Bookings Agent Internship

🌍 Uniplaces: Building a Trusted Global Brand for Students

At Uniplaces, we’re on a mission to empower student mobility by making it easier to find accommodation. Backed by top-tier investors like Atomico, Octopus Investments, Shilling Capital Partners, and Caixa Capital, we’re solving real-life challenges to help students worldwide — faster and better.

We are an internationally-minded company with a talented team and global ambitions. Our decisions are driven by our core values - Passion, Impact, Trust, and Team Spirit - which we strive to create an environment where everyone feels accountable and empowered to achiever their full potential.

About the Operations Team 🚀

Every day, students from 175 nationalities book over 5000 nights across 33 cities on uniplaces.com.

Our diverse team, representing 14 nationalities and speaking 6 languages, is dedicated to improving the student and landlord experience. We aim to make finding a room as easy as booking a flight.

Join Us as a Booking Agent Intern! 👩‍💻

Do you want to make a difference? Join our team as a Bookings Agent Intern and become a key player in driving Uniplaces success!

🎙️ In this exciting role, you’ll be dealing with inquiries from students worldwide, using excellent verbal communication skills to guide them through our booking process in detail and effectively.

🎯 The main goal is to maximize opportunities by successfully converting potential leads into confirmed bookings. This involves clearly and persuasively communicating the value of what Uniplaces has to offer, ensuring that customers fully understand the benefits tailored to their needs.

🌟 What makes the ideal candidate?

• Outstanding Communication Skills: You’re comfortable engaging with people, ensuring they feel supported while confidently guiding them to complete their bookings by presenting our booking process in a clear and compelling way.

• Organised and Sales-Savvy: You bring strong organisational skills and a natural ability to drive sales.

• Reliable Team Player: You possess a trustful, helpful, and responsible attitude, enabling seamless collaboration with both the team and customers.

• Results-Driven Mindset: You’re motivated to exceed targets, constantly seeking new strategies to achieve high performance. You never give up and push yourself to succeed.

• Top Performer: We don’t require a specific background or set of experiences. Instead, we’re looking for someone who excels in every task and role they take on!

🥇 Why You’ll Love This Job:

• Learning Experience: Receive intensive training and valuable insights from senior team members to fuel your professional development.

• Global Impact: Interact with people from all over the world and help students navigate one of the most important steps in their lives.

• People-Driven Culture: We prioritise personal development, training, and helping you unlock your full potential.

• World-Class Team: Access to a pool of talent that is hard to find. Your stakeholders and peers will come from world-class backgrounds and will have stepped up within Uniplaces. You’ll find mentors and role models.

📌 Important Details

• This is a remote-based role in Portugal, but we offer the possibility to work at the office!

• Internship contract with a duration of 6 months.

• Includes an internship grant + meal allowance.

• Access to a co-working office in Lisbon, Monday to Friday.

• Requires availability of 40H per week.

If you’re looking for a unique experience in a multicultural and international environment, with the opportunity to grow in your career and make a meaningful impact on the business, along with a supportive team that values your skills and offers pathways for development, then apply to become a Booking Agent today!

📩 Ready to Join Us? If this sounds like the opportunity for you, we’d love to hear from you! Apply and let us know why you’re the perfect fit for this role.

📄 Please submit your CV in English.