Job Listings for Tofino

Job Description:
We are looking for a skilled and motivated Prep Cook who also has experience as a Line Cook in both hot and cold kitchens. The ideal candidate should be comfortable working under pressure, preparing high-quality meals, and running the kitchen independently or alongside our Head Chef. If you're organized, reliable, and have a passion for culinary excellence, we'd love to meet you!

Responsibilities:

• Prepare and portion ingredients according to recipes and specifications
• Assist in hot and cold food preparation
• Cook on the line during service, ensuring food is cooked to perfection
• Maintain cleanliness and organization of the kitchen
• Work closely with the Head Chef to execute daily kitchen operations
• Step into the role of running the kitchen in the absence of the Head Chef
• Follow health and safety guidelines and maintain high food quality standards
• Ensure timely and accurate preparation during busy service hours

Requirements:

• Proven experience as a Prep Cook and Line Cook
• Ability to work in both hot and cold stations
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to multi-task
• Ability to run the kitchen independently or with the Head Chef
• Knowledge of kitchen safety and food handling practices
• Strong communication and teamwork skills
• Flexibility to work evenings, weekends, and holidays as needed

What We Offer:

• Competitive pay based on experience
• A supportive and energetic work environment
• Opportunities for growth and development
• Staff meals and discounts

If you’re passionate about creative cuisine, work well under pressure, and want to be part of a dynamic kitchen team, we’d love to hear from you!

We are a small, woman-owned cleaning company looking for amazing cleaning staff to accommodate our ever-growing client base. We provide services for residential, commercial and vacation rental properties.

All high-quality, non-toxic cleaning products and equipment are supplied as well as company vehicles and gas cards for team members with a valid drivers license.

Wages are based on experience and work quality. VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE IS AN ASSET.

About Us:

With a leadership team built from award-winning restaurants across North America, our new restaurant is an upcoming culinary destination in the heart of Tofino, BC. We specialize in Mediterranean-inspired, seasonal cuisine made with the freshest local ingredients. Our menu reflects a passion for quality, sustainability, and creativity, offering guests an unforgettable dining experience.

Benefits:

• Competitive hourly wage based on experience and tips
• Staff discounts on meals
• Staff accommodation for full time employees
• A positive and inclusive work environment

Join Our Team as a Line Cook!

The Schooner Restaurant & Lounge - Seafood, Steaks & Cocktails. Tofino B.C

Are you ready to bring your culinary skills to a fast-paced restaurant environment? We're looking for a skilled Line Cook to join our friendly kitchen team!

Position: Line Cook  

Type: Full-Time  

Pay: $25/hour + tips  

Benefits: Enjoy a staff meal daily, with accommodation available after training!

Maintenance/upkeep of hot tubs, mostly at vacation rentals,. Some minor property maintenance. 

Creative Salmon - Canada’s first producer of certified organic farm-raised salmon, growing Pacific Chinook at four sites in the waters of Clayoquot Sound near Tofino - requires a deckhand, primarily for its harvest vessel.

The position involves prepping the vessel for harvest, travel to farms, conducting harvest, monitoring the holds, offloading, clean-up/sanitation, and basic vessel upkeep.

Staff accommodation may be available to rent.

Heartwood Kitchen is looking for a dishwasher to join our team. We need someone to help keep the restaurant on track day in and day out!

Shifts will be primarily AM starts with special event and catering opportunities.

The individual will be comfortable working with a team or alone and is warm and welcoming with our team and guests.  

Daily staff meal.

Fully paid extend-ed dental and medical benefits (after 3 months)

Responsibilities 

Working with the cooks on general food preparation

Wash and sort restaurant dishes and kitchen equipment

Sweep and mopping the kitchen daily or as needed

Maintain chemical stocks and logs

Removing and sorting garbage and recycling

POSITION SUMMARY

Reporting to the Housekeeping Manager, the Room Attendant will provide for the comfort of guests by ensuring that the cabins and public areas are clean to a high standard and presented in a professional manner. A Room Attendant promotes a positive image of the property to guests, and must be pleasant and friendly.

Full time, year-round + seasonal available.

Here at Ocean Village we have a fantastic team of friendly, fun + hardworking staff!

Staff accommodation provided to the right candidate.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

-Clean and sanitize cabins. Some duties include (but are not limited too): Vacuuming, mopping, dusting, making beds, cleaning windows and washing dishes)

-Work closely with other departments to ensure guest satisfaction.

-Work diligently and independently.

-Manage your time efficiently to ensure all assigned cabins are clean by check-in time.

-Maintain a positive and organized working environment.

-Perform other job-related duties and special projects assigned.

PERKS

- Seeking a couple or two close friends who can live together

- Free staff accommodation in a private trailer on Cox Bay

- Must be willing to commit for 6 months to a year

https://careers.risepeople.com/jge-ocean-village-ltd/en/6512_room-attendant

Company Description:

Founded in 2003, Chocolate Tofino is built on a legacy of fresh, hand-crafted chocolates, with the highest quality ingredients and fine flavour cacao. Our handmade Gelato and Sorbet is also made fresh in-house, from whole ingredients.

We are deeply committed to sustainability and chocolate ethics. Our fine flavour cacao is thoughtfully sourced from South America and our fresh ingredients are purchased from local families and farms.

We are passionate about doing things right. We delight in putting smiles on the faces of those around us and are so happy to be part of Tofino’s locally owned business community.

We’re looking for someone to join our Team to deliver legendary leadership and service to our team and the community!

Job Description:

The Assistant Manager contributes to Chocolate Tofino’s unique culture by ensuring that a team of associates create and maintain the Chocolate Tofino experience for our customers. We are a family run business and value commitment to quality service and transparency with each other and our community.

Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates integrity, honesty, and knowledge to promote the core values of Chocolate Tofino’s culture.
• Team building and ability to use discretion in providing direction to others.
• Maintains and models a calm exterior presence during periods of high volume or unusual events and moves on immediately after to keep the store operating to standard and to set an example for the team.
• Reviews store environment and seeks opportunities for improvement in order to provide coaching and direction to the team to achieve efficiency and smooth operation.
• Engages in conversation with customers to understand customer needs and responds with diplomacy and generosity in times of customer dissatisfaction.
• Leads the staff and encourages development of individual strengths and improvement on individual initiatives.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and anticipate the needs of the team, which means jumping in where most needed, ie scooping ice cream, making cones, fulfilling chocolate orders, doing dishes, answering phones, etc.
• Accountability for cash handling, and inventory.
• Creates and manages staff schedule on a bi-weekly basis.
• Passion for our brand and products!

Qualification & Experience:

• Minimum of one year supervisory/ management experience in the retail, hospitality or restaurant industry.
• Experience managing, training, and motivating anywhere from 6-20 customer service team members.
• Ability to resolve concerns from customers and between team members.
• Chocolate and gelato knowledge is a plus!
• FoodSafe Level 1 an asset but not necessary.
• Must have accommodation in Tofino or Ucluelet and reliable transportation.

Additional Information:

• Chocolate Tofino is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We honor, value and promote diversity.

Company Description:

Founded in 2003, Chocolate Tofino is built on a legacy of fresh, hand-crafted chocolates, with the highest quality ingredients and fine flavour cacao. Our handmade Gelato and Sorbet is also made fresh in-house, from whole ingredients.

We are deeply committed to sustainability and chocolate ethics. Our fine flavour cacao is thoughtfully sourced from South America and our fresh ingredients are purchased from local families and farms.

We are passionate about doing things right. We delight in putting smiles on the faces of those around us and are happy to be part of Tofino’s locally owned business community.

We’re looking for someone to join our Team to make the best homemade Gelato ever, support the team, and serve the community!

Job Description:

The Gelato Production Team is the backbone of Chocolate Tofino’s ability to provide our customers with the best Gelato we can make. We are a family run small business and value integrity, honesty, and an eye for detail and quality.

Responsibilities:

• Maintains high standards and production quantities.
• Accurately measures and scales a variety of ingredients and follows recipes exactly.
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment; able to plan ahead, meet deadlines and keep store stocked at all times.
• Keeps a clean and organized kitchen at all times.
• Actively keeps track of inventory and ingredients and competently places supplier orders.
• Willing to go above and beyond to satisfy customer requests and orders.
• Loves to learn new things and improve skills; accepts correction well.
• Contributes to a positive team morale and supports team members.
• Lifts up to 45lbs repeatedly throughout a shift.
• Daily Gelato room and machine cleaning.
• Demonstrates integrity, honesty, and knowledge to promote the core values of Chocolate Tofino’s culture.
• Passion for our brand and products!

Qualification & Experience:

• Experience or training in gelato an asset, but not required.
• Strong organizational skills and work ethic.
• Proficient with numbers and basic calculations for estimating production requirements.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Positive and caring approach to all team members.
• Experience in the restaurant industry an asset.
• Ability to work well under high-volume production pressures.
• Skilled in efficient time management; has the ability to plan and manage a production schedule in the kitchen.
• Skilled at working with a team and also able to focus and work alone.
• FoodSafe Level 1 an asset but not necessary.
• Must have accommodation in Tofino or Ucluelet and reliable transportation.

Additional Information:

• Chocolate Tofino is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We honor, value and promote diversity.

About the Role:
Ozzard Environmental is hiring a Depot Worker for our Tofino Recycling Depot. This is a seasonal summer position with the possibility of transitioning into a full-time role within our company. We're looking for someone who is reliable, hardworking, and committed to keeping our community clean and green.

Key Responsibilities:

• Sort and bale recyclable materials
• Load and unload recycling onto trucks
• Assist residents and commercial customers dropping off recycling
• Maintain a clean and organized depot space
• Follow all safety procedures and recycling guidelines

What We Offer:

• Competitive starting wage of $24/hour (higher for experienced applicants)
• A supportive work environment
• Potential for full-time employment with Ozzard Environmental

Reporting to the Director of Operations, the Bus Driver performs a variety of bus driver and related duties under the general direction of the Director of Operations. General duties include driving the school bus in accordance with instructions and approved schedule, performing pre and post trip inspections in the prescribed fashion. Attending to any problems uncovered by the pretrip inspections such as fluid levels, tire pressure, replacement of lights and bulbs, etc. Maintaining daily log of bus inspection and other records on a regular scheduled basis.

Job starts date:  September 2, 2025 (training August 25 – 29, 2025)

Closing date for applications: June 6th, 2025, at 4 pm

About Us:

Roy Henry Vickers Gallery is an artist-owned gallery and cultural landmark in Tofino, celebrating over 38 years of art and storytelling. The space itself is modelled after a traditional Northwest Coast longhouse and features Roy’s striking prints, carvings, and cedar-planked walls. We attract visitors from around the world to connect with art, Indigenous culture, and the stories that define this coastal region.

Position Overview:

We are seeking a professional sales representative who will facilitate art sales and play a key role in the day to day operations in the gallery.  The successful candidate will have a passion for the arts, basic computer skills, strong communication and organizational skills, a keen attention to detail, and a willingness to work in a small team environment. 

Employment Details:

This is a full-time, year-round position, 4 or 5 days negotiable, 7 hrs daily with a 45 min paid lunch break.

Gallery hours are 10am – 5pm daily.

Candidate must be available to work on weekends - non negotiable.

Starting wage $22/hr

Housing/Accommodation is not provided with this position, housing must be secured prior to interview.

West Coast Shapes/West Coast Campground is looking to hire in our busy rental department and campground maintenance. 

Creative Salmon is Canada’s first producer of certified organic farm-raised salmon, growing Pacific Chinook salmon at 4 sites in the waters of Clayoquot Sound near Tofino.

Farm Technicians work five days out of seven. Sites are not camp-based; workers travel a short distance, by company boat, in and out each day. Company transportation to boat launch is also provided. Farm Techs are responsible for general farm operations such as net cleaning, basic maintenance, assistance during harvesting, feeding and care of fish, operating boats and equipment, environmental monitoring, as well as other tasks. Because farming is a team effort, reliability and dependable attendance is key.

Starting wage is $24.21 per hour going to $24.71 after 3 months. Company paid benefits package, paid sick days, safety gear and wellness spending allowance after the wait period (3 consecutive months).

We are looking for:

• Basic culinary knowledge and familiarity with food handling practices
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment
• Someone who shows initiative and is a team-player 
• Basic knife skills and comfortable with processing different meats, proteins and sauces
• Attention to detail and a clean-as-you-go mindset
• Follow proper food safety and sanitation procedures
• Lift and carry up to 40 lbs as need
• Tips range from $8-$18 an hour and split evenly between staff

Perks

• Free staff meal daily
• Health benefits for full-time staff
• Staff outings and trips

We are looking for:

• Basic culinary knowledge and familiarity with food handling practices
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment
• Someone who shows initiative and is a team-player 
• Basic knife skills and comfortable with processing different meats, proteins and sauces
• Attention to detail and a clean-as-you-go mindset
• Follow proper food safety and sanitation procedures
• Lift and carry up to 40 lbs as needed

Perks include:

• Tips range from $8-$18 an hour and split evenly between staff
• Free staff meal daily
• Health benefits for full-time staff
• Staff outings and trips

Starting at $20.00/hr + great benefits package, including Extended Health, Dental, Disability Insurance, Health & Wellness, Pension & more!

Inquiring Little Minds has been providing childcare services in British Columbia for the past 12 years, since 2011. We are hoping to expand, by opening more centres in other parts of our community and province. Our centres provide a warm and nurturing environment, with focus on providing reliable, trustworthy and respectful services to meet the needs of the families and children in our communities that require childcare.

ILM facilities are dedicated to the provision of safe, well-managed childcare services for children that are provided by full and part-time, qualified staff. ILM's goal is to stimulate emotional growth, independent growth, intellectual growth, physical growth, and social growth amongst its charges. We follow curriculum based programs exposing children to age appropriate developmental practice.

Our centres have beautiful outdoor spaces and nearby parks where the children are able to explore nature and learn through play. We offer great wages, paid educational upgrades, a great team to work with, medical and dental benefits and having so many centres there are lots of opportunities to advance in the company.

About the Job:

We are looking for an Early Childhood Educator (ECE or ITE Certified) to complete our team at our ILM-Tofino Location. We need those who understand the importance of providing families with quality childcare. Please send your resume to schedule an interview.

Coastal Rides is a local, community-first ride-hailing service proudly serving Tofino and surrounding areas. We provide safe, friendly, and reliable transportation — and we’re looking for dependable, customer-focused employee drivers to join our growing team. Company vehicle provided for shifts.

• Guaranteed hourly pay, plus earn extra through tips and commission
• Engaged drivers usually make an extra $5-$10 per hour
• Flexible shifts to match your availability
• Support local transportation in your community
• Use of a company vehicle during shifts
• Be part of a growing, BC-based ride-hailing network