Paddle, Teach, Swim, Experience, Belay, Learn, Hike, Grow, Encourage, Lead!
• Term of contract: Seasonal Contract- User based [with opportunities for year round]
• Pay Scale: Based on education, experience, and qualifications [$80-$126/day + lodging & board when on contract]
• Job shadow: By invitation after reference check
• Training: Spring/Summer Staff Training — Mid-May & other opportunities through the year.
• Contact: Russ Hartman, russ@barklake.com
Bark Lake Leadership Centre 1551 Bark Lake Drive, P.O. Box 93, Irondale, ON K0M1X0
• Do you want to empower youth of all ages to work together in an outdoor environment?
• Do you want to help transform them with creative thinking and teamwork?
• Do you consider yourself an emerging adventurer, skilled at leading these outdoor experiences?
• Are you available for all or a portion of the Summer-May through August 2012? (scheduling options for qualified applicants)
Bark Lake Leadership Centre offers a role in a unique outdoor leadership program which challenges guests from all over the world while working with other qualified and enthusiastic staff.
Minimum qualifications:
• 2+ full seasons of outdoor recreation, education, camp staff or related experience.
• Current Standard First Aid (CPR –C) certificate
• Post Secondary Education (in process)
• Current and acceptable Police Record Check
• Relevant soft skills in customer service and youth/adult interaction…Must like young people!
• Certification and/or proven leadership experience in three or more: waterfront/aquatics * canoeing * kayaking * wilderness tripping * survival * camp craft/camp-lore * environmental education * leadership * high/low ropes courses * coaching * adventure program facilitation * marketing * high/low ropes courses * games * initiatives * customer service * international relations
Preferred qualifications:
• National Lifeguard Service (NLS) Waterfront qualifications
• Red Cross Lifeguard or Bronze Cross, Instructor status qualifications
• Challenge Course Certifications — ACCT Level 1-2
• Wilderness Advanced First Aid, Wilderness First Responder, Wilderness Paramedic
• Ontario Recreational Canoe & Kayak Association (ORCKA) qualifications- Basic Canoe or Kayak Instructor
• WILD Education — Project WILD, Hike Ontario, Focus on Forest, Initiatives, Games, Instructor status qualifications
• Fluency in: Cantonese, Mandarin, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Korean, Italian, Japanese, French or Swahili
• Chainsaw Operator, Pleasure Craft Operator (PCO), Conflict Resolution, Smart Serve, Archery, Scuba, Coaching, Arborist
Living on site for the season, you will have the opportunity to facilitate and implement a range of outdoor teambuilding, leadership and community development programs for children, youth and adult groups from many nations and Canada. You bring to this position a related degree or post secondary training in outdoor education and/or related outdoor experiences. A commitment to innovative programming, a love of the outdoors and the ability to work within a team complete your profile.
Our vision is to offer our guests a challenging outdoor learning environment with support teambuilding, character and environmental understanding. Bark Lake’s superb program is the result of bringing together gifted and caring facilitators with outstanding and motivated students/guests in an amazing environment. If you are a dynamic and innovative individual — and want to contribute to this vision — we invite you to join the Bark Lake Leadership Centre team for this seasonal contract position.
Any information obtained during the course of recruitment will be used for employment & recruitment purposes only.
TO APPLY:
Submit your resume, a compelling cover letter, list of qualifications and three reference/contacts to: russ@barklake.com
