Four Trails Coordinator

Description

We dare people to discover and celebrate the very best in themselves and others; inspire them to explore diverse perspectives and complex challenges; and embolden them to live courageously, engaging their full capacity.

Four Trails Program Coordinators manage and supervise a team of Four Trails Leaders and are primarily responsible for supporting trip leaders and campers in the Four Trails program. This role works primarily with middle and high school aged campers on 2–16+ day backpacking, paddling, and cycling trips through rugged terrain. Four Trails Program Coordinators remain onsite at camp and support trips as they come and go, bringing experienced leadership to the team and providing daily guidance, instruction, and encouragement to staff.

This role plans and facilitates age-group programming, assists with oversight of trip groups on trail, assists in emergency response situations, communicates with camper families, and provides administrative support to the Directors, working alongside the Logistics team when preparing groups for wilderness trips.

• Merrowvista – Center Tuftonboro, New Hampshire
• Merrowvista necessitates the ability to move through rugged terrain.
• The Four Trails Program Coordinator lives onsite during staff training and the two camp sessions, including weekends and evenings, to be available 24 hours/day in case of emergency response, and may occasionally be asked to sleep in a cabin with campers, as necessary.
• Housing and all meals are provided.
• Staff live in a communal space with other staff, or in cabins with campers, depending on position.

Seasonal

The AYF believes that how we act and interact reflects who we are as a community. In practice, at the AYF we value investing in youth, stewarding the environment, encouraging participants and staff to explore and develop their values and beliefs, belonging in community, and growing together.

Recognizing the full value of all, the American Youth Foundation affords equal opportunity for employment and program participation to all individuals on the basis of merit and/or eligibility without regard to race, color, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, familial status, religion, national origin, citizenship, disability, age, military status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

• Assist with supervising a team of Four Trails Leaders, providing training and daily support.
• Offer guidance and coaching to staff on conflict resolution, group management, activity facilitation, wilderness skills, and risk management in the backcountry.
• Assist with facilitating Four Trails staff training, teaching skills and procedures necessary to run effective and safe adventure trips.
• Evaluate the performance of each Four Trails Leader, providing formal evaluations.
• Support trip leaders with programming, facilitation, and camper challenges that may arise.

• Prepare logistics for multi-day (2–16+ day) backpacking, paddling, and cycling trips through rugged terrain to primitive campsites.
• Work alongside the Logistics team to ensure groups have appropriate gear, food, and resources.
• Assist with oversight of trip groups while on trail.
• Teach campers appropriate-level backcountry skills.

• Primarily responsible for the health, safety, and wellbeing of campers.
• Appropriately manage behavior challenges and conflict with a sense of respect for young people and a focus on developing the social-emotional health of campers; manage individual and group behavior, resolving conflict and enforcing community standards of respect for all.
• Facilitate highly engaging…