Summer Staff Kidder Creek Adventure Guide

Mount Hermon Associationorporated • Etna, CA

11h • Onsite

About The Position

The Kidder Creek Adventure Guide assists and leads campers and staff on the river 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 reflect their Christian faith through their work, stewardship, relationships, and behavior, and to support MHA’s Christian community, conference programs, and retreats.

The guide leads assigned adventure trips, maintains and inspects equipment, transports campers, and ensures camper safety during adventure and river activities. The position also includes assisting with food preparation, hosting groups at Outback and on the river, supporting camp programs when adventure activities are not operating, and leading camper debriefs that connect activities and experiences to applicable Biblical truth. Guides may rotate into guide or counselor positions for camp programs. Other duties may be assigned by supervisors.

Requirements

• At least 18 years of age because the position requires onsite community living.
• Current valid driver’s license and a clean driving record.
• CPR/First Aid certification before arriving at camp.
• Successful completion of KC’s River Guide School and Swift Water Rescue, or an equivalent course from another provider, before summer.
• Take and pass rock training during KC staff training.
• Take ropes lead training and pass ropes guide/lead during KC staff training.
• Food Handler’s Card.
• Prior experience working with elementary, junior high, and high school students.
• Ability to articulate the gospel of Jesus Christ as communicated in Scripture.
• Ability to demonstrate a personal, committed, and thought-through faith in Christ.
• Ability to be a positive role model, listener, enthusiastic leader, and friend.
• Ability to follow through, be creative, and adjust to program challenges.
• Ability to participate in a variety of outdoor activities and demonstrate sound judgment.
• Ability to be flexible and adaptable to changing assignments and schedules with short notice.
• Willingness to drive campers in camp vehicles and comply with MHA employee driving guidelines for MHA-owned vehicles and personal vehicles used for business purposes.
• Adherence to MHA’s Mission, Vision, Values, and Commitment statements, as well as the company dress code and professional standards for grooming and appearance.
• Satisfactory completion of a background investigation and ability to provide proof of eligibility to work in the United States.
• Ability to meet the physical demands of working indoors and outdoors in heat, cold, wet, humid, dry, and arid conditions; sitting, standing, squatting, stooping, twisting, hiking long distances over varied terrain, swimming, climbing, shouting, ascending and descending ladders, stairs, cables, and trees using hands and feet, lifting and transporting 15–60 pounds of equipment, and communicating at close and long distances in adverse conditions.
• Vision abilities including close and distance vision, use of both eyes, basic color and shade distinction, depth and peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.

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 at least 21 years of age, with a clean driving record, due to MHA driver policy.

Responsibilities

• Guide assigned adventure trips on the river, at camp on ropes courses, and in the national forest and wilderness areas around KC Camp.
• Care for and maintain river, adventure, and recreation equipment; conduct daily and regular inspections and report damaged or broken equipment in a timely manner.
• Transport campers to and from wilderness, adventure, river, and camp activities.
• Ensure the safety of campers during adventure and river activities while guiding or facilitating.
• Assist with food preparation at the river and at Outback.
• Host Outback adventure and river groups and assist with KC 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 as assigned by supervisors.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed