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Assistant Trip Leader

Employer
NC State University
Location
Raleigh
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Employment Type
Full Time
Institution Type
Four-Year Institution
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Job Details

Posting Number:

PG196247TM

Position Number:

25ATL02

Position Type:

Temporary

Essential Job Duties:

An Outdoor Adventures Assistant Trip Leader is a passionate and safety-minded student who helps inspire others to get involved in outdoor recreation. In this entry-level role, you’ll assist in leading half-day, full-day, and weekend trips, workshops, and clinics to prepare for advancement as a trip leader. You will help with trip planning, equipment preparation, and group management while building valuable skills in leadership, risk management, and instruction. Join our team and help us guide new adventurers into the outdoors!
Contribute

  • Trip and Workshop Leadership: Assist trip leaders with all aspects of a trip, including group development, risk management, and instruction of technical skills. You will also help plan, create lessons, and facilitate educational workshops and clinics.
  • Program Education and Marketing: Help market trips to the campus community and educate others about all Outdoor Adventures programs, including trips, clinics, and equipment rentals.
  • Logistics and Equipment: Prepare equipment for trips and maintain gear by checking it in and out, cleaning, disinfecting, and performing minor repairs.

Is Time Limited:

No

Wolfpack Perks and Benefits:

As a Pack member, you belong here, and can enjoy exclusive perks designed to enhance your personal and professional well-being.
What we offer:

Attain Work-life balance with our Childcare discounts, Wellness & Recreation Membership, and Wellness Programs that aim to build a thriving wolfpack community.

Disclaimer: Perks and Benefit eligibility is based on Part-Time or Full-Time Employment status. Eligibility and Employer Sponsored Plans can be found within each of the links offered.

Job City & State:

Raleigh

Department:

Wellness and Recreation

Classification Title:

Temporary-Clerical

Working Title:

Assistant Trip Leader

Work Schedule:

Maximum 20 hours per week as scheduled

Other Work/Responsibilities:

  • Guideline Enforcement: Understand and enforce Wellness and Recreation and area specific guidelines.
  • Risk Management: Knowledge and implementation of emergency action plan.
  • Training and Meetings: Attend required training and monthly staff meetings.
  • Community: Develop professional relationships with co-workers, participants and guests.
  • Support: Perform other related duties to support the overall functioning of the department.


Working Conditions
  • Environment: Both indoors and outdoors with potential exposure to adverse weather.
  • Physical: Frequent standing, sitting, walking, bending, reaching, and lifting weight up to 40 lbs regularly.
  • Sensory: Potentially loud and busy work environment that requires strong communication and observation skills.
  • Schedule: Flexibility in your availability is needed to potentially work early mornings, late nights, weekends, and breaks.
  • Safety: Exposure to potential safety hazards and adherence to the emergency action plan to mitigate risk.

  • Time Commitment: this position requires you to work a minimum of two outdoor trips per semester.
  • Schedule Requirements: This role requires consistent availability on Fridays and weekends.

Department Required Skills:

  • Initiative: Complete required work, pursue opportunities to expand knowledge, work to better the department.
  • Communication: Display effective and proactive interpersonal communication with users and coworkers.
  • Customer Service: Prioritize our users, ensuring a positive and supportive experience for all participants.
  • Critical Thinking: Actively conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, and evaluating information to reach a conclusion.
  • Teamwork: Collaborate and use knowledge and experiences to contribute to the success of the team.
  • Values Reasoning: Using our four values of care, positivity, flexibility and support when making decisions.
  • Professionalism: Present expected behavior in the workplace, exemplified by your attitude and effort.

Preferred Years Experience, Skills, Training, Education:

N/A

Required License or Certification:

  • Eligibility: Current full-time NC State student.
  • Certifications: First Aid and Adult CPR/AED certifications should be current or obtained before position commencement. This certification is provided to selected candidates upon being hired.
  • Preferred Experience: Demonstrated experience with adventure programming, such as participating in or assisting with outdoor trips, challenge courses, and related leadership trainings.

Valid NC Driver's License required?:

No

Commercial Driver's License Required?:

No

Anticipated Hiring Range:

$10.50/hour

Job Open Date:

10/05/2026

Quick Link:

https://jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/235717

EEO:

NC State University is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal opportunities for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, and veteran status. The University encourages all qualified applicants, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities, to apply. Individuals with disabilities requiring disability-related accommodations in the application and interview process are welcome to contact 919-513-0574 to speak with a representative of the Office of Equal Opportunity.

If you have general questions about the application process, you may contact Human Resources at (919) 515-2135 or workatncstate@ncsu.edu.

Final candidates are subject to criminal & sex offender background checks. Some vacancies also require credit or motor vehicle checks. Degree(s) must be obtained prior to start date in order to meet qualifications and receive credit.

NC State University participates in E-Verify. Federal law requires all employers to verify the identity and employment eligibility of all persons hired to work in the United States.

Organization

NC State: Think and Do

NC State was founded with a purpose: to create economic, societal and intellectual prosperity for the people of North Carolina and the country. We began as a land-grant institution teaching the agricultural and mechanical arts. Today, we're a pre-eminent research enterprise with 12 colleges excelling in all major academic fields.

NC State studentsOur 34,000 high-performing students take what they learn in the classroom and apply it in the real world by conducting research, working in internships and co-ops, and performing acts of world-changing service. That experiential education ensures that they leave here ready to lead the workforce. NC State's 13:1 student-faculty ratio is one of the reasons why we're the best college for your money in North Carolina (Money) and the No. 5 best value among public universities nationally (U.S. News & World Report).

Overcoming Challenges, Improving Lives

NC State is one of only two universities in the nation leading two National Science Foundation Engineering Research Centers — one developing wearable, self-powered health monitors, and the other researching smart-grid technology. We’re also leading interdisciplinary efforts to curb nuclear proliferation, help farmers confront climate change and build a new American manufacturing sector.

Our research doesn't just get published in a journal or sit on a shelf; it makes an impact. NC State is No. 6 nationwide in commercialization agreements based on university research, and we're No. 2 among universities without a medical school. Our Cooperative Extension Service provides research-based information to citizens in all 100 North Carolina counties. In addition, our industrial extension unit — Industry Expansion Solutions — has created an economic benefit for the state's manufacturers averaging $149 million per year since 2005.

Bright Minds Creating a Bold Future

NC State’s 9,000 faculty and staff are world leaders in their fields, bridging the divides between academic disciplines and training high-caliber students to meet tomorrow’s challenges. NC State students won two Goldwater scholarships, five Fulbright scholarships, one Churchill scholarship and a record-breaking 25 National Science Foundation graduate research fellowships in the 2016-2017 academic year. In addition, 25 faculty are members of the National Academies.

NC State bldg in darkOur Centennial Campus, an award-winning public-private research campus, is home to more than 70 partner organizations working alongside more than 70 NC State research and academic units. Centennial is also the location of the innovative Hunt Library, which Time magazine has dubbed “the library of the future.”

In Raleigh and Around the World

It all happens in one of the best cities in America. A top spot for job-seekers and tech professionals, Raleigh is nationally recognized as a leading urban center:

NC State building oldWith Durham and Chapel Hill, Raleigh anchors the Research Triangle, a national hotspot for high-tech enterprise. The top companies in the region — including IBM, Cisco Systems, SAS Institute, Biogen Idec and GlaxoSmithKline — are among the country’s best employers. They also lead the way in hiring new NC State graduates.

More than 130 years after its creation, NC State continues to make its founding purpose a reality. Every day, our career-ready graduates and world-leading faculty make the fruits of learning and discovery available to people across the state, throughout the nation and around the world.

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