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Join our friendly team and help us provide the ultimate Windermere welcome

Join our friendly team and help us provide the ultimate Windermere welcome

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Windermere Lake Cruises is the largest tourist attraction in Cumbria and employs a wide variety of permanent, specialist and seasonal staff.

As well as offering an impressive range of roles, all our employees enjoy great benefits, flexible working practices and get to work in a stunning location in the heart of The Lake District. If you’d like to work on and around England’s largest lake, have the enthusiasm to provide a world-class service and provide a unique customer experience then please get in touch.

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Current positions available:

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Retail & Tourist Information Centre Assistant (Summer seasonal work)

The primary role is to assist in the running of the information centre/shop with a high level of customer service including the provision of accurate information and guidance on purchasing tickets.

The main responsibilities involve:

  • General daily operations of the information centre
  • Shop sales including responsibility of and accounting for daily takings
  • Order and maintain stock levels.
  • To sell tickets for scheduled sailings, evening cruises and any other tickets available
  • Positions are available at Bowness on a fixed term seasonal basis during the summer period.
  • Applicants are required to work 2 + days and this includes weekends.

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Road Train Conductor (Summer seasonal work)

The primary role is to assist the Road Train Driver by managing passenger-related tasks, ensuring passenger safety and facilitating smooth operations.

Key responsibilities include helping passengers boarding and disembarking, checking and issuing tickets and providing route or local information to passengers.

The successful candidate needs to have:

  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills essential for interacting with passengers and providing excellent service
  • A good understanding of safety procedures
  • Conductors often need to handle multiple tasks simultaneously such as assisting passengers and monitoring the road train environment
  • Good local knowledge in order to provide accurate information to passengers.

This is a seasonal fixed term role during the summer based in Bowness on Windermere. Applicants are required to work 2 + days and this includes weekends.

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Any questions?

If you need any guidance on completing the form or simply want to chat about the roles available, please live chat (below), call us on 015394 43360 and ask for someone in our HR department.

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