sea chefs is a leading international partner of shipping companies and tour operators in the cruise industry and a full-service hospitality management provider. We provide a comprehensive range of services for our clients. This includes hotel, catering, spa and crew management on board ocean and river cruise ships in the premium, luxury and expedition segments.
While around 16,000 crew members are deployed on cruise ships worldwide, we employ over 220 people at our locations in Switzerland, Germany, Malta, France and Cyprus. They are responsible for areas such as administration, crewing, operations, procurement, recruiting and corporate management, ensuring that everything runs smoothly.
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Your job
Versatility is your great talent and you want the same from your job?
As a Team Assistant Hotel Operations(Mein Schiff® ) (f⁠/⁠m⁠/⁠d) at sea chefs, you can expect more than just a varied job – you will also immerse yourself in the world of seafaring!
Your tasks:
- Supporting the Vice President of the Mein Schiff® fleet and the Hotel Operations team in monitoring and coordinating workflows on board
- General assistance tasks within the department
- Creation and preparation of presentations, statistics and reports
- Preparation and follow-up of meetings, taking minutes, filing, viewing and distributing relevant reports, ensuring the implementation of tasks
- Preparation and communication of personnel-related topics as well as welcoming new employees and initial briefing
- Preparation of pre-departure and pre-embarkation briefings for management positions on board
- Absence management for the hotel operations team
- Management and control of documents in the ConSense tool in close cooperation with the Operations Managers
- Additional, non-specialist tasks, e.g. when taking over the ship or during shipyard periods
- Vacation replacement of the receptionist
Your course & your talents
What you bring with you:
- Successfully completed training and experience in the hotel industry /
Professional experience on cruise ships an advantage - Strong teamwork and communication skills
- High level of service orientation
- Assertiveness, flexibility, organizational talent, independence
- Ability to work under pressure, reliability and integrity
- Confident handling of MS Office, especially Outlook, PowerPoint, Word and Excel
- Very good German and good written and spoken English skills
- Ability to work independently
- Very good general knowledge, confident manners
- Willingness to travel
Why sea chefs?
This is what awaits you in our team on land:
- International working environment
- Further education & training
- Central city location
- Core & trust-based working hours
- Attractive social benefits
- Team & company events
- public transportation allowance
- Lunch check card
Do you have any questions about this job or our application process?
Our recruiting team will be happy to help you:
Julia Timbol
jti@seachefs.com
+41 41 289 50 14
We look forward to receiving your application – regardless of your age, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, ideology and/or sexual orientation. Please apply online only.