The low-cost carrier will begin flying from the Essex terminal in spring of 2017 and has a total of 200 staff to recruit – half of which will be cabin crew.
Other vacancies including passenger service agents, engineers, ground operatives and pilots.
The jobs are in addition to the 1,000 positions being created by the airline as it expands across the UK, including its new bases at Birmingham and Stansted.
Jet2’s first flights from Stansted are due to depart on March 30 to Alicante, Faro, Majorca and Lanzarote.
Micki Miles, head of cabin services said: “There is no better time to join a company that is going places in every sense of the word.
“In recent weeks we have won a plethora of awards for our family friendly ethos and first class customer service, and we’re on the lookout for more brilliant people to join our successful, growing team at London Stansted airport.”
