Dear hospitality professional,
Are you looking for new, exciting career opportunities and wish to experience true wonders of Lapland? We have good news for you – we are always looking for great talents and genuine, warm-hearted people to join our team.
Cahkal Hotel is a family-owned boutique and experience hotel located in Kilpisjärvi. We value surrounding nature and create long lasting memories and top-quality services for our guests. Our small and dedicated on-site team takes care of all daily hotel and restaurant duties together ensuring our guests will get the best from Nordic hospitality.
If your heart beats for Lapland’s unique nature, exiting outdoor adventures and warm, genuine guest experience we are right place for you. More info about our open positions and practical information will be found below.
Psst! We are also seeking employees for full-time permanent roles.
Open job positions for summer season 2025
Ala carte chef
In this role, you work alongside the head chef in the kitchen and your main responsibilities are taking care of smooth dinner service and ensuring that food products are prepared to high quality standards. Daily duties include prepping á ala carte dishes before the dinner and working independently during the dinner service, both in hot and cold side.
This position is for you who already have experience working in a high quality á la carte restaurant and you have experience working in all sections of the kitchen. You have understanding about sustainable approach and using Nordic and local ingredients. You are flexible and have an ability to work efficiently under the pressure and in fast changing situations. Finnish language skills are not mandatory, but a plus. Finnish hygiene pass is compulsory in this position.
We are offering a temporary job for the busiest time of summer season, starting in end of June and ending in August.
Housekeeper
Our housekeeping team is responsible for the cleaning of whole hotel and its facilities. Main duties include cleaning of guest rooms and all common areas: restaurant, hotel lounge and our sauna building. Daily chores include vacuuming, mopping, dusting and bathroom cleaning. All housekeeping members take care of linen service and on-site laundry. This includes washing, drying and folding on-site laundry and taking care of linen distributing in appropriate manner.
This role is suitable for you who already have experience in similar role, or you’ve worked in cleaning services before. Finnish language skills are not mandatory, but a plus. For us is most important that you have a guest-oriented mindset and positive attitude for chancing situations. Precise and prompt work approach are your main features.
We are offering a temporary job for summer season, starting in mid-June and ending in September.
Breakfast chef
As a breakfast chef your main responsibility is to prepare and cook breakfast in the morning. You will take care the food is prepared in high quality standard and food waste is minimized. During the breakfast your responsibility is to keep the breakfast buffet clean and full, help front house colleague cleaning tables and doing the dishes. Work will include prepping next day’s breakfast and helping kitchen team in other meal preparations.
This position is for you who have earlier experience working in a kitchen environment. You understand the basics of cooking and preparing the food. You have precise work approach and willingness to help others in daily duties. Finnish language skills are not mandatory, but a plus. Finnish hygiene pass is compulsory in this position.
We are offering a temporary job for summer season, starting in mid-June and ending in September.
What should I know before applying
REQUIRED LINCENSES & PERMITS
Please note that multiple positions require Finnish alcohol and hygiene pass. In addition to this, all applicants need to have a valid EU work permit.
HOUSING AND SALARY
We offer to all our employees a possibility to stay in shared staff housing at a low rental cost.
We offer all our employees a competitive salary that corresponds to their skills and industry experience.
CONTACT
All applications: info@cahkalhotel.fi