Make great events happen at Sea Cider!

Do you love creating memorable experiences—from beautiful weddings and lively celebrations to workshops, corporate gatherings and community events? Do you live and breathe service excellence while being meticulous about the details? Are you a gifted manager and strong communicator who knows how to build great teams and hit financial targets? And would you love to do all of this while working at an orchard-based cidery with stunning views and award-winning cider? Then we’d love to hear from you!

Quick Stats

- Compensation: $60,000–$70,000 annually, depending on experience
- Vacation: Three weeks paid vacation, plus the option of one additional week unpaid
- Schedule: Full-time, year-round; generally 10am–6pm, with Tuesdays and Wednesdays off
- Leadership: Member of Sea Cider’s leadership team, reporting to the General Manager
- Team: Directly manages approximately 2–10 part-time event service staff, depending on the season
- Budget: Accountable for the Department’s budget of several hundred thousand dollars
- Front-line event service: Up to 30% of your time, varying by season

The Opportunity Our Events Manager makes sure great events happen exceptionally well at Sea Cider.

You’ll lead Sea Cider’s Events Department, overseeing everything from venue coordination and client care to budgeting, staff recruitment, scheduling, training and supervision. You’ll work closely with our Event Sales Specialist, taking over the duty of care for clients once their events are booked and ensuring that the service team have the details to execute events successfully.

You’ll also play an important role in growing our events business: identifying opportunities, attracting new events, improving our offerings and finding ways to increase revenue and profitability.

This is a hands-on leadership role, and you’ll spend up to 30% of your time providing front-line event service, working alongside your team and modelling service excellence.

What does success look like?

- Clients consistently rate their Sea Cider experience highly in post-event surveys
- You build a positive, capable team and retain your strongest performers
- Events meet budget benchmarks
- Staff consistently follow Sea Cider’s policies and procedures
- Events are well executed, and operations to support event service - from inventory counts and stock reorders to facility cleaning - are done consistently well

Training & Benefits We’ll give you comprehensive training in Sea Cider’s policies, event-service protocols, business systems and, of course,



cider! Other benefits include:

- Company events (winter holiday party, summer BBQ, end of season dinner, etc)
- Dental care coverage
- Discounted or free food and beverages
- Education allowance (after 12 months in this position)
- Extended health care
- Free in office parking
- Life insurance
- Technology allowances (cell phone, computer)
- Paid time off for sickness, bereavement or extreme weather events
- Store discount

About Us Sea Cider is a certified organic orchard near Victoria, BC that crafts award-winning cider from heirloom apples. Our mission is to create exceptional cider experiences as a community-minded, conscientious land steward. We foster a positive, inclusive, and collaborative work culture and are tenacious in our efforts to produce outstanding cider and memorable experiences.

About You

You have a strong track record delivering events for 20 to 2,000 people, and you understand the client care, logistics, communications, coordination and attention to detail required to ensure complex events run smoothly.

Just as importantly, you’re an experienced people leader who knows how to create a positive team culture and is looking for senior management level accountability.

In addition, you have:

- Education: Serving It Right certification, and a post secondary degree or diploma in management, hospitality, event planning or related field.
- Management experience: At least five years of experience as a manager with responsibility for people, budgets, schedules and projects.
- Industry experience: At least five years of experience planning and executing events, including several years managing weddings and other complex events.
- People leadership: At least five years of experience recruiting, training, scheduling, supervising and reviewing the performance of direct reports. You have a gift for creating a positive, engaged team and keeping everyone focused on service excellence.
- Communication & problem solving: You’re an excellent written and verbal communicator with strong diplomacy and problem-solving skills. You know how to resolve client concerns successfully—and, even better, how to anticipate issues and prevent complaints before they happen.
- Financial management:



You have experience managing an HR budget and being accountable for the financial performance of events
- Sales & business development: You have experience implementing successful strategies to grow event revenue and improve profitability
- Technology & equipment: You’re highly proficient with common industry software and eager to learn new programs, improve systems and use technology to strengthen both financial and service outcomes.
- Personal approach: You bring professionalism, personal accountability and a strong commitment to achieving targets. You’re curious, a great listener and a collaborative colleague who welcomes feedback, and someone who embraces all aspects of DEI. You’re also willing to roll up your sleeves and work shoulder-to-shoulder with your team when the job requires it. And, of course, you’re interested in learning about cider!
- Work week available: You are able to work full time hours year round and occasional evenings if needed and per Sea Cider’s lieu time policy
- Physical requirements: You are able to lift up to 25 kg several times daily—for example, cases of cider, stacks of chairs and glass racks. You are also comfortable working on your feet, walking and standing for extended periods, both indoors and outdoors, in all weather conditions
- A strong Health & Safety mindset, including a commitment to Sea Cider’s Communicable Disease Plan and all food-safety protocols
- A genuine interest in continuous improvement and in being part of a growing business that is always looking for ways to do things better

How to Apply If you’re an experienced events leader who is excited by the opportunity to build a great team, grow a successful events business and create exceptional experiences at Sea Cider, we’d love to hear from you.

Please apply in confidence to [email protected] with your resume and a cover letter describing how your experience and skills meet the requirements of the position.

We thank all applicants for their interest. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Pay: $60,000.00-$70,000.00 per year

Benefits

- Casual dress
- Company events
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Discounted or free food
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- Store discount

Application question(s):
- Sea Cider is located in a rural area of Saanichton. Do you have a vehicle or other form of direct transportation to get to work?

Experience:
- event: 5 years (preferred)
- team lead/management: 5 years (preferred)

Work Location: In person

📌 Events Manager (Saanichton)
🏢 861914208
📍 Saanichton