Employment Opportunities
Internship Opportunities
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Positions filled for 2012 year
Location: Spruce Knob Mountain Center
Circleville, WV
Job dates: March/April-mid November
Qualifications:
- Effective communication, leadership and interpersonal skills
- Teaching experience (formal or non-formal)
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent life experience
- Wilderness First Responder (WFR) and CPR certifications
- Valid driver’s license
- Ability to work flexible hours including evenings and some weekends
- Desire to teach and work with young people
- Positive attitude
- Interest in learning and growing
- Desire to live in a wild and rugged place with an outstanding community of outdoor professionals, and to work hard to make positive change in our world
Benefits:
The Resident Position is an 8-9 month position, full time, and offers benefits including: Medicare and Social Security Match (7.65% of gross salary), Worker’s Compensation Coverage, and paid vacation and holidays on a pro-rata basis. Resident Instructors will also have their own residence (hence the snappy title) in our small one-room yurts, geodesic domes, octagons, etc. Pay starts at $60 per day, and will amount to approximately $10,500 for the 8 month term.
Position Description:
Spruce Knob Mountain Center Instructors are cornerstones to the success and implementation of Mountain Learning Programs. It is their responsibility to guide groups of student with skill, knowledge, and passion through meaningful experiences drawing out essential lessons along the way. Instructors are responsible for preparing, teaching, and guiding groups of students and adults through high quality educational and recreational programs. Instructors typically work five days a week, although there will be some longer blocks of work required.
Responsibilities:
- Prepare and deliver hands-on, experiential, and inquiry-based lessons in an outdoor setting. Deliver activities for both day and evening programs.
- Lead small groups on day adventures (hiking, canoeing, orienteering) through the National Forest.
- Co-lead 3-5 day field courses.
- Facilitate team and community building activities within field groups.
- Implement and model excellent risk management and maintain a safe environment for our participants. Administer first aid as needed.
- Teach and lead groups in the outdoors, in varying weather conditions, and on uneven terrain.
- Clean facility and gear as part of both pre and post trip responsibilities.
- Occasionally prepare and cook meals for visiting educational and rental groups.
- Rotate into On-call responsibilities:
- Emergency response and program support as needed (coordinate with Course Directors)
- Daily and weekly facility chores
- Keeping facility clean and tidy
- Preparing facility for groups and guest
- Replacing instructors in field as needed
- Hospitality for guest and rental groups
- Additional responsibilities
Instructors will also participate in nearly all other aspects of managing the facility. Given our remote location and strong tradition of self reliance, field staff take care of many jobs on site, including, cooking, minor carpentry and repairs, general logistics and emergency response. Typically, these activities fit into slow weeks or take place during scheduled work time.
Program Description:
Mountain Learning Education Programs are classic outdoor environmental education programs that combine group process and academic topics in an outdoor environment to achieve client goals. The mission of TMI's Mountain Learning education programs is to help people become powerful, secure, knowledgeable individuals with a clear vision of their responsibilities and potential for improving the human condition and the natural world. The overall theme is experiential learning prompted by what we see in the field.
Our programs can be broken into six general categories:
Field-Based Programs at the Spruce Knob Mountain Center
Residential Programs at the Spruce Knob Mountain Center
Reading the Landscape: Public Schools Program
Appalachian Watershed & Stream Monitors Program
Randolph County Outdoor Education Program
For further description of programs please click on the following links:
http://www.mountain.org/mountain-learning-education-programs
To Apply for the Resident Instructor position:
Please send a cover letter, resume and 3 references to:
Dave Martin
Spruce Knob Mountain Center
18 Woodlands Way
Circleville, WV 26804
NO PHONE CALLS OR HAND DELIVERED RESUMES PLEASE. The Mountain Institute is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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Positions filled for spring 2012. Accepting applications for fall 2012.
Location: Spruce Knob Mountain Center
Circleville, WV
Job dates: Spring season, March/April-early June
Fall season, September-mid November
Qualifications:
- Effective communication, leadership and interpersonal skills
- Teaching experience (formal or non-formal)
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent life experience
- Wilderness First Responder (WFR) and CPR certifications
- Valid driver’s license
- Ability to work flexible hours including evenings and some weekends
- Desire to teach and work with young people
- Positive attitude
- Interest in learning and growing
- Desire to live in a wild and rugged place with an outstanding community of outdoor professionals, and to work hard to make positive change in our world
Benefits:
Starting pay is $60 per day. Seasonal Instructors also receive room (space to pitch a tent or a bed in a dormitory room with other Instructors) and board during their period of employment.
Position Description:
Spruce Knob Mountain Center Instructors are cornerstones to the success and implementation of Mountain Learning Programs. It is their responsibility to guide groups of student with skill, knowledge, and passion through meaningful experiences drawing out essential lessons along the way. Instructors are responsible for preparing, teaching, and guiding groups of students and adults through high quality educational and recreational programs. Instructors typically work five days a week, although there will be some longer blocks of work required.
This is a seasonal position with about a 2 month commitment.
Responsibilities:
- Prepare and deliver hands-on, experiential, and inquiry-based lessons in an outdoor setting. Deliver activities for both day and evening programs.
- Lead small groups on day adventures (hiking, canoeing, orienteering) through the National Forest.
- Occasionally co-lead 3-5 day field courses.
- Facilitate team and community building activities within field groups.
- Implement and model excellent risk management and maintain a safe environment for our participants. Administer first aid as needed.
- Teach and lead groups in the outdoors, in varying weather conditions, and on uneven terrain.
- Clean facility and gear as part of both pre and post trip responsibilities.
- Occasionally prepare and cook meals for visiting educational and rental groups.
Instructors will also participate in nearly all other aspects of managing the facility. Given our remote location and strong tradition of self reliance, field staff take care of many jobs on site, including, cooking, minor carpentry and repairs, general logistics and emergency response. Typically, these activities fit into slow weeks or take place during scheduled work time.
Program Description:
Mountain Learning Education Programs are classic outdoor environmental education programs that combine group process and academic topics in an outdoor environment to achieve client goals. The mission of TMI's Mountain Learning education programs is to help people become powerful, secure, knowledgeable individuals with a clear vision of their responsibilities and potential for improving the human condition and the natural world. The overall theme is experiential learning prompted by what we see in the field.
Our programs can be broken into six general categories:
Field-Based Programs at the Spruce Knob Mountain Center
Residential Programs at the Spruce Knob Mountain Center
Reading the Landscape: Public Schools Program
Appalachian Watershed & Stream Monitors Program
Randolph County Outdoor Education Program
For further description of programs please click on the following links:
http://www.mountain.org/mountain-learning-education-programs
To Apply for the Seasonal Instructor position:
Please send a cover letter, resume and 3 references to:
Dave Martin
Spruce Knob Mountain Center
18 Woodlands Way
Circleville, WV 26804
or call: (304) 567-2632 for more information.
NO PHONE CALLS OR HAND DELIVERED RESUMES PLEASE. The Mountain Institute is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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HQ Office Intern - Location: Headquarters, Washington, DC
Description:
One or two internships are available each semester, with a commitment of 15 to 24 hours per week. This internship offers a bi-weekly stipend. We are looking for motivated, dependable undergraduate students, preferably pursuing a degree in environmental studies, international development, or non-profit management. The intern will work with our small headquarters staff in Washington, DC. The HQ office provides fundraising and administrative support to TMI's seven field offices.
Internship duties will be determined based on the applicant's qualifications and interests, as well as the immediate needs of TMI. Duties may include:
Bilateral and Multilateral Organization Research
Mountain Resources Research
Foundation Research
Office File Organization
General Office Organization
Data Entry
Database Organization
To Apply for the Headquarters Intern position, please send a cover letter and a resume to jobs@mountain.org.
NO PHONE CALLS OR HAND DELIVERED RESUMES PLEASE. The Mountain Institute is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
