Visitor Center Specialist
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The Green Mountain Club
Waterbury, VT, US
Summary
Responsibilities include greeting visitors, assisting with hike planning, providing educational information about the Long Trail and GMC's mission, and managing sales of publications and retail products. The specialist will also handle daily sales reconciliations, process inquiries, fulfill online orders, and potentially staff after-hours events.
Job Description
The Green Mountain Club (GMC) is a non-profit organization with the mission to make the Vermont mountains play a larger part in the life of the people by protecting and maintaining the Long Trail System and fostering, through education, the stewardship of Vermont’s hiking trails and mountains.
GMC is seeking a friendly, dynamic individual to work 1-3 days a week from mid-April to mid-October in our Waterbury Center Visitor Center, with the potential to continue in off season. Weekend and select holidays required. $20-$22 per hour. Great working environment.
Responsibilities include: greeting visitors; assisting them with hike planning; providing education and up to date information regarding the Long Trail, the Green Mountain Club, and its mission; sales of GMC publications and other retail products; daily reconciliations of sales and credit card transactions; answering phone calls and e-mail inquiries; processing and fulfilling online orders; staff after hours events as needed; opportunity to develop and lead educational programing.
Qualifications: excellent customer service skills; computer proficiency; hiking experience, personal knowledge of local hiking trails and public speaking desirable; flexible schedule preferred.
Applications open until filled.
Equal Opportunity Employer.
The Green Mountain Club is the founder and maintainer of the Long Trail - the oldest long-distance hiking trail in America. Established in 1910 to build this trail stretching the length of Vermont, the club now also maintains the Appalachian Trail in Vermont and trails in the Northeast Kingdom in its mission to "make the Vermont mountains play a larger part in the life of the people."
Founded
1910
Company size
11-50 employees
Industry
Environmental Services
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Waterbury Center, VT
The Green Mountain Club is the founder and maintainer of the Long Trail - the oldest long-distance hiking trail in America. Established in 1910 to build this trail stretching the length of Vermont, the club now also maintains the Appalachian Trail in Vermont and trails in the Northeast Kingdom in its mission to "make the Vermont mountains play a larger part in the life of the people."
Founded
1910
Company size
11-50 employees
Industry
Environmental Services
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Waterbury Center, VT