Adventure New Zealand

At Adventure New Zealand - Southern Discovery Holidays our team is made up of experienced professional guides who are committed to giving their customers the best tour they have ever had in their lives!

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We have one permanent job vacancy and a seaonal vacancy. See below for the seasonal guide vacancy and details of the permanent position are detailed here.

Senior Operations Manager & Cave Guide Position

We are looking for a person to head and develop our cave guide team and other tourism projects in Greymouth on the South Island's West Coast. This Position is a senior one with the role of Operations Manager and could lead to a financial interest in the company for a suitable person.

The job entails Operations Management, project management, team leadership, site investigations for tourism activity products and the writing of interpretation plans for the guiding team. Some experience with satellite positioning, mapping and communications systems would be an advantage as the work is in remote locations, but training in these fields is provided.

A knowledge and or experience in the following would be an advantage

• Adventure Education and human psychology
• The ability to communicate in languages other than English especially German, Italian French or Spanish.
• Occupational Health & Safety
• Management, Theory and Development of Sports Activities
• Communication & Presentation skills including Theory of Body language
• Sports Medicine and Outdoor First Aid as a First Responder
• Business Management A background in leading people in the outdoors is required along with a solid grounding in risk management. Full site specific training will be available while you'll be expected to take part in nationally recognised training programmes to keep your skill levels at the forefront of current development. Training is to start immediately with a two week unpaid training period to see if you are happy with the job and for us to see if we think the job suits you. Skills requirement:
• The person holding this position needs to hold tertiary traing, in at least one of geology, natural history, science, management, sports or education.
• To be able to speak a European language other than English as many of our clients are from there.
• Self managing and being able to manage others while providing a supportive environment.

The ideal person would have the following qualifications and/or experience. We would still like to talk to you if you do not have all of these but a majority of them will be required.

• Current First Aid Certificate
• Drivers Licences ,Class: Private, Passenger Endorsement, and heavy traffic to 10 tonnes (class 2 or above)
• Full physical fitness without any recurring injuries
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Some experience instructing groups.
• Be over the age of 23 years
• Friendly and outgoing personality
• National Qualifications in Bushcraft, Caving, Leadership, climbing or other outdoor activities
• Be prepared to undergo further training leading to registered NZQA units
• Have or be prepared to gain West Coast & South Island history, geography, geology and environmental interpretation knowledge.
• Work within our environmental Care Codes

Note that the above is an ideal person but if you think you have some of the above and you are quick to learn then give us a call.

The permanent vacancy is for a fulltime Operations Manager. This position could lead to a finacial interest in the company.

For the summer season (Nov to April)each year we are look for 1 experienced raft guide &/or 1 safety Kayaker.

You will need to have had extensive grade 5 trip leading experience and hold or be prepared to get an NZ passenger endorsed drivers licence. You will need to be or become registered in NZ as a raft guide & attend a local river & rescue workshop. This position will be based at Greymouth on the South Island's beautiful West Coast working our heliraft rivers.

If you feel you are able to deliver on the promise we give to our visitors that they will get the 'guaranteed best tour ever... or you get your money back' experience we are recognised for then contact us.

If you dont have enough experience but do have that special "getting along with people" personality and would like to learn more from working with long term experienced guides then also contact us.

Please email us including your contact details and a brief work and training history.

Thanks.