JOB VACANCY: Adventure Therapy Clinician (aka a therapist, social worker, psychologist or occupational therapist that goes on cool adventures with our team!). If you want to make a positive difference in people’s lives, this is the place to be! Join our amazing Christchurch-based team to help plan and deliver Adventure Therapy programmes. This is a part-time role (16 hours per week) working with groups during the weekday. Find out more about the job on our website: www.AdventureSpecialties.co.nz/vacancies

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Do you want to join a team that is committed to making in difference in the lives of people in Canterbury?

Adventure Specialties Trust is a non-profit charity that runs outdoor adventure programmes (Adventure With Purpose) and outdoor-based group therapy programmes (Adventure Therapy) for a range of people, from school groups to government organisations to community groups like drug and alcohol rehab centres.

We are seeking an “Operations Assistant” for our Christchurch office, to provide administrative support to the Operations Manager, the Adventure Therapy team, and the Training and Safety Manager.

Attitude is everything – if you are a friendly and helpful person with a willingness to learn the ropes, then we want to talk to you!

The nuts and the bolts of the job are pretty similar to any admin job: handling general administrative tasks, maintaining administration systems, administering programme enrolments, ensuring the administration area is clean and organized, and managing office-related contractors such as commercial cleaners, rubbish collections, and facilities services.

We would love the candidate to have strong administration abilities with attention to detail, excellent communication, and written skills. Especially if you are proficient in (or willing and able to learn) MS Office, Excel, Workflow Max, and Survey Monkey. Past admin experience is preferable.

The role is part-time, requiring 16 hours a week, and reports to the Manager in Christchurch.

Interested?
Find out more on:
Our website: www.adventurespecialties.co.nz/vacancies
Seek: search “Adventure Specialties Trust”
Email: office@adventurespecialties.co.nz (attention: Andy)
Phone: 03-348-4547 (Christchurch office)

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JOB VACANCY:

National Funding Administrator

Use your admin skills to support our non-profit by maintaining our current funding base and looking for areas of growth. This includes tasks like researching funding opportunities, writing funding applications, etc.

DO YOU NEED EXPERIENCE?

If you have experience doing something like this before, that’s awesome! If you don’t have any funding experience, but you are great at admin and have a sensible head on your shoulders, then please still get in touch! Most parts of the role can be taught on the job (maybe not the sensible part).

DETAILS:

Part-time (12 hours per week). Work remotely or come join us at the head office in West Auckland. Find out more about the job details on Seek (search Adventure Specialties Trust) or on our website (www.adventurespecialties.co.nz/vacancies)

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JOB VACANCY:

AUCKLAND OUTDOOR INSTRUCTOR

We’re looking for a full-time instructor for our Auckland office! If you refer a friend for the job and they get the job, then you both receive a $300 gift voucher to the outdoor supplier of your choice!

Here are the job details …

COME ON AN ADVENTURE WITH US!
Due to increased demand for our outdoor adventure programmes, we currently have a full-time field instructor job vacancy in our Auckland office. Auckland instructors lead groups on adventures across Northland, Auckland, Waikato and Central North Island.

All our instructor positions involve travelling to different parts of our beautiful country, organising and leading groups on adventures that teach practical outdoor skills and encourage deeper connection to nature and to each other.

WE MAKE POSITIVE CHANGE IN PEOPLE’S LIVES
We work with a range of clients, from upcoming student leaders to youth offenders, to people with disabilities, to adults that struggling with mental health problems, to people keen to feel closer to nature.
“I saw that people have strengths and weaknesses in different areas. This programme helped increase my patience and understanding.”
“I love getting out in nature. It makes me feel calm.”
“This programme has helped me come out of my comfort zone.”
“I never realised that I could be a leader.”

PREFERRED SKILLS AND QUALITIES
• Diploma or Degree in outdoor education, recreation, adventure, instructing or equivalent studies
• NZOIA qualifications in any discipline
• Experience working with groups
• Current first aid certificate
• Current full drivers’ licence and P endorsement (or the ability to gain one)

Don’t fill all those criteria? We understand that you might not have all the skills and qualities listed above, so please don’t hesitate to chat with us if you are interested in this job vacancy. It is always possible to increase your current skillset! The most important thing is your love of outdoor adventure and your desire to make a positive change in people’s lives.

FULL JOB DESCRIPTION
If you would like to read the full job descriptions, check out the Vacancies page on our website: www.AdventureSpecialties.co.nz/vacancies

Find out more about the Refer a Friend promotion

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JOB VACANCY:

Auckland Adventure Therapy clinician

Do you love the outdoors? Are you a trained therapist, social worker, counsellor or psychologist? We are looking for an experienced therapist to join our Adventure Therapy team, where you will combine nature and outdoor adventure with therapy to make positive change in people’s lives.

What is Adventure Therapy?

Read more about Adventure Therapy here and browse our Adventure Therapy programmes here

Interested?

Check out details on our website: www.adventurespecialties.co.nz/vacancies

Or on Seek: https://www.seek.co.nz/job/59435132

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JOB VACANCY: Auckland outdoor instructor

We are looking for an outdoor instructor for our Auckland office! But don’t be fooled by the not-very-outdoorsy-sounding location! Our Auckland instructors go gallivanting all over the place … the stunning beaches of Northland, the rugged bush of the Kaimai Ranges in Coromandel, the plains of the Central North Island. Plus, the hidden beauty inside Auckland: the coastal beauty of the Waitākere Ranges as well as the numerous bays and coves and inlets of the Manukau Harbour for our kayaking, surfing, coasteering missions.

Who is Adventure Specialties?

We are a charity founded in a garage in 1984 that has now grown to be a national organisation with over 20 permanent staff. We combine outdoor adventure with a deeper purpose – a look at the parts of life that are truly important

What do we do?

Our two different ‘categories’ of outdoor adventure programmes are “Adventure With Purpose” and “Adventure Therapy”

>>> Adventure With Purpose aims at building self-awareness, social awareness, cultural awareness, environmental awareness, and a desire to be physically active.

>>> Adventure Therapy aims at increasing a person’s self-worth, building tools for hauora (health and wellness), creating a feeling of community and belonging (whanaungatanga), building a sense of hope for a future with purpose, and increasing taha wairua (spiritual wellness)

Which outdoor pursuits do we do?

Take your pick from our broad range of pursuits: alpine, abseiling, bush, caving, canyoning, coasteering, mountain biking, rock climbing, sea kayaking, surfing, and white water kayaking/rafting. Get experience in lots of these, and pursue the ones that you want to get qualified in, through the national NZOIA qualification scheme.

Interested?

Think you might be interested? Pop into the Auckland office for a coffee and a chat! (The boss just bought a shiny new coffee machine, so someone will make you a real cuppa).

Or read more info about Job Vacancies on our webpage: Vacancies

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Internship applications close soon!

Join us and work towards a career that combines outdoor adventure with youth work.

These photos (above and below) are from Anna, one of our interns down in Christchurch this year. Thanks Anna!

Get in touch to find out more about our internship programme:
www.adventurespecialties.co.nz/internships

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What is it like being an intern at Adventure Specialties Trust?

“In a nutshell, this year has been amazing, challenging and rewarding. I have spent a ton of time in the bush, on the water, clinging on to walls and dangling from ropes. All in the company of a supportive and diverse team of people. The clients that I worked with were from all walks of life and provided me with opportunities to not just help and facilitate activities for them but also to learn a great deal about myself and who I am.

“This year I also had the opportunity to study Youth Development with Praxis. At first, I wasn’t super keen to do this but have ended up enjoying it just as much as the adventures that I’ve been on. Not only was it a lot of fun but I learnt a lot of incredibly valuable information for anyone wanting to work with youth. Topics included trauma and crisis response, developmental theories, activity/adventure-based learning structure and much, much more.

“This #internship has also been challenging. I found the learning curve to be incredibly steep and, at times, I wondered if I was the right person for the job. However, what got me through these times was the wonderful people that I get to work with. In sharing my struggles with them, I found that I wasn’t the first (and won’t be the last) to feel this way. Everyone at Adventure Specialties Trust genuinely wants the best for their teammates.”

– Oli (Auckland #intern, 2022)

Internship 2023 applications are now open!

If you know someone wants to work with young people in an outdoor adventure setting, get in touch!
https://www.adventurespecialties.co.nz > Vacancies > Internships

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Auckland or Christchurch

Adventure Specialties Trust offers several internship positions every year, normally two spots in Auckland and two spots in Christchurch. Applications are now open for joining the team as an intern for 2023!

Outdoor adventure + youth development

The internship is designed for people who are wanting to take their career in the direction of youth development through outdoor adventure. 

As an intern, you will work towards a Certificate in Youth Development (Level 4), studying two days a week with Praxis, an education provider specialising in youth development. While studying, you will also receive on-the-job practical work experience with us by joining our team three days a week. You will help us to organise and lead a variety of different outdoor adventure programmes in a variety of different pursuits, including rock climbing, abseiling, mountain biking, caving, coasteering, hiking, bush skills, alpine, sea kayaking, surfing, and more!

This combination of study and work experience will head you in the direction of gaining valuable NZOIA outdoor leadership qualifications and NZQA credits, both of which are necessary to work in the outdoor adventure industry. Plus there will be the opportunity to continue working with us as an instructor, once your internship finishes.

What do our interns think?

“There’s real family vibes when you work at AdSpecs. I love that I feel like I matter. Even though I’m just an intern, I feel like my opinions are heard and valid and I feel like if I have any issue that I can talk to anyone of the other staff and even the CEO.”

O.G. (2022 intern)

Find out more

Find out more about our internship programme on the Internship page.

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BECOME AN INTERN!

Our annual #internship programme is open for applications for 2023!

There are two spots available in Auckland and two spots in Christchurch.

The internship is designed for people who are wanting to take their career in the direction of youth development through outdoor adventure.

Why intern with us?

As an #intern, you will work towards a Certificate in Youth Development (Level 4), studying two days a week with Praxis, an education provider specialising in youth development.

While studying, you will also receive on-the-job practical work experience with us by joining our team three days a week. You will help us to organise and lead a variety of different outdoor adventure programmes in a variety of different pursuits, including rock climbing, abseiling, mountain biking, caving, coasteering, hiking, bush skills, alpine, sea kayaking, surfing, and more!

This combination of study and work experience will head you in the direction of gaining valuable NZOIA outdoor leadership qualifications and NZQA credits, both of which are necessary to work in the outdoor adventure industry.

Plus there will be the opportunity to continue working with us as an instructor, once your internship finishes.

FIND OUT MORE

Find out more about the internship programme and application process on our website: https://www.adventurespecialties.co.nz/vacancies/

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