Outdoor Education Jobs, Site Director, Big Bear California

Newly posted, here is a great manager level outdoor education job for those of you with strong leadership skills and management expertise. Check out this Site Director position located in Big Bear City, California!

Site Director for the High Trails Outdoor Science School Administration department for the 09/10 school year.

A little more about the position and the Outdoor Science School from the High Trails website ….

Candidates should have experience in outdoor education, a savvy business sense, a healthy sense of humor, and the capability to actively lead, manage and pretty much run a residential outdoor education site with 25 staff and 4500 students.

Site Directors provide the vision, leadership and inspiration that make our program the great experience it can be. The three most important qualities of a Site Director: powerful leadership skills, wicked organizational skills, and the ability to work independently.

This is a real, full time full year position with health insurance, nice housing, tasty food during program, an introductory salary of $24k a year and a bonus program that can amount to upwards of 20% of what you make in a year.

During the school year, High Trails is home to thousands of Southern California elementary students who come and stay a week with us, learning about nature, communities, and themselves. From Adventure Courses and Teambuilding to Plant Study and Astronomy, we do Outdoor Education in style!

The magic and power of outdoor education comes not from the site or the program, but from the people that make everything happen, the Instructors. These are the people that embody the spirit of High Trails and turn a child’s stay here into an incredible memory. These people are Our Staff.