Volunteer Fields
The volunteers will be used in particular in the following areas:
Please note that the duration of your assignment can vary due to diffent tasks.
Team attaches
- Close cooperation and communication with Hospitality / Volunteers and Competition
- personal assistance of about two to five teams in the accreditation of the teams
- personal assistance for inquiries of any kind, especially on the day of arrival
- after the arrival phase: cooperation in the area Info-Points / OC-Office
Requirement: German knowledge and at least one foreign language (English or national language of the participating teams).
Information Points / Organization office
- Close cooperation and communication with the overall management as well as the areas Hospitality / Volunteers and Competition
- Assistance in all administrative tasks, especially handling telephone calls, office work, etc .
Occupy / Organize the Info Point - collecting / passing on information to the tournament participants / spectators
- contact point for inquiries of any kind; Collecting / forwarding / answering these requests
- cooperation in the accreditation of all participants on the day of arrival
Requirement: good knowledge of German and English.
Hostess service (VIP areas & congress)
- Close cooperation and communication with the hospitality / volunteer sectors
- contact person for guests of honor and sponsor representatives as well as for participants of the IFA Congress
- disclosure of information to VIP guests and congress participants
- card control and display of information material in the VIP area
- supervision of VIP areas
- Assistance at opening and closing ceremonies and award ceremonies
Result / Competition Service
- Close cooperation and communication with the field of Competition
- Publication incl. Preparation of all information relevant to the audience in the event area, in particular by means of posting out instructions, intermediate results and results
- distribution of schedule, intermediate results and results to the functional area media
- Collection of statistics, intermediate results and final results
Setup / Breakdown
- Close cooperation and communication with the field of Competition
- Construction and dismantling of the individual, especially sporting functional areas
- distribution of the bearing materials in the different functional areas
- Supervision of the tournament area and waste management
Media
- Close cooperation and communication with the media sector
- Acceptance / transmission of information of any kind from / to journalists
- preparing press conferences and press releases
- translation of German articles into foreign languages, esp. into English
- Participation in the preparation of the reporting, especially in the field of social media
- Daily summaries for tournament papers and the Internet
- a daily press review / daily summary / press releases
- completion of organizational work (eg service, support of the Press Center and the Mixed Zone)
Catering
- Close cooperation and communication with the Hospitality / Volunteers area
- purchase / preparation of meals for all volunteers, members of the press and referees
- distribution / service of catering in the functional areas
- Take over all relevant activities for taking meals
Transportation service
- Close cooperation and communication with the Hospitality / Volunteers area
- transport of athletes and officials between the airport / train station / hotel / ICD
- handling of ‘special trips’ (eg shopping, transport, etc.)
- Refueling, washing the vehicles driving
- information / contact person for passengers
- Pick-up and return transport of vehicles including participation in a driver’s briefing
Requirement: driving license class B valid for Austria
Note: Transportation cars cannot be taken home for legal reasons!
Security
- Close cooperation and communication with the Hospitality / Volunteers area
- card / passage control in the stands and to the various functional areas (eg press center and others)
- Place instruction / contact person in the spectator area
- passing on information to the viewers
- cooperation with the professional security service
- Information of the area management in case of problems
Cash register and access area
- Close cooperation and communication with the finance sector
- sale of tickets and tokens
- contact person in the audience area
- passing on information to the viewers
- Information of the division management in case of problems
An attempt is made to divide all applicants according to their wishes and abilities into the different fields of activity. A guarantee on the fulfillment of the request cannot be given.