Lead Adventure Guide

Job Title: Lead Adventure Guide

FLSA Status: Non-exempt

Hours: Part-time (flexible schedule including weekends and holidays)

Summary: 

Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium is seeking a Lead Adventure Guide to facilitate child/adult play interaction helping to develop the child’s physical capabilities, cognitive abilities and strengthen social emotional skills while in the Children’s Adventure Trails exhibit. Lead Adventure Guides implement new play activities and model the best child/parent interactions. Lead Adventure Guide's strive to enrich children’s natural curiosity through diverse, child-centered explorations. This position reports directly to the Children’s Adventure Trails Supervisor.

Duties and Responsibilities (include but not limited to): 

• Use open-ended and multiple outcome experiences for children developing the physical, social emotional and cognitive abilities.
• Maintains a safe, educationally sound, engaging environment for guests. Provides excellent customer service.
• Models engaging play for part time staff
• Maintains daily records of incidents and activities
• Provides excellent customer services while providing zoo information and assisting guest during incidents and complaints
• Assists with daily exhibit operations
• Maintains and organizes play materials
• Conducts daily meetings in the absence of supervisor and manager
• Assists supervisor with daily duties
• Main point of contact in the absence of supervisor and manager
• Meets weekly with Adventure Trails Supervisor

Work Skills: 

• Knowledge of early childhood education techniques
• Ability to utilize play activities while also allowing for open-ended and multiple outcome experiences with guests in Adventure Trails 
• Must have strong guest service and public speaking skills
• Must possess an outgoing personality and enthusiastic attitude
• Must work well under pressure and in diverse weather conditions
• Some animal handling will be required  

Qualifications: 

• Ability to multi-task, use good judgement and enhance the guests’ experiences while playing in the Adventure Trails Exhibit
• Ideal candidate embraces children as curious, collaborative, and innovative individuals 
• Must pass the zoo background check and drug testing
• Applicant must be at least 18 years of age or older.

Education: 

• High School Diploma or GED required, training in early childhood teaching techniques desired
• Supervisory experience preferred but not required

Physical Demands: 

• Position requires standing for long periods, walking, and the ability to use hands to signal and feel
• Reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop; kneel; crouch and/or crawl; talk and hear; occasionally sit; frequently lift a minimum of 20-25 lbs.  
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Work Environment: 

Work is performed indoors and outdoors under all weather conditions
This position requires a minimum of 20 hours of availability weekly during the summer season

DISCLAIMER

The information presented indicates the general nature and level of work expected of employees in this classification. It is not designed to contain, nor is it to be interpreted as, a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, qualifications and objectives required of employees assigned to this job.

Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer as defined by the EEOC.

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