Beiwei 55 Job Opportunities
Looking to use your Mandarin Chinese skills within your career? We currently have the following job opportunities available. Applicants are requested to email a CV and covering letter to contact@beiwei55.com
Operations Manager & Tour Guide
6-month contract [with potential extension of 12 months]
Location: London
£20,000 per annum [Pro rata]
At Beiwei 55 we are looking for talented individuals to work for us as tour guides and operations managers on a full-time basis. If you are a native British Mandarin speaker with bundles of enthusiasm, excellent people and organisational skills and high levels of spoken, written and aural Chinese which you want to use within your work, then read on.
In your joint role as operations manager and tour guide you will be responsible for leading tours in Mandarin Chinese in and around the London region. Full training is provided and all guiding locations are commutable from our London office. When not leading tours you will be working from our London office on incoming enquiries and assisting with tour itinerary design, organisation and execution, amongst other tasks, to help develop the business.
This role is initially a full-time six month contract, with the potential of a twelve month extension at the end of the six months and a subsequent full-time contract following this.
Us
We are the first UK tour operator to provide tours to Chinese visitors that are run and guided by native British Mandarin speakers. Our approach is unique, offering our Chinese customers the best of both worlds – access to the knowledge and insight of a local, but all in the comfort of their own native language.
We specialise in half-day city walking tours in ten locations around the UK, suitable for any Chinese visitor, as well as longer tours for Chinese youth groups giving them the chance to interact with a local British Mandarin-speaking guide, practice their English, ask questions and get closer to British culture. We are able to organise bespoke UK sightseeing tours, university tours and work tours for Chinese school or student groups.
We also provide professional Mandarin interpreting and translation services for UK businesses and attractions who want to improve their Chinese offering, cater to incoming Chinese corporate guests or make their businesses more Chinese friendly and attract more Chinese business.
You will be joining a small but growing company, unique in its offering and recently named by Visit England as one of the top four UK-China companies in the UK.
Our Mission: We want to provide Chinese visitors with a local and authentic experience in the destinations they visit. We want to be a bridge between China and the rest of the world – breaking down language barriers, increasing cross-cultural understanding and increasing communication between people of different countries.
The Job
Tasks may include but are not limited to:
- Leading tours in Mandarin for Chinese visitors in multiple destinations around the UK. Locations include [but are not limited to] London, Windsor, Oxford, Cambridge, Bath, Stratford-upon-Avon and Brighton.
- Assisting with all aspects of tour itinerary design and organisation. This will include communication with restaurants, attractions, transport companies and accommodation providers, amongst others.
- Execution of tours that you have designed, as well as being the point of contact for groups during tours.
- Dealing with enquiries via email and telephone in English and occasionally in Chinese.
- Chaperoning Chinese groups/delegations when needed.
- Conducting market research.
- Helping run Beiwei 55’s social media channels.
- Attending marketing events and tradeshows in the UK and China.
- Working with us on developing the business internationally.
You
We are looking for someone with the following skills:
- Native British Mandarin Chinese speaker with the ability to lead tours in Mandarin, respond to customers’ questions and interact with the group.
- Fluent levels of spoken, written and aural Mandarin.
- Interest in and some knowledge of British history, culture and society.
- Interest and experience in China and the Chinese – our customers love hearing about your experiences in their country.
- Willingness to learn scripts, read around the subject and add in some of your own research findings to make tours even more fun, relevant and engaging.
- Comfortable leading groups of up to 20 people independently and dealing with tour logistics.
- Comfortable being on your feet for long periods, in wind, rain or shine.
- Initiative, and plenty of it.
- First-rate organisational skills.
- First-rate interpersonal skills.
- Enthusiasm, a smile and a positive attitude.
Additional Information
- This is a full-time role [five days per week] requiring the candidate to work a minimum of four days a week from our London office and remotely where necessary. Depending on the success of the candidate this contract may be offered a 12 month extension at the end of the six months, and a subsequent full-time contract following this.
- Please note that guiding or chaperoning of Chinese groups may take place over weekends, but replacement weekdays off will be provided if this is the case.
- With this role we request that you not to take more than three days consecutive holiday during peak months of June, July and August.
- When working from our office we are happy to offer flexible start and end times providing core working hours of 10:00 – 16:00 are covered daily [seven working hours per day required plus one hour for lunch; candidates may start at any time between 08:00 and 10:00 unless otherwise instructed].
- This role will start early March 2018, although exceptional candidates may be taken on earlier.
Operations Manager & Tour Guide
June 2018 start: 3-month contract [with potential extension of 12 months]
Location: London
£20,000 per annum [Pro rata]
At Beiwei 55 we are looking for talented individuals to work for us as tour guides and operations managers on a full-time basis. If you are a native British Mandarin speaker with bundles of enthusiasm, excellent people and organisational skills and high levels of spoken, written and aural Chinese which you want to use within your work, then read on.
In your joint role as operations manager and tour guide you will be responsible for leading tours in Mandarin Chinese in and around the London region. Full training is provided and all guiding locations are commutable from our London office. When not leading tours you will be working from our London office on incoming enquiries and assisting with tour itinerary design, organisation and execution, amongst other tasks, to help develop the business.
This role is initially a full-time three month contract, with the potential of a twelve month extension at the end of the three months and a subsequent full-time contract following this.
Us
We are the first UK tour operator to provide tours to Chinese visitors that are run and guided by native British Mandarin speakers. Our approach is unique, offering our Chinese customers the best of both worlds – access to the knowledge and insight of a local, but all in the comfort of their own native language.
We specialise in half-day city walking tours in ten locations around the UK, suitable for any Chinese visitor, as well as longer tours for Chinese youth groups giving them the chance to interact with a local British Mandarin-speaking guide, practice their English, ask questions and get closer to British culture. We are able to organise bespoke UK sightseeing tours, university tours and work tours for Chinese school or student groups.
We also provide professional Mandarin interpreting and translation services for UK businesses and attractions who want to improve their Chinese offering, cater to incoming Chinese corporate guests or make their businesses more Chinese friendly and attract more Chinese business.
You will be joining a small but growing company, unique in its offering and recently named by Visit England as one of the top four UK-China companies in the UK.
Our Mission: We want to provide Chinese visitors with a local and authentic experience in the destinations they visit. We want to be a bridge between China and the rest of the world – breaking down language barriers, increasing cross-cultural understanding and increasing communication between people of different countries.
The Job
Tasks may include but are not limited to:
- Leading tours in Mandarin for Chinese visitors in multiple destinations around the UK. Locations include [but are not limited to] London, Windsor, Oxford, Cambridge, Bath, Stratford-upon-Avon and Brighton.
- Assisting with all aspects of tour itinerary design and organisation. This will include communication with restaurants, attractions, transport companies and accommodation providers, amongst others.
- Execution of tours that you have designed, as well as being the point of contact for groups during tours.
- Dealing with enquiries via email and telephone in English and occasionally in Chinese.
- Chaperoning Chinese groups/delegations when needed.
- Conducting market research.
- Helping run Beiwei 55’s social media channels.
- Attending marketing events and tradeshows in the UK and China.
- Working with us on developing the business internationally.
You
We are looking for someone with the following skills:
- Native British Mandarin Chinese speaker with the ability to lead tours in Mandarin, respond to customers’ questions and interact with the group.
- Fluent levels of spoken, written and aural Mandarin.
- Interest in and some knowledge of British history, culture and society.
- Interest and experience in China and the Chinese – our customers love hearing about your experiences in their country.
- Willingness to learn scripts, read around the subject and add in some of your own research findings to make tours even more fun, relevant and engaging.
- Comfortable leading groups of up to 20 people independently and dealing with tour logistics.
- Comfortable being on your feet for long periods, in wind, rain or shine.
- Initiative, and plenty of it.
- First-rate organisational skills.
- First-rate interpersonal skills.
- Enthusiasm, a smile and a positive attitude.
Additional Information
- This is a full-time role [five days per week] requiring the candidate to work a minimum of four days a week from our London office and remotely where necessary. Depending on the success of the candidate this contract may be offered a 12 month extension at the end of the three months, and a subsequent full-time contract following this.
- Please note that guiding or chaperoning of Chinese groups may take place over weekends, but replacement weekdays off will be provided if this is the case.
- With this role we request that you not to take more than three days consecutive holiday during peak months of June, July and August.
- When working from our office we are happy to offer flexible start and end times providing core working hours of 10:00 – 16:00 are covered daily [seven working hours per day required plus one hour for lunch; candidates may start at any time between 08:00 and 10:00 unless otherwise instructed].
- This role will start early June 2018, although exceptional candidates may be taken on earlier.
