🇩🇪 ESC Volunteering in Germany 🏫 Boarding School Assistant at Schule Marienau 🌿

A mixed community of 220 pupils from diverse international backgrounds. Teachers and staff living on site with their families. Sports, arts, crafts, excursions, weekend activities, and a student kiosk. Schule Marienau is not a typical school — it’s a living, breathing community, and they’re looking for an ESC volunteer who wants to be genuinely part of it.

🏫 About Schule Marienau

Schule Marienau is a boarding and day school located in Dahlem-Marienau, northern Germany, where around 220 pupils with various international backgrounds live and learn together. The majority of staff also live on the school grounds with their families — creating a close-knit, residential community that extends well beyond regular lessons. Pupils participate in a wide range of activities in sports, handcraft, and arts alongside their academic studies.

🎯 The Role

As an ESC volunteer, you’ll be supporting the school’s educational staff across a wide variety of day-to-day tasks in the boarding school environment. The work is varied, social, and directly connected to the lives of the young people at Marienau.

📋 What You’ll Do

🏠 Support boarding school supervision during daily routines

📚 Assist in the preparation of homework for pupils

🎨 Support the implementation of leisure courses and activities — sports, arts, crafts

🗓️ Help organise leisure activities on boarding school weekends

🌍 Assist in looking after international students, including during short holidays

🚗 Support student transport as needed

🗺️ Help with the preparation, planning, and accompanying of excursions and school trips

🛒 Assist with the student kiosk

📰 Support the student newspaper

🎁 What Schule Marienau Provides

🏠 A single room in a shared apartment in the school dormitory — shared kitchen and bathroom

🍽️ Canteen meals during working hours — meal allowance paid in cash during the 26 holiday days, plus food money for 8 days per month (weekends)

🚌 Deutschlandticket — monthly public transport pass valid across all of Germany, with bus access to the next train station in Lüneburg

🗣️ At least one German language course plus the online OLS language course

📋 Regular team meetings and one-on-one meetings with a personal tutor

🎓 Two obligatory trainings organised by the German National Agency, plus one workshop by coordinating organisation VIA e.V.

🎪 Opportunity to participate in school events and excursions

👤 Who Should Apply

Schule Marienau is looking for volunteers who:

🔞 Are at least 20 years old — required due to the age of the students

🏃 Are sporty and communicative

🗣️ Have English and/or German language skills — French or Spanish is a welcome bonus

🚗 Hold an international driving licence with driving experience — this is described as very important

🗓️ Are able to take holiday time during school holidays

🔎 Curious about ESC volunteering and what the programme covers? The complete guide is right here: https://youthworkshub.org/15101/

🌍 Eligible Countries

🇦🇹 Austria 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 🇭🇷 Croatia 🇨🇾 Cyprus 🇨🇿 Czechia 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇪🇪 Estonia 🇫🇮 Finland 🇫🇷 France 🇬🇷 Greece 🇭🇺 Hungary 🇮🇸 Iceland 🇮🇪 Ireland 🇮🇹 Italy 🇱🇻 Latvia 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein 🇱🇹 Lithuania 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 🇲🇹 Malta 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 🇳🇴 Norway 🇵🇱 Poland 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇷🇴 Romania 🇸🇰 Slovakia 🇸🇮 Slovenia 🇪🇸 Spain 🇸🇪 Sweden

📅 Activity Dates

🗓️ 17 August 2026 — 10 July 2027

📍 Neetzetalstraße 1, Dahlem-Marienau, Germany

⏰ Deadline

30 April 2026

🔗 Link

https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/51092_en

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