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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

Shaver's Creek Environmental Center is looking for Leaders for its AURORA Programs.

These Leaders have an array of responsibilities including, but not limited to: 

• Teaching and instruction of students

• Group and time management

• Risk assessment and decision-making

• Trip management of trip logistics

• Other duties as assigned

Leader must be able to clearly instruct students on skills of backpacking and backcountry living. These include technical skills such as cooking and setting up shelters, as well as backcountry ethics that ensure a limited impact on the natural world. Leaders must be able to manage this teaching role with the responsibilities of managing a group in the backcountry. This includes real-time risk assessment, time management, provision of first-aid care (as needed), and more.

Leaders also mentor and support students as they experience their transition to college life and explore their own leadership opportunities. Qualifications include group management experience, Wilderness First Aid and CPR/AED certifications, driver’s license, and ability to drive a vehicle.

This job requires that you operate a motor vehicle as a part of your job duties. A valid US 
driver’s license and successful completion of a motor vehicle records check will be required 
in addition to standard background checks.

The Pennsylvania State University is committed to and accountable for advancing 
diversity, equity, inclusion, and sustainability in all of its forms. We embrace individual 
uniqueness, foster a culture of inclusion that supports both broad and specific diversity 
initiatives, leverage the educational and institutional benefits of diversity in society and 
nature, and engage all individuals to help them thrive. We value inclusion as a core 
strength and an essential element of our public service mission.

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