Cabin Crew - London, United Kingdom - Virgin Atlantic

Virgin Atlantic
Virgin Atlantic
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London, United Kingdom

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Job Details:


Salary:
u202FBasic salary starts at £19,266. Plus trip pay, onboard commission, and other allowances once you start flying


Contract:
u202FSix-monthu202Ffixed-term contract initially


Hours:
u202FFull time


Location:
u202FFlying from London Heathrow


Start date:
u202FFurther information and prospective start dates will be given during the recruitment process


Closing date:
Sunday 6 June 2023


In a nutshell:


Were you born to fly?


Do you dream of waking up in the Caribbean, exploring the sights of South Africa, or sampling sizzling street food in India? When you join us as a member of our world-class cabin crew, you can do all the above and more.

We're looking for warm, professional, engaging individuals to be the beating heart of our airline.

We believe every customer's inflight experience should be as memorable as the adventure that awaits them at their destination, and our crew play a huge part in that.

Our outstanding service is what sets us apart, and it's our personality, as well as our attention to detail and rigorous training, that ensures our customers and crew fly safe and well with us every time.

We welcomed many new crew members onboard last year and have loved seeing their careers take off.

So, while this contract is for six months, to begin with, it really is just the start of your journey, and we'll always try to retain our crew permanently if we can.


The package
Working for us brings many benefits.

We believe everyone should have a benefits package that includes a range of financial, health, wellbeing and travel benefits - just to name a few but trust us, there's a lot more.

- 'First dates' training at our head office in Crawley, followed by a five-week intense training programme at our training facility, with practical classroom-led sessions and exams, and 'Wings' graduation ceremony

  • Industryleading staff travel benefits for you and your loved ones, with up to seven free of fare flights a year to any of Virgin Atlantic's destinations (did somebody say Las Vegas?)
  • Ongoing coaching and development throughout your career with your dedicated Crew Performance Manager
  • Generous contributory pension scheme and life assurance
  • Selffunded private medical insurance
  • Voluntary Benefits catalogue of optional salary sacrifice benefits such as travel and dental insurance, Gym memberships and Healthcare cash plan
  • Access to a range of discounted products and services via Virgin Family & AON Plus

Day to day:

When you step into our iconic red or burgundy uniform, known fondly as "The Viv" after its designer Vivienne Westwood, you become an ambassador for our brand.


You will:

  • Be responsible for the safety, security, and operational excellence onboard.
  • Be working in a team alongside our experienced Cabin Crew, bringing your unique personality and flair to everything you do. You'll share our passion for delivering outstanding customer service and making last memories.
  • Ensure that our customers' happiness, health, and needs are your focus. Reassuring nervous flyers or helping with special assistance and medical requirements we've even delivered a few babies

Training
We'll invest in your development so that you can flourish.

As you'd expect, our training programme is meticulous and intensive but very rewarding, and it takes dedication to complete it successfully.


Before you begin your practical training, you'll need to complete seven online modules of around one hour each to prepare you with a solid foundation before we really start our engines.

You will need to successfully pass your training exams to graduate from your Wings ceremony. Then the sky is the limit.

It'll be time to put all your training and hard work into practice and take to the skies with us.

You'll have loads of questions, and we'll take care to answer all of them as we go along. Just know that even our most experienced crew continue to learn on the job. That's what keeps things interesting


About you:

You'll have an adventurous spirit, a desire to see new places and cultures, a positive mindset and a passion for providing thoughtful experiences for our customers.

During our assessment and training, you'll also need to be able to show that:

  • You have the right to live and work in the UK (Skilled Worker VISA sponsorship for international applicants does not apply)
  • You have no live or unspent criminal convictions or cases pending
  • You can swim 25 metres unaided. You will need to be able to tread water whilst putting on and manually inflating a life jacket and board a raft from the water without assistance using a rope ladder
  • Due to the intensity of our training, we also ask that you have a minimum of three GSCE (A*C or 94) or academic equivalent and that you are fluent in written and spoken English
  • You can reach up to 210cm high without shoes, standing on tiptoes if needed. This is the height of our overhead lockers where some emergency equi
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