JAB / 138 / April 2025: Cheese And Responsibility
Vacancies, Leads, Links, Inspiration & Ideas For Working Abroad, Volunteering & Taking A Gap Year
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⭐️Go Yeti Or Go Home
FRANCE > La Grotte du Yeti après-ski bar in Les 2 Alpes is on the hunt for a bar manager to lead their team from the end of November. Accommodation is included.
⭐️Search Engine Update News
FRANCE > Someone has gone to the trouble of updating Ski Weekend’s search engine description to say they are recruiting chalet hosts, resort reps, chefs and chalet resort managers for jobs in France. These are open to UK and EU applicants, but all applicants must speak fluent English and be able to demonstrate strong, relevant experience.
⭐️Skiworld Invites Interest In 25/26 Ski Season
EUROPE > Skiworld are making recruitment moves for the 2025/26 ski seasons in their French and Austrian resorts. They’ve a few ads for staff - including chalet hosts - on Season Workers and, within their own recruitment pages, they are inviting registrations of interest for when vacancies open up, usually around the start of May.
⭐️VIP Ski’s Recruitment Team To Swap Snow For Rain In May
FRANCE > VIP Ski’s recruitment team will return to the UK in May and 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. Recruitment will begin in earnest in June, including for ski nannies, who should be qualified to NNEB, CACHE, NVQ level 3 or equivalent.
⭐️Experienced Ski/Board Tuner And Boot Fitter Wanted
AUSTRALIA > George's Ski Hire. Mt Buller, Vic. June to September 2025. Live and work in resort. 30m from the base chair lift. Family owned and operated for more than 50 years. On mountain accommodation provided. Must be willing to do rental.
⭐️Summer In The Pyrenees
FRANCE > A new hotel and bar needs energetic people for their summer season in the French Pyrenees.
⭐️Remote Museum Job
SOUTH GEORGIA > New team members are in the sights of the South Georgia Heritage Trust, who want to base two practical and enthusiastic operations assistants for seven months in an abandoned whaling station. Opening and closing the South Georgia Museum for cruise ship visitors and leading tours of Grytviken Whaling Station are the main tasks here.
Payment of £1200 per month, with all food and accommodation provided, is offered to UK based candidates over the age of 18. Due to the remote location and limited facilities available, they must also pass a British Antarctic Survey Medical Unit medical if offered the role. The application deadline is April 20.
⭐️Freedom Hill Project
SPAIN > Alessandro and Giacomo are twin brothers who have sunk their savings into restoring a traditional Spanish finca in rural Malaga and building a sustainable, self sufficient community. This facebook post answers how to join them, their YouTube channel reveals how they poop.
⭐️Adventure Awaits In Niseko
JAPAN > Imagine spending your days surrounded by stunning scenery, leading exciting activities, and working alongside a fantastic team with kids from all corners of the globe. From outdoor adventures to creative crafts, you'll play a key role in creating unforgettable summer memories. EdVenture Niseko hires staff on working holiday visas in a number of roles for their summer camp programmes.
⭐️Kennel Manager
ITALY > There is a rare volunteer role going at Hold Fast To Dreams Sanctuary and Rescue in Pareto, Alessandria. As of this month, they have a unique opening for a kennel manager (private group), preferably someone with experience in dog training. They say it’s an excellent opportunity for someone who works remotely and wants to spend a little time at the farm but still maintain their own job. It could suit a retired individual who wants to share their knowledge and support their community, or a younger individual looking to broaden their horizons. It would also suit a couple, or pair of friends wanting to work together.
⭐️Motorsport Merchandising
EUROPE > Emilia Peura swung by a music festival paid and volunteering jobs Facebook group recently to tell its members they might have the right mindset to sell merch at motorsport events (private group). She is looking for students and self employed people to work at WRC - FIA World Rally Championship events around Europe. Paid flights and accommodation are mentioned.
⭐️Join The Galley Party Hostel Crew In Shkoder This Summer
ALBANIA > Are you a party promoter, mural artist, content creator or adventure guide looking for an epic summer gig? An Albanian party hostel is promising one and accommodation to people able to keep the party going, sell booze and activities, and maintain the socials.
⭐️Free Hotel Stay In May
CZECH REPUBLIC > There are still some spots in May available for native English speakers to enjoy a lovely experience, tasty Czech food, and free accommodation with transportation included in Telč, a beautiful UNESCO town. In return, you’ll be helping Czechs practice their English.
⭐️International Village Camps
CROATIA & SLOVAKIA > Positive vibes, an open mind and an interesting personality, rather than previous teaching experience or university background, are required of the “super teachers” taken on by International Village Project for its week long language camps for teenagers in Croatia in May and Slovakia in June. They say native English speakers will be paid decent money, plus they will cover your plane tickets and board and lodging during the camp.
⭐️Remote Worker, Artist Or Surfer Wanted In Lanzarote
SPAIN > An anonymous post to Lanzarote Jobs (private group) is offering beachfront accommodation and a negotiable salary to a remote worker, artist, surfer, or maybe someone else for providing two to three hours a day of light assistance to a Scandinavian retiree living near a surf spot.
⭐️Sleep In A Treehouse
GREECE & ITALY > A treehouse rental business in southern Greece were recently looking for volunteers to help with their gardens and some renovation work. Living in a peaceful valley for a couple of weeks, working for three or four hours a day and sleeping in a tree appealed to enough people that they filled their places in a few days but message them in August if interested in the end of the year. Until then, volunteers can build treehouses with Christian Spang’s Eco-Adventure.org in Sicily.
⭐️Summer Season Chef
FRANCE > The lively sports bar with gastropub food Le Local Morzine is getting ready for another summer in Morzine. They are recruiting an experienced chef, someone reliable, hardworking, and professional with a great sense of humour, for mid June to mid September. Having the right to work in France is advantageous, but visa permits could be available for the right candidate. Couples are also welcome to apply, and they have jobs available for wait staff who speak fluent French and English. They also have a KP role.
⭐️Barge Host
EUROPE > European Waterways is still looking for hosts and hostesses for their barges.
⭐️Last Few Roles For Summer 2025
FRANCE > Alpine Elements still has some hotel and chalet roles remaining in Morzine.
⭐️25/26 Ski Instructors
SWITZERLAND > Supreme Ski and Snowboard School are recruiting instructors (private group) to join their team in Zermatt for winter 2025/26.
⭐️VanLife And Pet Friendly Animal Rescue
ITALY > Hold Fast To Dreams Sanctuary and Rescue welcomes you to apply to come volunteer with them. They are an animal sanctuary and horse farm in the Alessandria region, on the border of Piemonte and Liguria. Home to horses, a mule, a hinny, donkeys, goats, chickens, dogs, and cats, volunteer duties include simple chores: box cleaning, grooming horses and dogs, helping with fencing, farm projects etc for no more than three hours a days, and never more then five days a week.
⭐️Unusual Community Driven Campsite Invite
PORTUGAL > Dreamers and adventurers are invited for a cultural help exchange at Spirala EcoVillage, a collective run eco campsite and venue in Castelo Branco. They are currently preparing for their Mud re Terra Festival in late May and are looking for people to join them for a minimum of one month. Chantal van Haaren’s tribe is also looking for new volunteers to live with them in central Portugal.
⭐️Forest Garden Volunteers
FRANCE > A bed and three meals a day can be earned at Al Quinta Forest Garden. In the South of France, near the sea and mountains, they are a small, organic permaculture farm with a collection of rescue animals and a market book stall. They also have a biological swimming pool they say is perfect for cooling down in.
⭐️Wildlife Care Internship Programme
CANADA > When she passed on details of Shades of Hope’s Wildlife Care Internship Programme, Lola Viersé described the unpaid gig as an unbeatable wildlife rehabilitation experience (private group). Shared offsite accommodation is provided.
⭐️Parent Friendly Volunteering In The Ardèche Mountains
FRANCE > Spaces are available to join Recreation Nation this spring and summer at their converted silk factory in the beautiful Ardèche region of Southern France. They do worldschooling for the kids and have a brochure.
⭐️Hostel Volunteering Opportunities in Cabarete
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC > Wing Camp Hostel is looking for enthusiastic volunteers to make themselves busy about the place for a minimum of one month until August 2025. They are steps from bars, restaurants, and the beach - perfect for kiteboarding, surfing and wing foiling.
⭐️Surfing Irish Vacancies
IRELAND > A bunch of committed surfers who love living in Bundoran is looking for more committed surfers who they hope will love living in Bundoran. Bundoran Surf Co is hiring full time and freelance surf instructors for the summer. ISA Qualifications are essential, and experience is preferred, but courses are available for those without certs. They are also looking for lodge caretakers to help out in their surf lodge. Along the coast, Wild and Free Adventure Co have freelance surf and SUP instructing jobs available (private group) from April/May to September/October.
⭐️Head Of Boarding
WORLDWIDE > Kima Surf in Weligama, Sri Lanka is hiring a qualified surf guide with a friendly demeanor. Surf coaches are needed in Portugal too. Shaka Surf School want a motivated and certified ISA surf coach to join them in Cascais and Costa da Caparica from May to October. Azores Surfcamp needs a chef/cook. It’s a paid position. All these can be found in the Surf Jobs private Facebook group. This head of boarding position in China is only here to provide the heading for the post.
⭐️Surfcamp Craftsman Wanted
FRANCE > Someone with experience in woodwork, metalwork, or electrical work can who enjoy working in a seaside environment when supporting the team at a surf camp (private group) on the Atlantic coast of France from April to September. Free accommodation, meals and surfing is offered in return for a month minimum stay.
⭐️Re.Creation Project
FRANCE > Are you dreaming of escaping to a mountainous river valley in the south of France and supporting a nature based education and family holiday project in a beautifully renovated silk factory? If yes, these guys are looking for enthusiastic volunteers - solo, with friends, or as a family - to join them.
⭐️Cookstewdeck
ITALY > Sailing yacht crew recruitment specialists Hello Sailor is trying to get someone on a boat cruising Italy for the summer with owners onboard. Any sailing and/or culinary qualifications are valued, but the applicant must be a strong sailor with some basic cooking and hospitality skills. Ideally, the cook/stew/deck would have a season’s experience, but this role is also open to strong sailors looking to break into the industry.
⭐️English Teacher Wanted In Manila
PHILIPPINES > You will be an outstanding, passionate and dynamic English teacher who has experience teaching Secondary English (KS3 and KS4) to join Nord Anglia International School Manila.
⭐️Roving English Teacher
AUSTRIA > As an EFL Teacher with the GET Academy, you will play a crucial role in delivering innovative and communicative English language projects across Austria. Your responsibilities will include teaching up to 29 units per week at various locations in Austria. The ideal candidate will be a native level English speaker with both a TEFL qualification and experience demonstrating both teaching skills and a genuine talent for working with children.
For their English speaking summer camps held throughout Austria in July and August, they hire German speaking, dedicated caregivers to provide onsite care alongside their native speakers.
⭐️Zanzibar Watersports Jobs And Work Exchange
TANZANIA > Aquaholics Kite & Surf Zanzibar recently posted a short message to Surf Jobs (private group) for an experienced surf instructor to join them for some uncrowded surf in tropical waters from July until the end of September. The as yet to be updated for this year jobs page on their own website reveals they also have a work exchange programme.
⭐️Volunteer Opportunities in Cappadocia
TURKIYE > Yi-Jing Chen says new volunteer slots are open at the hotel in Uchisar where they have been volunteering for over a month. Our hotel when we stayed in the region took on a volunteer too. This was several years ago, but they may still do. Helping at a non profit activity centre for children with special needs is another option locally.
⭐️Nordic Sea Kayaking
NORWAY > Nordic Ventures is hiring sea kayaking guides for their 2025 season starting as soon as possible. D1, D1+E or D licence required for work, with CPC. In the comments, Brad Jones highly recommends a season with Nordic Ventures after a fantastic summer guiding on the Næroyfjord. He says it is hard work, but you have the best "office" in the world and are very well looked after.
⭐️Seasonal And Short Term Outdoor Instructor Contracts In Yangshuo And Shanghai
CHINA > Whether you are an experienced instructor looking for that next adventure or completely new to the outdoors, if you are fun, positive, energetic and excited about working with children in some of China's most breathtaking locations, Insight Adventures offers contracts starting all year round.
⭐️Head Chef - Ulaanbaatar
MONGOLIA > Cash money, bonuses, accommodation and bills paid, will be lavished on the new head chef rocking up to oversee a team of 12 chefs at this stylish Italian city centre restaurant in Ulaanbaater. Ordering and budgeting are key areas of the role; they need a manager as well as a talented chef.
⭐️Join the Kiwi Mallorca Crew
SPAIN > If you’re passionate about the sea, hospitality, Kiwi Mallorca is hiring marineros, cleaning staff and office employees for the upcoming season.
⭐️Streaky Bay Caravan Park Cleaner Positions Available Now
AUSTRALIA > Streaky Bay is a vibrant coastal town on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. The cleaner position includes a powered site for your caravan (an onsite van is available if required) and is for a minimum of three months.
⭐️Wellington Hair Removing Backpackers
NEW ZEALAND > Another stylist is welcome in this Wellington Salon. Owned by a Canadian backpacker that stayed, the role is described as perfect for any backpackers with hairdressing experience looking for a path to residency.
⭐️88 Days Baking In Mitchell
AUSTRALIA > A backpacker friendly bakery in an 88 day eligible postcode in Queensland has an all-rounder role in their bread/pastry production area. Experience would be preferred, but they are willing to provide on the job training to the right applicant.
⭐️Restaurant Manager For Busy Venue In Coastal Northern Territory
AUSTRALIA > A busy venue on the coast of the Northern Territory needs a restaurant manager, and MLKA Hospitality Recruitment intends to find them one. The venue, offering onsite accommodation, restaurant, bars and a bottle shop, sounds remarkably like a place where JAB is barred for life.
⭐️Cave People Wanted
UK > Dan wants volunteers to dress up like a cave person: for what purpose, we don’t know. No skills are required for this Shindig Festival gig on May 22 to 24 beyond a willingness to be around people and a desire for a free ticket to a wicked festival.
Applications are no longer being taken for paid bar jobs this year, but as of last week the organisers of the festival - dubbed "a pint-sized version of Glastonbury" - were appealing for people to sign up to its volunteer programme and get behind the scenes access in return. Shindig’s official volunteering page is here.
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⭐️Nomad Birds Tenerife
SPAIN > There is a good page of information for volunteers interested in helping out this eco finca in the north east of Tenerife. Cat therapy, yoga mats, and the possibility to borrow an electric scooter, surfboard and wetsuit are both among the perks and suggestive of the vibe to expect around here.
⭐️Crewing Around
AT SEA > April and May are the peak months for small boats crossing the ocean from the Caribbean to the Mediterranean. Many skippers will want an extra pair of hands and eyes onboard, offering an adventurous way for even those with minimal experience at sea to get a free passage from the Americas to Europe (though in reality, a contribution towards your expenses is often asked). Aside from getting down to the docks in person, Findacrew.net and Crewbay and Facebook groups are ways to contact captains, though women should be aware of the safety concerns around using some of these services.
⭐️Helen's House of Hope
BULGARIA > Helen's House of Hope is based in northwest Bulgaria and has successfully rehomed hundreds of dogs across the UK and Europe. Their Workaway profile is currently inactive but Helen shouldn’t think we haven’t noticed her recently looking to entice volunteers their way.
⭐️Help Refugees In France, Greece, Moldova, Jordan, Colombia, Thailand...
WORLDWIDE > Last year, we put together a long post listing NGOs and Workaway hosts that assist refugees and displaced people. Many will need help this year too.
⭐️Disaster Relief
WORLDWIDE > We found Team Rubicon via working traveller Sabrina’s list of 5 Free Short-Term Volunteer Opportunities Abroad. They are a military veteran led humanitarian organisation, built to serve global communities before, during, and after disasters and crises. In order to apply you will create a detailed profile and Team Rubicon will match you to a project that they believe can use your skills.
⭐️Corfu Cat Caring
GREECE > Corfu Angel Cats is looking for volunteers who love cats and want to help to provide them a better life. They are primarily looking for people with an education in animal health, such as veterinary students, retired vets, or animal nurses, but will consider others with experience and knowledge about cats and kittens. A small house within the jurisdiction of the cats is made available for volunteers, fully equipped with a kitchenette and bathroom, but they do ask for a €100 per week contribution.
| Corfu Angel Cats |
⭐️Join The Glacier Team For The Summer Of A Lifetime In Montana
USA > Summer positions at Glacier National Park Lodges are still available to those with the right to work in the US.
⭐️Opportunities 4U
WORLDWIDE > Among the scholarships, internships, conferences, and volunteering opportunities currently listed on Opportunity 4U are paid internships in Saudi Arabia, a summer school in Florence for journalists and media practitioners, and ESC funded volunteering in Estonia.
⭐️Seasonal Ungulate Keeper Wanted
UK > Knowsley Safari needs someone to keep their ungulates in good order. Applications are open until April 13. Park team members and kitchen crew are also needed.
⭐️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.
⭐️Six UK Music Festivals For Volunteers
UK > Head over to the Hotbox events page to see which out of six UK festivals taking place over the summer in fields and castles you’d like to volunteer at for a free ticket. Their website provides plenty of information about the festival volunteer experience.
⭐️Cheese And Responsibility
UK > Do you love cheese and responsibility? If you want to make Mac, Money and Friends this summer, Anna Mae’s Mac N Cheese offers paid summer work at festivals in the UK to people who can handle both these things.
| Anna Mae‘s |
⭐️Jobs In The Australian Cotton Industry
AUSTRALIA > Carrington Ginning told us last month that the cotton ginning season in Goondiwindi is commencing in late April or early May and is anticipated to run through to October. More information on an industry that employs more than 12,000 people in a wide range of roles in Australia can be had from Agri Labour, who themselves place 1,500 candidates into cotton harvest jobs.
⭐️An Opportunity For Librarians And Literacy Enthusiasts From Southeast Asia
INDONESIA > SEALNet Project Indonesia 2025: Read to Lead is a literacy initiative to help university libraries in Indonesia struggling with limited resources and engagement. It is looking for passionate librarians and literacy enthusiasts from Southeast Asia to volunteer as mentors. The project will be held online in June and offline in July for five days in Jakarta, where accommodation, food, local transportation, and insurance are provided.
⭐️“I Was A British Tourist Trying To Leave The Us. Then I Was Detained, Shackled And Sent To An Immigration Detention Centre”
USA > The Guardian reports on graphic artist Rebecca Burke who, after staying with Workaway hosts while on a tourist visa, was stopped, interrogated and branded an illegal alien by ICE as she tried to leave the US. Now back home, she tells others thinking of going to Trump’s America: don’t do it.
⭐️Groups Of Mates And Female Skateboarders Wanted
UK > Groups of 30 somethings who’ll get paid if they appear in a commercial, and a South East Asian descent skateboader who will pocket £800 for body doubling are among the recent listings in Film & TV Casting Calls UK.
⭐️Have You Barely, Or Even Never, Been Abroad But Want An Incredible Adventure?
WORLDWIDE > South Shore Productions is developing a new TV show for Channel 4. Until May 16, they are looking for young Brits aged 18 to 25 to take part in a travel competition series. Another upcoming Channel 4 adventure show is offering a £100,000 prize. Head over to CPL Productions to apply by May 31.
⭐️Paid AirBnB Collab, Press Trips And Win A Trip To Singapore
WORLDWIDE > Daniella Schoeman has put all of the above in the latest issue of her Wildly Successful Travelpreneurs newsletter.
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