Asst. Youth Staff Manager
- Recruiter:
- MSC Cruises
- Category:
- Child Care Jobs
- Position:
- Youth Counsellor
- Published:
- July 18, 2025
Where passion meets opportunity
The best of your adventures is the one you have yet to sail!
Your Purpose
As an Assistant Youth Staff Manager, you will play a key role in delivering unforgettable entertainment experiences for our young guests aged 3 to 17. Under the guidance of the Youth Staff Manager, you will oversee the entertainment team, ensuring engaging and dynamic activities that align with our cruise line’s high standards. Your leadership will help create a safe, exciting, and educational environment where children and teenagers can explore, learn, and have fun while parents enjoy peace of mind.
Your Impact
Your role extends beyond simple supervision you will be a mentor, entertainer, and guide to both our young guests and the youth staff team. By fostering a welcoming and stimulating atmosphere, you will enhance the overall cruise experience for families, ensuring a memorable journey for every child on board. Your ability to lead and support a diverse team will ensure smooth operations, from themed activities to interactive workshops, guaranteeing that each day at sea is full of joy, laughter, and adventure.
Your Journey So Far
You bring a solid background in youth programs, with proven experience in leading and managing structured entertainment activities for children and teenagers. Your expertise ensures a safe, engaging, and fun environment for our young guests. Specifically, you have:
1. Proven experience as a Manager or Assistant Manager in a similar setting—preferably on board a cruise ship.
2. Strong ability to engage, communicate, and entertain children and teenagers from diverse backgrounds.
3. Documented certification to supervise young children (ages 3 and above).
4. Demonstrated expertise in managing structured entertainment programs, ensuring age-appropriate activities that captivate and educate.
5. Leadership skills to efficiently coordinate and support a team, ensuring smooth operations and a secure environment for all young guests.
Your Essentials
To succeed in this role, you must possess:
1. Relevant qualifications in child development, education, recreation, or entertainment.
2. Fluency in English (oral and written) and at least one additional European language.
3. Proven experience as a Manager or Assistant Manager in a similar child-focused environment, ideally on board a cruise ship.
4. Strong interpersonal and entertainment skills, with the ability to engage with guests of all ages.
5. Certified ability to supervise young children (ages 3 and above).
6. Leadership and teamwork skills to manage and support the youth entertainment team.
If you have the passion, experience, and energy to create unforgettable moments for our young guests, we invite you to embark on this exciting journey with us!
Our commitment
We are committed to building a future that values diverse perspectives, embraces the world beyond borders, and fosters an inclusive environment where every individual feels valued, respected and empowered to be their authentic selves. Our commitment extends to taking meaningful, measurable actions that have a long-term positive impact on our guests, our employees and our planet.
Ready to turn your passion into something extraordinary? Join us at MSC Cruises, where new opportunities await. Apply today to be part of a global team that is pushing boundaries and achieving something remarkable. Your journey starts here!
MSC Cruises
JOIN US AND SEE HOW MUCH YOU CAN GROW!
MSC Cruises has grown exponentially since 2003. In such a short time, we have built a fleet of 21 modern and most environmentally advanced ships!
With our constant expansion, our fleet will grow in capacity with the arrival of eight new ships in three different classes by 2027.
One of our latest ships – MSC World Europa – was delivered in 2022, inaugurating the World Class. It is our largest cruise ship to date, with a capacity of over 6,700 passengers, served by more than 2,000 crew members.
In 2022 we also inaugurated the MSC Seascape which features new immersive high-tech entertainment with innovative technology that provides guests with endless leisure options.
From 2023 MSC Cruises will enter the Luxury segment by launching its first of four Explora Journeys ships. The ships will be equipped with the best and latest environmental technology and bestowed with a highly-innovative design.
Career Opportunities
With four new mega-ships and four Luxury ships to be built and delivered between 2023 and 2027, the biggest and most important challenge for MSC Cruises is to find, recruit and train a high number of new crew members needed to provide the service, fun and safety that have become hallmarks of MSC Cruises.
This massive project is already well under way. The Human Resources Team is not only working to recruit the best talents but is also visiting our manning agencies and hiring partners around the world to ensure that the right people and facilities are in place to prepare this ‘army’ of new crew members for their life at sea.
We need motivated and ambitious crew members who work with passion and understand the value of a smile.
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