WANTED: Expedition Facilitators and Coordinators
Since 2016, The Travel Intern has been growing our community of travellers and content creators. We’ve been sharing our love for travelling through film, photos and words and continue to inspire travellers to travel better, smarter, and braver.
In fact, we’ve travelled on 184 trips to 44 countries!
We’ve also brought the community on some of our favourite adventures, like multi-day hikes in Nepal, diving with Whale Sharks in Philippines, and exploring the vastness of Mongolia.
We’ve hosted over 8 trips and this year, we’re ramping things up with trips to more remote destinations around the world.
So we’re on the search for Expedition Facilitators and Coordinators!
DISCLAIMER: If you’re looking for a holiday, this is not it. But if you love rugged adventures and building an epic experience for others, we’re looking for you!
Do you have what it takes?
(1) Expedition Facilitators
As an Expedition Facilitator at The Travel Intern, you will be working closely with our local vendors to create amazing experiences for the expedition participants.
You should:
– Love to travel
– Enjoy meeting new travellers from all walks of life
– Be an excellent problem solver
– Have experience taking care of multi-day events (whether professionally or in school i.e. expeditions, camps, etc.)
– commit to expeditions up to 2-weeks long, attend pre-trip meetups, briefings, and trainings
*Bonus: comfortable operating a DSLR to capture moments on the trip.
If you’re curious, here’s a sneak peek at what you’ll be doing!
What to expect:
– Flexible freelance role for 2024
– Trip allowance for every expedition
– Lead Expeditions — managing participants’ wellbeing before and during the expedition
– Capture moments of participants during the expedition
– Be part of a growing community of like-minded adventurers
Tentative Trip Dates:
– Annapurna Circuit Trek (21 April – 4 May OR 7 – 20 September)
– Donsol Whale Shark Diving (18 – 30 May)
– Mardi Himal Base Camp Trek (16 – 24 November)
– Q3 Q4 Trips (More trips coming!)
(2) Expedition Coordinator Intern:
As an Expedition Coordinator, you’ll be doing a little bit of everything to make a trip successful! The things you do can range from creating social media videos to facilitating trips to remote destinations overseas. It’s going to be a wild ride!
You should:
– Enjoy meeting new travellers from all walks of life
– Be comfortable on camera
– Have experience in taking care of participants during expeditions or camps
– Comfortable with operating a DSLR to capture moments from the trip
– Active on at least one of the following social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok)
– Proficient in editing softwares like Adobe Premiere Pro, FCP, CapCut, Inshot, and LightroomInstagram, TikTok)
*Bonus: comfortable with flying drones
What to expect:
– 6 months part-time role starting from February 2024 (Total work hours: ~24 hours a week, minimum 2 hours a day.)
– Monthly allowance from $600 (depending on commitment)
– Social Media Marketing training provided
– Assist in expeditions — managing participants’ wellbeing before and during the expedition
– Capture moments of participants during the expedition
– Be part of a growing community of like-minded adventurers
DISCLAIMER: Even if you don’t have all the required skills, we encourage you to apply regardless! We have trainings that’ll help you catch up! So we’re looking for someone that’s earnest to learn and is willing to push themselves in this internship.
How to apply:
Step 1— Find out if you’re able to commit during the commitment period for the role you’re applying for
Step 2 — Attract our attention on social media! We’re on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Tiktok. Show us who you are and the work you’re proud of! Make sure your account is set to public so we can see your posts. Tag us @thetravelintern and #thetravelintern
Step 3 — Complete this application form
The form will ask you for two things:
– a 60s video telling us about yourself other than your love for travelling
– a portfolio showing us your best work for the role you’re applying for (see below for pro-tips!)
Important dates:
Application closes: 15 Feb 2024, 2359hrs (Thu)
Applications shortlisted & contacted by: 19 Feb 2024, 2359hrs (Mon)
Interviews for shortlisted applicants: 20 – 21 Feb 2024
Expedition Coordinator Internship begins: 28 Feb 2024 (Wed)
Expedition Facilitator Training: 3 Mar 2024 (Sun)
3 Tips to stand out from the crowd 🙂
(1) Share relevant work in your portfolio —
For the Expedition Facilitators:
– Show us your experiences with leading a group of people. This could be experiences leading camps, facilitating your own expeditions or a combination of the two!
*Think about what our expeditions are like when you’re thinking about what to share
For the Expedition Coordinators:
– Send us your past social media work that you’ve done.
– Show us your experiences with leading a group of people too!
– if you’ve never done anything similar to this, start creating your own content or start facilitating your own mini-expeditions to get a feel for what you’re signing up for!
(2) Get to know us —
Before we meet you, the best way to get a taste of us is on our social channels!
Facebook
Instagram
TikTok
YouTube
Create something, tag us and #thetravelintern! Or leave us witty comments on our existing posts 😉
(3) Let your personality shine
We would love to know you better, especially if we will be travelling together! We work hard, but we also play hard! Don’t be afraid to show us your goofy side 😉
