Working for Tall Stories

Tour Leaders

Tall Stories events are run by a Tour Leader. They manage the whole event and all people on the event including participants, guides, medics, and any representatives from the charity or the company. On our bike rides, tour leaders have to drive vehicles to provide support for cyclists preparing their food on the hoof, carrying luggage, organising hotels and dealing with all manner of expected and unexpected emergencies. We expect all Tall Stories personnel to “muck in” with everything and play a meaningful, hands-on, role in any event.

We also take tour leaders on our trekking, skiing and multisport activities where the greater client role is remote client management rather than vehicle support. Many of our tour leaders also work as guides.

To become a Tall Stories Tour Leader you need to:

• Be experienced working with and leading groups of people and working part of a tight knit team
• Have a clean driving license and be 25 years old or over to drive all of our vehicles
• Be able to deal with a crisis with a level head and think around problems
• Be 1st aid qualified
• Be physically fit with a proven history of doing consecutive days of challenging exercise

And have:

• Excellent organisational skills
• Preferably a knowledge of a European language – mostly French, Spanish or Italian.
• If you would like to get involved in trekking events you should preferably have an ML.
• If you would like to get involved in skiing events you should be able to ski black runs.

Unlike many of our competitors, we pay all of our guides, plus expenses, for every trip.

If you would like to join our database of guides, please send us a CV and covering letter, highlighting your relevant experience, with an attached photograph, and we will forward you a list of events identifying who we need and with what particular skills.

Guides

Tall Stories events are always guided on a ratio of 10 participants to 1 guide. On each of these events we use a mixture of local and British guides. Some times the British guides lead groups and sometimes they are “back stops”, so help out as an extra pair of hands. We expect all Tall Stories personnel to “muck in” with everything and play a meaningful, hands-on, role in any event.

To become a Tall Stories guide you need to be:

• Experienced working with and leading groups of people.
• Able to deal with a crisis with a level head and think round problems
• 1st aid qualified
• Physically fit with a proven history of doing consecutive days of challenging exercise

And have:

• Excellent organisational skills
• Preferably a knowledge of a European language – mostly French, Spanish, German and Italian.
• If you would like to get involved in trekking events you should preferably have a ML.
• If you would like to get involved in biking events you should have good mechanical knowledge and be able to fix most mechanical problems on your own.
• If you would like to get involved in skiing events you should be able to ski black runs.

Unlike many of our competitors, we pay all of our guides, plus expenses, for every trip.

If you would like to join our database of guides, please send us a CV and covering letter, highlighting your relevant experience, with an attached photograph, and we will forward you a list of events identifying who we need and with what particular skills.

Medics

We also take medics on all of our events, bar ski events. Sometimes we need medics who can actually participate in the event (trekkers or cyclists) but still handle a medical emergency if one arises. Other times we need medics who are happy to be in the support vehicle which trails the group. The minimum standard of medic we take is an EMT but we are happier still with paramedics, nurses and doctors!

To become a Tall Stories event medic you need to be:

• Experienced working in remote areas with little support or back up
• Experienced working with groups of people
• Able to deal with a crisis with a level head and think round problems
• Physically fit and with a proven history of doing consecutive days of challenging exercise if you are going to participate in the event
• A knowledge of a European language – mostly French, Spanish, German and Italian-will always be handy.

If you would like to join our database of medics, please send us a CV and covering letter, highlighting your relevant experience, with an attached photograph, and we will forward a list of events to you identifying who we need and with what particular skills.

Unlike many of our competitors, we pay all of our medics, plus expenses, for every trip.