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Executive Search: General Manager for Royal Victoria Yacht Club

• June 30, 2022
• Placement, Private Clubs, Michael Gregory, Executive Search

By Linda Dillenbeck -->

General Manager Royal Victoria Yacht Club

I. ROYAL VICTORIA YACHT CLUB

The Royal Victoria Yacht Club is an active and lively organization with over 1,250 members. Founded in 1892, RVYC is the oldest yacht club in British Columbia. Over the past one hundred and twenty-five years, RVYC has made significant contributions to the sailing, seafaring, and cruising communities of the Pacific Northwest. RVYC encourages its members to become involved in many activities that are supported by the Club. The objectives of RVYC are to encourage yachting; boating, navigation, and seamanship; to promote sportsmanship and excellence in competitive sailing; to provide facilities for the use and benefit of members and to preserve yachting traditions.

To learn more about the Club, visit Home – Royal Victoria Yacht Club

Reporting to the Commodore and Board of Directors (Board), the General Manager (GM) oversees the daily operation of the Club and is responsible for various programs and services. The GM is responsible for the efficient operations, staffing, day-to-day financial management, and compliance with statutes, regulations and by-laws.

II. POSITION

The Position – General Manager

SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES                                                                        

Administration and Finance

• Design, implement, and improve upon operating policies, standards and contracts, and provide recommendations in relation to establishing, terminating, changing or renewing service contracts, with supporting rationale;
• Provide sound financial management, including support for preparation of the annual budget, and regular variance analysis of actual expenditures compared to budget and year-to-date costs, as well as maintaining sound financial controls;
• Work closely with the staff accountant to regularly monitor financial activities, ensuring that records are accurately maintained, available, and properly prepared for the annual audit by the Club’s contracted auditor
• Operate the Club information management system (Jonas) and ensure that all club records are complete, accurate, and up-to-date;

  Asset Management

• Develop and maintain a capital asset replacement plan;
• Plan and oversee maintenance of the Clubhouse and grounds;
• Plan and oversee maintenance of the foreshore, marina facilities and outstations;

Member Services & Communication

• Assist with marketing and membership generating initiatives in order to promote the Club’s services and facilities to current and potential members;
• Establish and maintain effective processes to gather and address member and guest feedback, compliments and mitigate complaints;
• Oversee the management, planning, staffing, finances and daily operation of all club service.

Human Resources

• Provide recommendations to the Commodore and/or Board members related to staffing levels required to meet operational needs of the Club, including salary levels;
• Ensure staff job descriptions are kept current and understood by the employees;
• Set annual staff goals, carry out periodic performance planning reviews with staff and conduct annual appraisals against pre-agreed goals and objectives;
• Conduct thorough and documented exit interviews with any departing employees.

Club Functions and Events

• Promote the use of club facilities for member-sponsored events, maintaining a balance with availability of the Club for regular use by members;

Support of the Board and Planning

• Provide advice and support to the Commodore and Board in the development and implementation of plans, policies and programs;
• Chair the House & Grounds and Food & Beverage Committees as staff committees.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Completion of a post-secondary degree program plus five years related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience;
• Progressive management experience in delivering Financial Management, Human Resource Management, Information Systems Management, Administrative Management and Operations Management services;
• Experience managing staff, developing administrative budgets, managing contracts, developing policy related to a variety of administrative, human resources, information systems and operations management;
• Knowledge of the principles of an Occupational Health and Safety Program;
• Comprehensive knowledge of human resources principles, practices, policies and procedures and related legislation and regulations in the areas of recruitment and selection, classification, employee and labour relations, occupational health and safety, human resources planning, training and development and operations;
• Ability to manage individual and team performance by setting goals and standards, evaluating performance and correcting where applicable;
• Ability to manage programs effectively by anticipating needs and operational implications, including planning, operations, budgeting, implementing and evaluating results;
• Ability to quickly identify, analyze and evaluate operational problems or issues and recommend innovative solutions;
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, colleagues, external agencies and a variety of groups or individuals to meet objectives, complete projects and influence outcomes;
• Ability to prepare, provide and obtain clear, concise and complete oral and written information of a complex and technical nature at a level appropriate to diverse audiences in a timely manner;
• Ability to organize and manage projects, adapting as needed to changing priorities and deadlines, emerging issues, impacts of decisions, competing and conflicting demands, and to keep staff, colleagues and the Executive Committee informed as required;
• Ability to exercise appropriate conflict resolution, mediation and negotiation skills to work towards effective employee/labour relations;
• Ability to use standard computer applications efficiently to produce correspondence, reports, spreadsheets and presentations;
• Ability to develop and maintain effective and respectful working relationships with the Executive Committee, committees and members of RVYC; and,
• Ability to prioritize one’s own work, and coordinate the workload of other staff effectively, efficiently, and independently, achieving results with acceptable timeframes while taking into consideration changing priorities, deadlines, volume available resources and reporting relationships.

COMPENSATION:

The Club will offer an attractive compensation package, commensurate with experience, which will include a competitive base salary, bonus opportunity and benefits.

APPLICATION PROCESS AND DEADLINE:

IMPORTANT: Interested candidates should submit resumes along with a detailed cover letter which addresses the qualifications and describes your alignment/experience with the prescribed position by Wednesday, July 20 .   Those documents must be saved and emailed in Word or PDF format (save as “Last Name, First Name, RVYC Resume” and "Last Name, First Name, RVYC Cover Letter”) respectively to:  [email protected] .

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Founded in 1892, RVYC is the oldest yacht club in British Columbia. Over the past one hundred and twenty years, RVYC has made significant contributions to the sailing, seafaring, and cruising communities of the Pacific Northwest and Canada. RVYC encourages boating through membership, learn to sail programs, school programs, a school sailing league and our sailing team programs. We are a member club that has activities open to the public and our members.

Services Offer

RVYC offers a variety of services including:

1. Learn to sail programs

2. Middle and senior school programs

3. Lower Vancouver Island Youth School …

3. Lower Vancouver Island Youth School Sailing League

4. Adult learn to sail

5. Adult Intro to Keelboating

6. Sailing teams for athletes 7+

7. Active keelboat race series

8. Crewing opportunities

9. Membership

Our Philosophy

Adventurous, inclusive and quality programs for the community. We value sportsmanship, excellence and sailing for life.

Learning Opportunities

Learn to sail programs are offered for adults and children in a fun, safe, and positive learning environment. We offer CANSail courses for kids as young as 4 years old, with our Optimist Wet Feet program, and those young at heart, with our Adult Learn to Sail programs including our Salty Sisters for ladies 18+. Our courses introduce basic sailing and racing skills, develop existing skills, provides advanced training, and improve confidence, all while having fun and enjoying the beautiful Cadboro Bay and Oak Bay. The Instructional Sailing program is available to both members and the public.

Our sailing staff are all certified Sail Canada instructors with extensive on water rescue and first aid training to ensure a safe and positive learning and training environment. All participate actively in the sport of sailing and include local and elite athletes.

Interesting Facts

1. RVYC Sailing Program was the 2011 and 2012 Sailing Program of the Year as recognized by Sail Canada. We received the Bill Abbott Sr. Trophy for our excellence in providing instructional and racing programs.

2. RVYC was instrumental in the creation and adaptation of the new Sail Canada Program.

3. Athletes from the RVYC have represented Canada in either an Olympic or Paralympic games for the last 60 years. This includes three participants at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games.

4. In 2008 our Head Coach was honoured as the Coach of the Year by Sail Canada; and in 2016 he received the Petro Canada Coaching Excellence Award.

We are located just off of Beach Drive in the picturesque uplands nestled behind a grove of cedars. We are Victoria’s premier ocean access club. We are easily found via bus (UVIC 11), car, and bike or walking. Overlooking Cadboro Bay we have winds gentle enough for the beginner and challenging enough for the Olympian.

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Provides a lifelong foundation and respect for the sea.

I appreciate the emphasis on safety and how the instructors took their time to make sure everything was understood.

Great program.

The school sailing programs here were lots of fun and I learned a lot. Safety was always a priority and they had great teachers. They provided every opportunity for us to improve our sailing skills and let us try new stuff. It's been 4 years since my participation, but when I was there I never felt like I was wasting my time.

Last summer I brought my four year old son for Wet Feet and he had an absolute blast. The staff at Royal Vic were so great with him and made him feel completely comfortable on the water. They are enthusiastic, professional and confident and can really blend fun and safety seamlessly. This summer we'll be back with all the neighborhood friends and cousins!

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Cadets cover the ages 8 to 18, they will generally sail in Optimists, Picos, double handed RS Fevas , Wayfarer or Lasers (ILCA 4,6 & 7 ).

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Saturday SImply Sailing operates from May until September, for dates and times please see the calendar or click here for filtered list .

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The Royal Victoria Yacht Club began with a yacht race in 1892. With a long tradition in racing, we host a variety of local regattas throughout the year, encouraging sportsmanship and excellence in competitive sailing. 

The Club has one of the premier Learn to Sail programs in Canada. Our Dinghy sailors compete at all levels in a variety of dinghies, including Bytes, Opti’s Lasers, 29rs, 49rs, 420s and Fireballs, We are proud to be the home port for multiple National, International and Olympic sailors and we are particularly proud of our recent Paralympic podium finishes!

Dinghy sailing at our Club is complemented by several keelboat racing programs; there is a fleet of smaller, easy to sail keelboats (Martin 242’s) which are available for adult sailing instruction and for use by members for competition. In addition there are very active fleets of Mini 12 and 2.4mR boats as well as fleets of larger keelboats and multihull boats that do both Distance sailing and Round the Buoys sailing. 

We also have a growing and exciting Radio Controlled racing series and are hosting two 6 Meter keel boats that we expect to be campaigning nationally and internationally once the COVID pandemic is under control. For more information about 6 Meter sailboats, visit 6metre.com

All of the fleets take advantage of the wonderful sailing weather that we have here in Victoria and race all year round. During the summer months keel boat races are held on Wednesday and Thursday evenings, the rest of the year we sail on Sundays.  We have both casual and competitive racing.

In normal times we encourage people interested in keelboat racing to come down to the Club on race days when you will be sure to be able to ‘catch a ride’ on a race boat!  Due to COVID, we are asking people interested in racing, but who do not have a boat, to contact the Administration Office.

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