Are you passionate about life in the South of France?
Have you made a lifestyle choice to move or live here because you have discovered something special here that you have not found anywhere else?
We are currently looking for part-time Bike Tour Guides for our top-rated bike tours in Nice and the French Riviera for the coming season!
Overview
Nice Cycle Tours runs a number of top-ranked tours in Nice and on the French Riviera
- Nice Cycle Tours
- eBike the French Riviera
- Secret Organic Vineyards of Nice eBike Tour
Working as a Bike Tour Guide
Working as a bike tour guide is a demanding but highly rewarding job. In fact, it’s more of a passion than a job, as you have to provide high-quality tours consistently and maintain a friendly and positive attitude.
In return you:
- Meet lots of people from all over the world who are 99 % of the time in a great holiday mood! 🙂
- Work outdoors and enjoy the beautiful views in Nice and the French Riviera
- Opportunity to improve and perfect public speaking, presentation/story telling skills
- On top of salary opportunity to earn tips and review bonus
We love to hear from you if you can say yes to these points:
- You can work in France legally and willing to register and work as a self-employed (microentrepreneur) see more information about this bellow
- You speak English proficiently (minimum level: C1) and you are used to interacting professionally with an Anglo/Saxon and international crowd
- You are a good storyteller and have a natural ability to entertain
- You enjoy being around people of all backgrounds
- You are not scared of standing in front of people and managing a group
- You are safety conscious
- You are able to learn and retain a lot of information quickly
- Minimum level of fitness
- You have a passion for this region
Nice-To-Haves
- You speak Dutch or French
- Ideally, you live in or near the city centre of Nice
- You have a general working knowledge of Nice and the French Riviera,
- Some bike maintenance skills
Conditions
- We offer part-time work, morning, afternoons, weekdays and weekends. Our city tours last 3 hours and our E-bike tour last between 4/5 hours.
- Our high season is from early April to end-October, however we have groups such as travellers/backpackers, student groups and corporate groups during our pre-season in the months of December till March.
Salary and registration Autoentrepreneur
- As a registered autoentrepreneur we pay an hourly wage of 17 euro. There will be a social tax of 23% which has to be declared quarterly.
- Registration as antoentrepreneur takes between 8 to 15 days
Open Positions
English speaking guides needed!
We are currently looking for English speaking Bike Tour Guides. Apply now!
Dutch speaking guides needed!
We are also looking for Dutch speaking guides (minimum level C1) for all our open positions below. Apply now!
Bike Tour Guide
Our Nice Cycle Tour takes guests to the Old Town, the Promenade des Anglais, Place Massena, Place Garibaldi and up the Castle Hill. It’s the best introduction to the city of Nice. Ideally, if guests do the tour on their first day in Nice, we can set them up for the rest of their holidays.
A good Cycle Tour guide knows how to ride a bike, has elementary bike maintenance skills, is a good storyteller, easily connects with people and has a winning smile.
If you are interested in this position, and can say YES to all of our General Requirements (see Overview tab), we would be very interested in receiving your application!
eBike Tour Guide For guests that want to go further afield, we offer a selection of French Riviera eBike tours. Going to Villefranche, St Jean Cap Ferrat, or the Bellet area, we use bikes with electrical assistance (eBikes) to cover the extra distance and climbing with great ease.
As an eBike guide, you need to be comfortable riding a bike for a long time, have extensive bike maintenance skills, great autonomy and the ability to improvise when problems arise, be a good storyteller and have a winning smile.
If you are interested in this position, and can say YES to all of our General Requirements (see Overview tab), we would be very interested in receiving your application!
Recruitment and training process
Step 1 Application
Please fill in the application form. You will need to attach your CV.
To optimise your chances of getting an interview, we suggest also providing a confidential link to a short informal video (3-5 minutes) where you introduce yourself and explain why you think you’d be perfect for this job. Further details and instruction are provided in the Application Form tab.
Please note that we DO NOT accept applications via e-mail or by phone.
Step 2 Initial phone call
We call all candidates considered for an audition for a quick informal chat.
Step 3 Interview & audition
The audition consists of a face-to-face interview (exceptionally we can organise a Zoom meeting in person if impracticable). For this interview, we ask you to prepare a story that will keep us entertained for five minutes. It could be on any topic as long as it’s engaging and keeps us hooked!
Step 4 Coming along on a tour
After the interview, we may ask you to come along on one of our tours. This is to give you the opportunity to experience a typical tour and to ensure that you have a good understanding of what working for us entails.
Step 5 Additional interviews & tests
We will also call your referees to get a better understanding of your personality and background.
Step 6 Training program
We offer paid training of approx 10-20 hrs, depending on which tours we are training you for, plus we expect you to do significant self study. The elapsed time from when you start your training until you start doing tours with fully paid clients is typically 2-4 weeks.
Step 7 Quality assurance and continuous training
Your training doesn’t stop there! A senior guide will come on your tours regularly to help you improve your presentation and storytelling skills as well as group management and safety aspects. You are expected to continue to learn throughout your employment with us!
Application Form
If you think you’d make a good guide on one or several of our 5-star Bike Tours, please submit an application below!
We suggest you prepare all the answers for the form below in a separate document (e.g. using Word) to make sure you don’t lose your information.
At the bottom of the application form, you will need to attach your CV.
And to optimize your chances of getting an interview, we strongly suggest also providing a confidential link to a short informal video (max 3-5 minutes) where you introduce yourself and explain why you think you’d be perfect for this job. Further details and instructions below.
Note: All questions marked with a ‘*’ are mandatory.