Work With Us

This is a full-time position from May to September.

Duties include driving Hurricane Zodiacs with up to 12 guests, teaching people about the history of the area, and guiding people through long-abandoned native village sites and forest walks while making sure everyone is safe and having a great time. In the early season, you will be learning from senior guides by helping out on tours, but after we decide you are ready, you will be running tours alone, fully responsible for decisions concerning safety, weather, etc.

On days when you are not guiding, you will be expected to help out with equipment maintenance, building projects, and other jobs around the office. Because we start our tours about an hour's drive from Sandspit where the office is, you will also need to drive a 15-passenger van on radio-controlled logging roads. Although previous experience is not necessary, you need to be able to learn quickly and figure things out independently.

Requirements for the job are a Small Vessel Operator Proficiency certificate, MEDA3, Class 4 driver's licence and at least 40 hours of Wilderness First Aid (we prefer 80-100 hours and suggest Slipstream).

Assist with the day-to-day operations of the Seaport B&B, our waterfront accommodation in the heart of Sandspit. This role includes preparing meals, welcoming guests, maintaining buildings, and flipping rooms. Additional duties include keeping track of lodging inventory and cleanliness, reporting other maintenance needs, and responding to guest inquiries. This job requires a high level of autonomy, organization, and excellent customer service skills.

As a float camp cook, you will prepare meals for groups of 8-12 clients at our floating cabin located on the northern boundary of Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve. Our boat tour groups stay overnight at this small, comfortable floating lodge. Because this is a very remote location, our electricity comes from a generator and batteries, the appliances run on propane, and we have our own water system from a nearby stream.

In this role, you will alternate with another cook, working 10-day shifts followed by 4 days off. The shift will include a day to prep and shop in town, a week at the cabin including a day of overlap with the other cook, and a day in town at the end of the shift to help with laundry, general clean-up, or other tasks around our office as necessary. During your days off, you will have room and board at our base in Sandspit, as well as access to vehicles and bikes to explore the rest of Haida Gwaii.

Expect to be very busy during your shift, with tour groups staying at the cabin almost every night, eating dinner and breakfast and taking a packed lunch for the day. You will be responsible for planning and cooking meals, keeping the cabin clean and tidy, making beds, cleaning, and making clients feel welcome. You need to be self-motivated and have a friendly and pleasant manner. You should be able to improvise and deal with hands-on troubleshooting situations. You must be able to cope with being alone and also dealing with large groups of people. Formal cooking experience is not necessary, as long as you are able to learn quickly.

This is a full-time position from May to September. Although you will be working under an experienced office manager, you will learn all of the duties associated with the office and will take responsibility for many tasks on your own.

Duties include answering phone calls, writing emails, booking clients, and providing information about our services to potential clients. You will also prepare lunches for day trips (simple and repetitive cooking), and help to keep the office and kitchen clean and tidy. You will be part of a team that works each day to keep our clients happy and keep everything running smoothly, and as such you may perform a wide variety of tasks, such as prepping rental kayaks, fixing and organizing things in the shop, and thinking on your feet to solve daily problems. You must be capable of both giving and taking directions, as well as figuring out what needs to be done independently.

Previous experience with office work and work in the tourism industry is an asset. Friendly, outgoing personality and ability to learn new skills and make decisions are a must. This job requires a high level of commitment and long hours of work, but is varied and interesting, and we will provide opportunities to get out on the boat and experience our tours and the wilderness of Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve.

This is a great way to get into the tourism and hospitality industry. You will rotate every week through 3 key areas of our operation: Deckhand - our tours and transports can be fast paced and take you to some wild and remote places. You support the guides in loading kayaks, preparing the boats and assisting on tours. Base assistant - you’ll help prepare meals, clean the base and help with maintenance. Assistant housekeeper - Through the day you will assist the float-camp manager or the Seaport staff make beds, clean and prepare meals You do not need to live in Sandspit to do this job.

We offer volunteer opportunities for those who want to get to know the local community and get some work experience while travelling on a budget. Work with a great team and make some new friends while you stay with our crew at our base in Sandspit. We provide room and board in exchange for approximately 20 hours of work per week. If you volunteer for a few weeks or more we can usually get you out on a boat at some point.

Contact us if you're interested in volunteering!