Each winter we successfully deliver avalanche education and winter awareness programs to students in communities across BC, Alberta, Newfoundland, and the Yukon. Our goal is to reach students from K–12 with age-appropriate curriculum and training to help prepare them for their initial steps into the backcountry.
We're hiring for Youth Outreach and Educations Instructors to join our schools program team and deliver interactive and fun presentations about general winter safety in the mountains, ski hills, snowmobiling, winter hiking/snowshoeing, and backcountry skiing/snowboarding. Youth Outreach and Educations Instructors deliver programming in the classroom and our curriculum supports students with early avalanche awareness and preparation to continue learning about winter safety for recreation.
As a Youth Educator you must be enthusiastic and excited about the outdoors and mountain safety, as well as fulfilling the vision, mission, and mandate of Avalanche Canada.
Positions Available
- Avalanche Field Technician—Yukon (Whitehorse)
- Avalanche Field Technician (one winter temporary position)—Vancouver Island (Campbell River)
Position Overview/Summary
Avalanche Canada Field Technicians support public avalanche forecasting and winter backcountry safety by collecting high-quality weather, snowpack, terrain, and avalanche observations in remote mountain environments and communicating those observations clearly to avalanche professionals and the public. Working as part of a small regional field team, they contribute to daily hazard assessment and trip planning, travel safely and efficiently by ski or snowboard, snowmobile, and vehicle in complex winter terrain, and maintain a consistently cautious approach to operational risk while modelling best practices in avalanche terrain.
As the local face of Avalanche Canada, Field Technicians play an important role in raising public avalanche awareness, building professional relationships, and supporting Avalanche Canada's vision to inspire, engage, and empower recreationists to enjoy the winter backcountry while staying safe from avalanches.
Avalanche Canada is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
Learn more about the role.
Vancouver Island Field Team (one winter temporary position)