We are looking to recruit a chalet helper & airport driver to be based at our largest catered chalet, Cairn Lodge.
Please only apply if you fulfil the below essential requirements:
Due to regulations in Switzerland and French employment rules we can only employ:
EU passport holders
AND
people with 2 years professional driving experience, proven with letters from previous employers. (This
can be transporting people or goods or even just using a company car for
the purpose of work). The total amount of experience needs to add up to 2 years driving
experience within the last 10 years.
Key responsibilities:
- General help in the chalet (help laying the table, cleaning, hot tub checks, snow clearing etc)
- Transportation of guests to and from the slopes in the morning and afternoons
- Occasional airport transfers (1 – 2 a week)
Our in resort service involves shuttling the guests from the chalet
to the slopes in the mornings from 8.30 to 10.00 & afternoon pick
ups from the slopes from 3.30pm onwards. You will need to be organised
to ensure the service runs as smoothly as possible for our guests.
A Typical Day
Morning:
- Help hosts lay out & serve breakfast
- Check hot tub & add chemicals/water if needed
- Defrost van, clear snow
- Restock honesty bar
- Clean fire, set new fire
- Run guests to the slopes and/or ski hire shop
- Update guests with weather/ski conditions
- Clean communal areas in chalet
Evening:
- Pick up guests from slopes/town from 15:30 onwards
- Assist with serving aperitif & canapes, three course dinner followed by cheese & coffee
- Organise & serve wine
- Help hosts wash and tidy up, clean kitchen
- Help hosts lay table for breakfast
Standard weekly tasks
- Refuel & clean van, check oil/ washer fluid
- Complete driver/van report
- Communicate transfer times to guests day before departure
- Take guests to ski hire shop, assist in the shop
- Hand out ski passes, collect back used passes
- Manage guest requests, questions
- Airport transfers (on average 3 a week)
- Pick up the shopping for the hosts
What kind of person are we looking for?
Essential:
EU passport holders
OR
British passport holders/other
nationalities with French residency (a Titre De Sejour, which allows
them to work in France ) and who can prove they have been working in
France for the last 12 months.
AND in addition to one of the above:
You will
also need to have 2 years professional driving experience. This can be
transporting people or goods or even just using a company car for the
purpose of work. We need letters from previous employers to justify
this. The total amount of experience needs to add up to 2 years driving
experience within the last 10 years.
A clean driving licence & be over 23 years for insurance purposes
Key Attributes
- Hard working & have stamina
- Excellent organisational & time management skills
- Outgoing personality, enjoy dealing with people
- Good sense of humor & maintain a smile and cheery disposition at all times
- A competent & courteous driver
- Have a “can do” & “no problem” attitude
Hours/ Package
- Competitive monthly salary paid through the French system (in euros)
- All food while working
- Full area Portes Du Soleil ski pass
- Ski hire for the season
- Uniform
- Return transfers from Geneva ( pick up at start or season and drop off at the end)
- 2 days off a week and 2.5 holiday/sick days accrued per month that will be paid at the end of the season
- Team events in the season, typically night sledging, cross country
skiing and or a meal in a mountain restaurant, an important way for us
to say thanks, come together as a team and just have fun!
- We also have high standard, well located accommodation that is
available for rent though our sister company at a lower rate than the
market average.
Training
Successful candidates will join our training week in early December
The employee will need to pay for their own insurance to cover their free time, skiing & personal belongings.
