Summer Staff Kidder Creek Adventure Guide
About The Position
The Kidder Creek Adventure Guide assists and leads campers and staff on river trips and facilitates ropes course activities, rock climbing, backpacking, biking, and other adventure and recreation activities. The role helps ensure campers have an adventure experience consistent with Mount Hermon Association, Inc.’s (MHA) mission, vision, and values. This is a ministerial position: staff are expected to demonstrate in their work, stewardship, relationships, and behavior that they follow Jesus Christ, and to help define, cultivate, and lead MHA’s Christian community, conference programs, and retreats. Adventure Guides lead assigned river, ropes-course, national-forest, and wilderness trips; maintain and inspect equipment; transport campers; and ensure camper safety during activities. They also assist with food preparation, host Outback adventure and river groups, support other camp programs when adventure activities are not operating, and lead camper debriefs connecting activities and experiences with applicable Biblical truth. Guides may rotate into guide or counselor positions for camp programs. Other duties may be assigned by supervisors. The position has no supervisory responsibilities. The physical environment includes indoor and outdoor work in heat, cold, wet, humid, dry, and arid conditions. The role involves varied-terrain hiking, swimming, climbing, shouting, and moving through ladders, stairs, cables, and trees using hands and feet. It also requires lifting and transporting 15–60 pounds of gear and equipment over stairs and uneven terrain, as well as communicating at close and long distances in adverse conditions.
Requirements
- Demonstrate a personal, committed, and thought-through faith in Christ and be able to articulate the gospel of Jesus Christ as communicated in Scripture.
- Be a positive role model, listener, enthusiastic leader, and friend.
- Follow through, be creative, and adjust to program challenges.
- Be able to engage in a variety of outdoor activities and demonstrate sound judgment.
- Be flexible and adaptable to changing job assignments and schedules with short notice.
- Hold a current, valid driver’s license and have a clean driving record.
- Be CPR/FA certified before arriving at camp.
- Successfully complete Kidder Creek’s River Guide School and Swift Water Rescue, or an equivalent course from another provider, before summer.
- Take and pass rock training during Kidder Creek staff training.
- Take ropes lead training and pass the ropes guide/lead requirements during Kidder Creek staff training.
- Have a Food Handler’s Card.
- Have prior experience working with elementary, junior high, and high school students.
- Be at least 18 years old due to the onsite community-living requirement.
- Be willing to drive campers in camp vehicles and comply with MHA’s driver guidelines for MHA-owned vehicles and personal vehicles used for business.
- Adhere to MHA’s Mission, Vision, Values, and Commitment statements, as well as the company dress code and professional grooming and appearance standards.
- Satisfactorily complete a background investigation and provide proof of eligibility to work in the United States.
- Meet the physical demands of outdoor work, varied-terrain hiking, swimming, climbing, and lifting and transporting 15–60 pounds of equipment.
Nice To Haves
- At least one year of college experience.
- WFR, WFA, or WAFA certification.
- Experience with ropes courses, rock climbing, and/or river guiding.
- Prior camp counseling experience.
- Preferably be at least 21 years old with a clean driving record, in connection with MHA’s driver policy.
Responsibilities
- Guide assigned adventure trips on the river, at camp on ropes courses, and in national forest and wilderness areas around Kidder Creek Camp.
- Care for and maintain river, adventure, and recreation equipment; conduct regular inspections and promptly report damaged or broken equipment.
- Transport campers to and from wilderness, adventure, river, and camp activities.
- Ensure camper safety while guiding or facilitating adventure and river activities.
- Assist with food preparation at the river and at Outback.
- Host Outback adventure and river groups.
- Assist with Kidder Creek programs when adventure activities are not operating.
- Lead camper debriefs and relate activities and experiences to applicable Biblical truth.
- Rotate into guide or counselor positions for camp programs when asked.
- Perform other duties assigned by supervisors.
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What This Job Offers
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