This management position demands a high level of organization, leadership, attention to detail and exemplary customer service skills. Salary from $2000/month, DOE. Applicant must be available for the full summer season,
April 1-September 15th, 2008.

Hospitality Manager - Kenai Riverside Lodge : POSITION FILLED

The Hospitality Manager position coordinates all kitchen and hospitality services at the Kenai Riverside Lodge including guest and staff meal preparation, presentation and service; and all housekeeping services. The position also involves training and supervision of all department staff; ordering and tracking all supplies; and daily coordination with other department managers.

Job Requirements/Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years professional restaurant, kitchen or hospitality experience and some experience in a management position.
• Proven skills as a professional lead cook or as a restaurant manager or other hospitality industry manager.
• Proven capabilities in organizing hospitality and/or restaurant services and in supervising hospitality/restaurant staff.
• Ability to create, plan and prepare restaurant-quality, wholesome guest meals with a gourmet flair preferred.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work in a positive manner with all types of people.
• Ability to organize and track financial records such as charge account receipts, payroll forms, check packets and petty cash.
• Ability to perform multiple duties and function in a dynamic work environment with changing priorities.
• Willingness to be an active and positive member of a management team, with the ability to integrate different opinions and priorities when solving problems.

Duties may include and are not limited to:

Train and supervise all Hospitality Department staff including cooks, packers, housekeepers and dishwashers.  Coordinate all Hospitality services with the management team and make sure all services are provided at acceptable levels. This includes adherence to all schedules, quality control, staff scheduling and direct service oversight.  Order, organize and inventory all food and other hospitality supplies. This includes researching and establishing relationships with vendors, planning supply orders in advance to maximize cost efficiency, and monitoring supply consumption and waste.

Work directly with Hospitality staff, to directly monitor staff performance, guest service levels and quality control.  Create all staff work schedules, monitor staffs as they check in and out, approve and monitor all over-time, track all staff hours worked and accurately report payroll to AWA Staff Account on a monthly basis.  Supervise and monitor Hospitality staff on their adherence to Personnel Policies and Group Living Guidelines.

This management position demands a high level of organization, leadership, attention to detail and exemplary customer service skills. Salary from $2100/month, DOE. Applicant must be available for the full summer season, May 1 - September 15th, 2008.

Boathouse Manager - Kenai Riverside Lodge POSITION FILLED

The Boathouse Manager will coordinate our Kenai Riverside Lodge based Day Trip and Safari Rafting Program. This position will typically work a 40-hour week but must be flexible to work more, especially during the training period of May and early June. Day to day schedule may fluctuate dependent on arrivals and guest occupancy at the lodge. This dynamic position requires experience in staff leadership and supervision, program logistics and scheduling, as well as Alaska Natural History Interpretation.

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

•  Anticipating and preparing needs for the operation of the boathouse.
• Organizing and leading a 7-day training session for new raft guides. This training will focus on safety, skills training and boathouse systems.
• On-site logistics (scheduling, program development, troubleshooting logistics, etc.) throughout the operation season.
• Briefing, debriefing and supervision of all Boathouse staff.
• Mid-season and end of season staff evaluation, field involvement and evaluation of staff.
• Perform general maintenance and up keep of the rafts and there gear.
• Work with the mechanic to make sure Boathouse outboards receive proper maintenance. 
• Greeting boathouse guests and handling guests complaints.
• Communicating with the Girdwood office and the Cooper Landing operations.
• The Boathouse Manager is expected to be a team player with other AWA managers and will also fill in with general and priority tasks as necessary.
• Lead in natural history interpretive technique training of guides
• Evaluate program risk management, help to design safety plans to lessen risks to employees and guests, make recommendations to the Operations Manager.
• Job site contact with the staff of all departments but mainly concern with the boathouse staff  (attendance to evening programs and other presentations, participate with daily program activities, manage all group floats, work with safari to cover their rafting needs, etc.).
• Assist Program Director in the continual development of natural history programs.
• Serve as a mechanism for quality control and monitor all aspects of the boathouse and general operations of camp.
• Coordinate and compile guest feedback forms. Make recommendations to the Lodge Manager based on overall guest feedback, keep Lodge Manager informed of timely negative and positive guest feedback.

Job Requirements/Qualifications:

• Familiarity with AWA programs or similar experience in ecotourism, and Alaska experience preferred.
• Excellent organizational skills, detail orientation, self-motivation, and self-management.
• Strong Communication skills with other managers and employees.
• Ability to live in communal, camp-like atmosphere. Housing and food is provided at our Kenai Riverside Lodge in Cooper Landing from May 1 through September.
• Natural history interpretation training skills preferred.
• Management/supervisory experience preferred.
• Working knowledge of raft/frame maintenance
• Ability to understand the nature of training boathouse staff how to be excellent guides who are knowledgeable, safe and professional
• Competent with computers (familiarity with  Microsoft Word, email, and Excel programs).

This management position demands a high level of organization, leadership, attention to detail and exemplary customer service skills. Salary from $2000/month, DOE. Applicant must be available for the full summer season,
May to September, 2008.