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Gap year opportunities BUNAC

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Salary
Competitive salary
Period
Temporary
Working hours
Full-time
Closing date
Continuous recruitment
Location
Worldwide
Additional location details
Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South America, Africa, Cambodia, Peru, India, Nepal, Ghana, China, Chile and USA

Job description-

Welcome to BUNAC. Your gap year adventure starts here, today.

Who are we?
Established in 1962, BUNAC is one of the UK's leading travel clubs for students, offering great value work, travel and volunteer programmes all over the world.

What do we do?
We've helped over 250,000 people work, travel and volunteer overseas; offering organised placements, assistance with visas and pre-departure advice, as well as in-country support, organised social events and most importantly a life-changing experience.

Working holiday support packages
Our work and travel programmes in Canada, USA, Australia and New Zealand will help you gain independence, confidence and international work experience. On arrival BUNAC help with finding jobs and accommodation and then provide ongoing support and social activities for the duration of your gap year.

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Volunteering and teaching placements
BUNAC's wide range of volunteering and teaching placements in Africa, South and Central America and Asia offer the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of those less fortunate.

Summer camp
Spend the summer working as a camp counsellor or in a support role at a US summer camp. A great, low-cost programme offering fantastic CV-enhancing experience and the chance to take part in this uniquely American tradition.

Don’t go it alone
BUNAC offers group flight packages for all programmes, offering competitively priced return flights, transfers and arrival accommodation. Being able to travel with other BUNACers gives you the chance to make friends before you’ve even arrived at your destination.

How can we help you?
BUNAC enables you to experience everyday working life in a new country and explore some of the world's most incredible places during your stay. Volunteering or working abroad will enhance your employability skills so your BUNAC adventure is sure to be a key discussion point at future job interviews.

Why BUNAC?
Taking part in a BUNAC overseas work/volunteer programme gives you the chance to live and work in a new and exciting country and do something really worthwhile with your time off from work or studies. BUNAC programmes offer you a unique opportunity to:

  • Discover a different culture
  • Gain valuable new skills for your CV
  • Meet a whole new circle of friends
  • Broaden your horizons
  • Be truly independent
  • Create your very own overseas adventure of a lifetime

With 24/7 emergency support for all members, we also ensure you are fully prepared for your trip with a comprehensive handbook, pre-departure advice and orientations.

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By the way…
We are ATOL protected, a partner of the FCO’s Know Before You Go campaign and is a founding member of the Year Out Group, as well as a member of WYSE Work Abroad Association.

Give us a shout!
Feel free to ask us any questions, visit our website or give one of our travel advisers in our London office a call. Over the last 49 years we’ve enabled over a quarter of a million people to explore the world and gain valuable life skills so we’re always happy to help you with gap year advice and general pearls of travelling wisdom.

Company address
BUNAC
16 Bowling Green Lane
London
EC1R 0QH

Contact details
Telephone: 020 7553 6180
Fax: 020 7251 0215
Web address: www.bunac.org/gap-year
Email: advice@bunac.org.uk

Accepted degree subjects

Any

How to apply

Online at Bunac website

 
 
 
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