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Work experience is essential for getting a job. The Young Workers Volunteer Program is aimed at young adults who want to clarify career goals and gain intercultural knowledge.

This 12-months program provides you with an easily accessible opportunity for effecting positive societal change through volunteering, while improving your skills and competences for personal, educational, and professional development. Non-formal and formal learning opportunities during the program will enable you to acquire essential competences for personal growth in order to become an Active Global Citizen, thereby improving your employment prospects and facilitating your transition into the labor market.

The project is looking for a young, highly motivated team member to play an active part in their organization and to contribute to the daily work routine of the project.

Project Description: Protection Station at the North Sea

Within the Young Workers Volunteer Program, AFS Germany offers the possibility to work at a station that protects the wildlife of the sea and its environment in Germany. The project is located in Sylt in Schleswig-Holstein, Northern Germany. As a Young Worker you will be working in a project committed to protecting the Wadden Sea to preserve it for future generations despite climate change, rising sea levels and intensive use. You will experience a wide range of nature experience events all year round: Wadden Sea walks, bird tours, beach and dune excursions or sea animal fishing trips. The protection station also participates in various scientific observation programs: Censuses of resting and breeding birds, tidal flat bottom animals, monitoring of marine mammals and observations of beach pollution

  • Get to know and experience the Wadden Sea and coast topics
  • Learn about the conservation and care of natural areas and their population
  • Take part in a working team of committed people
  • Work surrounded by a beautiful natural and maritime atmosphere
  • Working language is German and English
  • 12-months program participation

Program Details

  • Program Type
    • Internships
    • Language
    • Volunteering
  • Location
    • Sylt, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
  • Program for an individual or for a group
    Individual
  • Program highlights
    • You will receive a monthly pocket money of 250 € for food and personal expenses
    • Complementary health, liability, and accident insurance
    • 12 months in Germany
    • 26 vacation days
    • 25 training days and additional online training
    • 100 teaching units German and additional online training
    • Certificate of intercultural training
    • Certificate of employment and qualified reference from project
    • Networking activities with international program participants and German AFSers
    • Administrative and personal support for participants before and during the program
    • Young Workers do not need any specific training to participate in the program

What's included in your experience

  • Housing
  • 24/7 Emergency Support
  • Assistance with Application Process
  • Global Competence Certificate
  • Continuous Support
  • Orientations during your time abroad
  • Access to Alumni Network
  • Worldwide Presence
  • 70 Years Experience
  • Individual Contact Person
  • Airport Pick-up
  • Visa Application Assistance
  • Medical Insurance
  • Community Service Placement
  • Internship Placement
  • Language Instruction

What you are responsible for

  • Meals
  • Airfare
  • Domestic Transport
  • Visa and Passport Fees
  • Vaccinations
  • Cultural Tours