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Casual staff wanted for remote wilderness lodge

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The experience

We are on the lookout for people who'd like to experience a stunning remote location, without the costs, and help us keep preserving and operating this special Heritage business.

Key roles include housekeeping, cleaning, general maintenance and projects. We will do our best to use your skills in areas of interest to you.

If you’re versatile, hardworking, and eager to work in a beautiful environment, we’d love to hear from you!

What you offer

15 hours of help per week

Bartending: Make and serve drinks and help maintain the beverages inventory.

Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.

Cleaning: Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.

Housekeeping: Help with changing the bed linens and general housekeeping.

What you get

2 days off per week

Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.

Team Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other people.

Discounts on Restaurants: Get discounts at nearby restaurants.

Discounts on Drinks: Get discounts for drinks and beverages from our bar.

Discounts on Accommodation: Get discounts for your stay in other hostels.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Bikes at your disposal: You can use our bikes any time you want.

Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.

Yoga classes: Take free yoga classes at our place.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Fluent English

Over 19 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

We're looking for enthusiastic people who take pride in their work and are able to work independently.

A 3 week minimum is requested due to the training we put in, and staff need to be fluent English speakers for ease of communication.

Accommodation is a private room for couples, and may be a shared room for singles, but typically through the winter you get a private room. You'll have free high speed wifi, access to our kayaks, bicycles, fishing rods and the hot tub!

You organise and cook your own groceries in the fully-equipped kitchen. If you don't have a car groceries can be delivered to Glenorchy or we can help with pickups.

You are treated as staff here rather than travellers staying in a host's home and there's a great team to work with (note that May-Sept is very quiet and there aren't many people here).

Activities & Shift

Key responsibilities are ensuring our accommodations are spotless and welcoming, the property is in top shape and our guests are happy and well cared for.

We ask for 15hrs work a week, usually rostered as 3hrs work across 5 days a week, to cover your accommodation. Shifts vary between AM, PM, and splits. Extra hours may be available for the right people if business levels allow.

Rules

By law all helpers are contracted as casual staff. Therefore you must have the following:

IRD number
Work visa/permit
Bank account

Non-smokers only.