Alaska Wildland Adventures Hiring for Multi-Day Trip Leader at Cooper Landing, Alaska Full Time

We are seeking enthusiastic, professional, and qualified Multi-Day Trip Leaders/Guides to lead 7-11 day trips, in group sizes of 8-15 on average, from the Coast to Denali! This dynamic role entails highlighting the natural history, practicing backcountry safety, organizing logistics, and demonstrating excellent in-field hospitality, all while working as a team with other staff members and guides. Pay is $175.50 per day, with free food & housing.

AVAILABILITY:  May 10 – September 10 (tentative depending on the level of training)

FOOD & HOUSING: Staff are provided a dry cabin styled Yukon tent, free food and Chef-prepared dinners served daily. If your role permits travel, all expenses and accommodations are paid.

LOCATION: Kenai Riverside Lodge, Kenai Backcountry Lodge, Kenai Fjords Glacier Lodge (all located on the Kenai Peninsula)

JOB OBJECTIVE: Provide a safe, engaging experience while leading our guest’s backcountry activities such as canoeing, kayaking, hiking, and natural history education. Must possess the ability to create a welcoming, memorable experience in a group setting, mitigate risk, collaborate with co-guides, support general operations, and practice proper backcountry safety.

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:

1. Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail

2. Ability to multitask and problem solve under time constraints

3. Ability to live and work in a communal, camp-like atmosphere

4. Affinity for natural history and interest in expanding knowledge of eco-tourism, Alaska, and the Alaska tourism experience

5. Mental and physical stamina to work long (10-12) hour days of travel and physical activity

6. Alaska experience, multi-day outdoor leadership, and interpretation or teaching background strongly preferred, previous guiding experience required

7. Willing to lead and/or co-guide a variety of activities

8. Must have valid driver’s license and ability to complete driver training

9. Independently able to lift heavy and awkward items like luggage, coolers or boxes weighing 50 lbs. or more

10. Ability to work well with complex logistics 

11. Ability to work independently and remotely

12. Strong interpersonal communication skills

RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Memorize all itineraries, their schedules, and logistics

2. Willing to lead a variety of itineraries and activities

3. Upon meeting your group, competently orient guests to Alaska and their itinerary 

4. Be the point person for your guests to help them best communicate their wants and needs throughout the trip

5. Collaborate well will local guide staff to provide quality guest experiences to a variety of physical ability levels

6. Be a team player at AWA lodges (e.g. buss dinner dishes, help with luggage, etc.)

7. Continuously expand your knowledge of Alaska and sub-arctic related natural history 

8. Participate in company practices and policies to conserve natural resources, reduce landfill-bound waste, reduce or eliminate the use of environmentally harmful substances and products and work to help improve AWA’s environmental impact. 

9. Flexibility and diversity. Employee’s duties and assignments may be modified and altered incidental to Employee’s principal duties to allow for the smooth operation of the business and maximum employment opportunities for the Employee.

10. Camp chores as assigned to allow for values of integration, coordination, cross-training, employee benefits of sharing drudgery tasks, synergy, and maximum employment opportunity. You will be expected to do “dirty work” from time to time.

REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS:

1. Wilderness First Responder or higher