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Longboat and Keelboat Captain - Spring & Summer (SEASONAL)
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This seasonal position
(early April to August) is made for you if you love working with students
exploring the ways of the sea through activities like tying knots, geeking out
on points of sail, and elucidating on the finer points of rowing enlightenment.
As the Longboat and Keelboat Captain, you’ll work with elementary, middle, and
high school students and adults. In the Spring seasons, you will provide
leadership and instruction for on-water and on-land school programs, covering
maritime skills training and team-building opportunities. Then you’ll spend
your summer teaching adult sailing classes on keelboats, getting paid to sail
during the best weather of the year.
We love working with team
members who:
- have
a proactive work ethic– willing to jump in and help in any aspect of
programming when necessary.
- love
to create a fun, inclusive and safe atmosphere for learning.
- work
well both individually and as a team member, as well as independently with
small groups of students.
- communicate
clearly, work collaboratively, and are flexible in dynamic situations.
PRIMARY
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Teach maritime skills on
water and on land in a hands-on and engaging way to elementary, middle, and
high school students, and adults
- Work collaboratively with
the Education Program Managers, students, and other instructors in delivering a
high-quality maritime learning experience
- Accountable for inventory
and proper usage of all NWMC gear
- Complete required
documentation, reporting and paperwork in a timely manner
- Work with the Programs
Operations Coordinator to support logistics and maintenance needs of the
program gear and boats as needed
- Follow all Safety and Risk
Management Protocols
- Other duties as assigned
SPRING
SEASON:
The Longboat and Keelboat Captain (Captain) is a role model for
program participants and seasonal staff and is expected through clear
communication and leadership to foster safety, teamwork, inclusion, and
superior experiential learning opportunities. We strive to meet the needs of
and serve all learners including youth-at-risk, special needs learners, and
other underserved populations. The Captain is responsible for the vessel and
equipment, and the people on board. In this role you will provide maritime skills
training, team-building opportunities, and both on-land and on-water
instruction. Programs take place aboard 26-foot historic longboats, and other
small boats as well as at the NWMC facility.
SUMMER
SEASON:
The Captain is responsible for teaching US Sailing Certified
Basic Keelboat courses to adults. The Learn to Sail program is a key part of
our summer programming. We teach up to 4 students per class on board our 2
keelboats (Cal 20 and Cal 25). Each student graduates with a US Sailing
membership, a logbook, and a certification. Adult Instructors are expected to
be strong leaders, good listeners to the needs of the adult students, and outstanding role model for the participants.
GENERAL
OPERATIONS
While this position’s
primary responsibility is in maritime instruction, the Longboat and Keelboat
Captain will work as part of the NWMC team to ensure smooth operations for the
organization as a whole. This could include providing information to visitors to
the Maritime Center and helping out in projects and events that require
all-hands-on-deck, to helping tie up a vessel coming into our dock because you
happen to be standing there. We all pitch in for the heavy lifting now and
then—sometimes this is metaphoric; occasionally we all have to actually help
lift something heavy.
MINIMUM
QUALIFICATIONS
- Current 25-ton (or greater) USCG Captains license
- Current US Sailing Keelboat Instructor Certification
(certification course available at the NWMC in April)
- Maritime education
experience on both the water and land, especially working with a variety of
youth in experiential and alternative learning environments
- 2 + years of experience
teaching in a sail training environment
- Outboard engine experience
- Basic first aid/CPR
certification or training plan
- Valid driver’s license
- CDC “Heads Up” online
concussion training or training plan
- Work offers are contingent
on a satisfactory pre-employment background check and drug test. The NWMC
boat-based programs are drug, alcohol, and tobacco free. Throughout employment
with the Northwest Maritime Center, certain boat-based program employees will
be enrolled in a random drug testing program administered by the Maritime
Consortium, in compliance with the Coast Guard mandatory drug testing
regulation, as contained in 46 CFR part 16.
HELPFUL
QUALIFICATIONS
- Relevant experience in local
waters of Puget Sound, San Juan Islands, or program area
- Sailing Endorsement on USCG
Captain’s License
APPLICATION
PROCESS
- Submit resume with online application
- Deadline for applications:
Open until filled, application review begins January 23, 2023
- One
application submission could be used for multiple positions, if interested in
additional positions please note that during the application process
WORK
LOCATION & SCHEDULE
- Position
is seasonal, dates & locations:
- Spring,
based on the Port Townsend Campus: Early April to Mid-June 2023 – schedule
varies based on needs of the program, averaging 50 to 100 hours per month
- Summer,
based on the Port Townsend Campus: Mid-June through August 2023 – up to 40
hours a week
- Main NWMC Campus is located
at 431 Water St., Port Townsend, WA 98368
- Reports
to: Education Program Co-Managers (Spring), Waterfront Programs Manager
(Summer)
WAGE
RANGE & BENEFITS
- $23-25.50
per hour, paid semi-monthly
- Sick time accrued at a rate
of 1 hour for every 25 hours worked
- Employee
discounts on classes and in NWMC-run retail stores
- Subsidized
housing (you pay $250/month in rent). Housing option includes a bed in a shared
room in the crew house in Port Townsend. There is a shared kitchen, 2
bathrooms, and laundry facilities.
- Season
completion bonus: $500 payable at the end of the
successful completion of the Spring and Summer seasons
COVID-19
PRECAUTIONS
- Following
all local, state, and federal guidelines to keep everyone safe
- All education staff are required to be fully vaccinated against
COVID-19 including booster or have a medical exemption, verification is
required
WHY
YOU WANT TO WORK HERE
There are rare moments when
organizations have the combination of a talented and motivated staff, an
engaged board, a healthy and productive work culture, are executing well on
existing programs but still innovating and looking for the next step—we’re in
that moment, and it’s exciting.
The NWMC is dynamic, making
a difference in our community, and taking an increasing role in the region. We
serve individual students and program participants, but we also work to help
solve community problems like systemic improvements in our public schools,
economic development, job training, and working regionally to pair the
opportunities in the maritime industry with the need to address systemic oppression
in communities of color. Plus, all of the fun stuff like kids’ programs,
festivals, and adventure races. Our waterfront campus is vibrant with a
multitude of compelling activities, and all of them done to meet or advance
industry best practices. In the words of a board member: “We don’t do B work.”
On top of it all, you’d get
to work on the water in Port Townsend: natural beauty, heritage buildings, arts
community, wooden boats, zero traffic jams. The Northwest Maritime Center’s
relative scale to our small town means that the effects of our success can be
observed in the success of our community. You’ll be doing meaningful work for
the place you live and your efforts will make a tangible difference.
Right team, right moment,
the right momentum, and the chance to move the needle for the prosperity of an
entire community: That’s why we get excited to come to work in the morning, and
that’s why we think you should want to be here too.
The Northwest Maritime
Center is an equal-opportunity employer that welcomes and encourages
individuals of all cultures and communities to apply. Read our Anti-Racism
& Inclusion statement here.