Job description

LOOKING FOR A FUN JOB OUTDOORS THIS SUMMER?

Adirondack Adventure Center is now hiring for the upcoming 2023 season!

One of the top Outdoor Attractions in the Southern Adirondacks, our mission is to offer vibrant, safe, and memorable outdoor experiences to our valued guests. This is a seasonal position, ideal for students or teachers looking for a sunny, summer job. Our season runs from June 24th to Labor Day, with some weekend opportunities before and after.

We're seeking motivated, outgoing river guides. Our river guides work as a team to provide tubes, rafts, lifejackets, and straps for all guests, help all guests exit the river safely, and retrieve and organize all tubes and rafts from the river for continued operation. If Whitewater is your thing, we have jobs available on the class 2/3 Sacandaga River, no experience necessary. If you're looking for a more chill experience, we also have Lazy River positions available on the Hudson River. It’s a rewarding, team-oriented job. Pay starts at $14.20/hr.

Responsibilities:

• Perform opening procedures
• Provide guests tubes, lifejackets, and straps
• Communicate important river rules, regulations, and recommendations
• Assist guests to exit the river safely
• Retrieve river tubes and river gear and organize them for continued operation
• Provide top-notch customer service to all of our guests including answering all questions, providing area information, and maintaining and communicating knowledge of all services
• Facility up-keep, including cleaning bathrooms and stocking storage areas
• Perform outpost closing procedures, including daily cleaning, trash-pick up, and stocking
• Other tasks and assistance to team members, as qualified and as assigned

Requirements:

• Must be 16 years or older
• Must have reliable transportation
• Must be available to work weekends and holidays from June 24th through Labor Day
• Exhibit sound and safe judgement
• Strong interpersonal and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to remain calm and collected in an emergency situation
• Problem-solving and initiative
• Working on a busy team
• Organizational skills
• Conscientiousness and attentive to detail
• Team-orientation and ability to take direction
• Professionalism at all times
• Enthusiasm, motivation, and friendliness
• Kindness, respect, warmth, and compassion

Physical Demands:

• Energetic and able to respond quickly to visual cues and sounds
• Able to stand for extended periods
• Comfortable working in water and the river
• Able to lift at least 30 lbs.

Desirable qualifications:

• Customer service experience
• CPR and First-Aid Certification (We do offer a class at the end of June)
• Additional values we would like a candidate to demonstrate are: a strong sense of curiosity; love of learning; a spirit of creativity

This job description doesn't describe in detail all tasks that may be assigned but gives a general idea for the expectations of this position.

Management reserves the right to change and/or add to these duties at any time.

If we are interested in your application, we will contact you by mid-May.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Temporary

Pay: From $14.20 per hour

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule

Schedule:

• Holidays
• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

• Tips

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Lake Luzerne, NY 12846: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

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