Cultural Tour Guide (German/English)

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Cultural Tour Guide (German/English)

Our guides get the chance to develop themselves and their professional skills in various ways. They receive training in public speaking, fact research, and administrative tasks related to the industry.

Deadline Published on Vacancy ID 3665

Academic fields

Agriculture

Job types

Support staff (clerical, administrative, facility)

Education level

Higher professional education

Weekly hours

8—25 hours per week

Location

De Boelelaan 1105, 1081HV, Amsterdam

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Job description

You will get the chance to guide international tourists from diverse multi-cultural backgrounds through our beautiful capital city and educate them about historical, cultural and socio-economic facts. The profession is thus particularly suited to social sciences and humanities, however, students of any field are welcome to apply.
If you are passionate about Amsterdam and excited to develop your public speaking abilities, your self-management and confidence: we are looking forward to hearing from you!

Job content:
  • Guide international tourists through Amsterdam
  • Deepen your knowledge of Dutch history and culture
  • Develop your public speaking abilities and gain confidence with future pitches/presentations
  • Develop your fact research abilities, as you fact check and research further information that you will need on various tours
  • Get the chance to work autonomously and understand the value of accuracy, being on time and managing your own group

Requirements

  • A fluency in English is crucial, ideally you also speak German on native level
  • Min. 8 hours/week
  • Ideally, we are looking for guides that want to join us for the entire season (February – December), shorter periods are also possible

Conditions of employment

  • An allowance of 28€/hour
  • A position for at least 8 hours per week and maximum 25 per week

Employer

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

We are a German organisation which is passionate about Amsterdam, its culture, history and artistic sector. We offer (German/English speaking) students a great opportunity to deepen their knowledge of Dutch history and culture through jobs in the tourism industry, specifically: as cultural tour guides. Our tours cover important historical events regarding Amsterdam and the Netherlands at large, including their origin stories, the Golden Age, colonialism, WWII andb contemporary topics such as sustainability, housing and issues related to mass tourism.

Working at VU Amsterdam

Working at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam means contributing to a better world. Working beyond the confidence of your own field, working with an open mind and working for the benefit of society.

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