Overview
We are looking for a passionate and experienced trip guide and instructor to lead our immersion education programs in Ecuador. The Trip Guide position requires an active, dynamic, environmentally passionate individual capable of guiding and leading student groups through hands-on, immersive learning experiences.
Responsibilities:
– Guide high school and college students in cultural immersion and experiential learning experiences.
– Teach course objectives to inspire environmental leadership and action in 20-30 participants.
– Implement hands-on environmental restoration, regenerative agriculture and conservation projects.
– Manage logistics and coordination of activities prioritizing efficiency, safety and progress on objectives.
– Translate on site and teach in English/Spanish to US and local participants.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, environmental science, agriculture, architecture, construction management, international education sustainable design, or other related fields.
- Wilderness First Aid Certification
- Able to travel and work in Ecuador, Peru or Panama
Required Skills:
- Relevant leadership in cross cultural and service learning programs. Capacity to identify teachable movements and facilitation of student participation and active learning.
- Bilingual Spanish & English
- Detail oriented and very organized to organize a group of up to 30 students through Ecuador
- Desire to work on a team with diverse skills, cultural backgrounds and experiences.
About Regeneration Field Institute
The Regeneration Field Institute (RFI) is a 70 acre regenerative agroforestry operation and bamboo design and construction training center. Our research center works to develop and showcase a replicable model of regenerating ecosystems that inspires land-use change in the highly environmentally degraded and deforested region of coastal Ecuador and others like it around the world.
RFI programs aim to research, showcase, and teach in the areas of environmental conservation, biodiversity, agriculture, agroforestry, ecosystem restoration, bamboo building, construction, sustainable business and more. The Regeneration Field Institute empowers the next generation of leaders to regenerate bioregions around the world through field learning programs.
