Restaurant Server for winter season 2026-2027

Kakslauttanen Arctic Resort; Kakslauttanen; On-site; EUR 111,600 - 167,400; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Shared staff housing

Seasonal work

Job summary

Kakslauttanen Arctic Resort in Saariselkä, Lapland, invites skilled restaurant servers for the winter season 2026-2027. Seasonal contract starting mid Oct–mid Nov to end of March 2027. Full hours: 112.5 hours per 3-week period.

Role involves serving guests, handling cash, and maintaining high service standards in two village restaurants. The team values a positive, customer-focused attitude. We can assist with Hygiene Passport; shared staff housing may be available, with employment governed by

Qualifications

• Relevant education and previous experience
• Alcohol service and Food & Hygiene passport is a plus (we can help with that)
• Comfort with modern technology and cash register
• A la carte serving skills
• Efficient in handling food and beverage items including special diet information
• Flexible in working different shifts
• Good customer service skills
• Positive attitude and you are nice to work with to maintain atmosphere
• Advantage: experience in a large restaurant/resort

Responsibilities

• Provide attentive restaurant service to guests
• Handle cash and operate the cash register
• Maintain hygiene and food safety standards
• Adapt to different shifts and high season workload

Skills

Customer service

Flexible hours

A la carte serving

Cash handling

Team player

Education

Relevant education

Tools

Cash register

Job description

Kakslauttanen Arctic Resort is one of Finland's best-known and most talked about travel destinations. This family business, founded in 1974, is in Saariselkä, Lapland. Kakslauttanen hosts around 30,000 visitors each year, many of them from abroad. We are looking for skilled and experienced restaurant servers to join us for our winter season 2026-2027.

Contract is seasonal, starting mid October- mid November until end of March 2027. We provide full hours, 112,5h/3week period.

The person we are looking for:

• Has possibly relevant Education, Training, and previous Experience

• Alcohol serving and Food & Hygiene passport is a plus (we can also help with that)

• Capability to work with modern technology and cash register

• a la carte serving skills

• Efficient in handling food and beverage items including special diet information

• Flexible in working different shifts

• Good customer service skills

• Positive attitude and you are also nice to work with to maintain a good atmosphere at work

• Advantage: Previous experience working in a large restaurant or resort/cruise ship/hotel restaurant

In Finland, you are required to have a valid Finnish Hygiene Passport. The Hygiene Passport is valid for life, and we will help you obtain it. The cost of the Hygiene Passport is the responsibility of each employee.

We have two restaurants serving our customers during the winter season, in East Village and in West Village. Both restaurants can fit several hundreds of customers.

The location of the resort is in the middle of lovely nature, and here you also have time to enjoy nature and try different activities that you might never get to try otherwise. We have also a small gym for our staff, and possibilities to try cross country skiing and other winter activities.

It is possible to rent an shared apartment through us, so it is easy to join us where ever you are coming from. Apartments are for two people. In terms of employment, we follow the collective agreement of the tourism and restaurant industry, and the salary is according to the agreement, considering the applicant's previous experience and education.

You can also read our blog to see how it's like to work at Kakslauttanen.