Who we are
Kaya Responsible Travel is a provider of service-learning, volunteering, internship, and faculty-led programs, working in more than 25 locations around the world. Our commitment to providing ethical, responsible, and sustainable options helps to empower communities and cultivate educated, compassionate global citizens.
Our company values are defined as:
- Doing good in every way – Seeking to always do good for the people and the planet:
- Embracing the challenge of keeping it real – Trekking the path of authenticity – bumps and all!
- A bursting passion – not just a job – Living our values inside and outside the workplace – and sharing them with the world
- The voice of the people – Listening to all the voices that need to be heard
- A little old ant with a rubber tree plant – We’re small but we got high hopes
- Seriously good humour – Always looking for the joy in the challenge
Position description
Placement Advisors are the first point of contact for people interested in and those participating in a volunteer or internship program with Kaya. Our approach is to share our passion for travel and community engagement to inspire others, to convey our knowledge of our projects and ethical issues in the field, and to offer a high level of support for every participant from start to finish.
As a Placement Advisor, you will work Monday – Friday responding to email, telephone and live chat enquiries. Specializing in Latin America, you will also work with placements in our Asian and African locations. You will be responsible for your own contacts from enquiry to participation; following up with leads, communicating with our partner organizations around the world, and managing the administration of enquiries and participants. In addition, the team supports institutions offering Study Abroad placements for their students, so the role will include communications with faculty and study abroad professionals.
As well as advising and recruiting participants, you will also be responsible for overseeing your placements throughout their program, in collaboration with Kaya Placement Administrators who support this role.
There are some additional opportunities for the individual in this position to work as a group coordinator for faculty-led group programs that occur throughout the year in the latin American region, which may require travel within Ecuador and other Latin American locations.
This position is based at Kaya’s Quito office, where this Kaya position shares office space with our Ecuador site team. We work closely as a team across timezones, so it’s important that you can work well as part of a multi-locational team and are able to work independently when other team members are offline. This position is available as a 2 year assignment.
This position requires a proactive, eloquent and enthusiastic individual who has a competent level of conversational Spanish and an interest in the field of social and environmental development. The successful candidate for the position will be passionate about travel and prepared for a steep learning curve in the field of international education. We are looking for independent candidates that are looking to explore and immerse in Quito city life.
For more details on the role and how to apply, please visit our website!