Title:
Outdoor Educator
Reports to:
Youth Program Manager
Location:
Pittsburgh, PA
Hours:
Part-Time, non-exempt
Up to 20 hours/week school year
Up to 35 hours/week summer
Work hours typically between Monday-Friday 10a-6p (must be available for at least 2 days; see more details below)
Wage:
$18/hour
Inspire. Educate. Equip.
We remove barriers and create access to outdoor experiences.
About Venture Outdoors
Venture Outdoors is a nonprofit organization dedicated to removing barriers and creating access to outdoor experiences. We provide a variety of experiences that inspire an active lifestyle, promote the region’s unique natural amenities, highlight its excellent quality of life, and foster a greater appreciation for the environment.
Position summary
An Outdoor Educator is a part-time employee who will lead or assist on outdoor trips and environmental lessons primarily with youth. The Outdoor Educator will also help with events for Venture Outdoors, ensuring a successful, professional and excellent experience for all participants. This staff member acts as a representative of Venture Outdoors to promote the mission of the organization. An Outdoor Educator leads lessons in schools and on outings in activities such as hiking, flat water paddling, biking, geocaching, and more. The Outdoor Educator may also lead virtual lessons and workshops with youth.
Special Hour Requirements: An Outdoor Educator may t ypically work 0-20 hours per week from Sep-May and 0-35 hours per week from mid-June to mid-August. Outdoor Educators are expected to be available for at least two days between Monday-Friday 9a-6p when most of the work shifts occur. Hours may also include occasional evenings, weekends and holidays; eligible for overtime after 40 hours.
Duties and responsibilities
Qualifications
Requirements
Venture Outdoors is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Venture Outdoors Staff Equity Statement
We commit to the equitable treatment of our colleagues, participants, and community members by valuing their rights, dignity, voice, and expression.
We welcome and respect the diversity of individuality such as race, sex, gender identity, ability, culture, and religion.
We recognize the human right for all individuals to be respected and accepted without bias.
We commit to an organizational responsibility to build individual and community respect, dignity, fairness, care, and equality.
We strive to understand the role our system plays in perpetuating exclusion, and to address the dynamics that support it.
We understand that accountability is mutual and reciprocal in order to continually learn and improve.
We believe that Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion extends beyond the workplace and encourage all to continue personal development alongside the organization.
We require organizational staff and participants to encourage a culture of belonging and consider the entire experience and the ecosystem that supports.
We will not tolerate explicit and implicit forms of racism, sexism, classism, xenophobia, ageism, and/or ableism.
We will not accept the use of racial or gender biases and require staff to implement inclusionary practices within their duties and program design.
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