ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT FOR SUSTAINABLE TOURISM PROGRAMMES - 2025
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 20 January 2025 (exact dates can be flexible). The main areas of work will be the administrative support in the process of the Blue Flag and Green Key criteria revision, support to the development of the Green Key application process, as well as other support.
Main tasks and responsibilities
1) Blue Flag criteria revision administration support
Criteria administration update and development of supporting materials for the Blue Flag network: document review, document production, e.g. executive summaries, minutes, survey, criteria drafts, monitoring and reporting mechanisms development support.
Online thematic working parties' administration support: coordination of internal online meetings.
2) Green Key criteria revision administration support
Criteria administration update and development of supporting materials for the Green Key Flag network: document review, document production, e.g. executive summaries, minutes, survey, criteria drafts, monitoring and reporting mechanisms development support.
Online thematic working parties' administration support: coordination of internal online meetings.
3) Green Key application administration support
Support to the work on evaluating material from incoming applications for Green Key from applicant establishments.
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.
The intern will have to work 35 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 half time from the FEE Head Office and half time from home.
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)
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 by 10 November 2024 to:
Finn Bolding Thomsen, finn@fee.global
Johann Durand, johann@fee.global
* Please send your application to both the email addresses above
* Please write in the subject “Application for BF/GK Administrative Assistant”
2) The short-listed applicants will be called for an interview on Zoom/Teams 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.