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Becoming a Guide for Discovery Sea Kayaks requires a true desire and dedication to learn about kayaking, leading kayak tours, and hard work!
Discovery Sea Kayaks is now seeking Sea Kayak Guides to lead and assist in kayak tours, ensuring guests have a safe and educational experience. The role entails pre-trip planning using tides and weather data, maintaining awareness of water conditions and changing weather patterns, general maintenance of equipment and guide facilities, and food preparation and meal planning for some trips. Candidates must be prepared to work the entire season (May through the first week of October) with a dynamic schedule and long days. The season begins with training, facility maintenance, and preparation of kayak equipment, followed by a busy period with multiple daily tours and twice-weekly overnight tours, culminating in a rapid conclusion. Compensation ranges from $16.76-$24/hour based on experience. Comprehensive kayak training will be provided at no cost before the season starts, and there is an opportunity to achieve the ACA Trip Leader award post-training. Applicants must be at least 21 years old, possess a valid driver's license, and maintain a clean driving record. If you are hardworking, flexible, positive, punctual, detail-oriented, and passionate about the outdoors, kayaking, and working with the public, please complete the online application.
Share your love for the outdoors with visitors from all over the world as you work and explore Yellowstone National Park as an Adventure Guide!
Yellowstone Hiking Guides is seeking Day Hiking, Kayak and Van Tour Adventure Guides for the 2025 season(mid-May through September). Guides typically works three to five days a week (10-12 hours/day), depending on your personal schedule. All first year Guides must complete the 1-week YHG Guide School training prior to employment ($75 per participant plus course fees). Compensation includes $15-$16.50/hour + tips with an end-of-the-year bonus. Perks include pro-deal purchases, on-the-clock commutes through Yellowstone, and weekly time off to explore the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem. Guides are welcome to secure a camp spot at the RV Resort located next to the office where there is a bathhouse and restaurant. Applicants must be 21 years of age or older, WFR/WFA certified (can be obtained during YHG Guide School), have a clean driving record and able to drive a 15-passenger van, physically fit, excellent customer service and communication skills, and mountain guiding or tour van experience (preferred).
If you're passionate about Yellowstone National Park, outdoor education, and engaging visitors with the environment, learn more at YellowstoneHikingGuides.com. View the Yellowstone Hiking Guides staff experience.
Maturity, patience, dedication, professional, creative, enthusiastic, self-reflective, a love of the outdoors, a willingness to learn, a good sense of humor, a positive attitude, and the ability to work well with others... sound like you?
With a summer staff of 25 in charge of working with just 42 at-risk boys (10-18 years of age) during each of two summer sessions, you’ll be an integral part of a uniquely supportive and cohesive community on a 35-acre island in New Hampshire. Mayhew boys all come from disadvantaged backgrounds (low-income, single-parent homes) and participate tuition-free. Summer staff will help promote the development of improved self-esteem and behavior, healthier peer interactions, goal setting skills and a strong sense of belonging for the boys. While the work can be fatiguing and emotionally draining, the positive and meaningful experience created at Mayhew is rich beyond measure. Tangible benefits include compensation of $5,000 plus a $1,000 summer completion bonus, room & board, and lots of great home cooking served family-style.
• Explore all summer 2025 positions(June 4th to August 12th commitment), learn what it takes to excel as a staff member, fill out an application or contact Ed Thompson for more information! • Filmed over two summers, this video was created to celebrate Mayhew's 50 years of helping NH boys find their best.
View a group of students from The NCOAE exploring Patagonia during an outdoor educator & environmental sustainability course!
The NCOAE is seeking exceptional individuals to add to their growing team of outdoor adventure-based educators!
With courses taking place in North Carolina, the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, Ecuador and beyond, The National Center for Outdoor & Adventure Education (NCOAE) is a values-based outdoor and adventure education provider for people looking to challenge themselves physically and academically — by combining rigorous academics with personal growth and professional development. Field Instructors manage the safety of students during multi-day courses while leading NCOAE’s hands-on, experiential core curriculum that focuses on the educational principles of leadership, risk management, environmental ethics and outdoor skills including kayaking, canoeing, whitewater paddling, backpacking, rock climbing, backcountry camping, map & compass navigation, and more. Starting pay ranges from $80-$145/day (DOE) with opportunities for advancement. Perks include staff housing, food pantry, travel reimbursements, and industry discounts.
Applications from exceptional outdoor and wilderness-based educators, guides, and field staff are being accepted for the 2025 season (April to October). Completion of NCOAE's 14-day Instructor Course(at no cost to you) is required prior to beginning seasonal employment. Apply now for the next course in North Carolina from April 30th-May 13th, 2025.
View a short clip of the WisCorps crew experience.
Explore the Upper Midwest, make an impact outdoors, build lifelong friendships — and get paid doing it!
WisCorps crews work and live together throughout the experience, eat healthy, minimize their impact on the Earth, and complete hands-on projects, build trails, manage habitats, and complete carpentry projects on publicly accessible lands. Crews stay together during their non-project time to participate in recreational activities, take care of chores, or travel to their next project site. Embrace the simple life outdoors — campfires, good books, journaling, and meaningful conversations with new friends! Compensation includes $550/week for Leaders ($300/week for Members), plus meals, single occupancy tent camping or dorm-style housing, an AmeriCorps education award upon successful completion of service. If you’re self-motivated, hardworking, confident, independent, passionate about the environment, and thrive in rugged conditions, explore current opportunities.
WisCorps operates crews during the summer (May through August) and fall (September through November). Crew Leaders work both terms (including a five-week intensive training program to kick off the season) while Members have the option of one or two seasons.
If you're passionate about Yellowstone National Park, outdoor education, and engaging visitors with the environment, learn more at 
Applications from exceptional outdoor and wilderness-based educators, guides, and field staff are being accepted for the 2025 season (April to October). Completion of NCOAE's 14-day 
WisCorps operates crews during the summer (May through August) and fall (September through November). Crew Leaders work both terms (including a five-week intensive training program to kick off the season) while Members have the option of one or two seasons.