Subject: Volunteer Jobs at the Fairy Chimney Inn, Goreme (Turkey/Central Anatolia)

for  2009

 

The Fairy Chimney Inn is run by the Kapadokya Akademi Ltd as a little unique traditional based cave-hotel within the lunar like landscape which is a UNESCO world heritage site of Goreme-Cappadocia since 1985. Our guesthouse has about ten rooms for guests mainly from English speaking countries, but also from Germany, Turkey, Italy, Holland, France and others.

 

The Kapadokya Akademi Ltd offers free stay and accommodation to anyone, who is interested in staying with us in this extraordinary area and learning about different processes of running a little B&B  hotel in a more informal and oriental way.  We require assistance for about 3-4 hours a day and sometimes also during the evening.

 

Responsibilities:

 

Guesthouse:

 

-        help with the preparation of breakfast and dinner service as well as breakfast clean up (feeding dishwasher etc)

-        support with general guest service

-        help with the laundry and preparing the rooms once in a while

-        answering incoming telephone calls and checking reservations on occasion as agreed with other staff

-        keeping updated on our computer-based Apple iCal reservation system
-        supervise hotel-activities in the house during temporary absence of other staff

-        input of positive energy to improve team quality

 

Academy (voluntarily):

 

-        updates and additions on parts of our website

-        work out of a little free project chosen by the volunteer

 

 

Educational Requirements: basic education in the field of tourism, anthropology, intercultural relationship etc. or just personal enthusiasm.

 

Skills

-        requires an understanding of cooperation and tolerance to be able to work together with other people from different cultures and countries.

-        candidate should feel self responsible for the to-be-done work, be trustfully and of general friendly and good minded character.

-        if next to English, German or Turkish is spoken, the better

-        general knowledge of MS-Office, and email programs

 

Interested candidates may please send their application and resume with picture to:

 

Dr Andus Emge, Project Director

Kapadokya Akademi Ltd / Fairy Chimney Inn

Aydžnlž Mah. Güvercinlik Sok. 3/7 - TR 50180 Göreme, Nevsehir – Turkey

 

or email aemge@fairychimney.com

 

www.fairychimney.com

 

 

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