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Every season River and Trail Outfitters of Knoxville, Maryland
looks to hire people to be river guides, shuttle drivers,
and work in reservations and sales as well as in retail focused
on paddling gear and outdoor equipment. We also sometimes
offer opportunities for folks with outdoor management capabilities,
computer knowledge, carpentry, landscaping, and/or maintenance
skills. If you meet the following criteria and are interested
in becoming part of our staff, please fill out an application
and call us to schedule an interview at 301-695-5177. Please
bring your employment application at the time of interview…do
not send it ahead.
Criteria:
We are looking for self-motivated people who enjoy working
with the public. We value strong communication skills, timeliness,
dependability, problem-solving skills, and a cool head in
a crisis. We are seeking hard-working individuals with a strong
work ethic and a capacity for attention to detail. We provide
a professional working environment and seek to spread our
knowledge and love of local rivers and trails. Because we
seek to promote a healthy lifestyle, staff will not be permitted
to use tobacco while working with customers.
Come Play!
2008 Job Opportunities
Currently,
River & Trail is actively seeking applicants for the following
positions:
**Retail & Reservations
Director
**Marketing Director
**Customer Service & Retail Shop Worker
**Raft Guides & Tube Guides
**Bus & Van Drivers
**Interns (See Descriptions below)
**On-Site camper to help with out tubing operation
7 MONTH - YEAR ROUND
POSITIONS
Retail &
Reservations Manager
Oversees
all reservations and payments for outdoor recreation business
as well as supervises front desk check-in for customers. Responsible
for hiring and training staff as well as creating and implementing
policies and rules regarding reservations. Operates from Microsoft
Access based system. Responsible for buying and pricing of
retail items for shop. Good phone voice, excellent people
skills, basic computer knowledge, strong organizational skills
a must.
Marketing Director
Seeking dynamic individual to inform and educate existing
and potential customers about what River & Trail has to
offer. Sample duties include: maximizing exposure of River &
Trail’s trips to a variety of corporations, community
groups, area hospitality partners, and key clients as well
as representing River & Trail to the public at key events,
and booking our portable climbing wall. Personable phone
voice and presentation, office computer skills, basic
internet/website knowledge are necessary. Preferably a
minimum of one years experience in a marketing capacity.
Work schedule 3-4days/week seasonal. Additional work
possible in other areas.
SEASONAL EMPLOYMENT
-Raft and Tube Guides
(click here for more info)
Guides needed to lead customers down
the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers and Antietam Creek near
Harpers Ferry. Class I, II, III whitewater. After training
to become licensed by the state of West Virginia as an official
river guide, you will guide customers down the river, imparting
to them local history and stories while watching out for their
safety. Strong people skills, a love for the outdoors, ability
to work with all ages a must. Hiring for soft skills, will
train for river skills. SEASONAL
-Kayak
& Canoe Instructors
ACA-certified guides needed
as well as non-certified guides with kayaking experience to
run beginner and intermediate kayaking lessons and guided
sit-on-top trips on Class I-III water. Strong leadership and
teaching skills necessary as well as an ability to work with
all ages. SEASONAL
-Drivers
(click here for more info)
CDL licensed drivers as well as non-CDL
drivers needed to drive school buses and vans with trailers.
Non-CDL drivers and some CDL drivers would be responsible
for loading and unloading kayaks and canoes and orienting
customers on the river trip they are about to take.
Clean driving record mandatory and must be 21 years of age
or older. Good work ethic and people skills a must! SEASONAL
-Customer service and retail shop workers
Act as front line contact with the customer. Responsible for
taking computer reservations, checking customers in, selling
boats, paddling accessories and retail items, doing daily
reports, taking payments and more! Pleasant phone voice, organizational
skills, great people skills a must! SEASONAL
INTERNSHIPS
Marketing Interns: Paid position
Students or non-students with business or outdoor recreation
backgrounds to assist in contacting targeted groups for the
purpose of educating and selling them on River & Trail
trips. In addition, interns would at times be responsible for the set
up and operation of our traveling climbing wall at festivals
and events, providing an excellent opportunity to meet all
sorts of people and talk about our trips.
Students in this internship will have the chance to get
creative and work on approved projects according to their
area of interest. Potential projects would be website
development and updates, brochure production/distribution,
setting up special events, developing visual promotional
tools such as in-house marketing boards, posters, banners
for shows, video production for training or advertising, and
much more.
Team Building Intern: Paid position
Student or non-student with a background in outdoor
recreation that has experience in teambuilding. Would be an
opportunity for the intern to bring together and organize
training for a small staff to perform corporate and other
types of teambuilding as well as lead and assist in team
building events including
on-land and on-water activities. Responsibilities
would also include bringing together materials for the games
and activities and scheduling staff to run the programs.
Guide Eco-Tourism Intern
Works to develop a curriculum to educate our staff and
customers about current environmental issues in our locale.
Would also work as a river guide on some of the following
trips, depending on certifications and area of interest:
rafting, tubing, canoeing, kayaking, biking, hiking.
POSITION FILLED 2008
Required Hours & Anticipated Starting/Ending Dates for
Internships:
This is flexible. However, the season generally runs from
April-November. Students could work full-time in the summer
with 40 hours or more if desired. There is also a
possibility of weekend work in the spring or fall.
Custom Internships are
possible in other areas such as:
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