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Ski Olympic is an established, family-run Ski Tour
Operator with chalets and chalethotels in 7 top-class
French resorts.
One of the primary reasons for Ski Olympic’s
success is the quality of the staff we employ and the
excellent service they provide to our guests. Our policy
is to employ confident, active individuals with an open
and happy demeanour.
If you are interested in working for Ski Olympic please
read about the positions available and e-mail a cv to recruitment@skiolympic.co.uk or fill out our online application form.
Area Manager |
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Minimum Age – 25
You will travel between resorts ensuring that company
policy is being followed and that all staff are providing
an excellent level of customer service. You will ensure
that all necessary health and safety requirements for
both clients and staff are met. You will work alongside
Chalethotel Managers to ensure maximum revenues from company
bars, ski pass and lesson sales and equipment hire. You
will play a leading role in staff training and development.
You will develop relations with local suppliers to enable
them to deliver to Ski Olympic and our guests the best
possible service.
Requirements – The confidence and personality to
lead. You must be clear thinking and decisive with the
ability to communicate company policy to staff and the
strength of character to ensure it is upheld. You will
be a senior public face of Ski Olympic in resort easily
meeting guests, listening to their comments and sharing
with them the company ideals. You will have the flexibility
to adapt to always changing situations and a calm, effective
manner in dealing with any problems or complaints.
Spoken French is essential.
Chalethotel Manager |
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Minimum Age – 25
You will take overall responsibility for the running of
a 40 to 70 bed Chalethotel overseeing the work of 10 to
25 employees. You will ensure high levels of customer
service and satisfaction as well as looking after a range
of resort operations such as accounts, transfers and liasing
with local suppliers.
Requirements – You will have experience in Hotel
Management or extensive experience in the skiing industry.
You will have the confidence and personality to lead a
staff team, an attention to detail to ensure guest expectations
are exceeded and the flexibility to adapt to daily changes
to your workload. Spoken French would be an advantage.
Head Chef – more than 45
guests |
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Minimum Age – 23
You will be responsible for leading a 4/5 person kitchen
team catering for up to 75 guests and 20 staff. You will
provide a hot and continental style breakfast, an afternoon
tea of freshly baked cakes and on 6 nights per week, a
3-course dinner party style evening meal.
You must be able to work to a menu plan, though your ideas
and input are encouraged, within a set budget. You will
be responsible for kitchen hygiene, ordering and stock
control and will report directly to the Chalethotel Manager.
Requirements – You will be qualified, have extensive
kitchen experience and have the confidence to lead a small
kitchen team.
Head Chef – 20 to 45 guests |
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Minimum Age – 21
You will take responsibility in a small 2 or 3 person
kitchen team, catering for up to 45 guests and 12 staff.
You will provide a hot and continental style breakfast,
an afternoon tea of freshly baked cakes, and on 6 nights
per week, a 3-course dinner party style evening meal.
You must be able to work to a menu plan, though your ideas
and input are encouraged, within a set budget. You will
be responsible for kitchen hygiene, ordering and stock
control and will report directly to the Chalethotel Manager.
You will be expected to be able to interact with the guests
and play a role in “hosting” the chalet.
Requirements – You will be qualified with extensive
kitchen experience. You will be organised and reliable
and will relish the opportunity of playing a full role
in ensuring the guests have a great holiday.
Chalet Chef – up to 20 guests |
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Minimum Age – 21
You will take sole responsibility for providing your guests
with a hot and continental breakfast, an afternoon tea
of freshly baked cakes and on 6 nights per week, a 3-course
evening meal. You must be able to work to a menu plan,
though your ideas and input are encouraged, within a set
budget. You will be responsible for kitchen hygiene, ordering
and stock control. Your personality will play a large
part in ensuring that your guests have an enjoyable holiday.
In some of the smaller chalets (10/12 beds) you may also
take on the role of chalet person.
Requirements – You will be qualified with kitchen
experience. You will be able to work alone in the kitchen
and will enjoy the chance to play host to your guests.
You will be confident and extremely personable.
Assistant Chef |
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Minimum Age – 21
You will assist the Head Chef in all areas of the kitchen,
preparing breakfast, afternoon tea and on 6 nights per
week, a 3-course evening meal. You will enjoy not only
working as part of the kitchen team but also within the
chalet as a whole to ensure the guests have the most enjoyable
holiday possible.
Requirements – You will have some kitchen experience
and have the desire to improve your skills.
Plongeur |
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Minimum Age – 21
You will spend the majority of your time washing up but
may also be asked to take a hand in some simple food preparation.
You will be a good team member and will not be frightened
of hard work. You will keen to play a role outside the
kitchen in ensuring that the guests have the best holiday
possible.
Requirements – You will be hard working, sociable
and reliable.
Ski Host |
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Minimum Age – 21
You will play a vital role in ensuring the success of
each guest’s holiday. You will be invited by the
guests to ski with them on 4 ½ days per week, and
therefore must be a competent skier and have the personality
and sense of responsibility to be able to play host to
a group of guests on the slopes each day. On Sundays you
will be involved in a busy transfer day, either repping
a coach to and from the airport or driving a minibus.
You will advise the guests and sell to them lift passes,
ski school lessons and ski and boot hire. Within the chalet,
when not on the snow, you will play a vital role in ensuring
your guests are looked after and enjoy their holiday to
the full. Ski Host is a demanding but extremely rewarding
role.
Requirements – Skiing qualification or extensive
experience. You will be mature and responsible with excellent
communication skills and a vibrant, confident personality.
A clean driving licence is an advantage.
Bar staff |
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Minimum Age – 21
You will work shifts in one of our busy, public bars creating
a clean, welcoming atmosphere. You will bring a lively,
mature attitude to the role and will be able to generate
ideas for promotions and theme nights in order to achieve
profit targets. You will be the public face of the company
and therefore need to be happy, confident and well presented.
Requirements – You will have a good history of bar
experience. You will be numerate, honest and reliable.
Any spoken French or Dutch will be an advantage.
Chalet Person |
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Minimum Age – 21
You will work mornings and evenings 6 days per week cleaning
the guest bedrooms and bathrooms and all communal areas
within your chalet or chalethotel. You will also be responsible
for laying up the dining room and for serving breakfast,
afternoon tea and a 3-course evening meal. You may work
as the only chalet person within a small unit or as part
of a team within a bigger one. On Sunday transfer day
a full change over of guests means a long and tiring day
and no skiing. You will have a lot of guest contact and
will thus need to be confident, happy and sociable. How
you go about your job will have enormous effect on the
guest’s enjoyment of their holiday.
Requirements – You will be personable, reliable
and be able to work alone or as part of a team.
Ski Technician |
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Minimum age – 21
You will be responsible for meeting the guests ski and
boot hire requirements. This will involve preparing and
maintaining the equipment as well as individually fitting
each guest out with his or her kit. This role may be combined
with that of Maintenance or Plongeur, or you may be asked
by the Chalet manager to help out in any other areas of
the chalet. You must be responsible and hard working,
with an attention to detail and a personable manner. You
will have a good deal of guest contact and will play a
full role in “hosting” the chalet.
Requirements – Technician’s certificate. Experience
in the ski hire business.
Maintenance |
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Minimum Age – 21
You will assess difficulties and be able to carry out
appropriate repairs and maintenance in and around the
chalets and chalethotels. Your role may be combined with
that of Plongeur or Ski Technician, or you may be asked
by the chalet Manager to help out in any other areas of
the chalet. You will have a good deal of contact with
the guests and will play a full role in “hosting”
the chalet.
Requirements – You will be a qualified electrician,
plumber or joiner. You will be flexible and adaptable
and be able to work alone. You will need a clean, current
driving licence.
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