Job Description

Tour Guide / Interpreter (NOC 64320)

Northern Tales Travel Services

Whitehorse, YT
Full Time
Compensation: $21 to $21 Hourly
health benefit plan options for full time employees

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  Recreation & Tourism

Duration

Permanent

Job Level

Entry level

Intended job posting audience

Anyone who can legally work in Canada can apply for this job. If you are not currently authorized to work in Canada, the employer will not consider your job application.
Hours: Full-Time
Hourly Wage: $21.00
Start Date: June 01, 2023 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 and 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 IV driver\'s licence & First Aid Certificate & CPR Certificate

Assets:

• Japanese or German and English language skills (spoken and written)
• Translating skills (Japanese/German-English-Japanese/German)

Work Conditions:

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Tight deadlines
• Repetitive tasks
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking

Benefits: Group Insurance Benefits included