Receptionist

We are looking for a Night Receptionist at Star Arctic Hotel in Saariselkä. The hotel is located in Saariselkä’s mountain scenery at Kaunispää’s summit in Finnish Lapland. The property offers guests high-quality accommodation, restaurant and activity services in the heart of Lapland’s unique nature. An international clientele visits to experience the magic of Lapland, northern lights, and Arctic adventures, and our reception team ensures every guest feels welcome around the clock. We are seeking a Night Receptionist for the winter season. During night shifts you are the hotel’s main point of contact, ensuring smooth reception operations and a safe, uneventful night. You will monitor reservations, prepare arrivals and schedules for upcoming guests, and handle other administrative tasks overnight. You work independently but remain an integral part of the hotel’s professional and international team. The contract starts around 15 November 2026 and continues until 31 March 2027. Working hours are 90 hours per 3 weeks. We expect you to have prior experience in reception work, especially night shifts, a customer-oriented, responsible, and solution-focused approach, ability to work independently, carefulness, organizational skills and stress tolerance, experience with hotel systems; knowledge of Mews is considered an advantage and FareHarbor experience is a plus. Proficiency in English is required since English is the main working language. A valid driving licence (own car is an advantage). We offer a fixed-term contract of 90 h / 3 weeks for the winter season, diverse and responsible work in an international hotel, opportunities to develop your hospitality career, a supportive team, comprehensive induction and supervision, modern staff housing near Saariselkä center at a reasonable rent, excellent staff benefits at Star Arctic, and a competitive salary based on experience and skills (starting at 15 €/h). Interested? Send your application, CV, and salary expectations as soon as possible, and include references. We process applications during the recruitment period and will fill the position as soon as a suitable candidate is found. For more information, contact Nordic Career: Heidi-Maria Viitanen, +358 50 479 7570, heidi-maria.viitanen@career.fi; Linda Hämäläinen, +358 50 532 3775, linda.hamalainen@career.fi. Nordic Career, a Lapland-based staffing company that is part of Career.fi. Our values are care, kindness, joy, courage, responsibility and learning.