Funded Bookings Internship at Uniplaces in Portugal 2020

OPPORTUNITY DETAILS

Total reward

0 $

Nonprofit organization

Uniplaces

Area

Western Europe

Host Country

Portugal

Deadline

02 May 2020

Study level

Undergraduate

Opportunity funding

Full funding

Eligible Countries

Algeria , Comoros , Egypt , Jordan , Lebanon , Mauritania , Oman , Qatar , Somalia , Syria , United Arab Emirates , Bahrain , Djibouti , Iraq , Kuwait , Libya , Morocco , Palestine , Saudi Arabia , Sudan , Tunisia , Yemen

Eligible Region

All Regions

Uniplaces is looking for fluent English speakers (additional languages are highly valued) who want to have a true impact during the booking process. A lot of your day will be spent dealing with requests and inquiries from students from all over the world who are going to study to another country, as well as supporting them in finding their new home abroad. To be able to thrive in a startup environment, you have to be the type of person who feels comfortable going up to someone and communicating face to face, over the phone or in writing.

Responsibilities:

Support students throughout their booking experience by helping and inspiring them to find the right place for them on Uniplaces
Liaise with other teams to come up with solutions, and to identify and escalate priority issues in order to avoid customer and operational impact
Find a place for students who had their original booking cancelled
Communicate with landlords to review their availabilities in order to support the entire booking process
Be supportive and helpful to students around the world, and prepare them for the best time of their life
Understand seasonal trends and work within them to ensure maximum occupancy
Write daily reports on your activity and be accountable for your contribution to the team’s effort

Requirements:

Very fluent in spoken/written English and/or:
- French
- German
- Hungarian
- Italian
- Portuguese
- Polish
- Spanish
International-minded and able to cope with spending some time working alongside talented people from 16 different nationalities
Available to relocate to Lisbon
A mix between an easy-going-communicative-proactive-dynamic-funky-positive person who is not afraid to jump into this amazing environment
Flexible and have an eagerness to learn, since it’s the greatest recipe to thrive in a startup environment