Wilderness Guide

DYF Wilderness Guides facilitate backcountry trips and adventure based outdoor programs for youth living with type 1 diabetes. Our Wilderness Guides work hard to ensure our programs are meaningful, supportive, educational and fun while providing superior T1D care. Wilderness Guides are placed in the program/s that the Program Director deems most suitable for their skill level and availability. Ideal candidates for a Wilderness Guide position will have working knowledge and/or lived experience with type 1 diabetes, and robust personal and professional multi-day guiding experience in the backcountry. Guides work collaboratively within their team to manage all aspects of the trip. This includes pre-trip packing and preparing food and gear, teaching outdoor living skills and diabetes management in the backcountry environment. Guides are also responsible for interpretive information, risk management, and managing the everyday tasks of survival in the backcountry; food, water, shelter, blood sugars etc.

Responsibilities:

 Guide youth in extended backcountry travel on various terrain for long hours while carrying up to 40-70 lb backpacks.

 Teach necessary outdoor skills to set students up for success in the wilderness setting.

 Manage risk in a way that is suitable to being in the wilderness with a group of youth with type 1 diabetes.

 Be active in participant diabetes management including on trail and in the middle of the night.

 Create an emotionally safe space for participants to be comfortable sharing about their struggles.

 Provide for the care and proper usage of DYF gear.  Have a working knowledge of DYF Policies and Procedures.

 Create strong, respectful and appropriate relationships with participants.

 Prepare adequate food and gear for each trip, catering to allergies and dietary restrictions.

 Fully unpack, and clean up after trips have returned from the field.

 Be a good representative of DYF to the National Park Service and other overseeing organizations. Thoroughly follow Rules and Regulations of governing agencies.

 Provide clear and effective outdoor stewardship education to participants.

 Support participant overall wellness- mental, social, emotional, physical.

 Utilize medical skills as needed and according to training and standards.

 Operate company vehicles for transportation of staff, participants or clients, goods and supplies, and other uses as needed.

 Be able to build meaningful relationship with people from different background and identities.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $125.00 - $150.00 per day

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Weekends as needed

Work Location: In person