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The volunteer will live in the Fontmartina building, located inside Montseny Natural Park. The house is a typical mountain building that meets the necessary requirements, with 3 showers and 4 toilets, shared kitchen and dining room, all essential accessories, including basic furniture, living room and two shared bedrooms. Wi-Fi is free but poor. The area is quite isolated, surrounded by forest and 25 min away by car from the nearest big city (Sant Celoni). Public transport is negligible, but we offer a car to share. Shopping and cooking is done all together, vegans/vegetarians welcome.
The work of the volunteers will have as their final objective their training as professionals linked to nature and the environment, learning about monitoring and management techniques, as well as other basic skills needed in a natural, forested and rural environment. At the beginning we will give classes on bird's biology, how to identify birds by sight and call, how to do census and how to take samples, as well as bird ringing. Part of the activities will be demonstrative, such as workshops and field trips with other environmental management organizations. Working hours are 6 hours per day during winter and 7 hours a day during summer, and 5 days per week, usually from Monday to Friday, but some exceptions can happen. We also provide accommodation, shared car, and we pay the petrol of the kilometres done inside de Natural Park, monthly stipend of €330 and some travelling costs adapted to distance travelled are also covered, as well as a health insurance.
If you want to ask more questions about the conditions, you can write to carles.dura@ornitologia.org
Before applying to our program, please make sure you fill the following requirements:
- To be 18 to 30 years old before the date of the start of your stay.
- To have a residence permit in any of the EU countries (except Spain) valid until the end of your stay.
- Able to have a full conversation in English.
- To be physically fit to hike for up to 4 hours on mountains.
- Awareness of Microsoft Office applications and social media Apps.
- Flexibility to plan and work within changing logistics and in cooperation with a small group.
- Strong work ethic, eagerness to learn fieldwork and research methods, and ability to work well on a team and independently in challenging physical conditions and sometimes stressful scenarios. Applicant must be adaptable, communicative, cooperative, and detail oriented.
