Employment With Spirit of the West

Thank you for your interest in working with us at Spirit of the West.

Each season we welcome a few new members to our team. We try to do our hiring early in the season; we start in February and keep hiring until our positions are filled.

We offer a fun and supportive working environment, competitive wages, health benefits for returning staff, annual raises and many perks. We like to think that our staff works with us, not for us.

If you are interested in working with us please see below for details;

For all positions please include;
1) A cover letter
2) Resume
3) List of Certifications (include expiry dates or plans for updating or acquiring certifications)
4) Minimum of 2 references
5) Why you think you would be a good fit with Spirit of the West
5) It never can hurt to call and introduce yourself.

Kayaking Guiding Positions

For this position we generally require applicants to have at minimum
- A Level II or Level III sea kayak guide certification from the Sea Kayak Guides Alliance of BC (or equivalent),
- A minimum of an Advanced Wilderness First Aid Certificate and radio operator’s license.
- Passion and skill for natural history interpretation, good safety judgment and inspiring and motivating leadership skills are also essential "soft" skills.
- Of course, you will also need to be legally able to work in Canada prior to being hired.

Base Crew

These positions are multi-faceted! The Base Crew are the backbone of the organization and keep everything running smoothly. If you have ever wanted to learn about how a kayaking operation works from the inside, then being a member of our Base Crew is the job for you.

Our Base Crew has a wide variety of experience that they bring to our team.

Each season we have the following positions;

Kitchen Manager

This dynamic individual needs to be a big picture thinker. After your training is well under way, this individual is responsible for planning, ordering, purchasing and packing all the food for our tours. This person needs to be organized, efficient and hardworking. This position has flexible hours as long as the work is getting done. You are also responsible for overseeing the other kitchen crew and ensuring everyone is working co-operatively to get jobs done.

Assistant to Kitchen Manager

This person is another essential member of our team. This position involves being the right hand person for the kitchen manager. This jobs involves lots of food planning, preparation and packing. The assistant also overseas the other kitchen helpers including the clean up crew.

Clean up Crew

These folks are some of the most appreciated people on earth. They are responsible for cleaning all the gear, dishes, vans, kayaks etc that come back from trips. Combined with keeping our working spaces in good, neat working order these positions are very important to our operations!

Site Manager

This person overseas the entire big picture. Helping wherever they are needed, duties range from answering phones, to packing food. This person helps to keep things moving and working efficiently for the base crew as well as the guides and field staff. This individual also needs to be handy often repairing bits and pieces that need a little TLC

Apprentice to Office Manager

This position requires a great deal of organizational ability, great people skills and being computer savvy. Our office crew are the first people guests talk to before their adventures and therefore need to be helpful and courteous. These unsung heroes help to make sure that everyone involved in the kayak trip has the right information, is in the right place at the right time with the right gear- no easy feat!

For these positions, please send us the following;

Please send us;
- a cover letter
- resume
- list of certifications
- why you think you would be a good fit with Spirit of the West

New for 2010!

We are very interested in trading trips for specialized skills and experience.
Have you ever wanted to kayak in some of the most beautiful areas on earth alongside some great wildlife? Have a specialized skill or service that you think we may benefit from? Then contact us and make a proposal.

Skills we are interested in
- Computer database (access in particular)
- Public Relations
- Media Relations
- Organic Gardening and Landscaping
- Professional Dry waller
- Heavy vehicle Mechanic
- Someone with experience converting diesel vehicles to veggie oil
- We are open to discussing other possibilities!

Spirit of the West Adventures Ltd
Box 569, Heriot Bay B.C.
Canada
Phone: 1 250 285 2121
Toll free: 1 800 307 3982
Fax: 1 250 285 2104
E-mail: info@kayakingtours.com
Web: http://www.kayakingtours.com

Most of our sea kayaking British Columbia tours start from beautiful British Columbia. To kayak Quadra Island, please have a look at our kayaking Quadra Island pages to see what to do when visiting Quadra Island including our fantastic kayak Vancouver Island Day Tours. kayaking British Columbia with Spirit of the West.

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Spirit of the West Adventures
Box 569, Heriot Bay, British Columbia
V0P-1H0 Canada

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