Employment Opportunities
ARTISAN GALLERY SALESPERSON
Specific Duties include, but are not limited to
- Provide exceptional customer service throughout the shift
- Listen to customers to gain an understanding of their needs and assist them in locating items on the sales floor
- Advise customers on use and care of merchandise as needed
- Examine the sales floor to ensure merchandise is well-stocked, well-maintained
- Checks delivered items against packing slip to ensure accuracy and alert manager to any delivery discrepancies
- Prepare merchandise for purchase
- Process transactions, handle cash, process debit/credit cards
- Assist in display of merchandise
- Maintain sales records for inventory control on Artisan inventory
- Makes sure store is neat, dusted and well organized
- Restock items on the sales floor
- Reports any issues or concerns to Artisan Gallery Coordinator
- Answer phones when requested and take reservation information to be relayed to administration
- Watering flower beds and hanging baskets in the front and the back of the Artisan Gallery – daily unless a full-time gardener is in place
Qualifications
- Excellent communication skills
- Willingness to wear period attire or costume or company logo wear
- Foreign language skills are an asset but not required
- Ability to pass and maintain a criminal record check
If this position sounds like a good fit for you, please email your resume to: contact@historichatcreek.com
RESTAURANT STAFF
LEAD COOK
The head cook is responsible for the kitchen operations.
Specific duties include, but not limited to:
- Preparation work in the preseason, during opening season, special events in the off-season operations shut down
- Creation of menu for Special Events, Tour Groups, School groups and general public
- Preseason menu planning which includes sourcing and securing food vendors and adjusting menu prices accordingly
- Managing and organizing daily restaurant operations as well as catering to large groups
- Create staff schedules to ensure appropriate staffing for shifts
- Track stock levels of food, supplies and equipment, forecast needs, and oversee ordering when necessary
- Address customers needs, comments, and complaints
- Adhere to and enforce employee compliance with health, safety, and sanitation standards
- Post season includes cleaning the kitchen and reducing all food items properly, storing away all equipment
- Reviewing the inventory list for all kitchen items
Qualifications:
- Red Seal Certified
- Food safe certificate is required
- 3 years experience in high volume restaurant operations
- Indigenous culinary experience an asset
- Excellent communication, organizational and interpersonal skills
- Easily work and adapt under pressure
- Foreign language is an asset but not required
- Ability to pass and obtain a criminal record check
COOK
Specific duties include, but not limited to:
- Working in the preseason, during the open season and post season events and after season shut down
- Assist with menu planning
- Assist with organizing daily restaurant operations as well as catering to large groups
- Notify the Head Cook of any stock or equipment or staffing issues
- Address customers needs, comments, and complaints when Head Cook is not available
- Adhere compliance with health, safety, and sanitation standards
- Post season duties include but are not limited to cleaning the kitchen and reducing all food items properly and storing away all equipment
- Assist with reviewing the inventory list for all kitchen items.
Qualifications
- Red Seal an asset
- Indigenous culinary experience and asset
- Excellent communication interpersonal skills
- Organizational skills
- Ability to work and adapt under pressure
- Food safe certificate is required
- Foreign language is an asset but not required
- Ability to pass and obtain a criminal record checK
RESTAURANT SERVER
Servers are responsible for greeting customers and making their experience enjoyable. Taking food and beverage orders. Restocking and inventory for ordering of products. Setting up and taking down dining areas. Perform cleaning duties daily.
Specific Duties: daily and weekly include, but are not limited to:
- Opening restaurant
- Welcoming and seating guests upon arrival
- Provide excellent customer service during the customers dining experience
- Provide suggestions for food and drink choices to diners, asking feedback
- Ability to multitask and to cater to multiple groups at one time
- Communicating effectively with Chef and other kitchen staff and Interpretation staff
- Cleaning and or sanitizing tables, chairs, windows, and doors.
- Always having clean work surfaces and spaces for our customers
- Stocking pop cooler at the end of each shift, stocking ice cream cooler and beer cooler.
- Aware of when products are running low and making a list of items in need of ordering ex: Alcohol, Dry Stock, Ice Cream and Pepsi
- Catering to and preparing for scheduled bus groups, school groups and private groups
- Cleaning ice cream freezer
- Watering flower beds and hanging baskets in the front of the VRC and the back – daily (servers rotating days of when to water) unless a full-time gardener is in place
- Closing restaurant
Qualifications:
- Must be respectable, presentable, punctual.
- Able to be a team player
- Excellent Communication, Written skills, and Basic math
- Good problem-solving skills
- Must be able to lift up to 20lbs
If one of these positions sounds like a good fit for you, please email your resume to: contact@historichatcreek.com
HOUSEKEEPING
The duty of a housekeep includes but are not limited to the general cleaning of all areas of the site. There is both full time and part time positions available.
Specific Duties include, but are not limited to:
- Prepares cabins for rental, clean and set up after the guests have checked out
- Daily cleaning of all the site areas including washhouse, outhouses, Artisan Gallery, all washrooms in HHCR buildings, main building offices and basement, restaurant, kitchen, and laundry room
- Daily cleaning and washing floors, windows, toilets and sinks, desks, shelving, light fixtures, windows and patio area around main buildings, garbage/recycling removal and all site laundry services.
Qualifications:
- Excellent communications skills
- Being physically capable of lifting to 30 lbs.
- Ability to pass and maintain a criminal record check
If this position sounds like a good fit for you, pleas email your resume to: contact@historichatcreek.com
INDIGENOUS SITE INTERPRETER
Interpreters are responsible for the daily upkeep and presentation of the Indigenous Site and its operation. You will deliver daily tours, programs, and special events to school groups, bus tour groups, and individuals from around the world.
Specific Duties
- Review the daily schedule and prepare for upcoming tours or programs
- Provide walking/talking tours to groups and individuals
- Maintain the site by gathering and replacing natural materials and manufacturing traditional coverings for shelters
- Set up and take down program materials as needed
- Support the safety and security of all visitors and staff, as well as artifacts and displays
- Meeting and greeting guests and assisting them on or off the stagecoach or wagon
- Be attentive and punctual, and arrive prepared for the start of shift
- Adhere to agreed clothing policies: approved ribbon skirt / shirt, slacks for men
Qualifications
- Excellent communication skills and an interest in First Nation culture
- Interested in the history and stories of the Shuswap people, and a willingness to learn the history and stories as well
- Must wear traditional clothing on site
- Foreign language skills are an asset but not required
- Ability to pass and maintain a criminal police records check
If this position sounds like a good fit for you, please email your resume to: contact@historichatcreek.com
MAINTENANCE STAFF
This position is responsible for the maintenance and small repairs throughout the site and reports directly to the Operations Manager.
Specific Duties include, but are not limited to:
- April set up. This includes but is not limited to:
- Opening buildings, inspecting structures, and getting water lines and systems up and running.
- Determining any necessary repairs throughout the season.
- Care of livestock, fencing, irrigation, mowing, monitoring the water system, and any necessary exterior and interior repairs.
- During the season – May to September 30th
- Irrigation, garbage collection, ground keeping
- Assist with event setup and teardown
- Monitoring the water system
- Wildlife monitoring
- Care of livestock
- General repairs and maintenance
- October includes, but is not limited to:
- winterizing all buildings and equipment
- storing equipment and supplies
- cleaning animal pens, garden boxes and guest areas.
- General maintenance, painting, repairs, and possible implementation of new or revised site structures
Qualifications:
- Excellent communications skills
- Being physically capable of lifting to 50 lbs.
- Ability to pass and maintain a criminal record check
If this position sounds like a good fit for you, please send your resume to: contact@historichatcreek.com
So you would like to work at Historic Hat Creek Ranch, but do not know what position would be right for you? Then why don’t you try your hand at a little bit of everything…
Send your resume and we will see if we can work you in for a little experience in all departments.
Please forward your resume to contact@historichatcreek.com