Field Director

"With the wilderness as our catalyst, we reveal potential, inspire hope, and heal families. We believe it. We live it."

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Full-time| Benefits | $60,000 annually + revenue sharing

This position is ideal for candidates with experience as a:

• Youth Camp Director
• Adventure Program Manager
• Outdoor Guide
• Residential Treatment Center Manager
• or other Wilderness Therapy work

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This is RedCliff Ascent's mission statement. As our Field Director, you will play a vital role in helping us fulfill this mission. RedCliff Ascent is a wilderness therapy program in the Southern Utah high desert that works with teenagers struggling emotional, behavioral, and substance abuse disorders. We use primitive skills, evidence-based experiential and family therapies, and healthy relationships to help our students and their families begin their healing journey.

As part of our leadership team, you will help set the vision for how to provide the best program possible to our students. As the head of our Field Department, you will work to create a supportive, healthy, professional, and growth-centered workplace culture for our Field Guides, who directly care for our students.

While challenging, this may be the most meaningful job you've ever had. You will make a real difference in the lives of families in crisis, help your Guides develop personally and professionally, and be a part of a deeply caring, committed team.

The essential functions of the Field Director include:

• Actively develop and manage the Field Department
• Attract, promote, manage, and retain field personnel
• Represent Field Department in Leadership Team
• Head interdepartmental coordination for the field, including logistics and trainings
• Program development, including student curriculum, staff manuals, and adventure activities
• Ensure compliance with all local, state, and federal laws and regulations
• Ensure members of Field Department are current on certifications
• Monitor and approve hours of field personnel
• Risk management, including providing off-road driver training, coordinating fleet maintenance, and AEGIS certification
• Crisis response, including creating an action plan, communicating within and outside of the program, and ensuring proper documentation
• Public relations, including with land management agencies and local law enforcement

Help heal families and save lives while sharing your passion for the outdoors.

Join the RedCliff Ascent family.

Requirements

Please note: Applicants who do not meet the minimum requirements as stated will not be considered.

• BS/BA in a related field or equivalent education and experience in a related field
• 2 years administrative managerial experience in a youth program or similar program
• "administrative managerial experience" means you conducted firing, hiring, and disciplinary action with some or complete autonomy
• 1st Aid & CPR certified
• 25 + years of age per licensing requirements
• Able to pass motor vehicle record check
• Current Utah driver's license (within 30 days of employment)
• Able to pass criminal investigation background check
• Must live close enough to the field of operation and field office to effectively respond to program emergencies

Preferred

• WFR or EMT certificied
• Crisis intervention instructor certified

Benefits

• Revenue sharing in addition to base salary
• Performance bonuses
• Health, dental, vision, accident, critical illness, and other insurance plans available after first 60 days
• Employer contributions to Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Free Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Significant discounts for hundreds of professional outdoor gear brands
• A few hours from Zion National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, the Grand Canyon, and Lake Powell
• A few hours from many world-class ski resorts
• Close to Mccarran International Airport in Las Vegas
• A supportive and close-knit community