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Tour Guide Melbourne Hire
Job Opportunity Tour Guide Melbourne
Dear Future Tour Guide,
Have you been scrolling through job ads that all sound boring AF and don’t appeal to you?
Don’t tell me, they go along the lines of “We’re looking for someone with 10 years experience, you will be a motivated individual but also a team player yada yada yada”
How many of them actually tell you about the company and the culture?
How many times do you even want to keep reading the ad? Not many, right?
If you’re going to work every day, putting your time and energy into a career, then you should be looking for something that aligns with your values and that you truly believe in.
Imagine actually getting excited about going to work, what a feeling!
If your face is lighting up as you’re reading, this might be the most important job ad you ever read.
Here’s why…
Experience can be great, but it’s not the be all and end all and we don’t only look for people with experience in the travel industry.
When looking at who is best to join our team, we look for individuals that are switched on, sharp and passionate about travel, people and delivering experiences.
We back ourselves to be able to teach you the industry knowledge part.
We look for people that are passionate, ambitious, are excited about getting themselves, and our travellers out of their comfort zone.
- Want to have a lasting impact on people’s lives
- Wants travellers to return home and shout from the rooftops that everyone needs to go travelling
- Truly believes that travel enables people to see the world differently
Wait a minute, what actually makes a great Tour Guide anyway?
This is someone who:
- Cares about international travellers’ experience of Australia
- Want to have a lasting impact on people’s lives
- Wants travellers to return home and shout from the rooftops that everyone needs to go travelling.
- Truly believes that travel enables people to see the world differently
You will be able to help travellers from all around the world bring their dream to reality.
Now I know that sounds cheesy but the positive effect our tours and community have on people is astounding. Check our reviews on Google if you don’t believe us…
A Tour Guide is there to give the traveller an experience they will never forget.
The future traveller has been waiting their whole life and been saving up for years to go on this tour.
You will be bringing together people from all around the world, showing off the best that Melbourne has to offer
By the end of the tour you will have created a travel family, who have all fallen in love with Australia.
Not only that, but after you’ve given our travellers the best week of their lives on tour, your teammates at Welcome to Travel will ensure that each one of our travellers has the best possible experience in Australia, by being there for every step of their journey
A Tour Guide for Welcome to Travel is a huge part of someone’s journey and if you give the traveller the best experience possible, they will remember you forever.
Ok, a little bit about us…
- We are a full service travel company that has big ambitions.
We run award winning tours in Melbourne, Sydney and the East Coast of Australia for international travellers - Voted the #1 Youth Tour Operator in the World at the Global Youth Travel Awards in 2023
- We have over 2,700 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Google Reviews
- We have had travellers from 37 different countries
- Been featured on UNILAD
- Worked with some of the world’s best YouTubers
- We have even had a viral video…Things Never Said By Backpackers
- We live and breathe travelling and it is our vision to create a world where everyone is encouraged to travel
We know that the hardest part about travelling is always the start, so we want to make sure each traveller has the best possible experience with us.
Let Us Tell You About The Role
You will be:
- The main guide on our Welcome to Melbourne and Melbourne Mini Pack tour.
Welcome to Melbourne
- Day 1 – Meet & Greet, Admin Set Up, Walking Tour, Welcome Meal
- Day 2 – Food & Drink Day
- Day 3 – Surfing & Phillip Island Penguin Viewing
- Day 4 – Hanging Out With Roos and Koalas, Wine Tasting and Beach Hangs
- Day 5 – Work and Travel Presentation, St Kilda Beach
- Day 6 – One on One Meetings, Bar Crawl
- Day 7 – Rooftop BBQ
While that sounds great, we know you can’t really picture it so…
Requirements
We’re looking for someone that is:
- Self-motivated, confident and energetic
- An excellent communicator
- Empathetic
- Passionate about travel
- Well organised
- Able to solve problems
- Confident presenting in front of a group
- Able to relate to a diverse group of people with different backgrounds and expectations
- Motivated by targets and bonuses
- Excited by selling the best thing in the world to sell to anyone, TRAVEL!
- Experience working with people in either hospitality, tourism or sales*
- At least 6 months left on your visa
*This would be a plus but it is not essential.
Benefits
What we’re offering:
- Full time role with salary and bonuses – we want to reward our teams successes
- Extensive and Ongoing Training and Support – we want you to be the best version of you in this role and we take training very seriously. We will be giving you industry leading training, ensuring you have the knowledge and confidence needed for you to succeed.
- A Driven and Supportive Team – we’re a small but mighty team all looking out for one another to ensure the travellers have the best possible experience.
- Travel Benefits – once you have got to grips with your role, there will be different travel opportunities for you. We can’t let the travellers have all the fun, you deserve to experience this country too.
So if you’re passionate about travel, like the sound of working as part of a like minded and progressive team and want to play a positive part in a traveller’s journey, we’d love to hear from you.
Please take the time to apply for the job.
It will take around 15 minutes and it is a mix of uploading your resume, answering logistical questions but also answering some questions on a video (so do your hair) 🤪
The application period closes on 30 September 2024 and successful applicants will have heard from us by 2 October 2024, with a group interview on the 4 October 2024.
The start date for this role is 11 October 2024.
Good luck 🤙
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