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Beijing City Manager
at
Newman Tours
in Beijing
Summary
Newman Tours is currently offering an exciting full-time opportunity to become our new Beijing City Manager. Newman Tours has been established in Beijing since 2010, where our native English speaking Tour Guides have been leading popular tours including our Warlord Tours, Forbidden City Tours, Ghost Tours, Great Wall Excursions and History of China in 50 Objects Tours among others for tourists and expats alike.
We’re now seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic native English speaker, with extensive China knowledge and tourism sector experience to become our Bejing City Manager and run our Beijing operations.
Send us the application materials described below for your chance to gain a unique career development opportunity in the tour industry and business management in China.
If you are interested in this position but feel you have limited experience, please consider applying for our Fast-Track Programme. We are very keen to find young and ambitious interns and graduates to join our business and for those exceptional candidates, we can offer a career path towards management.
About Newman Tours
Newman Tours was established in 2010 to offer those who are passionate about Chinese history and culture to lead tours that would enhance everyone’s understanding of the Middle Kingdom.
Having started with just a French Concession Tour and Ghost Tour in Shanghai, Newman Tours have since gone on to develop forty unique tours all over China. To provide these tours, we have full time employees based in Shanghai, Beijing, and Xi’an. We are, however, still a small and friendly company, and every member of our team not only helps to lead tours, but is also involved in marketing and administering the company and helping us grow.
We’re unique thanks to our eloquent, expert, and easy-to-understand native English speaking guides. Our tours are not only well-researched, but also bring history to life with videos and photos on our iPads, and activities like chopsticks pick-pocketing, tobogganing down from the Great Wall, and even ghost weddings! As a result, we’re highly recommended by tourists, expats, schools, corporate clients, and the media (click here to see our customers’ reviews on Tripadvisor, and click here to see reviews written by the media). As a result, we have received TripAdvisor Certificates of Excellence in Shanghai and Beijing for the last six years running (click here to learn more about our awards and find out what else makes us special.)
We do tours for all sorts of interesting people, ranging from academics to businessmen, and from families to backpackers. We’ve done corporate tours for CEOs, Partners, Directors and Senior Managers from some of the world’s leading companies. Recent clients include Google, BP, Rio Tinto, Apple, Senior Partners for Pricewaterhouse Coopers, the Board Of Directors for Dash Brands, Michael Douglas, and the Ambassadors of Iraq and Costa Rica.
We’ve developed the following great tours in and around Shanghai, Beijing, and Xi’an, which you’ll be paid to learn and lead:
Tours In & Around Beijing
In Beijing, we offer historical Forbidden City Tours, Summer Palace Tours and China In 50 Objects Tours.
In addition we offer interactive Beijing Ghost Tours, Hutong Adventures, and Warlord Tours.
Around Beijing, we also offer Great Wall Excursions.
Tours In & Around Xi’an
In Xi’an we offer historical Muslim District Tours, Terracotta Warriors Excursions, and Shaanxi Museum Tours.
In addition we offer interactive City Wall Tours and Monkey King (Great Wild Goose Pagoda) Tours.
Around Xi’an, we offer excursions to Chengdu, Shaolin, Luoyang, and Pingyao.
Tours In & Around Shanghai
In Shanghai, Newman Tours offers historical tours of The Bund, The French Concession, The Jewish Ghetto, and The Shanghai Museum.
In addition we offer interactive Ancient Shanghai Tours, Gangster Tours, Ghost Tours and Kung Fu Tours.
Around Shanghai, we offer excursions to Hangzhou, Suzhou, and Zhujiajiao.
Newman Tours' Team
About the position
As the Beijing City Manager, you will be responsible for all tour operations in Beijing. This will include:
Managing, training and recruiting tour guides based in Beijing
Handling all Beijing Tour related logistics including pre-purchasing tickets for major attractions, arranging private vehicles for our Tailored tours in Beijing
Representing Newman Tours at promotional events and job fairs
Managing accounts with our corporate clients and schools, as well as developing new business in Beijing
Leading and assisting in various projects such as sales, marketing & recruitment campaigns, tour development and charity events
Leading tours throughout the week, particularly our VIP Tours, Tailored Best of Beijing Tours and Excursions. You will need to be flexible with your work schedule in order to help us accommodate tour requests.
What we require
Must be a native English speaker with strong Mandarin Chinese. (Additional European languages are a plus)
Have lived in Beijing or another city in China for at least 12 months.
At least one year of experience working in the tour industry preferred.
Capable of effectively managing people and logistics. Can work with minimal guidance, be proactive and handle uncertainty.
The standard five-day working week of 40 hours will be Friday through to Tuesday or Wednesday through to Sunday. Working hours will vary from 09:00 to 18:00 and 13:00 to 22:00 (with an hour for lunch or dinner) depending on tour scheduling. Given the nature of the Tour Guide industry, applicants will be expected to demonstrate a reasonable degree of flexibility in the scheduling of their work.
Must be enthusiastic, friendly and outgoing with a good knowledge of and interest in China’s history and culture.
Must be willing to stand up and make presentations to strangers.
Must be able to speak clearly and concisely and project your voice.
Must have a good memory in order to remember the facts of your tours.
Newman Tours also encourages its guides to interact and improvise with their audiences, so strong inter-personal skills, a good sense of humour and the ability to think on your feet are all extremely important.
Must have your own laptop computer that is reasonably fast, and be willing to use it for office work.
Must have a smart phone that is capable of running Wechat, taking photos, and recording audio.
Must have good organisational skills, phone manner, and Microsoft Office skills.
SEO, web design, and Adobe Illustrator skills would also be advantageous.
Marketing experience would also be an advantage.
Benefits
Competitive salary and commission based on experience.
On top of this, you will not only receive tips from guests, but will also get 15% of any revenue received from new clients who heard about Newman Tours from you for up to six months of that guest’s first tour taking place.
For those that want to improve their Chinese, we offer cost price classes with our language learning partner, Panda Chinese (currently 50rmb for 50 minutes).
Many of our tours feature meals, drinks and refreshments that enable our Tour Guides to experience some of the best restaurants and bars in town free of charge.
As well as learning and leading a wide range of our exciting tours, you’ll gain experience in marketing, sales, design, human resources, accounting, and business administration.
How to apply
Please send your application to jobs@newmantours.com with the heading “Beijing City Manager” containing the following:
An English-language CV.
An audio recording approximately one minute in length introducing yourself and explaining why you think you would be a good candidate for the position.
Please also specify your WeChat, WhatsApp and Facebook webpage Address so that we will have some alternative means of contacting you.
Please also specify three separate times that you will be available between 09:00 and 18:00 (Chinese time) for a potential first round interview.
Newman Tours is currently offering an exciting full-time opportunity to become our new Beijing City Manager. Newman Tours has been established in Beijing since 2010, where our native English speaking Tour Guides have been leading popular tours including our Warlord Tours, Forbidden City Tours, Ghost Tours, Great Wall Excursions and History of China in 50 Objects Tours among others for tourists and expats alike.
We’re now seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic native English speaker, with extensive China knowledge and tourism sector experience to become our Bejing City Manager and run our Beijing operations.
Send us the application materials described below for your chance to gain a unique career development opportunity in the tour industry and business management in China.
If you are interested in this position but feel you have limited experience, please consider applying for our Fast-Track Programme. We are very keen to find young and ambitious interns and graduates to join our business and for those exceptional candidates, we can offer a career path towards management.
About Newman Tours
Newman Tours was established in 2010 to offer those who are passionate about Chinese history and culture to lead tours that would enhance everyone’s understanding of the Middle Kingdom.
Having started with just a French Concession Tour and Ghost Tour in Shanghai, Newman Tours have since gone on to develop forty unique tours all over China. To provide these tours, we have full time employees based in Shanghai, Beijing, and Xi’an. We are, however, still a small and friendly company, and every member of our team not only helps to lead tours, but is also involved in marketing and administering the company and helping us grow.
We’re unique thanks to our eloquent, expert, and easy-to-understand native English speaking guides. Our tours are not only well-researched, but also bring history to life with videos and photos on our iPads, and activities like chopsticks pick-pocketing, tobogganing down from the Great Wall, and even ghost weddings! As a result, we’re highly recommended by tourists, expats, schools, corporate clients, and the media (click here to see our customers’ reviews on Tripadvisor, and click here to see reviews written by the media). As a result, we have received TripAdvisor Certificates of Excellence in Shanghai and Beijing for the last six years running (click here to learn more about our awards and find out what else makes us special.)
We do tours for all sorts of interesting people, ranging from academics to businessmen, and from families to backpackers. We’ve done corporate tours for CEOs, Partners, Directors and Senior Managers from some of the world’s leading companies. Recent clients include Google, BP, Rio Tinto, Apple, Senior Partners for Pricewaterhouse Coopers, the Board Of Directors for Dash Brands, Michael Douglas, and the Ambassadors of Iraq and Costa Rica.
We’ve developed the following great tours in and around Shanghai, Beijing, and Xi’an, which you’ll be paid to learn and lead:
Tours In & Around Beijing
In Beijing, we offer historical Forbidden City Tours, Summer Palace Tours and China In 50 Objects Tours.
In addition we offer interactive Beijing Ghost Tours, Hutong Adventures, and Warlord Tours.
Around Beijing, we also offer Great Wall Excursions.
Tours In & Around Xi’an
In Xi’an we offer historical Muslim District Tours, Terracotta Warriors Excursions, and Shaanxi Museum Tours.
In addition we offer interactive City Wall Tours and Monkey King (Great Wild Goose Pagoda) Tours.
Around Xi’an, we offer excursions to Chengdu, Shaolin, Luoyang, and Pingyao.
Tours In & Around Shanghai
In Shanghai, Newman Tours offers historical tours of The Bund, The French Concession, The Jewish Ghetto, and The Shanghai Museum.
In addition we offer interactive Ancient Shanghai Tours, Gangster Tours, Ghost Tours and Kung Fu Tours.
Around Shanghai, we offer excursions to Hangzhou, Suzhou, and Zhujiajiao.
Newman Tours' Team
About the position
As the Beijing City Manager, you will be responsible for all tour operations in Beijing. This will include:
Managing, training and recruiting tour guides based in Beijing
Handling all Beijing Tour related logistics including pre-purchasing tickets for major attractions, arranging private vehicles for our Tailored tours in Beijing
Representing Newman Tours at promotional events and job fairs
Managing accounts with our corporate clients and schools, as well as developing new business in Beijing
Leading and assisting in various projects such as sales, marketing & recruitment campaigns, tour development and charity events
Leading tours throughout the week, particularly our VIP Tours, Tailored Best of Beijing Tours and Excursions. You will need to be flexible with your work schedule in order to help us accommodate tour requests.
What we require
Must be a native English speaker with strong Mandarin Chinese. (Additional European languages are a plus)
Have lived in Beijing or another city in China for at least 12 months.
At least one year of experience working in the tour industry preferred.
Capable of effectively managing people and logistics. Can work with minimal guidance, be proactive and handle uncertainty.
The standard five-day working week of 40 hours will be Friday through to Tuesday or Wednesday through to Sunday. Working hours will vary from 09:00 to 18:00 and 13:00 to 22:00 (with an hour for lunch or dinner) depending on tour scheduling. Given the nature of the Tour Guide industry, applicants will be expected to demonstrate a reasonable degree of flexibility in the scheduling of their work.
Must be enthusiastic, friendly and outgoing with a good knowledge of and interest in China’s history and culture.
Must be willing to stand up and make presentations to strangers.
Must be able to speak clearly and concisely and project your voice.
Must have a good memory in order to remember the facts of your tours.
Newman Tours also encourages its guides to interact and improvise with their audiences, so strong inter-personal skills, a good sense of humour and the ability to think on your feet are all extremely important.
Must have your own laptop computer that is reasonably fast, and be willing to use it for office work.
Must have a smart phone that is capable of running Wechat, taking photos, and recording audio.
Must have good organisational skills, phone manner, and Microsoft Office skills.
SEO, web design, and Adobe Illustrator skills would also be advantageous.
Marketing experience would also be an advantage.
Benefits
Competitive salary and commission based on experience.
On top of this, you will not only receive tips from guests, but will also get 15% of any revenue received from new clients who heard about Newman Tours from you for up to six months of that guest’s first tour taking place.
For those that want to improve their Chinese, we offer cost price classes with our language learning partner, Panda Chinese (currently 50rmb for 50 minutes).
Many of our tours feature meals, drinks and refreshments that enable our Tour Guides to experience some of the best restaurants and bars in town free of charge.
As well as learning and leading a wide range of our exciting tours, you’ll gain experience in marketing, sales, design, human resources, accounting, and business administration.
How to apply
Please send your application to jobs@newmantours.com with the heading “Beijing City Manager” containing the following:
An English-language CV.
An audio recording approximately one minute in length introducing yourself and explaining why you think you would be a good candidate for the position.
Please also specify your WeChat, WhatsApp and Facebook webpage Address so that we will have some alternative means of contacting you.
Please also specify three separate times that you will be available between 09:00 and 18:00 (Chinese time) for a potential first round interview.
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