Posted 05 July, 2026
Homestay Coordinator
EF Education First
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Full Time
Reference: 206658171
Job Description
EF Dublin International Language Campus is seeking a student-focused Homestay Coordinator to support our international students throughout their homestay experience. This role sits at the heart of the student journey and is heavily focused on customer service, welfare, communication and quality assurance.
Position Details
- Full-time - Monday to Friday
- 9.00am - 5.00pm
- Immediate start date
- Permanent contract
If you are passionate about customer service, student wellbeing, and working with young people from around the world, we encourage you to apply.
Careers at EF | Open the world with us
At EF Education First, we believe the world is better when people strive to understand one another. With 600+ schools and offices in 50 countries, we offer immersive programs in language, travel, cultural exchange, and academics, turning dreams into global opportunities. Join us in our shared mission of opening the world through education.
Your Role
You will act as a key point of contact for students and host families, supporting students with accommodation-related concerns, managing expectations, coordinating moves where necessary, and ensuring a consistently high-quality homestay experience across EF Dublin.
The role combines frontline student support, host family relationship management, and quality monitoring, including home visits, revisits, and welfare checks for under-18 students
Key Responsibilities
Student-Facing Support & Customer Service
- Act as a primary point of contact for students regarding homestay accommodation queries, concerns, and expectations
- Support students through homestay challenges, including expectation management, conflict resolution, and accommodation moves
- Coordinate student relocations when required, ensuring minimal disruption and clear communication
Host Family Communication & Support
- Handle inbound and outbound phone calls with host families, providing guidance, reassurance, and issue resolution
- Conduct regular check-in calls with host families to maintain strong relationships and address concerns early
- Support host families in understanding student needs, EF standards, and cultural expectations
Quality Assurance & Welfare
- Carry out new and revisits and quality checks to ensure ongoing compliance with EF requirements
- Conduct under-18 welfare checks in line with safeguarding standards
Administration & Coordination
- Process and maintain accurate accommodation records using EF's internal systems
- Work closely with the Homestay Manager to ensure sufficient capacity and smooth arrivals and departures, particularly during peak periods
- Respond quickly to urgent or emergency accommodation situations
Requirements
- Strong customer service background, ideally in a student-facing or accommodation-based role
- Confident communicator, comfortable speaking with students and host families in-person, by phone and/or email
- Calm, empathetic, and solution-focused, particularly when managing complaints or sensitive situations
- Highly organised with strong attention to detail
- Culturally sensitive and understanding of the needs of international students living away from home
- Flexible and hands-on approach, including occasional out-of-hours support due to welfare needs
- Competent with Microsoft Office and CRM/database systems (desirable)
- All offers subject to a background check and two references
- Must have the legal right to work in Ireland at the commencement of employment
Why you will love working with EF
- Continuous professional development
- Work in a truly international environment
- Regular social events
- Ambition is nurtured and fast-tracked career enhancement opportunities are provided
- Staff are encouraged to innovate, take ownership of their ideas and bring them to fruition
- Employee Assistance Program
- Access to EF Hello language learning
EF Education First - Our History and Values
Career Progression at EF
EF is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. References will be followed up and will ask specifically whether there is any reason that the applicant should not be engaged in situations where they have responsibility for, or substantial access to, persons under 18. Upon interview all gaps in CVs must be explained satisfactorily and proof of identity and, where applicable, qualifications will be required. Appropriate suitability checks will be required prior to confirmation of appointment.
EF is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to inclusion and belonging across race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, identity, parental status, experience, and everything else that makes you unique. #LI-PB1
About Us
Some companies are in the business of banking. Others are in the business of shoes. Or sports. Or soft drinks. At EF, we're in a different kind of business. One that's a little less tangible, and a lot more important. Because our business, what we make, makes everything else possible. We're in the business of understanding. Between people. Between cultures.
For over half a century we've been the leader in international educational programs and experiences designed to foster such understanding. Through language, cultural exchange, academic studies, and educational travel, we create the kinds of immersive experiences that challenge biases, open minds, and pave the way for a more understanding world.
You'll find our offices and schools located in some of the world's greatest cities, and filled with smart, driven people (over 50,000 of us) who push each other to be better every day. But it's what we do together - building greater understanding, breaking down barriers, and creating a better world - that makes all the difference.
Founded in 1965 in Sweden, EF (Education First) is a global association of education companies that share a common mission of opening the world through education. EF has been recognized on Forbes 2025 and 2024 World's Best Employers and 2024 Top Companies for Women lists, Fast Company's 2025 Next Big Things In Tech, and was a 2024 App Store Award winner in Cultural Impact.
About the Team
At EF Language Abroad, we believe that the world is better when people try to understand one another. Since 1965, we've helped millions of students discover new places, embrace diverse cultures, and gain fresh perspectives. We're dedicated to our mission of opening the world through education, harnessing the power of language learning to deepen the connection between people across the globe.
We offer immersive short-term and long-term language courses and programs across different languages in the countries where they're spoken. Through blending classroom-based lessons with interactive exercises and real-world practice, our courses bring you to the heart of the language. Together, our global staff help students from around the world develop the language skills they need to achieve their dreams.
EF is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All positions are subject to a criminal background and/or reference checks, as applicable.
EF Dublin International Language Campus is seeking a student-focused Homestay Coordinator to support our international students throughout their homestay experience. This role sits at the heart of the student journey and is heavily focused on customer service, welfare, communication and quality assurance.
Position Details
- Full-time - Monday to Friday
- 9.00am - 5.00pm
- Immediate start date
- Permanent contract
If you are passionate about customer service, student wellbeing, and working with young people from around the world, we encourage you to apply.
Careers at EF | Open the world with us
At EF Education First, we believe the world is better when people strive to understand one another. With 600+ schools and offices in 50 countries, we offer immersive programs in language, travel, cultural exchange, and academics, turning dreams into global opportunities. Join us in our shared mission of opening the world through education.
Your Role
You will act as a key point of contact for students and host families, supporting students with accommodation-related concerns, managing expectations, coordinating moves where necessary, and ensuring a consistently high-quality homestay experience across EF Dublin.
The role combines frontline student support, host family relationship management, and quality monitoring, including home visits, revisits, and welfare checks for under-18 students
Key Responsibilities
Student-Facing Support & Customer Service
- Act as a primary point of contact for students regarding homestay accommodation queries, concerns, and expectations
- Support students through homestay challenges, including expectation management, conflict resolution, and accommodation moves
- Coordinate student relocations when required, ensuring minimal disruption and clear communication
Host Family Communication & Support
- Handle inbound and outbound phone calls with host families, providing guidance, reassurance, and issue resolution
- Conduct regular check-in calls with host families to maintain strong relationships and address concerns early
- Support host families in understanding student needs, EF standards, and cultural expectations
Quality Assurance & Welfare
- Carry out new and revisits and quality checks to ensure ongoing compliance with EF requirements
- Conduct under-18 welfare checks in line with safeguarding standards
Administration & Coordination
- Process and maintain accurate accommodation records using EF's internal systems
- Work closely with the Homestay Manager to ensure sufficient capacity and smooth arrivals and departures, particularly during peak periods
- Respond quickly to urgent or emergency accommodation situations
Requirements
- Strong customer service background, ideally in a student-facing or accommodation-based role
- Confident communicator, comfortable speaking with students and host families in-person, by phone and/or email
- Calm, empathetic, and solution-focused, particularly when managing complaints or sensitive situations
- Highly organised with strong attention to detail
- Culturally sensitive and understanding of the needs of international students living away from home
- Flexible and hands-on approach, including occasional out-of-hours support due to welfare needs
- Competent with Microsoft Office and CRM/database systems (desirable)
- All offers subject to a background check and two references
- Must have the legal right to work in Ireland at the commencement of employment
Why you will love working with EF
- Continuous professional development
- Work in a truly international environment
- Regular social events
- Ambition is nurtured and fast-tracked career enhancement opportunities are provided
- Staff are encouraged to innovate, take ownership of their ideas and bring them to fruition
- Employee Assistance Program
- Access to EF Hello language learning
EF Education First - Our History and Values
Career Progression at EF
EF is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. References will be followed up and will ask specifically whether there is any reason that the applicant should not be engaged in situations where they have responsibility for, or substantial access to, persons under 18. Upon interview all gaps in CVs must be explained satisfactorily and proof of identity and, where applicable, qualifications will be required. Appropriate suitability checks will be required prior to confirmation of appointment.
EF is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to inclusion and belonging across race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, identity, parental status, experience, and everything else that makes you unique. #LI-PB1
About Us
Some companies are in the business of banking. Others are in the business of shoes. Or sports. Or soft drinks. At EF, we're in a different kind of business. One that's a little less tangible, and a lot more important. Because our business, what we make, makes everything else possible. We're in the business of understanding. Between people. Between cultures.
For over half a century we've been the leader in international educational programs and experiences designed to foster such understanding. Through language, cultural exchange, academic studies, and educational travel, we create the kinds of immersive experiences that challenge biases, open minds, and pave the way for a more understanding world.
You'll find our offices and schools located in some of the world's greatest cities, and filled with smart, driven people (over 50,000 of us) who push each other to be better every day. But it's what we do together - building greater understanding, breaking down barriers, and creating a better world - that makes all the difference.
Founded in 1965 in Sweden, EF (Education First) is a global association of education companies that share a common mission of opening the world through education. EF has been recognized on Forbes 2025 and 2024 World's Best Employers and 2024 Top Companies for Women lists, Fast Company's 2025 Next Big Things In Tech, and was a 2024 App Store Award winner in Cultural Impact.
About the Team
At EF Language Abroad, we believe that the world is better when people try to understand one another. Since 1965, we've helped millions of students discover new places, embrace diverse cultures, and gain fresh perspectives. We're dedicated to our mission of opening the world through education, harnessing the power of language learning to deepen the connection between people across the globe.
We offer immersive short-term and long-term language courses and programs across different languages in the countries where they're spoken. Through blending classroom-based lessons with interactive exercises and real-world practice, our courses bring you to the heart of the language. Together, our global staff help students from around the world develop the language skills they need to achieve their dreams.
EF is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All positions are subject to a criminal background and/or reference checks, as applicable.
