William Watson Lodge Program Lead

Job Description

Join Our Team and Make a Meaningful Impact: Enrich Lives with Our Nonprofit Organization!

Are you passionate about making a tangible difference in the world? Rocky Mountain Adaptive (RMA) is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to enable individuals living with physical, sensory, and neurodivergent challenges to participate, learn and excel in mountain sport and recreational activities in the Canadian Rockies. As a multi-sport, year-round organization who provides access to mountain sport and recreation, RMA offers adaptive sports equipment, specialized instructors, trained volunteers and unique training opportunities. Activities include biking, canoeing, hiking, kayaking, skiing, snowboarding, swimming, and much more! We are driven by our commitment to becoming the ‘go-to’ organization for accessible outdoor mountain experiences, and are dedicated to turning our vision into reality.

Position Details:

– Start Date: May 11, 2026
– End Date: October 5, 2026
– Timescale: 35 hours / 5 days per week (maximum 40 hours per week)
– Location: Primarily William Watson Lodge (Peter Lougheed Provincial Park); others in Canmore, Kananaskis, and Banff
– Working Conditions: Active outdoor environment – physically demanding (lifting/pushing/pulling), required to work outdoors in summer conditions up to 5 days a week, shared office environment
– Report To: Operations Manager

Position Overview:

The William Watson Lodge (WWL) Program Lead role involves a combination of outreach with guests and visitors at WWL, and assisting with the planning, organizing, leading and delivery of summer programs, focusing primarily on programs that operate at WWL in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park. The successful applicant will act in a hands-on role facilitating activities and lessons, facilitating rentals, setting up and packing down adaptive equipment, greeting guests and family members, monitoring and recording each guest’s equipment needs and skill, providing community awareness of adaptive sport, and completing program reports for WWL. This role will also involve a small amount of group program supervision with the Program management team.

Roles & Responsibilities:

(About 75% of the role) Facilitate and/or teach a variety of adaptive activities:
– May include a variety of adaptive activities (mountain biking, leisure biking, paddling, hiking, others)
– May include various activity formats (multi-week programs, private lessons for individuals and/or families, specialized group lessons or camps)
– Ensure proper duty of care is maintained for participants, and risks are minimized
– Maintain and setup/take down all required equipment
– Complete regular Lesson Report forms, Daily Debrief forms, and Equipment Logs for all activities, including notes on equipment set-up, assessment of skill level, challenges and successes, and plan for future lessons
– Engage with parents and/or guardians to provide feedback about participant progress, and gather input to improve the program

Assist Operations Manager and Training & Program Development Manager with program planning, training, execution, and supervision:
– Assist in program planning and lesson planning for upcoming activities
– Carry out pre-lesson assessment calls for all participants; review and understand individual participant health information and instruction preferences.
– Scout various program location options
– Assist with instructor and volunteer training sessions
– Assist other instructors with the evaluation and reporting of participant performance, identification of any risks or challenges, and potential solutions; follow up on any missing forms and/or documentation
– Assist with the setup and maintenance of various adaptive equipment
– Ensure all programs have required supplies and equipment; communicate needs to the Operations Manager
– Act as “Supervisor on Duty” when other managers are not present

Liaise with WWL for outreach and reporting, and help with RMA’s broader marketing and outreach efforts:
– Provide a regular RMA presence at the main lodge of William Watson Lodge to engage with patrons and give information about available activities
– Complete an end-of-season report to WWL on the activities facilitated at their location
– Gather photo and video content from participants to help them tell their ‘RMA experience stories’
– Assist with various fundraisers and/or outreach events

Drive RMA vehicles and trailers for any programming needs

Assist with other duties as assigned