Job Description

Tour Guide
Explorer Canada Holidays Ltd.

Location: Banff, AB
Salary: $19.00 hourly for 30 hours per week
Vacancies: 2 Vacancies
Employment groups: Youth, Persons with disabilities, Indigenous people, Newcomers to Canada
Terms of Employment: Seasonal Employment (7-month contract), Full time
Expected Start Date: April 1, 2026
Employment conditions: Overtime, Day, Evening, Shift, Weekend, Night

Qualifications:
– Ability to communicate in English and in Japanese orally and in writing is required;
– No degree, certificate or diploma is required;
– No specific credentials are required;
– No previous experience as a tour guide is required.

Job Duties:
– Confirm transportation and accommodation reservations;
– Collect administration or entrance fees;
– Coordinate recreation activities for Japanese tourists;
– Describe points of interest in Japanese;
– Resolve itinerary and other problems by communicating with Japanese tourists in Japanese;
– Attend to hotel, airport, train and other check-in and check-out procedures.

Job Details:
– Transportation/ Travel Information: You will be required to travel regularly.

Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities:
– You are expected to effectively deal with work under pressure and repetitive tasks with attention to detail;
– The duties of a Tour guide are physically demanding, which requires standing for extended periods, walking, bending, crouching and kneeling.

Work Location Information: Various locations within the Banff–Jasper–Rocky Mountain House region and Calgary, including rural and remote areas depending on the tours provided;
Job location: 100 Owl Street, Banff, AB T1L 1A6.

Tour Details:
– Work Site Environment: Outdoors;
– Tours Focus: Sightseeing, Walking tours;
– Type of Guide: Escorted group travel guide, Escorted individual travel guide, Step-on local guide.

How to apply:
By email: [email protected]

Required languages: Ability to communicate in English and in Japanese orally and in writing is required.

Education level: No degree, certificate or diploma is required; No specific credentials are required.

Required skills: No previous experience as a tour guide is required.

Closest intersection: Owl Street and Hawk Avenue