Placement Officer

Name: Placement Officer
Start: 2022-04-16
End: 2022-07-04
Location: Iceland

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Iceland Culture Education Environment Social work Culture Education +2 Permanent

About the project

Placement Officer

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Worldwide Friends (WF), was founded in 2001 as a non-profit organization promoting nature and peace-oriented activities for volunteers wanting to spend some time in Iceland. Our main theme for this year is to give education about the 17 Sustainable Goals of the United Nations and to clean the whole coastline of Iceland. The main activities that we offer are workcamps, seminars, local events, and exchange programs suitable both for young people and adults.

💼 What the programme involves

Serving as the main point of contact for the organization, your activities include, but are not limited to; Communicating with international partner organizations. Preparing and distributing documents concerning the placement procedure. Dealing with applications of foreign volunteers applying for placements. Initiating and looking after visa proceedings for participants. Maintaining the organization's databases on projects/bookings/information brochures/training/information sheets. Answering any incoming requests of participants and international partners. Collecting and controlling all payments regarding Participation Fees, Excursions, Minibus, and hostel. Any other administrative tasks on the request of the office and marketing manager. We're all about flexibility: we expect you to adapt to changes quickly and we encourage you to try new things. Working hours may vary depending on the workcamps and the organization's needs. However, you will have 2 days off per week. You will be able to discover Iceland's unique sites.

🏠 Accommodation on site

During the workcamps the leaders will share a double or quadruple room in a house fully equipped. Beds are provided with sheets and blankets. Wireless internet access is provided free of charge. Washing machine available.

🍲 Food

Food is included at our accommodations; however, everyone is expected to do their fair share of the cooking and cleaning. We provide a well-balanced and healthy variety of food products that includes a wide variety of whole grains, seasonal fruits & vegetables, pantry staples, and dairy products, A vegetarian diet is encouraged!

📍 About the location

🎒 Leisure activities

Weekends are free, however, sometimes you will still need to be around! Usually, the excursions take place during the weekends. Excursions include unique Icelandic sights, such as waterfalls, volcanic and geothermal areas, glaciers, lava forests, hot springs, rhyolite mountain ranges, steam vents, and even icebergs. The areas around the houses are also great for hiking.

⚠️ Requirements

Desired Profile: 22 years old +. MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook), Google Drive (Docs, Sheets, Forms, Slides), Spreadsheets (Excel, Google Sheets), Writing (Journalism, technical writing). Social Media. A driving Licence is essential. Winter driving experience (snow/icy roads) is considered an advantage. Linguistic skills: A Intermediate to Upper-Intermediate level of English is required. Other languages are seen as an advantage. Skills and competencies: Our leaders have to be Positive and Highly Motivated. Self-initiative and Organizational skills are a must. Time-management skills and ability to work under time pressure during high peaks of the season.

ℹ️ Additional information

Working hours; 5 to 7 hours per day of environmental work during the weekdays. With lunch and coffee breaks. Note: working hours may vary depending on the workcamps and the organization's needs. 2 days off per week. Make sure to bring your computer

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📅 Available sessions

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16/04/2022 → 04/07/2022

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ℹ️ Key information

Age required

22–29 years old

Solidarity donation

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French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

Iceland

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Iceland Krona (ISK / kr)

Exchange rate

1 ISK = 0.007321 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Greenwich Mean Time

Local time: 21:06 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

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✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Icelandic