Overview
Deer Hill Expeditions (DHE) is seeking to hire a skilled, motivated, and experienced individual for the Staff Manager position. This administrative position is year-round. Primary responsibilities include the hiring, training, onboarding, evaluation, and management of seasonal Program Leaders, Field Staff, Instructors & Assistant Instructors. Other responsibilities include: managing state regulations as it pertains to staffing, upholding the DHE accreditation standards through the Association of Experiential Education, participating in the Risk Management Committee, ensuring receipt of necessary employment paperwork, updating employee files, contracting employees, tracking and submitting field instructor payroll, filing Workers Compensation claims, updating staff manuals and educational curriculum.. The ideal candidate is attentive to details and deadlines, organized, self-motivated, and adaptable. This position requires clear communication skills, patience, and humor.
Qualifications:
Current WFR certification (required before Spring season starts).
Swift Water Rescue certification highly desirable
7 + years of experience/expertise in wilderness experiential education (Outdoor Ed. degree preferred)
Professional-level competency in wilderness risk management
Prior experience and proven success as a supervisor/director
Skilled with Apple computers, Google Workspace, Google Sheets, Slack, email correspondence.
Reliable access to a cell phone and live within cell phone service
Required Skills:
Passionate about the impacts and benefits of outdoor experiential education and culturally immersive experiences
Outgoing, friendly, positive attitude that is centered around collaboration and teamwork
Experience creating field instructor and student-centered curriculum
Ability to multitask and perform job responsibilities well under pressure; distress tolerance is essential
Highly organized and attentive to details and timelines
A self motivated, adaptable, natural problem solver
About Deer Hill Expeditions
Deer Hill’s wilderness expeditions and cross-cultural service projects offer participants profound growth and self discovery
as well as good fun and adventure. Participants raft the river canyons of Utah, ascend the peaks of
Colorado’s San Juan Mountains, and work with families in Diné (Navajo), Hopi, or Zuni communities in the Southwest.
Deer Hill’s mission is to empower the individual to create authentic connection to self and community through wilderness and service learning experiences Trough Deer Hill’s unique blend of wilderness challenge and cross-cultural exchange, participants learn to bring their best selves forward in community.
A small company, founded in 1984, Deer Hill Expeditions is committed to personal development through
excellence in technical skills, responsible stewardship of the natural world, and authentic service that connects
communities and is centered on reciprocity.
