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Part Time Help Wanted

1) Create-your-own Position

2) Administrative Repetitive Task Help (see update)

3) Advertising & Course Administration (see update)

4) Wilderness Medicine Instructor

 

 

1) Create-your-own Position

Questions:

  1. Are you looking for permanent, long-term part-time work -- not just a fill-gap until you have a different job, or school begins, or graduation, etc.?
  2. Do you have a passion for disaster, travel, street, and/or wilderness medicine?
  3. Are you highly detail-oriented?
  4. Do you have the patience for, and enjoy performing tasks to perfection?
  5. Do you have a kind heart and warm, friendly demeanor?

Answers:

We're open to considering more smart people to partner with on the admin side of MEDIC's growing course load.  If you answered "yes" to all questions above, and feel you would work very well with Cecilia, Deanna, and Matt, please email matt (at) solowfa (d0t) com with a resume and a cover letter which illustrates how you are a great match with all of the questions above, and what talents you have that could be useful to us / what you would like to bring to the table.  We may be looking for people to support Cecilia, Deanna, and Matt in marketing, networking, advertising, and course administration; and we're very open to new ideas as well as assistance in other areas.  Thanks!

 

Benefits:

  • Choose-your-own job title (within reason :)
  • Our goal is to have pay start at Living Wage for one adult, with opportunity for bonuses.
  • Enjoy work wherever you want, so long as you have an internet connection.

 

 

2) Administrative Repetitive Task Help

 

Update 9/6/18:  this position has filled.  Things change, MEDIC is growing, and needs are expanding, so please still feel very free to reach out to us with your resume, we might have a new need and you might be a great fit.

 

Questions:

  1. Are you extremely detail-oriented?
  2. Do you enjoy performing repetitive tasks to perfection?
  3. Are you well-versed with using your own computer, and happy to be spending most of this job time using it, wherever you may be?
  4. Are you very, or at least quite familiar with social media?
  5. Are you looking for permanent, long-term part-time work -- not just a fill-gap until you have a different job or school begins, etc.?
  6. Would you very much appreciate having flexibility in your part-time work hours?  (We'd need your help initially approximately 1 to 3 hours each working day with room for growth, but which hours during the day would be up to you).
  7. Do you have a kind heart and warm, friendly demeanor?
  8. Do you have a passion for disaster, travel, street, and/or wilderness medicine?

Answers:

We're looking for someone to partner with on the admin side of MEDIC's growing course load.  If you answered "yes" to all questions above, please email matt (at) solowfa (d0t) com with a resume and a cover letter which illustrates how you are a great match with all of the questions above (and if you feel you have other talents that could be useful to us, please let us know this as well).  Thanks!

 

Duties:

Collaborate with teammates Deanna (her job description is below) and Matt to administer and advertise courses.  Possible duties include performing advertising tasks, fielding or redirecting prospective students' questions, processing course registrations, communicating with students before and after classes, and more.

 

Benefits:

  • Choose-your-own job title (within reason :)
  • Pay will start at Living Wage for one adult, with opportunity for bonuses.
  • Enjoy work wherever you want, so long as you have an internet connection.

 

 

3) Advertising & Course Administration

 

Update 5/25/17:  the position has filled.  Things change, MEDIC is growing, and needs are expanding, so please still feel very free to reach out to us with your resume, we might have a new need and you might be a great fit.

 

Questions:

  1. Are you a social media guru?
  2. Do you enjoy advertising / word-spreading?
  3. Are you extremely detail-oriented?
  4. Are you looking for permanent, long-term part-time work -- not just a fill-gap until you have a different job or school begins, etc.?
  5. Do you have a kind heart and warm, friendly demeanor?

Answers:

We're looking for someone to partner with on the admin side of MEDIC's growing course load.  If you answered "yes" to all questions above, please email matt (at) solowfa (d0t) com with a resume and a cover letter which illustrates how you are a great match with the questions above.  Thanks!

 

Duties:

Duties start with taking on MEDIC's current word-spreading tasks and connections (facebook, Meetup, Craigslist, contacting / listing in specific likely-interested groups, newspaper calendar listings, etc.) and grow word-spreading from there including instagram and perhaps more.  Rough guess 3 to 5 devoted (not multi-tasked with other non-MEDIC things at same time) hours per week, with growth opportunity for more advertising as well as for email general administrative work.

 

Benefits:

  • Choose-your-own job title (within reason :)
  • Pay will start at Living Wage for one adult, with frequent opportunity for bonuses.
  • Enjoy work wherever you want, so long as you have an internet connection.

 

 

4) Wilderness Medicine Instructor

Do You Have:

  • a Wilderness First Responder (WFR) or higher certification, or other medical certification plus a desire to become a WFR?
  • a super-strong passion for wilderness medicine, and endless desire to learn more about it?
  • a sharp mind, and attention to detail?
  • extensive experience with outdoor adventures, disaster relief, or emergency medical care-giving?
  • the ability, warmth, patience, and thoughtfulness to work well with all kinds and ages of learners?
  • an always-upbeat attitude?
  • a good sense of humor?
  • punctuality, dependability, reliability, and loyalty as some of your core values?
  • weekend availability?
  • a home base in Virginia or surrounding states?

 

If Yes:

  • MEDIC SOLO may be interested in training you (apprenticeship model, plus SOLO Instructor Training School) to become a top-notch SOLO wilderness medicine instructor
    • We may have needs in some regions / states, but not in others.
  • Once you're accepted and trained (an on-and-off process that typically takes at least a few months), both MEDIC and SOLO will be interested in hiring you to teach 2-day Wilderness First Aid certification classes (usually on weekends) on a part-time basis.

 

Interested?

  • Please email matt (at) solowfa (d0t) com with (1) a cover letter illustrating how you have what's listed in the "Do You Have" section above, and (2) your resume, including noting your GPA from the last educational institution you attended.
    • Before completing the above, feel free to first send an inquiry email to see if we have a need for a new instructor in the region / state in which you live.
  • Set your email spam filter to welcome emails from: @solowfa (d0t) com

 

Thanks, hope to get to embark upon a long-term relationship working with you!

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Jan. 16-17, 2021:

Norfolk area, VA

Jan. 23-24:

Farmville, VA

Jan. 30-31:

Harrisonburg / Staunton area, VA

Feb. 20-21:

Richmond, VA

Wilmington area, NC

Feb. 27-28:

Norfolk area, VA

Mar. 6 - 7:

Chattanooga area, TN

Spring weekends t.b.d., tentative:

CO Springs, CO

Denver, CO

Grand Junction, CO

Greeley, CO

Indianapolis, IN

Mar. 20-21:

Charlottesville, VA

Mar. 27-28:

Norfolk area, VA

Washington DC area

Apr. 10-11:

Lexington, VA

PhiladelphiaPA area

Apr. 24-25:

Richmond, VA

Triangle area west, NC

May 8 - 9 or 15-16:

Charlottesville, VA

May 15-16:

Norfolk area, VA

May 22-23:

Triangle area, NC

May 29-31 (3 days):

Mountains retreat above Blacksburg, VA

June 5 - 6:

Washington DC area

June 19-20:

Charlottesville, VA

June 26-27:

Advanced WFA Pt II, Old Fields, WV

Sep. 4 - 6 (3 days):

Mountains retreat above Blacksburg, VA

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Learn how to save life & limb when / where pro help is not immediately available.

"Wilderness" = Time of injury/illness to hospital arrival > 1 hour.

= Natural or rural area, remote travel, and natural or terrorist disaster zones

 when & where EMS is overwhelmed, and cellphone towers are jammed.

 

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