Overview
Alzar Gap is seeking instructors to lead a semester-long gap program based in Patagonia, Chile from September 20th – December 17th, 2024. Alzar accomplishes its mission to ‘build leaders who positively impact the world’ through the intersection of service learning, leadership training, outdoor adventure, and cultural immersion. Instructors are responsible for facilitating several multi-day river or backpacking expeditions, providing mentorship to students, teaching leadership skills, and fostering a supportive community.
The Patagonia Exchange program runs from September 27th – December 15th, 2024. Instructors will participate in training and wrap-up days before an after the program. Please email the Director of Alzar Gap at [email protected] for a detailed job description.
Qualifications:
- Wilderness First Responder or equivalent medical training
- CPR/AED
- Swiftwater Rescue Technician
Required Skills:
- Experience building positive group culture, facilitating conflict resolution, and fostering emotionally safe environments
- Experience leading groups of young adults on extended trips in remote and/or international locations
- Intermediate proficiency in backpacking and camp craft
- Intermediate proficiency in whitewater river environments (either rafting and/or kayaking)
- Approximately 400 river miles class 3 or above documented as the primary person responsible for the craft
Preferred Skills:
- Ability to connect and build rapport with young adults
- Experience teaching, guiding and/or coaching
- Strong cultural competence and ability to build rapport with people from other cultures
- Intermediate proficiency in reading, writing and speaking Spanish (if applying to lead the Patagonia Exchange program)
About Alzar Gap
Alzar Gap is an experiential education organization that provides high school graduates with life-changing experiences while offering tangible leadership training in world-class destinations. We currently offer three different Gap Programs that range from 45 to 80 days in both North and South America.
