Green Key and Blue Flag administrative assistant

 

4-6 months’ internship at the Foundation for Environmental Education  

The Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) is looking for an unpaid administrative assistant (intern) that would like to work with our tourism-related environmental programmes, Green Key and Blue Flag, for 4-6 months from 16 January 2023 (exact dates can be flexible). The main areas of work will be the administrative support to the development to educational courses and best practice tools/material and support in the process of the Blue Flag global criteria revision.  

Main tasks and responsibilities 

  1. Development of educational courses for Green Key 

  • Creation and revision of content for educational courses for a) staff of Green Key establishments, b) Green Key auditors and c) Green Key national administration offices with the use of the Moodle platform of the FEE Academy 

    2. Development of material for the Green Key toolbox  

  • Creation, collection, and revision of content (templates, documents, best practice examples, support material) for the Green Key Criteria Toolbox. The material of the Green Key Toolbox can be downloaded by the staff of Green Key establishments as an assistance to their work. 

    3.Blue Flag global criteria revision administration support 

  • Online thematic working parties' administration support: coordination of internal online meetings, document review, documents production, e.g. executive summaries, minutes, survey, criteria drafts.   

    4.Administrative tasks 

  • Taking care of ad-hoc administrative tasks such as database maintenance, response to general requests, etc.  

  • Other office-related tasks  

Terms and conditions: 

  • Unpaid internship for a duration of a minimum of four months. It is encouraged that the internship is part of the internship requirements for students in the hospitality industry, but it can also be part of a post-studies internship.  

  • Unless the COVID-19 situation in Denmark prevents it, it is expected that the intern works from the FEE Head Office in Copenhagen, and the intern will follow the same conditions as the FEE Head Office staff (as recommended by the Danish Health Authorities).  

  • The intern will have to work 37 hours a week, including a 30 min lunch break.  

  • English is the official language at the FEE Head Office 

  • Additional information for the intern to be working from the FEE Head Office: 

  • The intern is an EU/EEA/Nordic citizen or have a valid work permit in Denmark. 

  • The intern will be working partly from the FEE Head Office and partly from home. For the work at the office, the intern is responsible for own accommodation and transport between home and the office (but FEE can provide a bike for the duration of the internship for free) 

  • The intern will need a social security number in Denmark (which means that the applicant has to provide proof to the government that he/she has enough financial funds to sustain him/herself (see: https://www.nyidanmark.dk/en-GB/You-want-to-apply/Residence-as-a-Nordic-citizen-or-EU-or-EEA-citizen/EU-Self-support)  

  • The intern informs FEE about existing holiday plans in the internship period during the interview. Holidays during the internship are confirmed by the intern’s supervisor and should be announced two weeks in advance. 

Required skills and experience 

  • Fluent in written and spoken English 

  • The applicant should have a background or work experience in sustainable tourism, sustainable development, or other sustainability-related fields of work  

  • Experience with online course platforms (such as Moodle) is strongly recommended  

  • Experience with design programmes such as Canva and Adobe software is preferred 

  • Precise and organised way of working 

  • Proficient user of Microsoft Office package  

  • Capability of working in a team as well as independently 

  • Comfortable working in a multicultural environment  

Application procedure 

1.      Please send your CV and motivation letter via email to both:

* Please send your application to both the email addresses above

* Please write in the subject “Application for BF/GK Administration Internship”

* If you can present samples of your work in PR or communication (e.g. blog posts, articles etc.) please attach them to your application

2.      The short-listed applicants will be called for an interview on Zoom or in person at the FEE Head Office (evaluation process will take up to two weeks, depending on the volume of applications).

3.      The successful applicant will be contacted.  

Please contact us at any time if you have any questions regarding the internship.  

About the Foundation for Environmental Education, Green Key and Blue Flag 

The Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) is the world's largest environmental education organisation, with over 100 member organisations in more than 80 countries. With 40+ years of impactful experience in Education for Sustainable Development, our new strategic plan - GAIA 20:30 - prioritises climate action across all programmes to address the urgent threats of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental pollution.  

Green Key is a leading certification programme for hotels and other tourism establishments with more than 3,700 certified establishments in 60 countries. The Green Key recognition is based on compliance with rigorous internationally recognised criteria, regular on-site audits, and a third-party verification of the certification. Green Key is managed by FEE and 40 of its national member organisations.  

The Blue Flag programme is a voluntary award for beaches, tourism boats and marinas complying with a strict set of criteria within the categories of environmental education and information, environmental management, water quality, safety and other services. Blue Flag is, in 2022, awarded to more than 5,000 beaches, boats and marinas in 50 countries worldwide. Furthermore, other countries in various regions around the world are working on implementing Blue Flag. 

The deadline for applications is 20 November 2022 

Contacts 
Finn Bolding Thomsen  
Tel. +45 6124 8082 Tel.
E-mail: finn@fee.global  

Johann Durand
+45 6124 8086
E-mail: johann@fee.global