Leading a GO Adventure adventure is a serious responsibility, and seriously fun! Our program is unique and risk management is our top priority. We’re not a typical summer camp because our trips are all wilderness based. Other wilderness programs focus on hard skills, or personal development, or just globe trotting and pure fun. GO Adventure really is little bit of all of them and our students represent all walks. We’ve learned that in working with kids, being flexible, positive and ‘in the moment’ is one of our most effective policies. GO Adventure therefore requires our trip leaders to be experienced youth workers and seasoned outdoor enthusiasts who genuinely enjoy being in a mentor role. College degrees preferred but significant life experience is valued equally.

Our trips can take you to beautiful wilderness areas throughout California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Idaho, Hawaii, and Costa Rica with wonderful groups of excited teenagers. GO Adventure trips are often life-changing experiences for our participants largely because our leaders are committed to making a difference in the lives of youth. A willingness to share a respect for the wilderness is an essential trait of our leaders, along with the desire to always take proactive safety measures while having lots of fun.

GO Adventure believes in utilizing the individual strengths of each leader, and flexibility is built into every itinerary; leaving room to tailor each trip to every leader’s and the group’s abilities and interests. GO Adventure focuses on the many positive sides of kids, enjoying and emphasizing their many strengths, talents, and accomplishments. We offer professional training and ongoing support to make sure you are able to provide the most positive wilderness experiences for youth.

Qualifications:

• Experience working with youth (especially teenagers)
  
• Current Wilderness First Responder/CPR certification or greater
  
• Wilderness/outdoor experience and skills
  
• 21 years of age or older
  
• Hold, or have the ability to obtain California Class B Commercial Driver’s license and clean driving record
  
• Good physical health, able to hike with 50 lb backpack for up to 15 miles
  
• Knowledge and commitment to Leave No Trace wilderness ethics
  
• Previous leadership experience
  
• Trip planning and logistics experience
  
• Willingness to help with marketing efforts, tabling events, program promotion
  
• Flexible work schedule

Preferred additional skills:

• Experience in the following areas: backpacking, rafting, kayaking, rock climbing, SCUBA diving, snorkeling, surfing, mountaineering, mountain biking.
  
• Lifeguard, Wilderness EMT, PADI Divemaster or Rescue Diver, guide certifications for the above activities.
  
• International travel and expedition experience
  
• Multiple interests and passions to share with teenagers (survival skills, yoga, nutrition, knot tying, fishing, music, etc.)

Personality Traits:

• Ability to remain positive and stay flexible
  
• Team player
  
• Approach job and teenagers with a sense of humor and patience
  
• Desire to make quality connections with youth
  
• Proactively minded, especially with Risk Management
  
• Fun and engaging

Due to our great success at providing schools with quality class trips, we are looking for experienced trip leaders to lead our adventures in both the Spring and the Summer. We will be hiring a few core staff to lead trips from the beginning of April through the end of August. We will still be hiring summer-only trip leaders as well, when the season truly picks up. Please specify which timeframe/trips you are interested in on your application.

• Spring-Summer (5 months)
  
• Summer Only (3 months)

If interested, please fill out our online application. A cover letter and resume is also very helpful in our decision making and interview process. Please email to Lindsay@goadventure.org, or mail to

GO Adventure
PO Box 134
Bodega, CA 94922

We look forward to hearing from you soon!

Happy Trails,

Lindsay Stewart
Program Director