Grand Canyon Youth
Grand Canyon Youth (GCY) is excited to announce an opening for the position of Field Staff Director.
The Field Staff Director is a vital operations team member; they supervise GCY field staff, including drivers and river guides, and ensure the highest quality expeditions for our youth and volunteers. This role is instrumental in conveying expectations and logistics, soliciting and providing constructive feedback, and fostering an inclusive and collaborative environment among staff and volunteers. The ideal candidate will be committed to GCY’s mission, have experience managing others, and demonstrate exceptional attention to detail.
The Field Staff Director is responsible for emergency on-call duties during the expedition season. Working as a professional river guide or driver may be necessary to fulfill job responsibilities.
Full Job Description
To Apply: Please submit a résumé and cover letter attention “Hiring Committee” to admin@gcyouth.org addressing any pertinent professional and personal experience. Please include the job title in the subject line.
Timeline: This position closes on October 21st, 2024, with an anticipated start date of on or close to January 2nd, 2025.
Grand Canyon Youth, Inc. is a nonprofit organization based in Flagstaff, Arizona. We offer educational outdoor expeditions that connect youth to the transformative power of the rivers and canyons of the Southwest. We actively seek diversity in our candidate pools. Applicants of all identities are encouraged to apply.
GCY is a small organization where most staff have multiple responsibilities and roles. Our ideal candidate will be dependable, trustworthy, and able to complete tasks on time. Applicants must be very organized and wholeheartedly embrace our values and mission.
Please help us to spread the word far and wide to help us find our next team member!
Are you interested in a seasonal job?
Field Staff at Grand Canyon Youth consists of river guides and drivers. We run almost all of our expeditions from March through July. We do most of our hiring in December and January, but it is never too early or late to let us know you are interested. Our field staff typically do between 3 – 6 expeditions a year. Please read the descriptions below. If you would like to be considered for a field staff position, please email us a cover letter, resume, references, and your river log (if you have one).
- We do most of our river programs on the San Juan River, the Colorado River’s Diamond Down section, and the Verde River’s TAPCO to TuziRAP section. We have five Grand Canyon trips each year.
- Grand Canyon Youth guides are outdoor educators. Our primary focus is creating community and opportunities for youth to challenge themselves while exploring the rivers and canyons of the Southwest. We have fun and play in the dirt while teaching about the places we travel through.
- Responsibilities include but are not limited to: educating participants about the place you are traveling as well as outdoor safety and etiquette; leading hikes; engaging with youth and participating in interpretation; providing needed first-aid and managing/assessing risk; setting up camp, cooking meals, cleaning dishes, maintaining toilet systems; providing care and repair to boats and equipment; using good judgment and maintaining heart and humor.
- Minimum Requirements: Be 18 years of age or older; Wilderness First Responder, CPR, and Epi Certifications; Food Handler’s Certificate; experience on the sections we boat through; pass a pre-employment background and driving record check and drug test.
Drivers:
- We do most of the transportation for our expeditions. This means driving a van with 10-19-year-olds for 2 – 6 hours across the highways of Arizona and Utah.
- Driver responsibilities include: transporting participants to and from their Grand Canyon Youth expedition; and attending to all pre and post-drive tasks, which include pre-drive safety checks and loading of vehicles, post-drive clean-up and fueling vehicles, and gear return and cleaning as needed.
- Minimum Requirements: be 21 years of age or older; have a working mobile phone, valid driver’s license, and five (5) years of driving experience; pass a pre-employment background and driving record check and drug test.
Please contact us if you are interested and we will send you the official job description(s).
To apply for this job please visit gcyouth.org.