Jobs at City Sightseeing Oxford

Tour bus drivers

Want a driving job with a difference? We are hiring open-top tour bus drivers now!

We are looking for full-time and part-time drivers to work weekdays and weekends. The pay rate is £14.60 per hour.

We provide full training, uniform and free bus travel for you, your partner and children under 18!

Apply now: CLICK HERE to apply

Alternatively, you can download the printable version of our application pack (available below) and completed forms should be returned to the HR Admin Office, Oxford Bus Company, Cowley House, Watlington Road, Oxford OX4 6GA or to jobs@oxfordbus.co.uk. For more details, please email jobs@oxfordbus.co.uk or contact (01865) 785414 or 785407.

Tour bus driver application pack (PDF, 528KB)

Ticket Sellers

£10.42 per hour, plus commission. Hours to be agreed on a weekly basis.

City Sightseeing, Oxford are looking to recruit a number of Ticket Sellers to work with us over the summer season.

We have both full time roles, over the summer, as well as part time roles. You will be based in a variety of locations around the beautiful city of Oxford and your role will be to sell tickets for the open top City Sightseeing bus tours in Oxford.

To be successful in this role you should be presentable, outgoing, able to communicate clearly with customers and have a basic knowledge of Oxford and the surrounding areas, as well as some historical interest in the city.

Ideally, you will have had experience in a customer facing role and have knowledge of the City Sightseeing brand.

You will have the ability to work unsupervised and make each interaction with a customer, a positive one.

This is a varied and fun role, in which you will have the opportunity to meet people from all over the world and help them to get the most from their visit to Oxford. Hours will include weekends and bank holidays and will be agreed on a weekly basis.

If you are interested in applying, please send a short covering letter and CV to jobs@oxfordbus.co.uk or to the Admin Office, Oxford Bus Company, Cowley House, Watlington Road, Oxford OX4 6GA.

We are looking to recruit for these positions as soon as possible, so don’t delay in sending in your application.

Tour Guides

Do you have a passion for sharing the history of our beautiful city of Oxford?

We are looking to add to our team of tour guides for our City Sightseeing bus tours and our walking tours. 

City Sightseeing, Oxford operates a very popular and long established bus tour, where we strive to provide high quality service, offering an enjoyable and informative tour of the City, whilst endeavouring to achieve complete customer satisfaction. Over recent years, we have added walking tours which take adventurers on foot around the city. 

Who would be great in this role:

• You will want to make every visitor’s experience the best it can be!
• You will be confident speaking in front of large groups of people and willing to share your passion and knowledge for Oxford
• You will be friendly, outgoing and trustworthy and open to meeting people from all walks of life
• You will ideally have experience of interacting with customers and be ready to handle a variety of questions

In return, we can offer:

• Full training provided with experienced guides
• £12.00 per hour Monday to Friday (£12.50 per hour weekends), paid even if the tour doesn’t run
• Flexible working hours based on your availability which you can share with us on a monthly basis
• A free bus pass for you, one other adult and any children up to the age of 18 for use on all Oxford Bus Company, Thames Travel and Carousel Buses services
• A fab team of colleagues to work alongside!

If you are interested in applying, please send a short covering letter and CV to jobs@oxfordbus.co.uk or to the Admin Office, Oxford Bus Company, Cowley House, Watlington Road, Oxford OX4 6GA.