Guest Stay / Spa Caretaker
Come live on-site to help create an unforgettable off-grid experience for our guests. From our relaxing hydrotherapy spa to our comfortable luxury wall tents, you'll be part of making their stay truly special. Enjoy the freedom of being off-grid and immersed in nature with an amazing team of people who will help you learn, grow, and contribute to an exceptional guest experience, making this destination one of the most sought-after in the world.
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The specific things this position will be accountable for
Experience Needed
Benefits
Live-work exchange details
Training
The Guest Experience / Spa Caretaker will be accountable for:
Cleaning and prepping wall tents for guest stays/workshops
Keeping spa area neat, tidy and clean
Chopping wood/kindling for the saunas
Lighting and maintaining sauna wood stove during spa sessions
Keeping cold plunge tubs clean and refilled before each session
Checking guests into their stay or experience
Laundry for linens
Creating and maintaining stock list
Mowing grass around spa and wall tents
Assisting with online bookings
Garbage collection at campsites
Helping out and learning in other areas assigned by supervisor
Reporting and sharing results in weekly meetings
Looking after your personal health with weekly fitness and mindfulness goals
Experience & Traits Needed
Ability to ensure that wall tents, spa areas, and linens are clean and prepared to a high standard for guest stays and workshops.
Ability to interact with guests, check them into their stays or experiences, and provide assistance as needed.
Willingness to assist in various areas as assigned by supervisors and adapt to changing needs or priorities.
Willingness to collaborate with other team members and contribute to a positive work environment.
You like to get things done, do the task well, and fill your time productively (the opposite of not wanting to work and complaining about it)
Clear communication skills
A good sense of humour and playfulness. We work hard but we like to make it fun.
A deep enjoyment of integrating nature and its systems into our land to keep alternative energy needs as low as possible.
Have your own cell phone and laptop or ipad etc
Not Needed But A Benefit
Knowledge and experience managing short term rentals
Ability to operate basic farm equipment like generators, lawnmowers, side by side, and power tools. Etc
Customer service skills
Basic First Aid/CPR Certification
Familiarity with Booking Systems
Ability to operate heavy machinery like excavators, tractors etc.
Can hook up and tow a trailer confidently
Have your own vehicle
Benefits
Live on site on our 160 acre sanctuary rent free
Company gas card to cover all work related fuel expenses
Eat from the garden during summer and fall
Free access to all our courses and trainings
Free access to retreat and workshops
Full access to amenities like the saunas, spa, commercial kitchen, etc
Bi-yearly team retreats. Let’s do some fun activities together like go karting, float the river, grab some farm to table food.
Live-Work Exchange
You are required to work 5 hours a day 5 days a week (Wednesday to Sunday) extra hours will be compensated for.
If you aren’t showing great work ethic and fit during the first 1-3 days we will ask you to leave. We need people who really want to be here, work hard and learn.
All main meals will be covered by us. Breakfast you will always cook yourself but food will be provided. Depending on staff, if we have an on-site cook at the time lunch and dinner will be cooked for the whole team Monday - Friday. If not, food will be provided and you will cook lunch and dinner yourself or we will all cook together sometimes. If there are any specific snacks and things you want you will have to provide those yourself. On weekends you will always be responsible for cooking your own food.
We provide you a private room in a shipping container unit with a double or queen bed, dresser, and desk.
There is no power in the rooms. But the main area has power for charging phones and anything else etc.
You will have use of all public spaces for washrooms, outdoor shower, cooking, doing dishes, laundry, and the spa
Training
On-boarding prior to arrival through our online platforms
One-on-one on-site support
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Please note: We will keep all resumes on file and will be in touch with applicants if and when they align.