Senior Hairdresser
Visa sponsorship
Hair & Beauty · Auckland, New Zealand · Full-Time · $28 - $35/hr · Visa: Employer sponsored
This full-time Senior Hairdresser position sits in a growing Auckland salon. It is aimed at an experienced stylist whose technical skill is matched by a relaxed, confident way with clients, and who likes passing knowledge on to newer colleagues. Days are filled with cutting, colouring and styling in a supportive professional setting. Sponsorship is offered to eligible overseas candidates.
Colour and cutting results carry weight in this trade, so open your CV with your hairdressing qualification, the colour techniques you do best and any training or mentoring you have delivered. You can use Build AI CV to lay out your stylist experience before you send it in.
Key Responsibilities
- Give ladies’ and children’s haircuts of a high standard, completed with blow waves and styling
- Deliver global colour, regrowth, foil, highlight and balayage work
- Tone hair, correct colour and provide treatments and smoothing services
- Consult each client on what their hair needs, recommending suitable products and treatments
- Uphold the quality of your technical work and client care at every appointment, building professional relationships
- Run your own chair confidently with minimal supervision, and coach junior colleagues as the team develops
- Join product demonstrations, workshops and practical training sessions when asked
- Work within the salon’s procedures, hygiene rules and workplace standards, keeping your station tidy and organised
Requirements & Eligibility
- Hairdressing qualification that is recognised and equivalent to NZQF Level 4 or higher
- A minimum of 2 years working professionally in the industry
- Hands-on strength in cutting, colouring, foiling and styling, covering balayage, highlights, toning and colour correction
- Self-assured working independently in a professional salon environment
- Skilled at consulting with clients and communicating, backed by excellent customer service
- Reliable, professional and committed, and available on weekends when needed
- Beauty therapy skills or beauty industry experience from the past is advantageous
- Advantageous: experience mentoring junior stylists or delivering practical training
- Able to describe clearly the services you perform with confidence, and to disclose any services where further training or development may be needed
- Prepared to satisfy New Zealand’s employment and visa requirements
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