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This is (a growing!) Wine School

The position will be on a salaried, part-time basis assisting our educators and administrators in planning and executing our classes and events. The position is for 2-days per week, with work typically being the same two days every week. 

PAY $2560.00 / month

Requirements and expectations of this position include:

· Working closely with the core TiWS team; 

· Assisting in developing class material for TiWS’s alternative classes;

· Ability to assist as a secondary instructor for TiWS’s alternative classes;

· Detail-oriented and self-motivated;

· Can comfortably carry 30 pounds (a case of wine) up and down a flight of stairs;

· Well-versed in PowerPoint, Excel, G-Suite and Canva;

· Preference of a WSET Diploma, with a requirement of a minimum of WSET 3 with   enrollment in the WSET Diploma programme, or can demonstrate specific intent to enroll

· Available most Thursday evenings;

· Have a minimum 5 years’ experience in the wine industry;

· Passion for wine education and travel;

· Have practiced and honed teaching and public speaking abilities; 

· Open to coaching, and development as an educator and sommelier

· Presence in the Vancouver/BC wine community; and

· Hold a valid BC driver’s license & Serving it Right Certificate

Apply with your resume and cover letter HERE

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Accessibility and equity in this wide world of wine are at the core of what we do. We recognize barriers exist to the understanding of wine and are committed to finding ways to make it joyful and understandable to all.

We see wine as a positive catalyst for socio-cultural, environmental, and economic change, and hope that you embody this same ethos.

We recognize that the history of winemaking and wine trade is wealthy and euro-centric, and hope to find ways to bring the beauty of wine culture to diverse peoples. While we don’t expect you to have all the answers to how to do these things, we do hope that you can find meaning, as we do, in the ways to find them. 

The wine world is an ever-changing industry and our ideal candidate recognizes that the ‘truth’ about wine is always a moving target that shifts with climate change, political context, and scientific exploration. Dogmatic ideology, whether it be an old-school  ‘natural wine is gross’ or even a more contemporary ‘sulfites are always the enemy’ ignores much of the progress and potential for change our industry can provide. We hope more than anything to make wine feel positive and uplifting.