Our Chalet Assistant

Volunteering at Our Chalet, the oldest world center of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, offers the chance to discover your potential in different areas: leaderships, tolerance, hard work, self-steem, and team work.

Working as an Our Chalet Assistant allows you to live and work in Adelboden for up to 3-4 months. Being an Our Chalet Assistant, you will help running the daily life at the center and live the guiding and scouting spirit in every corner.

Applicant Criteria:

• Aged over 18 years
• Practical and hard working
• Capable of leading outdoor activities
• Enjoys meeting and mixing with new people
• Can communicate in English. 

What does a volunteer do? 

Programme

Day Programmes
- Leading excursions, hikes, city tours, abseiling, skiing, sledding, building igloos and more! 

Evening Programmes
- Games, sports, campfire, craft, music, night hikes etc...

House
- Tours of the facilities
- Shop: sales, restocking, inventory
- Cooking: assisting the Chef with meal preparation
- Cleaning: bathrooms, resetting guest rooms, tidying, dishes
- Maintenance: repairs and snow shovelling
- Administration: office work and guest check ins  

Benefits of Volunteering: 

- Full free board and lodings
- Access to Laundry
- Internet and Skype access
- 2 days off per week

**Scholarships are now available to help Guides and Scouts from selected countries volunteer at Our Chalet, for more information please contact .

Volunteering Dates:

Dates	Deadline for application:
Winter Volunteer December 1 - March 1	September 1
Spring Volunteer March 1 - May 31	December 1
Summer Volunteer May 15 - September 5	February 1
Autumn Volunteer September 1 - December 1	May 1