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Staff Recruitment for Summer 2008

Are you interested in a unique job on Britain's largest riverboat Hotels? We are now recruiting for our 2008 season and have vacancies for Stewards, Stewardesses and Supervisors. This year our season has been extended and will be starting in April and continuing on into October. We cruise almost every day and you will work with a variety of different people and customers.

We offer a unique working environment. You will be provided with accomodation and meals to live on board whilst you are working, and will also accumulate holiday pay.

We train all of our staff before the season begins although experience in hospitality work such as working in a bar or restaurant is required. You will be working hard but it is rewarding work and a fun working environment.

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Application Procedure

If you are interested please download the job description and person profile for the job you are interested in. Read them through and if you would like to apply please fill out the aplication form at the bottom of the page, attach a CV with photograph and email it to:- recruitment@englishholidaycruises.co.uk


You MUST be able to answer YES to the following questions in order for us to consider your application:-

Are you over 18 years old?
Will you be able to attend an interview in Gloucester if your application interests us?
Will you be available to work for the entire summer season starting in the middle of April until early October?
Do you have any experience in the hospitality industry dealing with customers face to face?

Are you completely fluent in written and Spoken English?
Are you a resident of the UK or have the right to work in the UK?
Are you able to live in?


Postions Available

Position : Steward/ess

Start Date : 14/04/08

Pay : from £210 - £260 per week depending on age and experience

You will be responsible for ensuring that passengers have a relaxing and enjoyable holiday by keeping accommodation clean and serving food and drink to a high standard. You will be cleaning cabins daily and helping with food preparation and service. You will also be doing some bar work, be on hand to help passengers as necessary and take a role in drills and take training to help in the event of an emergency on board. You should have a general pride in the workplace and staff, and be willing to partake in ensuring personal and passenger safety. As with all of our positions this is a varied role and although it can be hard work it is also great fun due to the people you will be working with and the destinations you will visit on the sailing schedule. You will live on board and be provided with lodging and food. See the job description below for further details. Apply using the form at the bottom of the page.

Steward/ess Job Description PDF


Position : Supervisor / Senior Steward

Start Date : 14/04/08

Pay : From £280 depending on experience

You will have all the duties of the stewards role as listed above and additionally take a supervisory role over all hospitality staff to ensure everything is being done correctly and on time. you will have an active role in stock management and ordering. You will help develop procedures by making suggestions to the Captain. Please send your CV and application form to recruitment@englishholidaycruises.co.uk

Supervisor Job Description PDF


Position : First Mate / Deck Hand

Start Date : 14/04/08

Pay : From £210-£300pw depending on age and experience

You will help the stewards and stewardesses with some of their work but will also be helping the Captain and Engineer maintain the vessel. All the decks and bulkheads have to be kept clean and safe for our passengers. You will be helping to moor up the boat and will be trained in basic rope work. You will be responsible for some of the basic maintenance and engineering on the boat as well as customer service and bar work.

Deck Hand Job Description PDF


Application for All Positions .doc

This is a form word document. Please fill it in and send it to recruitment@englishholidaycruises.co.uk renamed to "your_name_postion applied for.doc". Eg if you are Joe Smith and want to be a steward please save your application as "Joe_Smith_Steward.doc"

If you cannot use the above file to apply, read the pdf version below and send us a plain text email providing all the information the form asks for.

Application Form PDF version

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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