We have completed our 2017 season. We thank all applicants this year and wish them all the best in the upcoming paddling season. If you are interested in a job for 2018, please email us your resume and a detailed bio.
Sincerely,
Yvonne Poirier
Full-time Kayak Day Guides for Spring/Summer Season
If you are thinking of joining our team as a kayak guide that’s great! The types of guides we love to hire have these qualifications and attributes:
- Certified as a level one guide with SKGABC or an equal or higher certification
- Certified CPR-C, VHF Radio, and Wilderness First Aid
- Works well with other guides
- Stoked to take clients out daily on Harbour Tours
- Can drive a vehicle – bonus if you can drive with a kayak trailer
- Willing to work hard for a short busy season
- Reliable, dependable, and shows up for work on time
- Able to do the “on call” guiding life
- Wants to get comfortable in a job you love for many seasons
Our usual season can look a little like this:
- May is crazy busy with back-to-back school trips, tons of fun, and lots of work!
- June slows down a little, our tours start ramping up, but the build-up is gradual.
- July is getting busy! Day/multi-day tours are in full bloom, you will work!
- August is crazy non-stop! This is the peak of the season we usually do not have enough guides or boats to satisfy demand.
- September starts to slow back down. We have a couple more school trips to wind down the season.
HOURS: Kayak Day guides work 5-6 days/week in peak season. You will put out 2 tours a day usually. June and September you will not work as much, and July and August, you might find yourself working a little more! When it rains, it pours so we work as hard as we can in the peak season. Our season is short so we “get while the getting is good!”
Office Manager & Assistant Office Manager
If you are thinking of joining our team as our office crew, we have some attributes which are key:
- Multi-tasking – you must be good at it, as it is the name of the game
- Good customer service skills – you are the first staff our clients see and talk to, so you must be positive and happy!
- Organization is key – we have a lot going in and out of the office all day, from tours to rentals
- A desire to advance your kayak skills – we love our office staff to have knowledge about kayaking
- Basic bicycle knowledge, as we rent bikes and need to keep them maintained and do daily safety checks on them
- Organizing and cleaning – when there is a quiet moment, there is always stuff to be done
- A good communicator, with other staff and your boss
- Willing to work hard, as the season is short but potent
- Wants to get comfortable in a job you love for many seasons
HOURS:
Office Manager works 4 days a week from Thursday – Sunday.
Office Assistant Manager works 3 days a week from Monday – Wednesday.
The usual work day is from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm with a possibility of working a little more at peak season.
10 Youth-Group Multi-Day Guides for May
If you have the month of May available before you get involved in your summer job and want to go on some great 3-5 day kayak trips with some youth groups, this is the job for you! It takes a special kind of person to love camping and kayaking with a group of teenagers– here are some qualities we look for in our amazing crew or leaders:
- Certified as a level one guide with SKGABC or an equal or higher certification
- Certified CPR-C, VHF Radio, and Wilderness First Aid
- Love for adventure and hard work
- Good leadership and time management skills
- Adequate guiding knowledge to be comfortable leading larger groups on multi-days
- Works well with other guides
- Happy to play ridiculous games and have fun with youth
- Wants to get comfortable in a job you love for many seasons
- Bonus if you have your own boat, gear and can drive!
