May 30, 2008 – Garnet Hill Lodge, a premier cross country ski resort in the Adirondack Mtns of upstate NY, has a thriving program and is looking for a new ski center director who will take our resort to the next level.

Ski Program Director
Serves guests by providing relaxing, pleasurable vacation experience for all age groups. In winter candidate will run a thriving cross country ski center and in summer will run outdoor activities for guests.

Candidate must:
1. Have a good understanding of the winter ski business.
2. Must be into the outdoors and be able to lead a team of people.
3. Ski business knowledge is a must (Alpine or cross country skiing). This job would best suit an experienced ski professional/collage team skier that wants to move up and run their own outdoor center.

Duties:

* Accomplishes resort human resource objectives by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions; planning and reviewing compensation actions; enforcing policies and procedures.

* Achieves resort operational objectives by contributing information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; completing audits; identifying trends; determining system improvements; implementing change.

* Meets resort financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.

* Provides recreational opportunities by maintaining and evaluating recreational areas, facilities, and services; planning and implementing recreational activities for all age groups; offering special age-specific children’s daytime activities

* Must understand ski grooming equipment.

* Maintains accommodation by ensuring safe, clean, well-supplied, rooms, suites, and cottages.

* Improves quality results by studying, evaluating, and re-designing processes; implementing changes.

* Maintains customer confidence by maintaining service levels; garnering “repeat” visits; making the resort a “family tradition.”

* Maintains safe, secure, and healthy environment by establishing, following, and enforcing standards and procedures; complying with sanitation requirements and legal regulations.

* Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.

* Enhances resort reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

Please visit www.garnet-hill.com for more information on the lodge and send your resume to Anita L. Abrams, outdoorgh@yahoo.com.