
09
Mar
Job Opportunity: Logistics Intern
We’re looking to fill a new positions in our team! If the job description sounds like a good fit for you, we’d love to receive your application. Find out more below!
Join Team Malizia as Junior Logistic Intern Role
We are looking for an exceptional junior logistician intern to join our team and help us to navigate smoothly and efficiently around the world in the coming years.
If this sounds like the perfect challenge for you
- keep reading to learn more about Team Malizia below,
- fill out the Google form here,
- record a short 1-2 minute selfie video on your phone in English, telling us why you are passionate about this role. Please upload this via the Google form above.
About Team Malizia
Want to see what we're all about? Check out our Malizians series (Link) . Team Malizia is a close knit international sailing team with 12 nationalities with a mix of men and women consisting of 25-40 members depending on the season. We’re always on the move, with exciting projects like The Ocean Race Europe 2025 coming up, plus many more ambitious plans for the future!
We are looking for someone meticulous and creative who is passionate about working with our team. We thrive on efficiency, adaptability, and teamwork, and we need someone who can help us optimise our operation.
Beyond racing we have a bigger mission: inspire ambitious climate action through the emotions of our sport and educating around solutions for the climate crisis. Our campaign unites multiple stakeholders such as our seven main-partners (sponsors), NGOs and foundations as well as education and science institutes behind the common goal of climate action (SDG13).
We strive to create a fun forward thinking workplace where everyone's talents can shine. We work hard but also have a good time together in what we are doing.
What you’ll be doing
- Keeping an inventory of the team's sea and land clothing
- Logistics container management and optimisation
- Preparing, cleaning and tidying the team's and partners' sea equipment after each sail
- Self-supply for the team
- Day-to-day logistics (purchases needed to keep the team running smoothly)
- Semi-rigid logistics and trailer (maintenance, storage)
- Collecting orders from suppliers
- Sending/receiving parcels
- Launching the RIB(s)
- Vehicle logistics, trailers (maintenance, scheduling)
- Errands and collecting orders
- Arranging food and catering on site
- Participating in sponsor events (boat tour or race village tour etc) when needed
- Setting up tech structure at site
- Driving and launching tech ribs on site and launching ribs
- Supervise the provisioning of skippers on the races - in liaison with the skippers
- preparation of skippers' gear for races - sailing gear / sleeping gear / cooking gear
- Checking into Airbnbs and houses
- Collecting food and organising lunches when needed (race stops)
- Assisting the tech team with day to day
- Assistance for travel and accommodation booking
Wish list for our dream candidate:
- Based in France Lorient
- Speaks French with good understanding and fluency in English (German a bonus)
- Ability to think and work autonomously - although you will be 100% embedded in the team we need you to be able to move forward with your tasks.
- Creative thinking on how to optimise your role and do the best job possible.
- E Permit for driving
- For the next year the team will be on the road travelling on and off but in other years there could be long periods of travel internationally - Are you up to it?
- Strong organisational skills, a problem solver mindset and a hands on attitude when needed.
- Able to prioritise efficiently while maintaining attention to details and deadlines
- Confident, positive, outspoken team player – we encourage fresh ideas and innovative ways of working.
- Ideal start date would be 17th March 2025
- No sailing experience needed - A passion for the nautical world and a good knowledge of the marine environment would be a big plus
- Competitive salary offered
The deadline for this job application is 12th March 2025 but the earlier the better