Haven in Paris is Hiring: Paris, Gorgeous Apartments, All Things French, And You!

We’re hiring! Haven in Paris, our boutique vacation rental business with properties in Paris, London, Provence and Tuscany, is in need of fresh talent! We’re looking for someone who is just as obsessed with gorgeous vacation properties, hospitality, and making travel dreams come true as we are. Read on for the job description. If you think you’d be a good fit, send your cover letter and resume to careers@haveninparis.com.

Carin Olsson

Haven in Paris is a boutique, vacation rental agency with over 20 years of experience in the tourist industry in Paris, France and Italy.

We’re looking for a smart, self-motivated and customer-oriented Sales & Service Specialist to join our boutique apartment rental team, handling sales inquiries and ensuring the client rental experience is smooth and stress-free.

The ideal candidate must be energetic, creative, resourceful, and must enjoy working in a highly entrepreneurial, highly fluid environment. The position requires excellent sales, writing, editing, communication and organization skills, as well as a gift for developing professional relationships online.

The candidate must be able to work independently to keep up with our fast-paced environment and be willing to put in the hours (including weekends) needed to book rentals in our properties. The candidate will ideally be located in Maine and a U.S. resident, but have the ability to travel for training and on an as-needed basis. We will also accept applications from candidates located on the East Coast. This is a full-time, work-from-home position.

Responsibilities:

• Respond to and monitor sales inquiries submitted to our site, with the goal of achieving full occupancy for our roster of vacation apartments and villas.
• Remain on top of all inquiries, following up in a timely manner in order to book rentals, using creative ways to balance and prioritize the volume of inquiries.
• Handle the response and booking process to customers’ inquiries in conjunction with our current team, but sometimes working entirely independently.
• Answer questions and solve issues from property owners, service professionals and our apartment rental clients in a timely manner.

The ideal candidate will possess the following skills and experience:

• Experience in e-mail communications in an online customer service or sales environment.
• Excellent oral communication skills
• Excellent writing skills.
• Amazing ability to prioritize and juggle tasks based on value to business at any given time.
• Strong familiarity with much of Paris, the major sites and the neighborhoods.
• Must be able to write and speak French at a conversational level.
• Ability to approach problematic situations with common sense and calm.
• Ability to learn Internet-based tools quickly.
• Accounting skills useful.
• All applicants must be able to legally live and work in the U.S.
• Maine resident preferred; East Coast applicants accepted
• Schedule flexibility is key, as this position will include weekends.

If you have experience in the following areas, please also include these skills in your application:

• Project management experience
• Marketing and branding experience
• Editorial experience

To apply, please send a cover letter and resume to careers@haveninparis.com.

Please note: We are, unfortunately, only able to reply to candidates that we are actively pursuing.

Aisling Greally