rhodes.
Med Ents is also based on Rhodes. They are looking for energetic, fun loving entertainers to join their teams in the sun in 2023. Mini club, sport/all round, and chief animators are what they want, plus fitness instructors. For vibes, view their photo gallery.
⭐️Volunteering In Iceland
ICELAND > The Iceland Forest Service have already had their time in the midnight sun on our main website through their recent advert for trailteam volunteers, but if you don’t make it as one of their 70 volunteers hired each season application is open until February 20 to Iceland Conservation Volunteers, a programme run by the Environment Agency of Iceland.
This programme is designed for volunteers who want to spend ten weeks in the wilderness, doing projects in several protected areas around Iceland, including the highlands. The placement starts at the beginning of June with a training week programme in footpath maintenance and design, using stones and timber.
While he volunteered some time ago, Wade Shepherd describes his time as “probably one of the best ways I’ve observed to affordably travel through Iceland, access its remote locations without accumulating massive expenses, spend your days outside, actively involved in various projects, living and working with a team of other travelers from around the world.”
Don’t have ten weeks to spare for Iceland’s environment? SEEDS run shorter international workcamps, though a payment towards board and lodging is requested. See www.seeds.is/2023/workcamps for dates in 2023.
Coincidently, reposted on our blog this month is a piece on how to Save Money On Travelling In Iceland Through Help Exchanges And Volunteering. We’ve given it a polish and updated the small selection of work exchange projects in Iceland looking for help in the coming months.
⭐️Paid Farm Work In Iceland
ICELAND > Also found but not added to the piece above are a couple of hosts offering payment. One, is farmers looking for some help on their farm in the north side of Iceland. Two, a family of five in the west of the country needs assistance during the lambing season in April and May. Membership of Workaway will be required to apply for these.
⭐️Run A Mini Club In Tuscany
ITALY > Work in the very heart of Tuscany. Castellare di Tonda Resort & Spa are looking for an individual to run their mini club for the whole 2023 season, from April to November.
⭐️Italian / English Speaking Nanny In Abu Dhabi
UAE > A live out or live in nanny is sought to take care of a baby aged 11 months old in February 2023. The bilingual family are looking for someone calm, warm and nurturing. This is a sole charge position.
⭐️Youth Program Leaders: Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America And The US
WORLDWIDE > Global Leadership Adventures delivers life changing journeys in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, Latin America and the United States for high school and middle school students. For more than a decade, programme leaders for GLA have been carefully selected from a pool of highly qualified, well travelled, passionate educators seeking a fulfilling summer experience abroad. International teams, working with local counterparts on the ground, work multiple, consecutive program sessions throughout the summer. Virtual positions are also offered. Visit their jobs pages or check out their recently placed advert in adventurejobs.co.
⭐️Great Jobs For Kitesurfing Instructors This Week On Chicken Loop
WORLDWIDE > Some great looking jobs for activity instructors can be found on Chicken Loop this week. Kitesurfers can consider working in either the Greek Island of Rhodes (the website URL is wrong in the ad. Try instead kitesurfrhodes.com) or venture to Oman, five hour’s drive south of Muscat to Bar Al Hikman and the longest natural sand bar in the Middle East. Kitesurfing instruction is also part of the job spec in the British Virgin Islands, working on one of Sir Richard Branson’s private islands in the Caribbean.
⭐️Campsite Workers
FRANCE & THE NETHERLANDS > Enthusiastic staff, with a strong emphasis on customer service, are needed from at least July 11 until August 21 by RCN Vakantieparken. This position is advertised on a number of summer jobs websites, including Season Workers, but pop along to RCN’s website to see what else they have going. Our favourite there is for a skilled, sociable, inquisitive and adventurous minded handyman with green fingers. Should you be all of these things RCN has a fabulous, varied job role for you at one of the most beautiful locations in France.
⭐️Experienced Couple Representatives For Lifestyle Holidays Summer 2023
FRANCE & SPAIN > Dreaming of a Summer in the South of France or seaside strolls in the Costa Brava? With the 2023 season around the corner, Lifestyle Holidays have a handful of sites that are in need of an experienced courier couple to run and make their own in France and Spain. Experience in the camping or travel industry is essential, as well as knowledge of basic maintenance. The roles are available for EU passport holders and UK residents of France or Spain.
⭐️Venue Holidays Campsite Representatives Roles 2023
FRANCE, ITALY & SPAIN > Do you hold an EU passport or are you a resident of an EU country? Venue Holidays is looking for highly motivated, enthusiastic and friendly people - both young and mature, singles and couples - to join their dedicated team of overseas staff. Campsite Representatives are essential to customers’ enjoyment of their holidays and a vital part of their holiday programme. If you think that you have what it takes and you would like to spend an enjoyable summer abroad, they would like to hear from you. Venue Holidays are also looking for an operations assistant based in the UK.
⭐️BlueDome Activity Jobs Update
UK > BlueDome say 2023 jobs are starting to appear on the site with High Adventure at Cowling looking for Instructors for their summer camps, on short term contracts starting May. UKSA at Cowes is seeking seasonal watersports instructors and activity lead Instructors. Carlingford Adventure Centre wants multi activity Instructors and the Adur Centre in West Sussex looks to add to its freelance instructor pool for 2023. Essex Outdoors, where one of the editors of this newsletter used to canoe as a schoolboy, have full time and casual posts for instructors. The Mount Cook Centre based near Matlock in the Peak District is looking for catering staff and a support duty Manager. All these posts and more are at http://www.bluedome.co.uk/jobs/jobs.html.
⭐️Non Profit Ready To Welcome First Volunteers In Medellin
COLOMBIA > After a lot of preparation, Intercambio is ready to receive its first volunteers. They need people to teach English with a focus on tourism and guiding. You’ll be working with teenagers between eight and 15 years old in one of the poorest neighbourhoods in Medellín, Colombia, in an effort to prevent young people from falling into drugs, prostitution and armed groups. Fundación Five is another education project in Colombia.
⭐️Sailing Croatia Might Be Every Fun Lover’s Dream
CROATIA > But imagine calling it your summer job as well, said an unknown guest writer that once upon a time bunged us a few quid to send some link love juice their way. We agree that it might well be, noting Sailing Croatia is not just every fun lover’s dream, but also a UK based business doing exactly that. They’ve just added a new ship to their fleet and although they hadn’t updated their recruitment pages when we last took a look, will surely need staff for 2023. Positions last year included onboard representatives and active guides to lead hikes and bike rides.
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Social media influencers, photographers and videographers can earn themselves a complimentary cruise on one of their ships in exchange for agreed content. MedSailors are also active in Croatia.
⭐️Paid Positions In Croatia We Found Through Work Exchange Platforms
CROATIA > Helping an open air cinema film screenings along the coast in Istria is just one of the paid positions we found being offered through Workaway. They are looking for young people with basic computer skills. The work period is from June to August and having a driver’s license is an added plus. Assisting a family run campsite in Dalmatia with cleaning, checking in/out, and sharing information about the area is rewarded with payment and a room between the mountains and the sea in a non touristy part of Croatia. Marin and Natali are running yoga and Adventure retreats from May to September in Rovinj. For 2023, they’ll need three professionals in the form of a photographer/video maker, a vegan chef, and a yoga teacher with marketing skills. Or try nature and water sports in Krk with a company that has been bringing people closer to nature and water sports since 1993. They need your help all year round with diving, kayaking, SUP, boat trips and a marine biology station.
Should you be less keen to shell out for Workaway’s membership fees, Hostel Dalmatia were recently looking for a person or couple that would like to start a small restaurant in a tiny village but as an aside said they also have volunteer positions. Sparse details and a short application form can be found at hosteldalmatia.com.
⭐️Unpaid Positions In Croatia We Found Through Work Exchange Platforms
CROATIA > Updating an old guest post on our blog is the reason we are honing in on Croatia this issue. We added some more traditional exchange of labour for accommodation offerings there but the post isn’t live until the 17th of the month. Pick your faves among these before our blog reading hordes snap them up:
Helping near the most beautiful beach in Zlatni rat, Brač - Efra, a Croatian Bolivian multimedial artist, is starting to work on a new art project near one of the top beaches in Europe. Earn a room in his apartment by helping collect stones for a dry stone wall and clearing the land to make room for sculptures of dragons.
Help with childcare and learn windsurfing from a national champion in Kastela - Instruction from Croatia’s champion windsurfer is among the perks for helping out a mum around her house positioned near Croatia’s Dalmatian coast. A longer term commitment is preferred so two year old Leon doesn’t get used to people just as they are leaving.
Enjoy great island experience helping at a non profit in Losinj Island - Katarina, Sean, and Tinkerbell, the hostel cat, are offering life and work experience in the friendly atmosphere of their hostel. They can also organise free stays with other Croatian hostels as a reward for good volunteering with them.
Come and help our animal shelter for abandoned animals in Cakovec - Get stuck in with all the tasks that need doing when you are helping to protect, care for and finding homes for about 500 abandoned animals.
Be part of our Hostel Team in Korcula - A short walk to idyllic sandy beaches and firm believers in island time and island life, volunteers here can relax and chill out or party between helping out on reception and with cleaning. A dorm bed is offered in return and facilities include a pool.
Tiny house experience in Pula - Returned from his own three year stint travelling, Luka would like some feedback from guests staying in his shipping container tiny home, plus some help with general maintenance, painting, gardening and cleaning. People who are experienced in working with power tools and DIY are always welcome.
⭐️Help Ukrainian Families in Budapest
HUNGARY > Vitae Shelter Budapest ask if are you currently in Europe and planning a visit to Budapest? They can provide accommodation in exchange for three hours of work at a shelter for Ukrainian families. The job is mostly cleaning up around the place and helping with packages of donations from the Red Cross and other organisations. Meals are not included but they always have bread and pastries, tea, coffee and milk. Here's a link to the Shelter.
⭐️Barge Into A Job In Scotland
UK > Caledonian Discovery operates two vessels on the Caledonian Canal and currently has a number of vacancies for their upcoming summer season, beginning April 2023. These include cooks, crew, and activity guides to lead the outdoor activities on board, including walking, biking, canoeing and sailing. They also take on freelance skippers and outdoor instructors with open canoe, sailing and powerboat qualifications.
⭐️Hiking Holiday Host
ITALY > Collett’s is looking for hiking enthusiasts to host and advise their guests on hiking holidays in the beautiful Val d’Orcia, Tuscany from March 6 to April 23. They are looking for a pair of friends or a couple who would need to learn about 12 hikes in the area.
⭐️Fry Bundy, Fry
AUSTRALIA > Bundaberg is well known as a working destination for backpackers. In the heart of Queensland's fruit, vegetable and sugar cane farms, we hope it is hot on the Queensland coast right now otherwise our headline doesn’t work so well. And let’s be honest we jotted it down on a beermat and then searched around for anything vaguely relevant to share.
⭐️Ghost Bus Tours In London
UK > Bundaberg is reputed to be one of the most haunted locations in Australia. We couldn’t find anything jobs abroad related there but in London, Ghost Bus Tours are always looking for reliable actors with comedy experience and able to handle basic technical equipment.
⭐️Lifestyle Opportunity
PORTUGAL > An ad in Just Landed is attempting to lure Brits away from the heavy traffic and air pollution in the UK to relocate and live in the Portuguese sun, asking would you like to walk to your local town to enjoy a coffee, beer or a glass of wine and then walk home in the evening feeling perfectly safe? We found the contact phone number belongs to Sonhos Positivos, a residential mobile home site for British expats in the Alentejo region. If you have reasonable handyman, maintenance, DIY and basic gardening skills they are extending an invite to a person, couple or family to join them in maintaining and developing their lifestyle. This could be flexible from maybe a few hours each day in return for free accommodation, allowing you to pursue your own interests/activities to full time paid employment.
⭐️Alaskan Glacier Internship
USA > Operating in the short but intense Alaskan summer with endless daylight for about three months, 90% of the employees of MICA Guides start as interns, either as apprentice guide interns or as logistics team members. In return for a lot of hard work, Interns get a stipend to help cover living expenses, extensive training in their job, an end of season bonus, reimbursement for airfare, access to the crew gear cache, tips, and the potential to return in a well paid professional position. Applicants must have a legal right to work in the United States via citizenship, residency or work visa.
⭐️Environmental Traveling Companions
USA > San Francisco based Environmental Traveling Companions is always seeking dedicated and talented people to join their community. An equal opportunity employer, diversity is a core value of ETC, and applicants with diverse backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives are highly encouraged to apply for all positions. They offer seasonal opportunities in each of their adventure programs, as well as paid field internships and are also always in need of volunteers in the field.
⭐️Sea Kayak Guiding In Alaska
USA > Positive, hard working, team oriented individuals who would like to spend summers working a rewarding job are sought to join the small, upbeat crowd, working for a small sea kayak guiding outfit based in Valdez, Alaska. They also offer camping, hiking, and rafting trips.
⭐️Seasonal Wardens
UK > Skelwith Fold Caravan Park is looking to recruit new members for their small friendly team. Every role at the park is customer facing and customer care is very important. Live in accommodation is available. They are located just outside of beautiful Ambleside so from your doorstep you will find an array of scenic walks, lakes, and mountains.
⭐️Volunteer At Bloodstock And Other UK Music Festivals This Summer
UK > There’s an awful lot of growling and shouting going on in my headphones as I write this issue of JAB. Meshuggah is on the radio and if that’s your sort of thing they’re part of Bloodstock’s line up this year, which also includes Megadeth, In Flames, and Crowbar. Festival volunteers can save the ticket price and receive a pass for the whole event, or over 30 other music festivals this summer, including Glastonbury, Kendal Calling, Carfest, BST Hyde Park, Creamfields, Isle of Wight Festival, and many more. Applications to volunteer for Festaff in 2023 will open Wednesday, Feb 1.
⭐️Are You Looking For Something A Bit Longer Term Than Just The Winter?
FRANCE > Bar Le National, a pub and pizzeria, in Saint Jean d'Aulps want a cook to join their team in a year round position. Experience in a professional kitchen is a must, but not necessarily with pizzas. Salary will be based on experience. Ideally, you will already have your carte de séjour but if not they can help you sort it. The position comes with an apartment.
⭐️Hostel Volunteering in Georgia
GEORGIA > Dingo Backpackers Hostel has want of volunteers for the 2023 season, from April to November, in several positions, mostly cooking, cleaning or reception.
⭐️Call Centre Agents
TURKEY > We spotted this one on Season Workers. It’s a short one so no need to send you guys off elsewhere to read it should you decide living in Alanya on 2370TL per month is viable. We were very tempted to change the title to Fuck Call Centre Agents as that’s just over £100 per month. Starting January 1, the monthly minimum wage is 8,500TL so perhaps it’s a mistake? Back to the job: applicants should be native English speakers with experience in similar call centre work a plus. And it’s shift work! Oh joy. Eight hours a day, five days a week between 8am and midnight. Send your CV to hr@holidaybest.com.
⭐️Cook / Koch
GERMANY > Are you our missing ingredient? say the Radisson Hotel Group. Is cooking the spice of your life? they continue. Then why not join them in Germany or check out more of the 600 plus open positions around the world they currently need filling.
⭐️Teen Coaches
UK > Teen coach is one of the many roles available this year in locations across the country with Kings Camps. Teen coaches are responsible for up to 20 12 to 14 year olds, leading them in a range of activity sessions, including sports such as football, tennis and badminton, active games and team building activities.
⭐️Woodland Village Manager
UK > Acorn Adventure is currently recruiting a village manager for their woodland centre in Kidderminster, for the 2023 season, ideally with experience of working with young people between six and 12 years old and adults alike.
⭐️Cruise Job Fair Coming Up In Berlin
GERMANY > Cruise lines, concessions, recruitment and crewing agencies are attending the event held this January 12. The event is sponsored by Viking, the world's leading river and ocean cruise line, and is for everyone interested in working on cruise ships in all departments, including hospitality, retail, medical, guest services, spa, shore excursions, entertainment, casino, deck, engine, photography, etc. More information and free tickets from www.cruisejobfair.com/berlin/.
⭐️Sous Chef
AT SEA > Overseeing preparation and production of all food onboard to be served to both guests and crew, taking into consideration dietary, religious and cultural requirements, are the main tasks of the sous chef in the galleys of Fred Olsen Cruise Lines.
⭐️Yacht Jobs In Italy
ITALY > Currently looking for a second stewardess is a beautiful 45 meter private motor yacht, based in Viareggio, Italy. The ideal candidate must have longevity on a previous boat and a drama free positive attitude. This is a party boat and additional bartending skills would be a bonus. And, a 32 meter boat cruising the Adriatic and Ionian seas wants a deckhand. Candidates must be genuine non smokers, active and in good health, smart, well spoken, willing to learn and take direction.
⭐️More Admin Staff Needed In The Canary Islands
SPAIN > We’ve mentioned them before in JAB but for volunteering in the Canary Islands now is a good time to lend your services to Tenerife Horse Rescue. They’ve been struggling with admin recently and could do with more volunteers in their office.
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