Farm Tour Guide
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Tour Guide with a passion for alpacas, people and retail to join the team at Cornerstone Alpacas in Gordonton. The Cornerstone Alpaca Farm Tour is an innovative, interactive, entertaining and educational alpaca experience that welcomes local and international visitors daily. Our guests have the opportunity to see and engage with the Alpaca Story, and will learn about the history of Alpacas, the fibre and Alpaca farming through multi-media and interactive experiences within the farm itself. To ensure that the Cornerstone Alpacas’ Farm Tour continues to be a successful Gordonton attraction, we are now looking to appoint someone who shares our passion for alpacas, their heritage, fibre and the product. This is a seasonal job running from Oct/Nov 2018 through to April 2019. This is a fixed term role. Applicants should have NZ Residency or a valid NZ Work Visa.
To be successful in the role you will demonstrate:
* Enthusiasm, energy, a high level of personal presentation, and have excellent people and communication skills
* Confident in speaking to large and small groups
* Be a great all rounder
* Be honest, reliable and motivated
* A positive attitude with the ability to be solutions focussed in challenging situations
* Flexibility to work in different roles when required
* Able to work as a team player as well as able to work unsupervised
* Able to provide consistently great customer service
* Familiarity and comfort with animals, and experience of the tourism industry would be highly regarded
* Able to work flexible part-time hours (public holidays & weekends)
* Commitment to ongoing learning is essential to this role
Our ideal candidate will have:
* Previous experience in a similar role - Tour Guide, Hospitality/Tourism Industry, Farming
* Retail/merchandising experience.
* Bilingual or multi-lingual, espesially fluent Mandarin.
* Having a P Endorsement on your driver's licence will be an advantage
* Position available immediately
If you meet these skills and qualifications, we look forward to receiving your application.
To be successful in the role you will demonstrate:
* Enthusiasm, energy, a high level of personal presentation, and have excellent people and communication skills
* Confident in speaking to large and small groups
* Be a great all rounder
* Be honest, reliable and motivated
* A positive attitude with the ability to be solutions focussed in challenging situations
* Flexibility to work in different roles when required
* Able to work as a team player as well as able to work unsupervised
* Able to provide consistently great customer service
* Familiarity and comfort with animals, and experience of the tourism industry would be highly regarded
* Able to work flexible part-time hours (public holidays & weekends)
* Commitment to ongoing learning is essential to this role
Our ideal candidate will have:
* Previous experience in a similar role - Tour Guide, Hospitality/Tourism Industry, Farming
* Retail/merchandising experience.
* Bilingual or multi-lingual, espesially fluent Mandarin.
* Having a P Endorsement on your driver's licence will be an advantage
* Position available immediately
If you meet these skills and qualifications, we look forward to receiving your application.
