Hours: Full-Time Hourly Wage: $21.00Start Date: January 15, 2025
This will be a very diverse job in a fast-paced environment. Northern Tales is a small company, and flexibility in many fields is required. In this position, you will have to have great teamwork skills as well as individual decision-making skills. The main aspect of this job is guiding day tours, meet & greet, driver-guide tours, Aurora tours and sightseeing tours, and natural interpretation tours. We offer continuous training. This position is for an outgoing person looking to work well in a team, be independent, and develop ideas to help grow Northern Tales successfully.
Requirements / Qualifications:
- Guiding skills (interpretative skills, further training on the job)
- Organization skills
- Reliability & Dependability
- Punctuality & Flexibility
- Team player
- collect administration/entrance fees
- Co-ordinate recreation activities
- Describe points of interest
- Provide historical and cultural facts related to various sites
- Resolve itinerary and other problems
- Ensure and monitor luggage transfers
- Attend to hotel, airport, train and other check-in and check-out procedures
- Develop and deliver commentaries
- Utilize microphones or other communication devices
- Co-ordinate activities with local tour guides or leaders of performance groups
- Provide information on tipping customs, currency exchange rates, metric conversion and other details
- sell souvenirs
- assist clients/guests with special needs
- Transport or guide individuals or groups on tours of cities
- Conduct guided tours of museums and historical, heritage and other sites,
- answer inquiries and provide information
- Independent work in the fields of guiding, planning and scheduling
- Team player and leader, responsible,
- Class 4 driver's licence & First Aid Certificate & CPR Certificate
Assets:
- Japanese or Spanish language skills are a great asset but not required.
Benefits: Group Insurance Benefits are included for full-time staff