Join our team at Ski Famille & Ski Vertigo - British passport holders welcome!

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Looking for a 2024/25 Ski Season Job?

Applications for the Ski Season 2024-2025 are now open …

 

Shortlisted applicants will be invited to one of our assessment days over the summer; dates shown here. 

 

Apply for a role with us now! 

 

 

 

Assessment Dates for Ski Season 2024/2025

 

  • Wednesday 26th June –  Fleet, Hampshire
  • Tuesday 2nd July – Fleet, Hampshire            NOW FULL
  • Thursday 4th July – Fleet, Hampshire
  • Tuesday 9th July – Fleet, Hampshire
  • Thursday 11th July – Fleet, Hampshire
  • Monday 15th July – Cardiff
  • Thursday 18th July – Fleet, Hampshire
  • Monday 29th July – CHALET CHEFS ONLY – Newlyns Farm, Hook, Hampshire
  • Wednesday 7th August – MAINTENANCE AND RESORT ASSISTANT ROLES ONLY – Fleet, Hampshire

 

 

Join Ski Famille and Ski Vertigo!

Learn new skills, create fantastic memories, and make the best friends for life!

With 34 years of experience at Ski Famille and Ski Vertigo, we offer a fantastic opportunity to charismatic, hard working and skilled seasonaires who deliver incredible holidays to our guests. Enjoy a real work life balance; work hard and then enjoy your time off to ski / snowboard and socialise with your amazing friends.  

We are one of the few tour operators that actively encourages UK passport holders to apply as well as other nationalities. Our experienced team will guide you through every step of the process.

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So are we for you?

It’s important to pick the ski company best suited to you. We carefully select our teams to ensure their expectations match our expectations  in order to create happy guests and happy employees.

If you’re ready to work hard, make friends for life and experience a challenging but rewarding winter season that will gear you up for future opportunities and enhance your CV, have a look at our available roles below.

The Package and Benefits

Ski Famille is proud of the number of staff who return year after year. We want to ensure we recruit the best people and support them to make the most of their time in the mountains.

  • A highly competitive salary (with holiday pay) 
  • Contribution towards travel to and from France
  • Comprehensive paid pre-season training in resort
  • Shared accommodation available to rent for the duration of the season
  • 2 days off per week 
  • Branded uniform provided
  • Medical Travel Insurance for UK/EU employees
  • Opportunity to ski /snowboard when not working
  • Preferential prices for lift pass and ski equipment hire
  • The chance to kick-start your career in hospitality and travel
  • Make friends for life
  • A fantastic life experience

* The loss of freedom of movement because of Brexit means that most British citizens no longer have the automatic right to work in France. But we still employ British passport holders. That said, we have adapted and expanded our opportunities for other nationalities too and we look to employ the following:

  • Returning seasonaires with a Carte de Séjour
  • EU nationals from any of the EU 27 member states
  • Dual nationality British/EU citizens
  • Other nationalities with the right to work in France
  • Those with a Youth Mobility Visa for France e.g. Australia or New Zealand
  • British citizens with French residency and the right to work
  • British citizens (we, as the employer will apply for a work permit and visa for you)

How to apply

Firstly...tell us about you...

Recruitment for all roles for 24/25 is now open!

We look forward to hearing from you.

 

Apply for a role with us!

 

Good luck!

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Secondly...show us what you can do...

If we think you’re the right fit for us, you will be invited to one of our assessment days:

  • Chefs, you will join us at a stunning demonstration kitchen in Hampshire where you will be asked to showcase your skills.
  • For all other roles, you’ll showcase your skills at one of the interview days that we’re holding throughout the summer – see above for dates.

Our available roles

Resort Manager

Resort Childcare Manager

Resort Childcare Supervisor

A Childcare Supervisor has an involved role at the heart of our childcare management team. They support the Resort Childcare Manager to champion all childcare issues within their resort to ensure our product is being delivered cohesively.

Qualified Childcare Staff / Early Years Practitioner(s)

Childcarer

We are looking for well presented, energetic, engaging individuals who are happy to work in a team environment and are able to provide stimulating, entertaining and safe activities for children from 4 months to 12 years, come rain or shine. You must have a minimum of 1 year’s experience of working with children for this role.

Chalet Manager

Chalet Supervisor

Reporting to the Chalet Manager, you will oversee the chalet team including pastoral care. This role would suit someone looking to progress their career into management.

Chalet Host

You will be cooking and serving ALL meals, plus looking after all aspects of cleaning and housekeeping, ensuring that our guests have a fun and hassle free holiday.

 

 

Chalet Assistant - NOW FULL

Chalet Chef

Resort Assistant

Sales and Admin Rep - NOW FULL

Night Porter

You will be a key part of our exciting new Chalet Hotel team, reporting directly  to our Hotel Managers. Our night porters play an important role in our chalet hotel, ensuring its security at night as well as cleaning and setting up the dining room for breakfast for the following morning for our guests.

Chalet Hotel Assistant

For an all-round experience, apply for our Hotel Assistant role today! You will need to provide a friendly and welcoming atmosphere for your guests and ensure that excellent high standards of customer service, housekeeping, restaurant and bar service and cleaning are maintained.

Assistant Chalet Hotel Manager

Reporting to the Chalet Hotel Manager, you will play a key part in developing and monitoring all elements of the delivery of our new Chalet Hotel product, developing our staff and maximising profits whilst controlling all costs. The role of the Assistant Chalet Hotel Manager is very varied. You will be fully responsible for everything that occurs within the hotel from guest welfare to stock control and maintenance of the hotel, plus managing and motivating your team. 

We are looking for an energetic, experienced manager with high levels of service and commitment. Using a proactive approach, you will aim to achieve all financial goals set by the company whilst delivering the best customer service.

Maintenance Technician

Our property maintenance technician keeps our Chalet Hotel, located in Les Bruyères quarter of Les Menuires, running to the highest possible standard. He / she ensures that any issues that have been reported by other staff and directly from guests are sorted quickly and efficiently. 

Area Manager - NOW FULL

Reporting to the Overseas Operations Manager you will be a key part of the senior management team overseas. Responsible for all aspects of resort operations in your own region you will be expected to lead your Resort Managers and teams to ensure Ski Famille and Ski Vertigo guests receive a consistent level of excellent service. The role includes, staff management, supplier relations, training, budget controls, staff motivation and much more.

Chalet Hotel Manager

As a Chalet Hotel Manager you will ensure that an excellent standard of catering and hospitality is delivered to our guests. Using effective time planning and organisational skills you will manage various departments throughout the hotel and provide hands-on support to your team. You will offer motivation and encouragement to get the best from your team and individuals to ensure our guests have a fantastic holiday experience.

Chalet Hotel Supervisor

As the Chalet Hotel Shift Supervisor, you will manage and lead by example all of the hotel’s  hospitality staff and ensure that these services are consistently delivered to a high standard to delight all of our guests and ensure that they have a seamless, enjoyable stay.

Chalet Hotel Night Porter

You will be a key part of our hotel team, reporting directly  to our Hotel Managers. Our night porters play an important role in our hotel, ensuring the security of our hotel at night as well as cleaning and setting up the dining room for breakfast for the following morning for our hotel guests.

Chalet Hotel Commis Chef

Guided by our Head Chef and Sous Chefs, our Commis Chef assists with the delivery of  high-quality meals to all our hotel guests. In this junior role, you will be working with a team of senior chefs as well as chefs de partie and  kitchen porters.

Chalet Hotel Kitchen Porter

Reporting to our Hotel Head Chef,  our Kitchen Porters work with our Chef team to ensure that our hotel kitchen runs efficiently with the cleaning of all cutlery, crockery  and utensils, as well as the general cleaning of kitchen equipment and surfaces, and ensure that these are cleaned to a high standard.

Chalet Hotel Chef de Partie

Guided by our Head Chef and Sous Chefs, our Chefs de Partie  assist with the delivery of  high-quality meals to all our hotel guests. This is a fantastic opportunity for a confident chef ideally with supervisory or management experience to demonstrate and develop their skills

Chalet Hotel Bar Supervisor

Your role is to manage our hotel bar with a small team of Hotel Assistants and provide our guests with a high quality service in a family friendly environment.

Chalet Hotel Guest Services Representative - NOW FULL

As the primary interface for our Les Bruyères (3 Valleys) hotel guests, your mission is to ensure that our guests have a premium, fantastic experience for the duration of their holiday.   You will greet all of our guests, and communicate with them throughout their stay, in an attentive, courteous and friendly manner.

Area Maintenance Support

The brief is simple. Help us to maintain an amazing portfolio of ski chalets and support the wider team in delivering an exceptional level of service to our guests.

As the Area Maintenance Support person, you will be the primary point of contact for the seasonal management teams regarding maintenance issues.