Beekeeping Field Specialist - Vancouver, Canada - Alvéole

Alvéole

Verified Company

Vancouver, Canada

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Location:
Vancouver| Calgary | Hybrid (flexible)

Starting date:
As soon as possible

Who we are?
Alvéole is a Montreal-based social company cultivating greener cities and more connected communities in 40 cities worldwide.

The certified B Corp and 1% for the Planet member brings nature-based solutions such as honey bee hives, pollinator habitats, and bee-friendly gardens to buildings in cities and monitors their impact with technology, to help clients meet their ESG goals and be agents of positive environmental and social change.

We're a fast-growing company that just closed a Series A equity investment round, and we've doubled our revenues every year since our founding in 2013.

What's in it for you?

40h/week permanent fulltime contract
Vacation: 4 weeks per year
Group insurance plan after three months of work
Work for a company that is at the forefront of the ESG movement, driving change and positive impact in urban landscapes.
A teamoriented work environment that encourages initiative and leadership

Roles & Responsabilities:

Reporting to the Beekeeping Team Regional Manager, the Beekeeping Field Specialist North America West is accountable to the hive health and operational realities of their region.

Main Responsibilities:

Responsible for the calculating required amounts of nucs, queens, equipments and bee supplies for each city (teams responsible for ordering equipment)
Responsible for the professional beekeeping development of Alvéole's Lead Beekeepers.
Responsible for advocating for regions beekeeping realities in greater operations based meetings.
Responsible for implementing beekeeping strategies in line with Alvéole's beekeeping standards and operational efficiency goals
Responsible to the communication with local beekeeping community stakeholders and internal stakeholders
Responsible for the tailoring of Ressources, training and SOPs to match regional climates and teams realities
Attending all necessary meetings (including BTMC's NAE Town Halls, various city/ team assessments
Available to inform department heads re: market realities in relationship to Beekeeping Operations (Purchasing, Extraction, Client Experience,)
Responsible for evaluating the success of markets in tandem with the BTRM
Responsible for the analysis + interpretation of Data specific to your beekeeping regions

To go more into details:

Accountable to ensuring each city meets its Healthy Bees Targets (Above average survival rates, optimized honey yields and mínimal swarms)
Accountable for the registration of each teams/cities hives.
Accountable for approval of budgeting of treatment & feed, replacement of nucs, queen numbers
Accountable to the approving climate appropriate hive equipment as laid out by Alveoles beekeeping standards
Accountable to meeting with Lead Beekeepers on a regular basis (1 a cycle minimum)
Supporting the development of management teams within cities with the BTRM
Oversee the development of all beekeeping training programs within cities and ensure they are in line with Alveoles beekeeping standards.
Inform city specific climate variables in the creation of training resources, Alveoles timelines Beekeeping training day notes, procedures and videos.
Travel to cities as required to provide in person field support in relation to beekeeping operations, integrated pest management and aligning teams around Alvéole's best practices and beekeeping values
Attending Weekly Strategic meetings with Beekeeping Operations Specialist (BOS)
Accountable to the implementation and success of new services from a technical, operational angle.
Supporting the BTRM in upholding the beekeeping objectives within the region
Accountable to the harvest success of a market in relation to the Harvest
Extraction process (ensuring proper timing, IPM management, shipping procedures for market needs)
Accountable data integrity and accuracy for your beekeeping regions

Skills:

Adept in beekeeping problem solving.
Resultsdriven, goaloriented and autonomous.
Resourceful with a demonstrated ability to anticipate change and proactively adjust priorities and strategies accordingly.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Comfortable to train teams with different experience levels.

Requirements:

Comfortable and able to travel
Valid Driver's License and clean driving record
Public speaking experience
Customer service experience
Comfortable with the reality of beekeeping hazards (stings, heavy lifting, inclement weather, etc.)
Comfortable working at heights
Commitment to learning the principles of beekeeping and urban greening within Alvéole's standard and operational efficiencies
Comfortable with online communications, GSuite tools and CRM platform

Equity, diversity, and inclusion:

Much like the way a beehive comes together to achieve its goals, we believe that the diverse sk