Tour Guide

Lothian Buses

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Update day: 01-06-2024

Location: Edinburgh Scotland

Category: Restaurant / Hotel / Tourism

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Job type: Full-time

Salary: £10 an hour

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If you have a passion for Edinburgh and would like to show off Scotland’s Capital to the world, then we’d love to hear from you.
Edinburgh Bus Tours, part of the Lothian family, is one of Scotland’s top paid-for visitor attractions and offers a five-star visitor experience. We help 650,000 visitors discover Edinburgh each year. We offer 4 different tours, each one creating a unique and memorable experience for our visitors.
Our Guides are responsible for providing an entertaining and informative tour of Edinburgh on an open top bus; although no written script is provided, guidelines will be provided for the content of the tours, and guides must have the ability to interpret the cultural heritage of the City.
This is a seasonal position however there is the opportunity to return the following season.
Tour Guide* Requirements*

  • No experience required! Our Tour Guides come from a wide variety of backgrounds however good cultural knowledge of Edinburgh and its history is desirable
  • To be customer focusedto understand, anticipate and deliver on the customers’ needs and expectations
  • Excellent verbal communication skills
  • Actively listens and uses a varied tone of voice to capture audience attention
  • Displays high standards of personal appearance, tidiness and time keeping
  • Actively supports and contributes to the EBT team

What’s in it for you as our Tour Guide?

  • £10.30 p/h
  • Free travel in Edinburgh and the surrounding areas on all our buses and Edinburgh Trams
  • Access to a range of benefits including discounts in 100s of retailers and an Employee Assistance Programme
  • Opportunity to return the following season
  • Your shift pattern will be working 4 days over 7 and will include weekends
  • To help you look the part, a full uniform will be provided

As July and August are our busiest times, we are unable to give holidays during this time however holiday pay will be accrued.
So if you want to be part of the journey we would love to hear from you.
CLOSING DATE – 28th February 2022

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: £10.00 per hour

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Deadline: 16-07-2024

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