Director of People (Tofino)

Director of People (Tofino)

22 Oct
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Accent Inns
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Tofino

22 Oct

Accent Inns

Tofino

Accent Inns Inc. is a BC-based hospitality company that is different ina positive way. Here, we LEAD WITH LOVE, and our number one metric is the happiness of our staff, who we call our Fam-Jam. OurSpring2026Employee Survey showed that96%of our employees are happy to work here, with a100% participation rate

We have two hotel chains: Accent Inns, where there is a rubber duck in every room, and Hotel Zed, where we rebel against the ordinary. Our latest venture is ROAR, our live-fire restaurant in Tofino, BC. We are searching for aGeneral Managerto join our flock oftotally uniqueand fun-loving individuals to drive our business forward in the long term.

This role reports toNoah Warder, VP of People & Cultureandwill help our amazingP&C; team translate our strategy initiatives into impactful programs and policies that continue to support our Ducks ‘n Rebels to live their best lives.

Who We Are

Success attracts success and here you will be working with an extraordinary company. We are a force in the industry:

- We have been named one of Canada's Most Admired Corporate Cultures™ four years in a row.
- We received the Tourism Industry Association of Canada’s Business of the Year award for the outstanding growth of our business.
- We received Employer of the Year award from Tourism Canada
- We have doubled our revenue and tripled our profits in the last nine years.
- Our owner and CEO, Mandy Farmer, was named Hotelier of the Year by Hotelier Magazine and RBC Women of Influence Entrepreneur of the Year.

Key to our success is living by our four Core Values every day:

- Be Real
- Have Fun
- Make Everything Better
- Have Each Other’s Backs

We cover 100% of medical and dental premiums,



PLUS you get free mental health benefits. We also have a bunch of Work Perks just for you:

- Free nights at any of our hotels + discounts for your friends & family
- Live your Best Life fund (we’ll help pay for courses that’ll make your life better, whether or not they’re related to your role with us)
- Employee purchase program so you can get sweet deals on everything from electronics to linens
- Executive leadership development and coaching

What the Role is Quacked Up to Be

The Director of P&C; will support their Care Bear (Noah Warder) with strategic initiatives, lead our HRBPs in supporting their regions and partner closely with their counterparts across all departments. This role will be responsible for managing our recruitment processes, identifying key areas for improvement, supporting the development of the HRBPs and translating key company objectives into P&C; goals and programs. As our Director of P&C; you are uniquely positioned to champion our culture, support DEIB initiatives and Make Everything Better (one of our values). This is a new role at Accent Inns, focused on supporting our sustainability and positioning our organization as the employer of choice in hospitality in BC.

In your first 3 months, you will…

- Spend time learning from the P&C; team about our current processes and programs




- Spend time building relationships and having fun with your team to understand better who they are and what they need from you as a leader
- Have dedicated time to learn and practice our Leading with Love philosophy and begin to have a deep understanding of how to lead at Accent Inns
- Learn about our feedback, coaching, and mentor programs at Accent Inns and begin to use them with your teams
- Meet 1-on-1 withyour fellow directors and the regional managers to better understand their roles and departments
- Begin to build the partnership across the organization that will support your success (Care Bears, GMs, Regional Managers, Directors, etc.)
- Review how the P&C; team is tracking its work using Microsoft Lists and make suggestions on how to make improvements to our current workflows
- Complete our Orientation program for new leaders
- Work withNoah to learn more about the strategic vision for P&C;, DEIB, and Talent Acquisition at Accent Inns
- Review current P&C; metrics and identify gaps and areas of opportunity

In your first 12 months, you will…

- Have established solid relationships with your stakeholders (Regional Managers, Directors, Care Bears)
- Have established a strong and trusting relationship with the HRBPs and developed career progression plans for each of them
- Supported and run one full compensation and performance review cycle
- Established P&C; dashboard and metrics to report out on a monthly cadence
- Have taken over the performance review revamp project and developed a timeline and project charter to update our performance management process
- Supported the cr

📌 Director of People (Tofino)
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