Salary Unpaid

Tribe Tampere is an entrepreneurial community (association), which helps startup communities and entrepreneurial organizations to collaborate at Tampere startup and entrepreneurial ecosystem. As a community intern you will be working together with the Community Leads and other volunteers. You will participate in building the community of Tribe and Platform 6.


Tribe Tampere is an entrepreneurial community (association), which helps startup communities and entrepreneurial organizations to collaborate at Tampere startup and entrepreneurial ecosystem.

As a community intern you will be working together with the Community Leads and other volunteers.

You will participate in building the community of Tribe and Platform 6:

  • Planning, executing and evaluating community building activities in the house

  • Creating and directory of members in the house

  • Develop ideas to engage the larger startup community in Tampere

What we expect from you

  • Experience with event planning and management

  • Outstanding interpersonal skills – you are a people’s person

  • Strong verbal and written English skills

  • Understanding of the Tampere entrepreneurial ecosystem (at least a strong will to learn about it)

  • Willingness to develop role further

  • Good communicative skills and collaborative team spirit

  • Creativity! Tribe’s tone of voice is fun and casual. So all kinds of crazy and innovative ideas are highly appreciated!.

Bonus Points if you’re good at

  • Graphic design

  • Hands-on experience from startup field and entrepreneurship

  • International experience

  • Diversity is encouraged – and a fully open-minded and entrepreneurial mindset which doesn’t look for any age, gender, orientation, nationality, ethnicity, background, etc!

The Start-up Spirit 

This position requires a strong passion to work with the startup community, so the entrepreneurial attitude is a must-have. You will excel in this role if you are a strong self starter with a lot of initiative – no hand holding!  If something has to be done, it has to be done, no matter of time expected to be consumed at the given moment.

Time Commitment

This position is an internship position. Although we can’t offer monetary compensation, the role comes with great benefits (see below). In order to gain useful experience and build a network during your journey, around 5-10h/week commitment would be good. The duration of the position starts immediately and will last till the end of 2020 (there is a possibility to continue).

What can we offer?

While working for Tribe Tampere, you will be in the middle of one of the fastest-growing, innovative and transparent startup ecosystems in the Nordics! You will be a part of developing activities in the newly opened start-up house, Platform6, and get to work in the heart of the Tampere startup scene .

Your colleagues will be other passionate start-up minded people and you will also get the chance to meet other awesome entrepreneurial characters from all over the world.

What you get from this job depends entirely on how much you put into it -many of our old and current teammates have used the support from Tribe to build up their networks and launch successful projects of their own. 

Tribe Tampere is all about collaboration, and it is committed to making Tampere entrepreneurial communities and startup companies shine. This is your chance of a lifetime to be an integral part of a truly amazing change which will affect both Tampere and your life for years to follow!

If you are studying, you will have a great chance to get credits from this position and practical experience. You might also be eligible for a work trial by TE-toimisto.

For more information or questions please contact us at caretaker@tribetampere.com

Perks and benefits

This job comes with several perks and benefits

Free coffee / tea
Free coffee / tea

Get your caffeine fix to get you started and keep you going.

Social gatherings
Social gatherings

Social gatherings and games; hang out with your colleagues.

Near public transit
Near public transit

Easy access and treehugger friendly workplace.

Skill development
Skill development

We want to take you from good to great.

Central office
Central office

Your local office is your anchor point, thus, we placed it centrally at your convenience.

Pet friendly
Pet friendly

Dogs, turtles or goldfish are welcome in the office as long as they want to cuddle every now and then.

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Working at
Tribe Tampere

Welcome to Tribe Tampere! Tribe Tampere serves the entire Tampere startup ecosystem by uniting startups, driven individuals and organisations to take action and build a thriving startup community – together! We support and nurture your startup mindset with knowledge and networks. We run our operations on the 5th floor of Platform6 startup house in Tampere!

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