Sustainable Tourism Internship

This is an exciting opportunity if you love adventure, mountains, working with people, and respectful and positive cultural exchange. As the Sustainable Tourism Intern, you will gain real community leadership experience, working closely with our artisan partners to support them in hosting visitors to their communities. You will also work closely with tourists, students and volunteers to educate them about responsible cultural tourism and help them connect to Andean culture and their community hosts. This is a busy, people-facing role, with much of your time spent outdoors and in the mountain villages. There is also lots of opportunity to adapt the role according to your interests, with opportunities to get involved with reservation and database management, budgeting and communications. As a Sustainable Tourism Intern, you would be expected to:

• Facilitate half-day and multiday tours bringing tourists to visit our partner artisans in their rural villages. Occasional overnights in rural villages.
• Assist with school service-learning groups bringing students to visit half-day and multiday tours bringing tourists to visit our partner artisans in their rural villages; educate students about sustainable travel and volunteering.
• Ensure tourist understanding Awamaki's sustainability standards and responsible tourism guidelines. Develop clear, shareable guidelines that reflect our agreements with the artisans.
• Give visitors the opportunity to connect to Awamaki's store, email list and social media
• Learn Quechua phrases in order to better communicate with people in the communities
• Work a minimum of approximately 6 – 9 hours per week at Awamaki's fair trade store in Ollantaytambo (required of all staff and volunteers)
• Take pictures to share on Awamaki's social platforms (required of all staff and volunteers)

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

An ideal candidate for this position would possess the following qualities:

• Possess strong communications and social networking skills
• Works well with minimal supervision
• Takes initiative in leading and developing tours
• Is respectful and knowledgeable of the indigenous Peruvian culture
• Spanish and English proficiency strongly preferred
• Six month minimum commitment required

ABOUT AWAMAKI

Awamaki is a community-driven social enterprise working in deep collaboration with Quechua artisans. Together we create grassroots programs to support and grow women-led cooperatives through heritage textiles, market access, and sustainable tourism.