Position title
Bike Tour Guide
Description
Pocono Biking is looking for guides to escort bikers on inn to inn, multiday bike tours. All multiday tours have two guides that split responsibilities throughout the trips. Trips range from four to six days depending on location. Guides are responsible for:
- Making connections, communicating, and guiding groups of 8-14 bikers
- Biking with guests and offering moral support, historical info, and guidance
- Repairing and cleaning guest bikes and conducting trailside bike maintenance
- Driving the support van/trailer- guides split time between driving and biking
- Organizing and staging water/snack breaks
- Transporting luggage and working with lodging partners to ensure guest needs are addressed
- Responding quickly and decisively to challenging situations while displaying lightheartedness and maintaining control
Qualifications
Bike Tour Guides must be willing to be away from home for 4-6 days depending on the trip and have a clean driving record. In addition all guides must:
- Be safety focused
- Have excellent communication skills and the ability to connect with various personality types
- Care about details and be organized
- Have basic bike mechanical skills – additional bike mechanic skills a plus but not required.
- Offer award winning customer service in all weather conditions
- Be able to pass a PA DOT physical in order to drive the support van/trailer
- Be capable of biking up to 50 miles a day
Apply
Fill out and submit our employee application by clicking here.
Questions? Email or call Sierra at hr@poconowhitewater.com, hr@skirmish.com, or 570-732-1999.
Hiring organization
Employment Type
Part-time, Per diem
Beginning of employment
May 2024
Duration of employment
Trips Run Seasonally from May to October
Job Location
1519 Route 903, Jim Thorpe, PA, 18229, US
Working Hours
Flexible Scheduling, we ask all guides to do at least two trips per year.
Valid through
July 31, 2024
Job Benefits
- Flexible Scheduling: Guides tell us when they are available for a tour
- Daily Rate and gratuities
- All lodging, breakfasts and dinners included
- Most lunches included for guides
- Free training
