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Social Host At Global Surf Lodge - Kabalana
As a Social Host at Global Surf Lodge – Kabalana, you play a crucial role in creating a positive, friendly, and motivating atmosphere at our surf camp. Along with an international team, you will be responsible for ensuring that guests have an unforgettable experience during their stay.
You are likely an energetic and outgoing individual who loves connecting with people and making sure they feel welcome and engaged. Your role involves spending time with new guests, both in and out of the camp, sharing life experiences, and creating special moments on our magical island.
Key Responsibilities:
- Welcoming and socializing with guests to ensure they feel at home.
- Organizing and leading activities that entertain and engage guests.
- Creating a warm and inclusive environment that encourages interaction among guests.
- Spending downtime with guests, sharing stories, and ensuring their experience is fun and memorable.
- Being a “good vibe captain” outside of scheduled activities, contributing to a positive atmosphere.
Qualities We’re Looking For:
- Energetic and sociable personality.
- Creative in finding ways to entertain guests.
- Passionate about sharing experiences and making connections.
- Flexible and adaptable, thriving in an environment where business and pleasure go hand in hand.
At Global Surf Lodge – Kabalana, we believe that with you as a Social Host, our guests will always find their stay engaging and unforgettable.
- Minimum Commitment: Able to stay for a minimum of 3 months.
- Language Skills: Confident English speaker.
- People-Oriented: A true people person, as everything at our lodge starts and ends with people.
- Social Skills: Excellent at handling customer expectations, reviews, and complaints with a positive attitude.
- Pressure Management: Ability to work under pressure while consistently delivering an outstanding customer experience.
- Team Player: Works well with others and contributes to a collaborative team environment.
- Creative Problem Solver: Possesses a creative mind and problem-solving skills to resolve issues quickly and effectively.
- Passion for Travel: Enthusiastic about a lifestyle filled with traveling and exploring.
- Social Media Savvy: Comfortable sharing daily Instagram stories about the Global Surf Lodge experience.
- Bonus Skills: Business orientation is a plus if you have the desire and ability to contribute to developing our offerings.
- Surfing Enthusiast: A big plus if you’re a surfer or eager to learn, ready to hit the waves with our crew every morning.
- Cool Vibe & Great Team: Join a fun, energetic team of like-minded people who share your passion for travel, adventure, and creating memorable guest experiences.
- Relocation Opportunities: Explore relocation opportunities with us after your first contract.
- Contract Duration: 3-6 months, with the potential for extension.
- Full Board Accommodation: Enjoy comfortable accommodation and meals during your stay.
Head Surf Coach
We're searching for an experienced Head Surf Coach to come to join our team at Global surf!
As a Head Surf Coach, you will lead the surf department at our Global surf Lodge, coach and inspire a team of others coaches, as well as conducting theory lessons, video & Picture analysis, and getting your hands and feet wet in the role as a surf coach.
The mission is to place Global surf as a premier surf retreat worldwide providing a great guest experience and a one of a kind level of surf coaching incorporating progression and fun at the same time. It is important for us that every one of our clients will experience an improvement process, yet fun and empowering.
We are expecting you to be energetic and result-driven, be a good team player and lead by example.
You must be able to lead, coach, inspire, support and motivate your team, and always seeking to improve best practice.
The workload can get big, with lots of pressure. You are expected to be a leader for your team and guests and handle critical situations calmly and professional showing that you are in control.
Your surf and coaching experience are an inspiration to our guests and team of surf coaches, who you'll help to train and progress in their own surfing as well as their teaching methods.
Our vision is that the lead surf coach will get to a point where we have smooth operations and he can mainly finetune surf program and have fun, inspire and empower gussets.
As a surfer you are living and breathing it, you're an ocean lover and your lifestyle allows you to spend most of your time in and around the ocean which is what you love the most.
You are an experienced surfer how can surf various surfboards, and draw different lines, however, you must be inspired by teaching beginners and intermediates, as this is the level of the majority of our guests. You must be a responsible surfer, and take precautions to keep all guests safe at all times, even when they are under your team responsibility.
You are a surfer! And interested in the technical aspects of surfing as well as the philosophy and lifestyle.
You must be a great presenter and not be afraid of standing Infront of people, as well the ability to explain the technical aspects of surfing, ranging from someone that has never surfed before through to experienced surfers, in a fun and interactive way.
You will need to work from the computer to reply to emails, and access booking systems to plan ahead for the coming weeks and months courses, as well handling bookings for surf lessons sold at the site, allocate the coaches accordingly to cover those lessons.
Fluent in English – speaking, and writing
ISA or similar surf teaching certificate
Minimum 6 months stay
Work experience of surf coaching – a minimum of 5 years
A good surfer
Interpersonal and leadership skills
Team player
Computer skills (email, office, etc..)
Cool vibe and a great team of likeminded people
Relocation opportunities after the first contract
6 months contract
Flight ticket refund after 6 months of work
Full board accommodation
Salary
Senior Surf Coach
We're searching for an experienced Senior Surf Coaches to come to join our team at Global surf Lodge!
As a Surf Coach, you will lead up to 5 students through a week of surfing; daily in-water surf lessons, video and picture analysis, and surf theory classes.
Moreover, you will act as a social host in and out of the water, having fun with our guests and keeping high vibes always.
You're an ocean lover and your lifestyle allow you to spend most of your time in and around the ocean which is what you love the most.
You must be a great presenter and not be afraid of standing Infront of people, as well the ability to explain the technical aspects of surfing, ranging from someone that has never surfed before through to experienced surfers, in a fun and interactive way.
Fluent in English – speaking, and writing
ISA or similar surf teaching certificate
Minimum 6 months stay
Proven work experience of surf coaching – a minimum of 3 years
A good surfer
Interpersonal and leadership skills
Team player
Cool vibe and a great team of likeminded people
Relocation opportunities after the first contract
6 months contract
Full board accommodation
Guest & Experience Photographer
We are looking for a surf & lifestyle photographer, who loves telling a story from behind the lens. The shoots will be across a spectrum of surfing, yoga, lifestyle, nature, and people.
The dream candidate will be a people lover who can get along with all types of people, not just like-minded folks.
You are independent and can get things done without much guidance, rather than a systematic, organized approach which we created, alongside with your creative approach.
you are expected to be results-driven, a team player and hardworking, to achieve the goals and deadlines set.
RESPONSIBILITIES
• shoot photo & Videos of the guests as well as occasional lifestyle shoots with staff and team riders for Global surf, or other ideas from the marketing team.
• You will follow the guests most of the time, shooting them in and out of the surf, tagging along on excursions and activities, eat meals with them, etc.
• Representing a global surf team and being a big part of representing the global surf experience, so it’s important that you are helping to contribute to this experience as a host.
• Editing and selecting the best content, once a week video clip
• One on one session with each guest showing them their content.
Global surf will own user rights of the content shot during the time of employment
Producing experience is a bonus – ideation, editing, and deliverance in a timely manner
The ability to produce still & video content during the same shoots
Bring your own gear, the bare minimum is a computer, hard drives, DSLR camera with additions such as zoom lenses, drone, etc. are a clear bonus
• That you have previous experience of surf water photography and can show a portfolio of your work in that file
Cool vibe and a great team of likeminded people
Relocation opportunities after the first contract
Three months contract
Full board accommodation
Optional extra income
