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Hello, Workawayers!
If interested in exploring Central Oregon, your adventure starts with us.
Our hostel in downtown Bend, Oregon, is the community basecamp in Central Oregon -- connecting outdoor adventure-seekers over food, beer, and events. Our property includes food and beverage carts, a sauna bath house, hammocks, and firepits. You will be invited to join us for staff outings and weekly activities such as trivia, karaoke, etc. You will learn about Bend and the surrounding area and inform guests and customers on the top attractions, events, and activities.
Bend is an international tourist destination for great outdoors and craft brewing. 3.5 hours from Portland, Bend sits below the eastern foothills of the Cascade Mountains along the Deschutes River. Our summer and winter activities include climbing, hiking, biking, cycling, rafting, kayaking, tubing, swimming, caving, skiing, snowboarding, and snowshoeing. You can also grab a "passport" at our visitor center and earn prizes for touring 25+ breweries along the "Bend Ale Trail”.
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Your Workaway cultural exchange will allow you meet people from across the globe. You will learn business operations, customer service, and housekeeping. You will also have an opportunity to learn and practice the English language.
This host offers accommodation and payment.
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We're always accepting Workawayers (age 21+). BUT IN ADDITION, we are NOW also looking for a new ASSISTANT MANAGER to start ASAP!!
$15 per hour
30-40 hours per week
Our hostel crew includes a general manager, assistant manager, bar manager, maintenance supervisor, 8 Workawayers, and 2-3 bartenders.
ASSISTANT MANAGER ( 6 MONTH MINIMUM )
Your primary responsibility will be supporting the General Manager. You will interview, hire, onboard, schedule, train, monitor, pay, and release all staff. You will attend management meetings and lead staff meetings. You will lead staff outings. You will help oversee all events, the beer truck, and the food carts. You will help staff create and cancel reservations, process payments and refunds, check guests in and out, respond to emails and reviews, take phone calls, answer guest questions, and resolve guest concerns. You will help staff clean and prepare bedrooms, bathrooms, and common areas, strip and make beds, and clean and store linens and towels. You will maintain company and property standards, monitor and enforce property rules, and ensure the safety and security of guests and customers. You will also learn about Bend and the surrounding area and be prepared to inform guests and customers on the top attractions, events, and activities. You will be expected to be professional, respectful, responsible, honest, and organized. You will report directly to the General Manager.
Workawayers ( 3 MONTH MINIMUM )
Your primary responsibility will be to support the General and Assistant Managers. Your secondary responsibility is to oversee the front desk and serve guests. You will create and cancel reservations, process payments and refunds, check guests in and out, respond to emails and reviews, take phone calls, answer guest questions, and resolve guest concerns. You will help staff clean and prepare bedrooms, bathrooms, and common areas, strip and make beds, and clean and store linens and towels. You will attend staff meetings. You will maintain company and property standards, monitor and enforce property rules, and ensure the safety and security of guests and customers. You will also learn about Bend and the surrounding area and be prepared to inform guests and customers on the top attractions, events, and activities. You will be expected to be professional, respectful, responsible, honest, and organized. You will report directly to the General and/or Assistant Managers.
English: Fluent
You will receive a single bunk bed and dedicated storage space in a shared staff bedroom, dedicated storage space in shared staff fridge and freezer, free utilities, laundry, light breakfast, and Wi-Fi, community kitchen use, a free beverage every shift, discounts on our food and beverage carts, and discounts on lodging at our partner hostels.
You will also receive minimum wage for each hour worked.
Those flying into the Portland international airport can rent a car and arrive in Bend in about 3.5 hours or you can take a bus on Central Oregon Breeze (takes about 4.0 hours) or US Amtrak (takes about 5.0 hours).
Those flying into the Roberts Field regional airport (Redmond) can take the HighDesert POINT shuttle and arrive in Bend in about 0.5 hours, or feel free to downtown apps for either Uber or Lyft.
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Yes. We offer 600mpbs internet and host multiple shared workspaces.
Yes. We can host van-lifers for day-use.
More than two
22 hours per week
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Accuracy of profile:
(5.0)
Cultural exchange:
(4.5)
Communication:
(5.0)
