Tourism Business Trainer - Volunteer Position - Onsite in Ecuador • South America - 12 months

About The Project Lend your digital marketing skills to promote community-based tourism in Ecuador! The Yachay Museum project is a strategic initiative led by Yachay Tech University to preserve and showcase the scientific, geological, and cultural heritage of the northern region. The project addresses the underlying development need for sustainable economic growth in the area by leveraging the university’s specialized research in earth sciences, energy, and environment. Although the museum has preliminary exhibits, the project is in its early implementation phase. The museum currently lacks a formalized tourism and outreach strategy to effectively connect its scientific collections with the community and international visitors. As a Tourism Business Trainer, you will bridge the gap between academic research and community development. Sharing your digital marketing expertise, you and the staff at Yachay Tech University will design a sustainable tourism framework that promotes geological and scientific tourism. By creating visitor protocols, designing promotional materials, and training community members, you will ensure the museum becomes a primary driver for community engagement and economic diversification. Activities How you and the community will make an impact together: Design and implement tourism marketing strategies and hospitality planning for the museum project. Conduct specialized training and workshops for community-based tourism promotion. Apply digital marketing skills to expand awareness and reach of the museum's collections. Coordinate community-based tourism activities to ensure local involvement in the museum's development. Support the development of sustainable tourism products based on the museum's scientific and cultural assets. Document all marketing and training protocols. Organize final review sessions and a hand-over plan to ensure the long-term management of tourism initiatives and museum's tourism operations. You may also work on additional projects that meet the community’s interests and priorities, such as English tutoring for adults in the tourism industry or digital literacy workshops. Required Skills Qualified candidates will have the following criteria: Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, or hospitality and tourism. AND Three years of experience in tourism marketing and/or hospitality planning and project implementation. Language: Spanish Completed 4 years of high school Spanish coursework in the past 8 years Completed college-level Elementary II Spanish semester (Elementary III in quarter system) within the past 6 years Score between 50-62 on the Spanish College Level Examination Program (CLEP) exam in the past 6 years Score Novice-High or Intermediate-Low on official American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) in Spanish within the past 6 years Key dates APPLY BY : November 15, 2026 KNOW BY : January 1, 2027 DEPART ON : May 30, 2027 DURATION : 12 months