Hospitality Team Member at Christian Retreat Centre: Housekeeping & Kitchen

Hospitality Team Member at Christian Retreat Centre:  Housekeeping & Kitchen    King's Fold Retreat and Renewal Centre | 30 minutes from Cochrane, an hour northwest of Calgary, Alberta
Full-time
· 40 hours per week · $35,000 per year pro-rated for the initial term
· 3-month contract with the possibility of extending to a permanent position with benefits
· Accommodation available on site if needed
"...that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord." (Acts 3:19) King's Fold is a dwelling for God's presence, a place of encounter and renewal.
Some of our guests arrive weary, or walking through grief and need somewhere quiet. Most come wanting time with God and a few days when someone else cooks. They pray, read in the library, sit by the fire, walk the 166-acre property with the Ghost River running through it and the Rockies on the skyline, spend an afternoon in the art room, the chapel, the Stations of the Cross.

A lot of them have been coming for years, because King's Fold has become one of the places they reliably meet God.
Each weekday morning, before the working day starts, the staff team gathers for a short time of worship and prayer, optional but rarely missed. These, and our longer gathering on Tuesdays, are open to our guests. Daily our hosts pray before each meal. Brother Lawrence, a lay brother who cooked for his community in seventeenth-century Paris, described his work and his prayer as one continuous conversation with God, carried on with his hands full.

We want the same thing here. The conversation keeps going while you strip a bed, join the worship time in the chapel, or work through a sink of dishes.
We have more than one role to fill. There is accommodation on site for those who need it. One apartment suits a married couple, or two single people of the same sex willing to share, each with their own bedroom. We also have separate bedrooms in our lodge for individuals, and commuting works if you are local.
The work    cleaning guest rooms, bathrooms and shared spaces
laundry and linens
fitting sheets and making beds
preparing the lodge and rooms for arriving individuals and groups
The kitchen is the other core area. We serve two meals a day, brunch at 10am and supper at 4pm, for groups of between 5 and 30 people. You would work alongside our kitchen lead on cooking, preparation, service, dishes and clean‑up, with room to take on more of it over time. Most people in this role work across both areas, and depending on your skills there may be scope to help our maintenance or office managers.

We are a small team, so there will be days when the thing that most needs doing is not the thing you expected.
Hours   40 hours a week, generally 9am to 6pm Monday to Friday with a lunch break. Some weekend work is needed, currently around one weekend in four. When you work a weekend, time off is arranged around it, usually the Thursday before and the Monday after.
Who we're looking for   You love Jesus, and you want people to encounter Him here. Sharing in the spiritual life of the Centre is part of the job. That means our daily prayer, our shared worship, and staying expectant for the Spirit to move. Our worship style is mainly on the contemplative and quieter side. We come from a range of church backgrounds, and our unity here is in Jesus.
You're hardworking and comfortable being on your feet all day. This work is physical: standing, walking, bending, lifting, pushing and kneeling for most of a shift.
You bring joy into a workplace. Nobody is cheerful every hour of every day and we don't expect it, but we hope for people who are good to be around, and who see that how we treat one another is part of how we care for our guests.
You stay steady when the day changes. We host…