North Pacific Cannery Historical Site prepares for upcoming season with a call for employees

North Pacific Cannery Historical Site is hiring for 2020
(artwork from the NPC Facebook page)

With the 2020 tourism season inching ever closer, one of the top attractions on the North Coast is getting ready to ramp up for Spring and the late April launch of their 2020 operations.

Regularly tracking over 10,000 visitors per year, the twenty minute or so trip out to the Cannery site along Inverness Passage makes for one of the great adventures for both locals and visitors alike.

The first step before opening the gates for the year will come with the need to fill a few positions at the Port Edward historical site, with a range of positions now available for application on the North Pacific Website.

Among some of the key positions currently available.

Assistant General Manager

North Pacific Cannery National Historic Site is seeking a part time General Manager Assistant who is a friendly, hard-working mature individual with superior customer service and organizational skills. He/she will assist the General Manager to oversee our overall visitor experiences. The main objective of the General Manager Assistant is to supervise employees and the site when the General Manager is off site and to provide a meaningful and consistent visitor experience. This would involve following up and welcoming all tours, cruise ships and school tours to our National Historic Site. It would also include the ability to step in and conduct guided tours. Provide back up in the visitor centre and gift shop as needed. 

The assistant Manager will also be called upon to assist with employee scheduling in conjunction with the volume of private tours. The assistant manager will also book tours, liaise with tour operators and represent the North Pacific Cannery’s historical aspects of the site. The incumbent will work closely with the General Manager to supervise and train staff, conduct evaluative exit surveys to ensure all visitors have a rewarding heritage experience and also assist with collecting information relating to visitor statistics and approach visitors who might participate in our new oral history project and our visitor exit survey.

The full description is available here.

Community Engagement and Event Coordinator

North Pacific Cannery, National Historic Site is seeking a Community Engagement and event coordinator. Working with the General Manager, he/she will coordinate and supervise special and private events for the 2020 season. The Coordinator is responsible for managing events, coordinating staff, supplies, sponsors, permits, and volunteers as required. 

Additionally, he/she will assist select management and board members to establish a scope, work plan, budget and list of participants. The candidate will support activities related to private events and private tours, and venue rentals, such as initial consultations, bookings, permits, contracts, staffing, supplies, catering, and other logistics. It is highly recommended that applicants have a valid driver’s license and access to a vehicle.

The full description is available here.

Click on the links below to learn of the Other positions that are available:

Adult Tour Guide
Student Tour Guide
Housekeeper
Visitor Centre Assistant

Volunteer positions are also available as Cannery Ambassadors

Learn more about the North Pacific Cannery Historical site from their website and Facebook page.

For more notes on the Tourism sector on the North Coast see our archive pages here.