Windsong Lodge
Windsong Lodge
Currently recruiting for the season from May 5th, 2024 to September 30th, 2024.
The Alaska Collection, an experience by Pursuit, offers several lodging and attractions including the Windsong Lodge, Talkeetna Alaskan Lodge, Denali Backcountry Lodge & Denali Cabins, Kenai Fjords Wilderness Lodge, and Kenai Fjords Tours. If you are someone who is hardworking, adventurous and seeking seasonal employment, come join our team!
Seward, AK is a quaint harbor town nestled at the base of the Kenai mountains.
- Location
- Alaska
- Season
- Spring and Summer
- Staff size
- 120+
- Housing
- Whether included in the compensation package or provided at a cost, housing is provided for staff.
- Family housing available
- No
- Pet friendly
- No
- Meals
- Some meals / discounts
- Cell phone service
- Yes, most carriers
- Internet access
- Good
About Windsong Lodge
Life is not one-size-fits-all, and neither are we. These places and experiences have the potential to change lives. Are you ready?
*Please note that we do not offer H2B VISA employment.
/ Competitive perks + wages / Referral + end-of-season bonus available/ Access to iconic National Park experiences / Fun staff events + parties / Free access to cool attractions + experiences / Training to help your career grow /
Have you dreamed of exploring the great Alaskan wilderness or spending the summer in a quintessential Alaskan town? Does spending your summer at the doorstep of adventure have a certain appeal? If your answer is yes, then you belong at the Seward Windsong Lodge for the ultimate seasonal work experience.
The Windsong Lodge is tucked away just outside the community of Seward, surrounded by verdant rainforest and the rushing Resurrection River. We welcome guests in our comfortable lodge rooms and at our onsite restaurant, the Resurrection Roadhouse. We are seeking fun, adventurous, hard-working, and conscientious people to join our team under the Midnight Sun. Our hiring needs range from chefs and servers, to maintenance and management, and everything in between. If you have a background in hospitality, tourism, maintenance, hotel management, natural sciences or recreation, we want to hear from you!
We are open from May through September and our team is made up of more than 118 seasonal staff from around the country and the world, most of whom live on property. Let us be your base camp for Seward and Kenai Fjords National Park!
The Employee Experience
Our core values are:
- Safety First
- Honor Place
- Anticipate
- Bring Your Best
The Windsong Lodge offers an unforgettable summer experience. Living and working with people from all over the world, you’re sure to make friends for life. Located in an idyllic town between the sea and the mountains, there are numerous opportunities for adventure: hiking, kayaking, berry picking, whale watching, and so much more. Though it's the "Land of the Midnight Sun", there is active nightlife with live music and DJs at multiple venues around town.
Life in Seward
Seward is a picturesque, seaside town located on the Kenai Peninsula, with a population of approximately 2,500 residents in the winter & approximately 8,500 in the summer. Nestled between the shores of Resurrection Bay and surrounded by mountains, this small town is the gateway to Kenai Fjords National Park. Seward is surrounded by breathtaking scenic beauty and offers incredible opportunities for exploration, recreation, and outdoor relaxation.
COVID-19: Safety first is our number one core value. We strive to maintain a safe and healthy environment for our guests and staff. Pursuit follows all CDC guidelines and practices social distancing and other CDC protocols. We strongly encourage all staff to get vaccinated prior to arrival.
Ideal Candidate
What kind of adventurer thrives here? Our ideal candidate is someone who wants to truly experience all that Alaska has to offer and believes in what we do, striving to create unforgettable experiences for our guests. Every single role on our team is essential, and we’re selective to ensure our employees and our guests have the best experience possible. Our happiest employees are those who step in where needed and can bring their best, always ready to share their adventurous and generous spirit.
If you sincerely enjoy working with people and want to contribute to an amazing guest experience, while having an unforgettable and unique experience of your own, then we want you to work with us.
Room and Board
We provide optional on-site housing for our team members who are 18 years of age or older with cozy accommodations and all basic amenities at a rate of $10.00 per day. Housing is available on a first-come-first-served basis, though to support our staff coming from afar preference is given to our employees from out of town.
Our staff housing is made up of a room shared by two people, with full shared facilities at staff commons including showers, kitchen and living area with TV. All kitchens are equipped with refrigerators, stoves, microwaves, however, staff does need to provide their own cooking utensils. We also provide Wi-Fi, bedding and towels, and free on-site laundry facilities for employees living in our housing.
For staff living offsite, other housing options can be found in our local newspaper the “Seward Phoenix Log,” “The Seward City News," "The Seward Journal," or the Seward Housing Facebook Page.
For health reasons, we, unfortunately, are not able to accommodate four-legged friends in staff accommodation. Housing is a community experience, and we all follow guidelines and sign a housing agreement to help ensure a quality, peaceful living experience for everyone.
Employee Perks
Discounts are available at all of our Alaska Collection properties and experiences when space is available. There are many other discounts available on activities in the area and throughout the state to make the most of!
Getting Here and Getting Around
Travel to Seward
- Air: The Closest commercial airport is the Ted Stevens International Airport, located in Anchorage, Alaska
- Driving: 2.5 hours from Anchorage along the scenic Seward Highway
- Shuttle Bus/Van: Travel is available year-round via Seward Bus Line 907-224-3608 or 907-563-0800. The Seward Bus Line will drop-off at the Seward Windsong Lodge and pick-up from the Anchorage airport, upon request
- Motorcoach: Travel is available from mid-May to mid-September via Park Connection Motorcoach 800-266-8625. The Park Connection will drop off at the Seward Windsong Lodge. Employees are eligible to receive a discount
- Train: Travel is available from mid-May to mid-September via the famous Alaska Railroad. Employees are eligible to receive a discount
Local Transportation: Employees can ride the guest shuttle into town from 7 am to 10 pm. Taxi services are available 24 hours a day
For Fun
Outdoor Activities
Get your bucket list ready – the regions in and around Kenai Fjords National Park are waiting to be explored. Aside from our award-winning wildlife watching marine tours, you’ll want to make sure you check off kayaking (both on lakes and at sea amidst floating glaciers), fishing in our famed Alaskan rivers, biking, and hiking in pristine areas like the Harding Icefield.
What’s Available
The town of Seward offers all basic amenities like shopping, restaurants, grocery stores, and a fitness center. To stay cozy on rainy days, there’s a library and museum to visit, an incredible Sea Life Center, and plenty of coffee shops with a view.
Current Job Openings
- Maintain warehouse in neat and orderly fashion
- Receive, check and stock food and beverage orders
- Stock and clean kitchen dry storage and walk-in cooler
- Logging of temperature variance for coolers and freezers
- Commitment to delivering exceptional guest service
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Knowledge of proper and up to date food handling and health standards
- Ability to maneuver and safely lift up to 50 pounds regularly
- Assist guests with luggage during guest check-in and guest checkout and transporting to the guest rooms
- Ensure all guests’ luggage is correctly tagged and safely stored and transported to the assigned destination
- Greet arriving and departing guests and answer any questions or concerns
- Collaborate with wait staff to ensure that tables are cleared, cleaned and ready for the next guests
- Prepare dining room for guests by setting tables and stocking all necessary supplies prior to the beginning of service
- Support wait staff by assisting with delivery of food and retrieval of required supplies
- Arrange tables for large parties
- Maintain a clean and sanitary bussing station
- Operate the industrial dishwasher
- Wash glassware and other implements by hand when necessary
- Empty and clean all trash receptacles
- Stock supplies in serving stations or storage
- Empty and clean all garbage receptacles
- Follow sanitation policies at all times
- Provide assistance to prep cook and other kitchen staff as necessary, especially at peak hours
- Expedite food from the pickup window on trays ready for the front of house staff
- Ensure outgoing food is presentable
- Prepare basic food production stocks
- Arrange Expeditor station for following shift
- Keep work areas and equipment clean and sanitized
- Set up host station for shift
- Obtain reservations, map seating arrangements, acknowledge, greet and seat guests
- Close tickets and tender change as necessary
- Acknowledge and understand daily menu changes
- Work quickly and efficiently to strip hotel room linens, remake beds, clean bathrooms, vacuum, replenish supplies, and report any damages or items needing repair.
- Work in common areas to ensure things are organized, clean and tidy.
- Work in the laundry facility to load washers & dryers, fold linens, prepare housekeeping carts.
- Be a great team member who is willing to “do what it takes” to complete daily housekeeping rosters on schedule.
- Greet guests in the hotel as needed and answer questions in a welcoming and positive manner.
- Use standard recipes and presentations
- Prepare food for dining room service
- Ensure all equipment is clean and safely stored
- Prep food as needed and for following shift
- Keep work area clean and sanitized at all times
- Sanitize work areas during shift and before the next shift
- Ensure all equipment is clean
- Follow and complete prep list each day
- Use standard recipes and presentations
- Prepare prep list for following shift
- Acknowledge and understand daily menu changes
- Ensure excellent guest service through training and supervising of dining room and bar team members
- Coordinate an efficient working environment between the kitchen and front of house team members
- Accurately report food and beverage data
- Clean all rooms and other areas assigned to you
- Respond quickly to guest requests with accommodations that may enhance their experiences with the lodge
- Ensure privacy and confidentiality for lodge guests
- Address questions and concerns and report identified maintenance issues to supervisor
Food Warehouse Assistant
Safety, anticipating guest needs, honoring our surroundings and bringing your best every day are the core values we live by in order to provide dynamic guest service at the Seward Windsong Lodge. As Bell Staff, you will be responsible for assisting lodge guests with luggage. You will have a range of duties in order to assist the wait staff including:
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Bell Staff
Safety, anticipating guest needs, honoring our surroundings and bringing your best every day are the core values we live by in order to provide dynamic guest service at the Seward Windsong Lodge. As Bell Staff, you will be responsible for assisting lodge guests with luggage. You will have a range of duties in order to assist the wait staff including:
*We accept applicants through the J1 program. Unfortunately, we are unable to accept H2B visas at this time.
Busser
Safety, anticipating guest needs, honoring our surroundings and bringing your best every day are the core values we live by in order to provide dynamic guest service at the Seward Windsong Lodge. As a Busser, you will assist the wait staff in serving food, filling and re-filling drinks and cleaning the guest tables. You will have a range of duties in order to assist the wait staff including:
*We accept applicants through the J1 program. Unfortunately, we are unable to accept H2B visas at this time.
Dishwasher
Safety, anticipating guest needs, honoring our surroundings and bringing your best every day are the core values we live by in order to provide dynamic guest service at the Seward Windsong Lodge. As a Dishwasher, you will provide fellow co-workers with assistance in the kitchen as needed and follow all sanitary and health-related protocols. You will have a range of duties and responsibilities such as:
*We accept applicants through the J1 program. Unfortunately, we are unable to accept H2B visas at this time.
Expeditor
Safety, anticipating guest needs, honoring our surroundings and bringing your best every day are the core values we live by in order to provide dynamic guest service at the Windsong Lodge. As an Expeditor, you will work as a liaison between the kitchen and front of house staff to ensure that outgoing food is presentable for guests. You will have a range of duties in order to assist the wait staff including:
*We accept applicants through the J1 program. Unfortunately, we are unable to accept H2B visas at this time.
Host
Safety, anticipating guest needs, honoring our surroundings and bringing your best every day are the core values we live by in order to provide dynamic guest service at the Seward Windsong Lodge. As the Host, you will accurately and efficiently handing dining are monetary transactions while providing excellent guest service. You will have a range of duties in order to assist team members including:
*We accept applicants through the J1 program. Unfortunately, we are unable to accept H2B visas at this time.
Housekeeping & Laundry Attendant
Ensures daily, that highest quality standards of housekeeping are maintained for our guests. Ensures cleanliness and efficient service of guest rooms and public areas, including; thorough cleaning of rooms and bathrooms, making beds, dusting, vacuuming, reporting preventative maintenance and handling of guest requests. Lifting, bending, and excessive physical movements involved. Must assist in other departments or with other job duties as requested or necessary.
*We accept applicants through the J1 program. Unfortunately, we are unable to accept H2B visas at this time.
Line Cook
Safety, anticipating guest needs, honoring our surroundings and bringing your best every day are the core values we live by in order to provide dynamic guest service at the Seward Windsong Lodge. As the Line Cook, you will prepare menu items using standardized recipes and presentations for dining room service. You will have a range of duties in order to assist team members including:
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*We accept applicants through the J1 program. Unfortunately, we are unable to accept H2B visas at this time.
Prep Cook
Safety, anticipating guest needs, honoring our surroundings and bringing your best every day are the core values we live by in order to provide dynamic guest service at the Seward Windsong Lodge. As the Prep Cook, you will prepare menu items for dining room service while working efficiently with standardized recipes and presentations. You will have a range of duties in order to assist team members including:
*We accept applicants through the J1 program. Unfortunately, we are unable to accept H2B visas at this time.
Restaurant Assistant Manager
Safety, anticipating guest needs, honoring our surroundings and bringing your best every day are the core values we live by in order to provide dynamic guest service at the Seward Windsong Lodge. As Restaurant Assistant Manager, you will supervise the dining area and bar employees to ensure excellent guest service and enhance the dining experience for all guests. You will have a range of duties in order to assist team members including:
*We accept applicants through the J1 program. Unfortunately, we are unable to accept H2B visas at this time.
Room Inspector
Room Inspector are pivotal in providing dynamic guest service at the Seward Windsong Lodge. As a Room Inspector, you will provide comfort to our guests by ensuring that guest rooms and public areas are clean and inviting. You will work with team members within your department and others to complete the following tasks:
*We accept applicants through the J1 program. Unfortunately, we are unable to accept H2B visas at this time.
How to Apply
Greetings from the Pursuit Alaska team!
We’re so glad you’re interested in working with us – we think you’re pretty cool too!
Follow along with our @PursuitCareers Facebook page or check out opportunities across our geographies at jobsatpursuit.com.
We hope to see you here next year for a summer in the land of the midnight sun!
Please note that we do not offer H2B VISA employment
Contact Info
- Ana Baletskaya
- peopleandculture@alaskacollection.com
- (907) 777-2840
- www.pursuitcollection.com
