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Posted on June 29, 2024 by Employer details Northern Lights Resort & SPA (Yukon) Inc.

Job details

  • LocationWhitehorse, YT
  • Salary20.00 to 25.00 hourly (To be negotiated) / 35 to 40 hours per week
  • Terms of employment Permanent employmentFull time
  • Day, Evening, Night, Weekend, Shift, Flexible Hours, Morning
  • Start date Starts as soon as possible
  • Benefits: Financial benefits
  • vacancies 1 vacancy
  • Source Job Bank #2981093

Overview

Languages

English

Education

  • Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years

Asset languages

  • Spanish

Work site environment

  • Outdoors

Work setting

  • Remote location
  • On-site customer service
  • Staff accommodation available
  • Staff accommodation provided

Responsibilities

Tasks

  • Deliver commentaries
  • Develop commentaries
  • Drive sightseeing or tour vehicle
  • Confirm transportation and accommodation reservations
  • Resolve itinerary and other problems
  • Ensure and monitor luggage transfers
  • Utilize microphones or other communication device to provide directions and other pertinent information to visitors
  • 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
  • Conduct guided tours of museums, gallery exhibitions and historical, heritage and other sites, answer inquiries and provide information

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • First Aid Certificate
  • CPR Certificate

Experience and specialization

Type of guide

  • On-site local guide
  • Driver-guide, local
  • Walking tour guide

Tours focus

  • Historical sites
  • Sightseeing
  • Bus tours
  • Walking tours

Number of tours guided

  • 1 - 4 tours

Geographical areas of specialization

  • Canada

Additional information

Security and safety

  • Criminal record check
  • Driver's validity licence check
  • Driving record check (abstract)

Transportation/travel information

  • Valid driver's licence
  • Willing to travel cross-border
  • Willing to travel for extended periods

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Attention to detail
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Walking

Benefits

Financial benefits

  • Gratuities

Who can apply to this job?

The employer accepts applications from:

  • Canadian citizens and permanent or temporary residents of Canada.
  • Other candidates with or without a valid Canadian work permit.

Advertised until

2024-07-29

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Northern Lights Resort & SPA (Yukon) Inc.

  • Accommodation and food services
  • 2 job postings advertised
  • Medium-sized business (between 5 and 100 employees)
  • 1 business location
  • Green workplace
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