This page includes a list of any available job vacancies in Altea Costa Blanca Spain for 2012 and 2013 as well as tips and advice on where to find Altea jobs. Alternatively try viewing our main section on all Costa Blanca jobs.
Article Highlights:
- About Altea
- Living in Altea
- Working in Altea for English Speakers
- Where to Find Jobs in Altea
- Popular Types of Work and Job Vacancies
- Where to Find Jobs in Altea
- Summer Jobs in Altea
- Part-Time Work and Jobs Altea
On this page we guide you on how to find work in Altea Spain and where to find jobs in Altea. If there are no current listings try searching for nearby towns and cities such as jobs in Albir or jobs in Calpe.
Please feel welcome to list your jobs wanted Spain or go to our main jobs in Spain 2012 home page to see more useful articles about finding work in the country of Spain.
If you are a company or employer who is searching for staff then please list your job vacancies here for free. If you are looking for jobs in Altea add your e-mail address to our mailing list so should any situations vacant arise, we can send you an e-mail job alert to let you know.
Jobs in Altea can also be found by the usual means of internet, radio, newspaper, word of mouth, classified jobs section in expat newspapers and recruitment agencies.
LIVING AND WORKING IN ALTEA
When you are looking for jobs in Altea you also need to consider other factors apart from things such as working conditions and rates of pay, such as:
Is Altea one of the best areas to move to in Spain?
What is the quality-of-life like living and working in Altea?
What is the cost of living like in Altea?
Altea is located south of Calpe and about 15 kilometres north of Benidorm. This makes it a great location to live or visit. Altea has a quiet charm yet is close to bigger more vibrant towns with good shopping and nightlife. You can see from the map other towns nearby include: La Nucia, Polop, Callosa d’En Sarria, Albir and Alfaz del Pi.
The Altea map also shows the many large urbanisations just outside of the town of Altea, these include Horizonte, Urbanisation la Foia Blanca, Urbanisation Santa Clara, Urbanisation El Paraiso, Altea Hills, Altea La Vella, Urbanisation Sierra Altea, Urbanisation Tossal del Molar, Urbanisation Villa Gadea, L’Olla, La Galera, Urbanisation Jardines Alhama and Pueblo Mascarat.
To get to Altea you can fly into Alicante airport, Valencia airport or Murcia airport.
Altea has many businesses and companies providing services to the many expatriates who now live in Altea – good news if you’re looking for a job in the area because these expatriates or expats as they are commonly known prefer to deal with people in their native language. So if you are an English-speaker in Altea Spain, you will find job opportunities despite your limited Spanish.
Altea is famous for the landmark church of Nuestra Senora del Consuelo or Virgen de Consuelo with its fantastic looking blue roof. This is set up on a hill and can be seen for miles around. The old town part of Altea is set on a steep hillside and the streets are littered with small designer shops and is popular with artists. Amongst the narrow streets with their scenic white houses, orange trees and geraniums you’ll find painters, potters and many other traditional craftsmen’s studios. There is a real authentic Spanish feel to Altea town, often missing from others on the coast.
The harbor and marina of Altea are also noteworthy. It is very pretty and scenic and a great place to eat or drink. The beach of Altea is over 5 km long and is divided into the stoney Cap Negret beach to the north of Altea, followed by the La Roda beach next to the old town and the largest beach the Cap Blanc to the south which blends into the coast of Albir.
Along Altea’s yacht harbor you will find the beaches of Pueblo Macarat.
Altea is surrounded by mountains making it is a very scenic place. The Sierra de Bernia reaches up to 1130 metres. Altea Hills is one of the most expensive, if not the most expensive place to buy property on the Costa Blanca.
Below is a map of Altea:
TYPES OF JOB VACANCIES IN ALTEA
As Altea is a popular tourist destination on the Costa del Sol in Spain you will find many openings and and job vacancies in the catering trades such as for cooks, waiters, waitresses, dishwashers, bar jobs, hotel jobs, drivers etc. Of course many of these jobs are seasonal in nature and are best for people searching for summer jobs in Altea.
Bar jobs in Altea are the most common type of job available. The tourist season here runs from April through to the end of September. These jobs are very popular because only a limited knowledge of Spanish is all that is usually required. Unfortunately many of these jobs will be only available on a part-time basis.
Altea’s popularity as a tourist destination also means there are transport related jobs such as driving jobs in Altea i.e. coach driving jobs, van drivers and driving people to the airport and back as well as related driving jobs such as taxi jobs, HGV jobs, warehouse and logistics.
POPULAR JOBS IN ALTEA – WORK IN ALTEA
Back to our expat theme, many jobs are also possible in the real estate or property area. There are good possibilities for finding jobs for property lettings and sales will grow increasingly you will need to be fluent in a number of different languages and of course many of these sales jobs are paid on a commission basis.
Cleaning jobs in Altea are popular because they require no language skills, no training and of course there are many villas and apartments being let out to holidaymakers throughout the year. Another spin-off in this sector are supplying services to these properties such as swimming pool cleaning, gardening and general maintenance.
Are you a young woman looking for work in Spain? Working as a nanny in Spain gives you the opportunity to get a job in advance of coming to Spain which is a rarity.
Another popular type of job are sales jobs in Altea. These commission only type positions tend to be for timeshares, property sales, villa painting, selling advertising space and other sales services such as telemarketing.
Other typical jobs you are likely to find would be Altea jobs that cater to the large expat population, these include: hairdressing jobs, shop jobs, driving jobs, removals, restaurant jobs, health fitness and beauty related jobs, pet care jobs, computer services, business services such as graphic design, computer repair, insurance sales positions and customer service jobs.
There are few management-type jobs in Altea, few marketing jobs, IT jobs legal jobs, education jobs, media jobs, office jobs or executive jobs for professional people although there are some secretarial and administrative positions working for companies such as legal and financial companies. You also won’t find many care or nursing jobs available in Altea.
JOBS IN ALTEA TEACHING ENGLISH – ENGLISH JOBS IN ALTEA
There are opportunities in Altea teaching English to Spanish people who naturally see speaking English as an advantage with so many British people living in the area, so they can be able to speak some English for their businesses and trades. This work naturally is pretty patchy will probably need to be supplemented by earnings elsewhere. It would also help if you have teaching qualifications such as the internationally recognised TEFL.
CONSTRUCTION JOBS IN ALTEA – JOBS IN ALTEA FOR TRADESMEN
Construction and building jobs in Altea are one of the best ways of being able to move to Spain and find a job. This is due to the large amount of expats who live in Altea, Costa Blanca, Spain. People like to be able to clearly convey what work they want done on their apartment, townhouse or villa and so they prefer to deal with tradesmen who can speak English. If you are a tradesmen such as a builder, electrician, plumber, painter, tiler, plasterer, bricklayer, labourer or another construction-type worker then you are likely to find jobs in Altea although wages are fairly low compared to the UK salaries and wages.
ENGLISH-SPEAKING JOBS IN ALTEA SPAIN
Other typical jobs you are likely to find would be jobs that cater to the large expat population in Altea, these include: pool cleaners, translators, beauty therapists, interior designers, singers, dancers, entertainers, gardening jobs, villa cleaning jobs, bar jobs and bar work, hairdressing jobs, shop assistants, cashiers and retail work in English and British goods shops, graduate jobs, taxi service, driving jobs including removals, restaurant jobs such as chefs, waiters and waitresses, part-time jobs, fitness jobs, beautician jobs, pet care jobs, personal trainers, health care assistants, voluntary jobs at charity shops, computer services, business services such as graphic design, computer repair, contractors, babysitting, nanny jobs, au pair jobs, child care jobs, carer jobs, housekeeping, finance jobs, security jobs, accounting jobs, mechanics, insurance sales positions, hospitality jobs, customer service jobs, there are many English newspaper and magazines requiring writers and sales jobs in Spain etc – we hope this list gives you some idea of the types of jobs in Altea that are the most likely possibilities when you are job searching.
If you are an employer who is searching for staff, please contact us with any job vacancies you wish to fill in Altea Spain and we will list them for free.
Below is a video showing off Altea, Costa Blanca, Spain