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Join our little-but-awesome team in Belfast!

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The experience

***UK WORK VISA OR UK PASSPORT REQUIRED!!! **

Belfast's smallest and friendliest hostel, run Erika, who loves to share Belfast with the backpackers who pass through!
We are in beautiful South Belfast, right beside the Botanical Gardens, Ulster Museum, Palm House & Tropical Ravine (all free to visit!!).
We are NOT a party hostel, we're more of a cup-of-herbal-tea-and-a-book hostel! :)

What you offer

28 hours of help per week

Cleaning: Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.

Housekeeping: Help with changing the bed linens and general housekeeping.

Reception: Help with check-ins, check-outs and guest assistance.

What you get

2 days off per week

Team Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other people.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Bikes at your disposal: You can use our bikes any time you want.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Fluent English

Between 18 and 35 years old

Only hosts solo volunteers (doesn’t accept couples or partners)

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

Volunteers help with reception, cleaning, and socialising with guests. :)

We can host volunteers short-term, for short term volunteers your tasks would be minding the hostel for a few hours in the mornings, doing checkouts and cleaning.

We can only host volunteer who have the right to work in the UK (Such as UK passport, or UK work visa). Volunteering without the right to work in the UK is illegal since Brexit :'(


Activities & Shift

Volunteers usually cover the morning shifts,
so you don't need to be familiar with any booking systems, card machine use etc. :)
If you would also like to do afternoon shifts (check-ins), let us know, we can teach you everything!

Morning shift involves setting out breakfast, checking out guests, cleaning, and changing beds. (7:30am-2pm)

Volunteers have every third day off completely, to explore Belfast, or just hang out in the hostel. Our schedule usually looks like this-
Day 1 - OFF
Day 2- Morning Shift
Day 3- Morning Shift
Day 4- OFF
Day 5- Morning Shift
Day 6- Morning Shift
Day 7- OFF
Day 8- Morning Shift
etc etc, you are welcome to swap a shift with another volunteer if needed!

Rules

!!!We are NOT a party hostel!!!
We expect volunteers to respect all hostel rules, and to encourage guests to do the same.
-Quiet-after-9pm (gotta get that beauty sleep!)
-No heavy drinking
-No sitting on your mobile phone while on shift! Do your sneaky Facebook stalking on the reception computer where nobody will notice! ;)
-Volunteers should have the right to work or volunteer in the UK, please make sure your visa allows this! :)