Lapland Staff is looking for Christmas Coordinators for the various locations of Lapland Safaris for the Christmas season 2025. We are looking for coordinators for Levi, Saariselkä and Rovaniemi.  

The duties of Christmas Coordinator focus on handling and organizing the safari programs for charter flight travelers. The coordinators form a team who manage the Christmas operations as a whole, with the operator’s daily schedule being its core. This includes for instance transportation scheduling, cooperation with tour operators and management of bookings for various safaris with our suppliers. 

The Christmas Coordinator mainly works as part of a team, but must also be capable of independent work, and if necessary, also acts as a guide.  

We expect the Christmas Coordinator to have an active and energetic attitude, a suitable education and previous work experience within the tourism field in Lapland, as well as a flexible and firm approach to handling tasks. December is a very busy travel month, so we also hope for problem-solving ability and the ability to work under pressure. The work environment is international, so you must have fluent verbal and written English skills. Knowledge of Finnish language is a big advantage in this position. Other language skills and previous experience in guiding work and providing tourism services are considered an advantage.  

In Levi we have open positions for elf guide duty managers and for optional excursion coordinators. Representatives of tour operators actively sell Lapland Safaris optional excursions for travelers of charter flights at the resort. Optional excursion coordinators make the pre-bookings of the excursions to Lapland Safaris’ ERP system before the arrivals and assist the representatives daily with on-sight sales bookings. Daily tasks also include managing allotments of excursions, communicating with suppliers of excursions and at the end of the day handling the liquidation of sales. Thus, previous experience of working with computers and different systems is expected from you, as well as excellent knowledge of MS Excel is necessary to easily complete the tasks involved with optional sales. The time frame for representatives selling the optional excursions is limited, which is why coordinators are expected to be precise and enthusiastic to work under pressure during hectic on-sight sales times.   

The duty managers of the elves are the immediate supervisors of the elves and are responsible for the smooth running of the daily program and keeping to the schedule, as well as assisting those on shift with passing on important information. The shift manager checks that the elf guides have marked their shifts correctly at the end of the working day. This job culminates in the desire to work with people, as well as computers. Basic knowledge of MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint is needed.   

In Saariselkä and Rovaniemi, the work is done in two different teams, depending on the tour operator. In both teams, the same tasks are performed as in Levi, but the tasks are divided among the teams with different emphasis. In Rovaniemi a driver’s license is mandatory and in Saariselkä it is considered an advantage. 

Other daily tasks include e.g. taking care of running things that need to be handled on site, being the contact person for subcontractors, preparing the next day's schedules and driving elf guides to work and from work to accommodation after the workday. The Christmas Coordinator is also ready to jump into Elf’s role every now and then- in the case of giving a break to others or sick leave for example. In Santa’s Secret Hideaway Kelokaira, all elves, as well as Christmas coordinators (from other destinations as well) are required to dress up as elves. Thus, the ability to switch from one role to another is important! 

We offer you:  

• The support of a professional work team and an interesting job description 

• Lapland’s natural beautiful surroundings  

• Comprehensive staff benefits of Lapland Hotels & Lapland Safaris. You will receive benefits for example from equipment rental, restaurants and Lapland Ski Resorts’ lift tickets. 

The employment relationship is a fixed term seasonal contract by the Collective Agreement in the Adventure Services sector. Work will start in October/November 2025 and last until the beginning/mid of January 2026. Salary according to the Collective Agreement of Adventure Services grade B-C, hourly wage starting at 12 € (gross). Work will be done also during weekends and public holidays. Sundays and Finnish bank holidays are paid double. Accommodation is organized (except in Rovaniemi) in shared rooms, with a reasonable rent in comparison to the local price level.

Please note that Lapland Safaris is a non-smoking working place. 

Interviews are conducted, and hiring decisions are made already during the application period so apply soon!   

More information: info@laplandstaff.fi  

In addition, please note that in order to work in Finland, an EU-citizenship/passport or valid working permit to Finland is required.  

If you need a work permit or visa for Finland, we must be able to process your application in time due to the length of the permit process. You can check your work permit requirements here: https://migri.fi/en/home 

The employee pays and applies for the work permit themselves, with the assistance of Lapland Staff. Please submit your job application to us before the following dates:   

Work permit for seasonal work (whole winter season, over 3 months in Finland): 17.8.  

Visa: 17.8.  

Certificate for seasonal work (Christmas season, less than 3 months in Finland): 17.9.