SnowSports School Ski or Snowboard Instructor

Snow Sports School Ski or Snowboard Instructor

Join to apply for the Snow Sports School Ski or Snowboard Instructor role at Sunday River Resort

The Sunday River Snow Sports School team members are enthusiastic, ambitious, thrive in the outdoors, love the mountain lifestyle, have a positive “get ‘er done attitude” and are passionate about skiing and snowboarding. If that sounds like you, we want you on our team! We have fun, love what we do, work together as a team, and use every guest interaction as an opportunity to create lifelong skiers and snowboarders.

Come join us this winter! The Resort Services team includes Snow Sports School, Guest Services, Ticketing, Season Pass, Events, Competitions, and Daycare. Full-time, part-time and temporary positions are available for both ski and snowboard coaches in our Children’s and Adult Programs. Team members must be available to work on specified days during the busiest times of the season, which include weekends and holidays.

• Advocate of Safety – Team members are expected to actively promote and act as a role model with Sunday River’s safety policies.
• Commitment to Exceptional Guest Service – Team members are expected to provide all guests with a caring, efficient, and quality experience. Every guest interaction should be focused on sharing our passion for extraordinary service and creating lifelong skiers and snowboarders.
• Support Teamwork – Team members are expected to work effectively and efficiently with fellow team members and managers, fulfill schedule commitments and add availability during peak times, be on time and prepared for work, be pro‑active in helping during registration times, willing to take on more responsibilities as needed and accept daily assignments with a positive “can‑do” attitude!
• Pursue Professional Development – Team members are encouraged to take advantage of in‑house training and mentoring. Team members should actively assess their skills and seek feedback and guidance from other team members, trainers, and managers that can support their development. Team members should be committed to improving, learning, and developing. We are always “green and growing” and striving to be the best team member we can be!

• Organize and conduct both group and private ski and snowboard lessons for guests.
• Demonstrate and communicate proper ski techniques in accordance with the guidelines established by the resort and Professional Ski Instructors of America/American Association of Snowboard Instructors.
• Be familiar with and adhere to the policies and procedures of the resort Team Handbook and the Snow Sports School Manual.
• Respectfully use team member benefits as they are outlined in resort policies.
• Contribute to team effort by participating in job sharing; assuming responsibility for the cleanliness of the resort and safety of guests and employees; participating in safety meetings; sharing insights from guest interactions and ideas for improvements; accepting diverse assignments; maintaining a positive and friendly attitude and demeanor in all team member and guest interactions.
• Encourage friends, family and others interested in Snow Sports to also become instructors.
• Meet schedule commitments to cover business needs. Help cover as many of the peak business days as possible.
• Support Snow Sports School sales by learning, understanding and being able to explain products, reservation processes and other operational procedures to staff and guests to enhance the guest experience.

• Must be at least 16 years old.
• Commitment to becoming a skilled instructor. We don’t expect you to join our team knowing everything (or even anything) about ski/snowboarding instructing, but we do expect you to be committed to improving, learning, and evolving as an instructor and Snow Sports athlete. We are committed to helping you improve as an instructor through opportunities including training, team teaching, and mentorship. We are committed to helping you be the best instructor you can be, we expect you to be committed to the same goal.
• Be able to communicate well with guests, both children…