Wilderness Inquiry

Hiring:

Outdoor Leaders create the magic at WI, staffing all events from single to multi-day adventures for adults, youth, and families of all backgrounds and abilities. Most extended trips are 3-12 days in duration. Our activities on these trips range from canoeing, kayaking, hiking, and land-based educational programming. We also conduct hundreds of local day trips in other cities across the United States via Canoemobile.

The primary responsibility of Outdoor Leaders is to serve participants and ensure the safety, quality and cost-effectiveness of WI experiences. Outdoor Leaders are responsible for the lives and well being of WI participants throughout a WI adventure. Life as a WI Outdoor Leader can be fun, exciting, and incredibly rewarding, but it is also a tremendous amount of responsibility and it can involve a lot of hard and challenging work.

Responsibilities:

• Provide excellent leadership for adults, youth and families.
  Using effective judgment and decision making regarding trip implementation.

• Embrace a “servant leadership” ethic that places the participant first.

• Assess participant ability and expectations to safely and effectively meet their needs.

• Provide a high level of customer service for all participants.

• Effectively communicate WI policies and procedures to participants.

• Proficiently perform activities conducted on WI trips including cooking, canoeing, hiking, camping, etc.

• Provide emergency first aid and conduct and/or assist in back-country medical issues including evacuations.

• Work with logistics staff to pack-in and pack-out gear and food.

• Care for equipment while in the back country.

• Complete post trip paperwork including evaluations.

• Safely drive a 15-passenger van pulling a loaded trailer in all weather and road conditions.

Certifications:

Certifications are highly recommended and may influence job placement:

• CPR

• Wilderness First Aid (WMI, WMA, SOLO, EMSRB, Red Cross)

• Wilderness Water Safety or Lifeguard/Professional Rescuer

• Current Drivers License and safe driving record

Additional Information About Wilderness Inquiry:

Wilderness Inquiry creates unforgettable outdoor adventures for people like you. We operate throughout North America and around the globe, maintaining high quality standards on every trip we do. Wilderness Inquiry adventures are more than simple vacations. We break the mold and invite you to experience the outdoors in a manner that provides new perspectives on the natural world and the power of positive community spirit. We use an approach called the Universal Program Participation Model, which promotes the inclusion of people from all walks of life. Over the years, we have found that success depends far more on a positive attitude than experience or ability.

Since 1978, WI has served more than 500,000 people and leads the outdoor recreation industry in providing equitable access to outdoor adventures throughout North America and around the world. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Wilderness Inquiry owns a basecamp on the south shore of Lake Superior, operates in 32 states and 10 countries, and promotes inclusion, active learning, and meaningful connections to the natural world. Each year we serve 40,000 people. Wilderness Inquiry employs 120+ full and part-time staff and is governed by an 18 member volunteer board of directors. As a 501(c)(3) organization, our “stakeholders” include everyone in our community. In short, that means you! When you travel with WI you are supporting our mission of connecting people from all walks of life to the outdoors.

TRAINING:
All new Outdoor Leader hires are contingent upon successful completion of Wilderness Inquiry staff training, including: Driver Assessment, Voyageur Canoe Assessment and Outdoor Education Interpretive Training.