A person who will have a good experience with us is:
– Motivated to gain office-working experience, specifically in the area of organizing international projects in the area of non-formal education,
– Interested in sailing and/or outdoor education and/or sustainability,
– Self-starter, someone who would like to take on a project and make it their own (with the support of the project leader and the rest of the team, of course!)
– Motivated to join us. Project-specific motivation is the key!

Our ideal candidates would be interested in one of the following:
– organising Erasmus+ EU Exchanges,
– marketing and communication,
– video editing and/or graphic design,
– training/coaching/mentoring.

If you have recently graduated and are looking for your first experience in one of these areas then this is the perfect project for you! However, we are pretty flexible and open to anyone who wants to learn from us and help us improve our projects. If you’re not interested in the described areas but you think that you would be a good fit in our team, we’d love to hear from you!

We will teach you everything you need to know about working in an office, organising projects on sailing Ships, and creating valuable learning experiences for young people. Our international team will share their knowledge and coach you through implementing your own projects. You will learn how large events are organised behind the scenes, how to turn your ideas into succesful projects and how to take the best advantage of working in a diverse team.

What you don’t need:
Formal education – we will teach you everything you need to know.
Previous work experience – you’ll gain it with us!
Fluent English (as long as we can communicate, you will pick it up soon enough).
Sailing experience – we work at an office, this is not a sailing project. If you do go sailing with us, we will prepare you for it.

Our work includes general tasks at the office, related to organizing international youth projects on Tall Ships, depending on your interests and areas you’d like to improve, for example:

ERASMUS+
– Preparing and implementing Youth Exchanges on Tall Ships
– Applying for funds for Erasmus+ projects
– Logistical arrangements for the Exchanges, trainings, Advanced Planning Visits, etc.
– Mentoring the Exchanges
– Communication with participants and partners

MARKETING, COMMUNICATION & GRAPHIC DESIGN
– Creating promotional and informational content for social media, flyers, posters, etc.
– Making engaging and informative presentations,
– Creating videos to better illustrate life on board a Tall Ship,
– Writing articles,
– Finding new partners for help with promoting the projects

OTHER POSSIBLE TASKS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
– Mentoring teams of participants for a Dinghy fundraising program (online)
– Translating information materials to your own language (and others that you know),
– Administration of the projects (project’s life-cycle, working with a database and file sharing system, Office suite),
– Coming up with sustainable solutions for our office,
– Representing the organisation at sailing and youth festivals,
– Organising local events related to Erasmus+, sustainability and sailing,
– Washing the office boat and making sure your living space is ship-shape,
– Others – we can be a bit flexible and we’re always happy to hear your ideas!

During the summer we will be present at maritime festivals. We will aim to give you an experience sailing on a Tall Ship, but only if the conditions permit it.
Some flexibility is needed, as the tasks can change quickly and sometimes we work on the weekends (you will be entitled to take another day off when that happens).

Interested? Send your CV and motivation statement to Anna at erasmus@windseeker.org.

Motivation is the key, it doesn’t have to be a formal letter, as long as you make it clear you know for which project you are applying and why you want to join it. Tell us about your future plans (or dreams) and how joining us might help you realize them. Applications without project-specific motivation will not be considered.

Feel free to contact Anna with any additional questions.