Tour Guide, French Speaker

🕒 June 24

🇯🇵 Japan – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

✨ French

🚫👨‍🎓 No degree required

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📋 Description

• As a guide, you’ll lead small groups (4–12 travelers) on 2–3 week tours across Japan. • Lead and Inspire: Be the leader of your group, offering clear information about each destination, sharing your enthusiasm for Japan’s fascinating culture, and creating joyful, memorable experiences for travelers. • Plan and Prepare: Be well-organized, know your daily itinerary, and ensure everything runs smoothly. Always be ready with a Plan B to adapt to unexpected situations. Participate in training sessions and pre-tour briefings to stay fully prepared. • Support and Communicate: Assist travelers with their questions and provide excellent customer service, even in challenging situations. • Ensure Safety and Quality: Prioritize traveler safety and ensure our partners meet our quality, safety, and sustainability standards. • Handle Emergencies: Respond to challenges effectively, staying calm under stress and following established procedures.

🎯 Requirements

• Passion & Knowledge: A love for Japan’s culture, people, and history, combined with a deep understanding of its traditions, daily life, and current events. • Language Skills: Advanced French (C1) for client communication and good Japanese (B2) to support tour operations. • Experience: You’re currently living in Japan or have lived here for at least one year, ensuring a deep, personal connection to the country. • Personal Qualities: Organized, reliable, motivated, and solution-oriented under pressure. • Team Skills: Cooperative and communicative, with a positive and professional demeanor.

🏖️ Benefits

• Advance training and development program in areas such as languages, history & cultural knowledge, new destination & travel product knowledge, safety & sustainability • Opportunity to participate in further education for Tour Conductors within the company. • Competitive salary for each tour, with an increased payment system based on performance. • Additional earnings for taking over extra mini-jobs before and after the tour. • Further, career opportunities such as the possibility to become an operation team, or the travel coordinator for our tour guides, or conductor of research (inspection) trips • International & friendly working environment, with colleagues in Asia, France, Germany, and South America who are a lot more than just co-workers.

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