Outdoor Adventures
Overview:
Responsible for directly supervising various UREC activities, including, but not limited to Sport Club competitions and practices, Outdoor Adventures programming, and open recreation.
Location:
Edinburg
Responsibility
- Monitor and enforce climbing wall rules and policies.
- Keep facility clean and organized.
- Belay patrons safely and promote proper technique.
- Know facility’s emergency action plan, and how to engage it.
- Knowledge of basic and advanced climbing techniques.
- Answer patron’s questions and follow up on requests.
- Assist with the opening and closing the facility as needed.
- Attend all scheduled meetings and in-services.
- Work with private parties and reservations.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Must be a current student or a student pre-registered for the upcoming long semester (fall/spring, min. 12 hrs).
- Student must maintain a minimum GPA of 2.0.
- Current Adult, Child, and Infant CPR/AED and First Aid or must obtain within 30 days of employment.
- Must be able to pass belay certification test.
- Solid decision making skills.
- Have a high level of enthusiasm for working with and serving people.
Preferred
Kinesiology or health/wellness major; previous experience in a health and fitness environment.
Location:
Edinburg
Responsibility
- Provide safe, fun and educational opportunities to the members of the University of Rio Grande Valley community. Answer patron’s questions and follow up on requests.
- Assist UREC professional staff with the day-to-day operation of the outdoor trips program.
- Providing participants with necessary information and skills, completing required paperwork, meeting professional standards in various skill areas and maintaining participant safety.
- Complete and maintain checklists as they pertain to your shift.
- Work on developing/improving outdoor skills and instruction (navigation, gear repair, survival skills, etc.)
- Help promote trips.
- Assist with logistics and trip planning.
- Aid with preparation for pre-trip meetings.
- Inspect and pack group gear.
- Assist with conducting outdoor clinics, trips, and workshops
- Clean and return gear.
- Participate and assist in post-trip meetings and evaluations.
- Know and enforce rules and regulations according to University Recreation Employee Manual Rules and Regulations.
- Know trip specific emergency action plan and how to engage it.
- Must attend all scheduled meetings and in-services.
- Assist with climbing wall operations as needed
- Complete other duties as assigned by the University Recreation staff.
Qualifications
- Must be a current UTRGV student or a student pre-registered for the upcoming long semester.
- Student must maintain a minimum GPA of 2.0.
- Basic First Aid and CPR Certification.
- Basic knowledge of outdoor recreation equipment.
- Must be belay certified or have ability to pass belay test
- Must have valid driver’s license and be able to pass UTRGV 15 passenger van training course
- Solid decision-making skills.
- A basic understanding of Leave No Trace (LNT) principals.
- Have a high level of enthusiasm for working with and serving people.
- Previous leadership experience.
Preferred
Previous backcountry experience.