Staff Wanted
Part-time staff for cleaning, hospitality and overnight shifts at hostel DEN.
Send your application to: hostelden@gmail.com
About the hostel
Our hostel, hostel DEN, is a mid-sized hostel with 56 beds, located around Nihonbashi, Kanda and Akihabara in Tokyo.
You can work in a homey, friendly atmosphere and enjoy conversations with guests from all around the world, making it an ideal place for those who want to use or improve their foreign-language skills like English.
Rather than simply following a manual, you’ll have the opportunity to build and shape things from scratch, which makes work rewarding.
Key tasks
We’re looking for part-time staff (cleaning, hospitality, overnight shifts). Minimum commitment: 6 months or longer (see Qualifications below). You will handle a variety of tasks including front-desk work, cleaning, housekeeping, tourist information and local events.
Training
- 1 monthCleaning training
- 1 monthFront-desk training
- 0.5 monthOvernight-shift training
Duties include
- Check-ins and guest service (day or night shifts)
- Cleaning and bed-making
- Luggage storage, tourist assistance and other hostel-related work
Workplace atmosphere and staff
We welcome proactive ideas, events and new systems, and suggestions are seriously considered. Many staff members are travel-lovers, backpackers or former working-holiday participants, using English frequently on the job.
We’re looking for people who are friendly, honest, independent and proactive, and willing to share ideas.
Conditions
- Work location
- hostel DEN, Fujii Dai-2 Building, 4-13-8 Nihonbashi-Honcho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
- Employment type
- Employee or part-time staff
- Salary
- ¥1,300/hour
- Raises possible
- Transportation reimbursement
- Overnight allowances
- Work hours
- 2–3 days a week minimum (see Qualifications below)
- Cleaning: 10:00–15:00
- Front desk: 10:00–19:00 (1-hour break)
- Overnight: 19:00–22:00 and the next morning 9:00–10:00. Between 22:00 and 9:00, guest support when the bell rings.
- Holidays
- Monthly shift submissions. We do our best to work around your preferences (long holidays can be discussed too).
- Benefits
- Transportation allowance
- Lodging discount
- On-site living option
- Overtime pay
- Qualifications
- Always honest with guests and colleagues
- Interested in hospitality / guest service
- Conversational English (TOEIC around 700)
- Basic PC skills
- Interested in local community activities
- 2–3 days a week minimum preferred
- 6 months or longer
- University students welcome (availability near April may depend on current shift staffing)
- No experience required
- Visa requirements
- If you are not a Japanese national, the visa you need depends on your situation – for example a student visa or a working-holiday visa. Please make sure you hold a visa that allows you to work; we as a company cannot support visa applications.
We will also check your visa type and how many hours per week you can work when you apply.
How to apply
Please apply using the application form. Please mention that you have an eligible visa for work when you apply.
If the form does not open, send your application to hostelden@gmail.com with your name, contact details, visa type, hours per week, start date and how long you can work.
See more of DEN on Instagram (@hostelden).
Want to work with these staff members? Meet the DEN staff.