13/06/2022
We're hiring for a part-time Food Tour Guide! Please read below for details on how to apply:
Tru Bahamian Food Tours offers unique, internationally recognized walking food tours of historic downtown Nassau and is seeking passionate, highly energetic, and empathetic people as Tour Guides. Positions are part-time, and/or on-call. Applicants must possess strong leadership abilities, charisma, a sense of humour, excellent communication skills, and a deep passion for the city of Nassau, The Bahamas as a country, and its food.
Leading a food tour is a combination of quick thinking on your feet, advanced storytelling, and herding eager, curious guests from one location to the next. We provide intensive training to get you up to speed on your missing knowledge of Nassau’s history, and its incredible foods.
If you think you have the “improv” and leadership skills required, then please apply before all available Tour Guide Positions are filled.
WHAT TO KNOW: Only applicants living in Nassau with Bahamian citizenship, residency and/or a valid work permit will be considered. Self-employed individuals and/or flexible schedules preferred. A combination of daily, part-weekly, and/or weekend positions are available. Tours are 3-3.5 hours in duration and generally depart every hour between 10:30AM and 2:30PM. Depending on starting time, tours end between 1:30PM and 5:30PM.
TRAINING: Tour guide training lasts approximately 4-6 weeks. Training is paid.
COMPENSATION: Once hired and trained, Tour Guides receive on average between $30-$50 per hour. Inclusive of gratuities, most Tour Guides average between $90-$120 per full tour.
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:
Please send a single email to [email protected] with ALL of the following information:
A witty explanation (max 500 words) of why you’d make the perfect tour guide
Full resume as simple text inside the body of the email; NO resume attachments
One recent photograph of yourself (an attachment) and/or provide a video sample (as a website link, NOT an attachment)
Indicate which day(s) of the week (including weekends) and times you are available to lead tours
Any international travel experience(s)
Use following format in the email subject line: Your Last Name, Your First Name- Tour Guide Application 2022
If you do not complete the six (6) steps above, we will not consider your application. Please do not send more than one email or inquire as to whether we’ve received your application. Similarly, please do not call or email us to check on your status. We will review every application submitted. We will only contact applicants who meet our criteria for an interview.
NEXT STEPS: If we determine that you are a good fit, we will email you with information on your interview (date, time, location), what you can expect when we meet, and more details on training and eventual employment.
OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION: You are required to own a mobile phone that has regularly occurring cellular connectivity, have desktop/laptop-based Internet access in your place of residence, and check your email at least once a day. Also, reliable transportation to and from downtown for each scheduled tour is essential.
