Thank you for your interest in a job with Cal Adventures! We are always looking for enthusiastic applicants who want to join our team.
Should you have any questions please call (510) 642-4000 or send an email to Sam Johnson, the Cal Adventures Ropes Course and Rock Climbing Manager at s_johnson@berkeley.edu. We love to talk to prospective staff.
The Cal Adventures Rock Climbing Program operates at the world famous local Berkeley rocks. The adult program hosts a range of classes: Intro to Outdoor, Rappelling and Self-Rescue. The youth programs meet at the UC Aquatic Center in the Berkeley Marina during the summer season. Instructor serve in many different roles depending on their experience and are expected to help facilitate programs as scheduled by manger staff.
- Set up and break down belay and safety systems for all high element Ropes Course events
- Safety assurance and risk management at the Ropes Course
- Periodic equipment and hardware inspections and minor repairs
- Facilitate ice breakers, initiatives and debriefs for a variety of groups including youth and adult
- Add to the documentation of new initiatives and enhancement of curriculum on file
- Enforce gear organization and care among other facilitator staff
- Facilitate the increase of knowledge about the natural environment, experiential education theory and practices, group dynamics, weather and gear care
- Serve as a representative of Cal Adventures to participants
- Demonstrate good judgment in regards to participant safety and wellbeing
- High level of experience and comfort level leading rock climbing events for group sizes of 6 to 24 individuals
- Ability to facilitate meaningful discussions and debriefs pertinent to client goals and their performance as a group during activities
- Ability to create an experiential learning environment while teaching a variety of topics
- Proven technical skills in the set-up and use of top rope belay systems in an outdoor setting
- Demonstrated experience serving in a leadership role
- CPR and First Aid – or the ability to attain these certifications by the first day of employment
- Well organized, self-motivated, enthusiastic, and mature individual
- Knowledge and demonstration of Leave No Trace ethics
- Attend required trainings for rock climbing staff
- Other duties as assigned
- Anchor setting using natural protection
- Outdoor Science training and ability to impart knowledge through pre-designed curriculum while on course
- EMT or Wilderness First Responder Certification
- Past experience leading groups in the wilderness on overnight trips
Please send a resume outlining relevant outdoor experience, certifications and education. Only one resume is needed even if you are interested in more than one position.
- Contact Sam Johnson at Cal Adventures: s_johnson@berkeley.edu
- NOTE: If hired, you will need to be in possession of documents that prove you are authorized to work in the United States. A list of accepted documents can be found on the last page of Homeland Security Form I-9.
