Location: Ottawa, ON, Canada (On-site)
Starting Salary: $17.75/hour
Branch: Airports Canada & CX Strategy
Category: Unionized (UNIFOR)
Job type: Full Time
The opportunity
Right now, Air Canada is looking for Customer Experience Specialists to join our team at the Edmonton Airport. In this customer-facing position, you will play an important part in ensuring that all flights are ready for secure and on-time performance by assisting customers at the airport through each touch point of their journey.
If you’re enthusiastic, caring, and love working with people then you could be just moments away from landing your perfect role.
What your day-to-day looks like
As a Customer Experience Specialist at Edmonton airport, you will be part of a vibrant and diverse team representing Air Canada as Ground Hosts and Hostesses. You will also:
Conduct customer check-in, and prepare and issue boarding passes
Assist pre-boarding customers and provide information on flight schedules and routes
Assist customers requiring special assistance throughout the customer journey, ensuring their timely and safe transport to their designated gates or baggage claims
Active movement throughout the airport to attend to the assigned work area
Take a look at this video to find out more about the Customer Experience Specialist role: https://youtu.be/aTKy5mJ3fdE
Your benefits
As one of the leading employers in Canada, we like to ensure our employees are well rewarded with a range of benefits including:
Air Canada staff love to travel and we have one of the most generous employee travel programs in the industry. You will be eligible for travel privileges for yourself and other eligible persons once you’ve completed twenty-eight (28) weeks of service.
Choose how you’d work with us. We have both full-time and part-time opportunities available
We value your wellbeing which is why we offer a wide variety of benefit plans, including health and dental, for you and your family
Training and development tools to help unlock your full potential.
Skills and experience required
Availability to attend and successfully pass a five (5) to seven (7) weeks full-time paid training program
Availability to work rotating shift patterns over a 24-hour period (including weekends and holidays)
Ability to walk long distances and stand for long periods
Ability to lift, push, and pull, and provide wheelchair assistance to customers with reduced mobility
The ability to work within strict timelines in order to maintain on-time performance
Ability to adhere to Air Canada’s attendance and grooming standards
Previous customer service experience with strong interpersonal skills
Excellent communication and teamwork skills
Strong ability to solve problems and find solutions, in line with the guidelines and policies
Safety and security conscious
Demonstrate punctuality and dependability to support overall team success in a fast-paced environment.
Candidates must be eligible to work in the country of interest, at the time any offer of employment is made and seeking any required work permits/visas or other authorizations which may be required is the sole responsibility of the candidates applying for this position
Must be able to obtain and maintain any applicable transportation security clearances and additional authorizations. Please refer to Transport Canada site for more details.
Linguistic Requirements
Priority will be given to candidate's bilingual in English and French. Moreover, strong consideration will also be given to candidates fluent in English and one or more of the preferred languages: Japanese, Korean, Cantonese, Mandarin, Spanish, Italian, German, Arabic, Hebrew, Portuguese, Greek, Hindi, Punjabi.
Let your career take flight
Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity to be a part of the growth and expansion of Canada’s largest airline. Come onboard with us and watch your career take flight.
Diversity and inclusion
Air Canada is strongly committed to Diversity and Inclusion and aims to create a healthy, accessible and rewarding work environment which highlights employees’ unique contributions to our company’s success.
As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from all to help us build a diverse workforce which reflects the diversity of our customers, and communities, in which we live and serve.
Air Canada thanks all candidates for their interest; however, only those selected to continue in the process will be contacted
