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 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, course administration, and top-level administration of our school; 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.

Update 8/14/2024: 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 at some point in the future, 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 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.

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 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:

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 opportunity for bonuses.
• Enjoy work wherever you want, so long as you have an internet connection.

Do You Have:

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

If Yes:

• Please email Matt at 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.
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