Junior Instructor 2026/27
About The Position
The Junior Instructor is an important part of making the child’s experience a positive one at Dodge Ridge. Anyone working as a Junior Instructor must possess compassion and understanding for children and endless enthusiasm. This position is responsible for assisting in a variety of jobs in Children’s Lessons, from set-up and tear down of the teaching area, greeting and checking in kids for their lessons on the snow, assisting Instructors in beginning lessons, assisting with loading and unloading the carpets and assisting with supervision of our young guests. Ultimately, this position gives the training and knowledge needed to become an instructor.
Requirements
- Ability to work with children 4 to 12 years of age.
- Have compassion, patients and understanding for children.
- Enjoy snowsports activities and desire to share your enthusiasm.
- Good physical conditioning, including flexibility, strength and endurance.
- Be safety and risk minded.
- Willingness to continually learn and update knowledge of child development and communication with children.
- Strong and professional communication skills, both verbal and non-verbal.
- Neatly groomed, leading to a professional over all appearance.
- Ability to move from task to task, be flexible and take direction.
- Provide a positive and helpful attitude towards all our guests and all Dodge Ridge employees.
- Support the Company’s policies and procedures.
- Support the harmony and goodwill of the Company.
- Be an effective team leader and motivator for the department.
Responsibilities
- Demonstrate an on-going commitment to delivering excellent customer service. This involves interacting with guests in a courteous manner and being able to answer questions professionally.
- Demonstrate an interest in improving your riding/skiing skills.
- Meet daily with your supervisor to receive your assignment and duties for the day.
- Assist children with boot/helmet fitting and ski sizing.
- Escort and monitor children needing to use the restroom.
- Assist instructors on and off the snow by helping lessons with students that require extra attention and move students to different classes when necessary.
- Assist with start-of-day set-up and end-of-day clean up.
- Supervise children who are waiting for parents to pick them up or taking a break from their lessons.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
