Are you passionate about outdoor events and ready to bring exciting mountain experiences to life at Sun Peaks Resort? We seek a highly motivated Events Assistant to support the planning, coordinating, and executing of various mountain events at Sun Peaks Resort. This role involves assisting in event logistics, including setting up and tearing down equipment, ensuring health and safety protocols, managing volunteer recruitment and scheduling, and maintaining event supplies and infrastructure. The Events Assistant will also act as a liaison between Sun Peaks and third-party event partners, working closely with internal departments to ensure the smooth execution of all event activities. If this sounds like your ideal work environment, please fill out an application to work, live, and play where you belong.
Compensation Information: $22.00 per hour
Physical Requirement: Heavy; work activities involve handling loads up to 35kg; both in an outdoor and indoor setting.
This job position requires physical presence at the designated location.
The perks and benefits you’ll get to enjoy:
- Winter/Summer Season Lift, Trail and Golf passes
- Initial entitlement to three weeks of paid vacation
- Benefits plan and additional wellness components, including Health Spending Account and EFAP
- Participation in our RRSP and matching DPSP programs
- Company supported training and professional development opportunities
- Dining discounts within our hotel & Resort-owned outlets
- Retail discounts in our Resort-owned outlets
- Friends and family rates at the Sun Peaks Grand Hotel
- Reciprocal programs with partnering ski areas & hotels
- Eligibility for our ‘Pay for Performance’ incentive bonus program (after qualifying period), awarded to top performers
Skills you bring with you:
- Working knowledge of Sun Peaks Ski Trails.
- Intermediate or above skiing or snowboarding ability essential.
- Experience operating snowmobiles, ATVs and hauling trailers is essential.
- Previous work experience in coordinating outdoor events, races, or activations.
- Must communicate well with others and work as a team.
- Organized, efficient, and dependable.
- Must understand the value of creating and maintaining a sense of urgency.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Assist with planning and production of various mountain events.
- Ensure health and safety procedures are followed with any and all event activations.
- Set up and tear down mountain events, related equipment, and infrastructure.
- Coordinate with internal departments as required for planning and execution purposes.
- Upkeep, inventory and maintenance of event supplies and infrastructure.
- Execution of various event tactics, as required.
Why join us?
We are Canada’s second-largest ski area and a passionate team committed to providing the finest mountain resort experience to our guests.
Our people are at the heart of what we do, making a difference to our guests and our workplace every single day. That’s why we invest in the employee experience; to ensure everyone can be at their best and live our values.
No matter who you are, or your career journey to date, once you join the team at Sun Peaks, you’ll get to feel part of our special community right away. You and your wellbeing matter to us; you’ll have plenty of opportunities to grow and learn, as well as enjoy everything our beautiful mountain resort has to offer. In return, we expect you to be passionate about working together to create special memories for our guests, while taking care of our precious environment for others to enjoy into the future.
We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture, and encourage applications from all qualified individuals.
We acknowledge that we live, work, and play on the traditional territory of the Secwépemc People.
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Skills Required
- Intermediate or above skiing or snowboarding ability
- Experience operating snowmobiles, ATVs and hauling trailers
- Previous work experience coordinating outdoor events, races, or activations
- Working knowledge of Sun Peaks ski trails
- Ability to handle heavy physical work (loads up to 35kg)
- Strong communication and teamwork skills
- Organized, efficient, dependable with a sense of urgency
- Physical presence on site at the designated location
What We Do
Sun Peaks Resort is Canada's second-largest ski resort, located in British Columbia. It is a premier multi-season destination offering skiing, mountain biking, golf, and hiking. Operated by Sun Peaks Resort LLP, the resort features a wide array of activities, accommodations, and the Sun Peaks Grand Hotel, consistently recognized as one of the top ski resorts in North America.
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