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Tour Guide job description

A ready advert for a Tour Guide job in Libya, in Arabic and English. Post it on jobs.ly and edit it to fit your organization.

About the job

We are looking for a tour guide to accompany visitors on tours, explain sites and their history in an engaging and accurate way, and look after their comfort and safety throughout the trip.

Duties and responsibilities

  • Accompany visitors on city, archaeological and desert tours
  • Explain sites and their history, such as Leptis Magna, Sabratha and Ghadames, in the visitors' language
  • Organize the day's programme and keep to its timings
  • Coordinate with drivers, hotels and restaurants during the trip
  • Look after visitors' comfort and safety and handle emergencies
  • Brief visitors on local customs and site visiting rules
  • Report after each trip on how it went and visitors' feedback

Working conditions

  • Travel between cities and sites with overnight stays on trips
  • Outdoor work, sometimes in high heat

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or diploma in tourism, history, archaeology or languages
  • 3 to 6 years of experience in tour guiding

The years of experience follow the level you choose when posting.

Skills

  • History knowledge
  • English
  • Communication
  • Tour organizing
  • First aid
  • Desert guiding
  • A second foreign language
  • Group management

Preferred

  • A tour guide licence from the relevant authority
  • Good command of another language such as Italian, French or German
  • Experience with desert trips in southern Libya
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Description in Arabic

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