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Love board games? Enjoy cool and unique snacks? Want to be part of a fun, empowering, and inclusive work environment where playing games is part of your every day? **We're seeking kind, hardworking, and self-motivated individuals to assist with various pre-opening tasks at Turquoise Goat - Vancouver’s newest board game cafe experience.** Flexible full and/or part time positions are available beginning immediately through to the end of October (and possibly beyond) assisting with various duties including sorting and organizing new board games, hanging decor, running local errands, cleaning, testing recipes, and various other duties as required.

500% Cooler than your average Vancouver-sized living room, Turquoise Goat is a warm and welcoming cafe-style gathering space, serving colourful bites, Saturday-morning-cartoon-realness, and hundreds of the latest and greatest board and card games from around the world.

Inspired by the many board game cafes popping up across North America, Turquoise Goat aims to offer a first-of-its-kind experience in Vancouver, blending traditional board game cafe offerings with colourful, quirky, and alternative decor, people-centred business practices, innovative culinary creations, and a splash of retro nostalgia.

2SLGBTQQIA+ / Queer owned and operated, diversity, accessibility, and inclusivity, are integral values at Turquoise Goat, where we're striving to build an inclusive and welcoming space for people of all genders, sexual orientations, cultural backgrounds, abilities, ages, and walks of life to work, gather, socialize, and celebrate the everyday.

**Essential Requirements**
- Quickly, and efficiently communicate with team members in English
- Read and understand written documents, printed labels, signage, food packaging, and board game titles
- Be hardworking, self-starting, and driven to complete tasks to the best of your ability
- Be honest, receptive to feedback, and a clear communicator
- Be kind, respectful, accepting of others, and excited to be part of a positive and inclusive work environment
- Have at least a moderate interest in board and/or card games (you don’t have to know many or even any, but you must be at least willing and excited to learn about them and how to play some)

Experience in related tasks is always valuable, but if you have an awesome attitude and are a quick learner, we’re willing to train you on-the-job.

**Bonus Qualifications**
- Valid Driver's Licence
- Vehicle that you're comfortable using to run local errands
- Self-identified board game or trading card game (TCG) nerd
- Knowledgeable about board and card gaming terminology
- Ability to learn new information quickly and retain important details
- Confident user of mobile technology
- Willingness to test menu items in development
- Experience working with spreadsheet software like Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets
- Experience doing minor fixing and doing tasks using basic hand and power tools

**(Super Bonus Qualifications)**
- Can do cool yo-yo tricks (and are willing to demonstrate this)
- Have actually seen a real live turquoise goat
- Something else really cool

**Salary & Benefits**

Compensation for this role is $20 hourly, with the potential to grow into a permanent position with additional benefits after the cafe opens. Those interested can **access retail board games and accessories at seriously discounted prices** even before the cafe opens, and will also have the opportunity to sample various experimental menu items while on shift.

**Location & Hours**

Turquoise Goat is situated on the unceded traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh peoples, at 122 W Hastings Street in the lively Gastown neighbourhood of Vancouver, BC.

Our location is centrally located, just a 5 minute walk from Stadium/Chinatown skytrain station, 10 min walk from Waterfront skytrain station, and a few steps from several major bus routes, including the N19, N15, and N29 Night Buses that run until 3am.

We provide secure, indoor bike and scooter storage for staff who wish to ride to work, and are surrounded by a Mobi Bike station, the Vancouver Evo car-sharing home zone, and plentiful parking options for those who drive.

We’re situated just 3-15 minutes by foot from SFU, VFS and UBC, in addition to over a dozen other universities and colleges in the downtown core.

Flexible shifts are available until the end of October, from 10-40 hours/week.

**How to Apply**

If you see this posting up, we’re still hiring - and we can’t wait to see you at the cafe

**Salary**: $21.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Flexible schedule
- Flextime
- Store discount

Schedule:

- 4 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Evenings
- Evening shift
- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
- On call

COVID-19 considerations:
We follow BC's provincial guidelines when it comes to COVID-19 precautions