Tour Guide
Geiranger & Nordfjord Cruise Handling is one of the main providers of cruise services in the area of Geiranger, Hellesylt, Olden, Nordfjordeid, Ålesund, Skjolden. In high season, between May and September, approx. 200 guides work for our company. Our offices are based in Stryn, Geiranger, Ålesund, Skjolden.
Job description
A Tour Guide is responsible for leading groups in various languages on different itineraries. S/he must be able to provide travellers with important information about the area they are visiting and create an unforgettable experience for them.
Our company offers you:
-an exciting summer job as a guide
-free on-line education so you can study wherever you are
- on-site educational training of the Geiranger/Nordfjord or Ålesund area before you start working.
- good salary
-possibility of working for our company every summer if you meet the job requirements
Skills:
Education, work experience, language, certificate etc. Skills required:
-Being flexible and highly motivated
-Having good presentation skills
-Having multiple language skills (speak German, English and preferable one of the 3 following languages in addition: Spanish, French, Italian. A good knowledge of Russian, Dutch, Portuguese and Chinese in addition is an advantage. Norwegian is not a requirement. The Guides need to be fluent in speaking and listening skills)
-Having good verbal communication skills
-Being able to work in a team
-Have an excellent knowledge of the point of interests of the area in which you are guiding
-Being able to travel by bus, boat, train or plane
Other information
Working hours: full-time position for Tour Guides who speak several languages.
Place of work: primarily counties of Møre og Romsdal and Sogn og Fjordane. Mainly ports of Geiranger, Olden, Hellesylt, Nordfjordeid. Guiding in other ports may occur.
Type of contract: Seasonal Employment Contract.
Qualified applicants who speak two or more of the required languages will receive full-time positions during the season
Start date: Approx. From beginning of May until Mid-September
Salary
The company guarantees 20 000 NOK per month as minimum salary in a full-time position but the worker`s pay may vary according to the number of assignments. The amount and duration of the assignments you can be booked for depends on your language and skills, the amount and type of tours sold by our customers. Guides are paid per assignment, with the rate reflecting the assignment duration and number of languages. For this reason, employees who speak several languages usually receive a higher salary.
Other information -The company will help the employee in finding accommodation. This applies only to employees that work for the company the whole season in a full-time position
-We require that you are a citizen of one of the EU/EEA countries or have a work permit in Norway.
Application
Last application day April 30. 2020
How to apply? Send an email and enclose a European CV with detailed language levels and specify the number of months you are available to work for our company
Contact person/ telephone number Ingvild Skåden +47 41691940, Fabio Pasini +47 98037645, Valentina Ruggiero +47 92995707
E-mail post@geiranger-nordfjord.no