Youth Staff - Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines

Organizes and leads youth activities, ages 6 months -17 years, in designated activity centers, assigned areas and throughout the vessel by performing the following essential duties and responsibilities

Hiring Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in education, recreation or related field from an accredited university or college or the international equivalent.
• Three to five years experience working with large groups of youths ages 6 months -17 years.
• Experience working in school sponsored youth groups, YMCA, camps or similar positions preferred.
• Infant and child CPR certification and life saving certification from the American Red Cross or similar certifying organization preferred.
• Ability to mediate, diffuse and/or resolve problems and negotiate resolutions.
• Ability to design creative activities while containing costs.
• Working knowledge of computers, internet access and the ability to navigate within a variety of software packages such as Excel, Word and Power Point.

Language Requirements:

• Ability to speak English clearly, distinctly and cordially with guests.
• Ability to communicate in English tactfully with guests or parents to mediate, diffuse an/or resolve problems and negotiate resolutions.
• Ability to read and write English in order to understand and interpret written procedures. This includes the ability to give and receive instructions in written and verbal forms and to effectively present information and respond to questions from guests, supervisors and coworkers.
• Ability to speak additional languages such as Spanish, French or German preferred.

Physical Requirements:

While performing the duties of this job, the shipboard employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to touch, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear; and taste or smell.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

All shipboard employees must be physically able to participate in emergency life saving procedures and drills.

Full use and range of arms and legs as well as full visual, verbal and hearing abilities are required to receive and give instructions in the event of an emergency including the lowering of lifeboats.

Ability to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.