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Now Hiring: Fall Steward

Elmdale Tennis Club – Fall Steward                                                               

Salary Range: $19.00-$25.00/hr – Commensurate with experience and performance

The Elmdale Tennis Club (ETC) is seeking full-time and part-time stewards for the 2025 fall season.

The successful candidates will work from the mid-August or the beginning of September until the end of October when the club closes. Stewards work one of two shifts: from opening at 7:30am to closing after final matches at 11:00pm. The positions include working mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays.

Stewards report to the club’s general manager.

ETC opened in 1937 and has been operating in its current location at the corner of Holland and Byron since 1948. It is an important part of Ottawa’s Wellington West community.

ETC has 6 Har-Tru clay courts and a thriving club house. We are a friendly not-for-profit club providing an active tennis and social scene for its approximately 500 members.

Main steward duties include court maintenance, managing the bar/tuck shop, and various customer service tasks. We provide training in all steward tasks.

An interest in tennis is an asset but not essential. Ability to communicate in French is an asset but not essential.

Job responsibilities include:

Customer Service

  • Offer consistently polite, friendly and considerate service to members and guests.
  • Assist club volunteer committees with tasks related to club social and tournament events, including round robins.
  • Promptly answer incoming telephone calls and return voicemail messages.
  • Assists members and guests with food, beverage and merchandise orders.
  • Operate tuck shop sales and service, including selling equipment, apparel, beverages, snacks and other stock supplied in the shop.
  • Keep members and personnel informed as to court conditions.

Maintenance

  • Prepare the tennis courts for early morning play. Close the courts down for the night.
  • Replenish clubhouse stock.
  • Rake, water the courts and clean the lines in accordance with the court maintenance team’s guidelines.
  • Daily stocking and checking members into proper courts, ball machine set up, etc.
  • Keep courts tapes, nets, fences, and gates in good condition.
  • Blows/sweeps and cleans terrace and spectator areas throughout the day.
  • Ensure the clubhouse is in order by taking on various assigned cleaning duties.
  • Prepare garbage and recycling for collection.
  • Perform any additional tasks as needed to keep tennis courts and surrounding areas in good order.

Conditions/Assets

  • Frequent use of light machinery and hand-held tools.
  • Must be able to lift, pull and/or push 30 pounds and perform other routine physical tasks.
  • Must be willing to work independently.
  • Regularly work in various weather conditions.

Required Accreditations

  • SmartServe, First Aid certification and AED training, Vulnerable Sector Check.

Please send CV and contact information to info@elmdale.ca. Candidates selected for a short list will be contacted for an interview. This posting will stay up until positions are filled.