Winterover Team Trainer- South Pole, Antatrica

TITLE:   Winterover Team Trainer

REPORTS TO: South Pole Area Manager, Bill Coughran

SUMMARY STATEMENT: Candidate will provide winter readiness team building activities on site at South Pole prior to the commencement of the winter season. These activities will include full team activities, individual coaching where necessary and coaching for emerging winter leaders.

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: February 5, 2018 February 12, 2018

Work Location: South Pole Station, Antarctica

Hour of Operation: Day shift 7:30am-5:30pm, Monday- Saturday. 54 hour workweek.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Familiarization and understanding of South Pole station living & working environment and impacts to long duration assignments at South Pole. 
• Provide winter readiness team building activities on site at South Pole prior to the commencement of the winter season. 
• Meet with winter participants to stimulate third-party facilitated discussion of the components that will allow the team the best chances for success in the coming winter season. 
• Integrate new members and late hires to the wintering team through individual and group sessions. 
• Review with the winter team the principles & lessons taught at team building event held in Estes Park Colorado in October.  Augment and build on principles and lessons taught during the October training.   Review in the context of South Pole Station.
• Introduce new team members to the October training material.
• Work with Winter Site Manager on preparation for handling leadership challenges of the coming nine months of isolation.
• Work with winter team on the following team Goals and skills to keep them going forward successfully:
  • Team integration and familiarization with each other personally and professionally
  • Continue to develop a strong sense of team identity
  • Learn forward-thinking cooperative problem-solving strategies and tactics
  • Ability to evaluate interpersonal conflict and coach each other through difficult situations & events
  • Develop advanced skills & abilities to communicate effectively during the range of scenarios that impact winterovers
  • Learn to give & receive feedback effectively within the winterover team
  • Develop & practice skills in decision-making methods appropriate for an isolated team in a winter environment
  • Recognize and adjust to changing group dynamics; provide peer support when needed
  • Recognize & learn coping mechanisms for handling emotional situations, personally and within the team
  • Develop ability to empathize with other members of the team
  • Develop increased awareness of strategies for developing emotional intelligence over time
  • Develop abilities to function effectively with the team in times of crisis

EDUCATION: Master's degree from an accredited university or equivalent experience/combined education, with 10 years of professional experience in conflict resolution and leadership training.

TRAINING: Require an experienced professional.

EXPERIENCE: Applying approaches for instilling knowledge and developing skills within a team of diverse personalities & wide-ranging skills.  

Classroom teaching experience and skill at applying practical models and experiential teaching methods to this material.

Ability to focus, engage in the classroom and lead a diverse group of winter participants from scientists to support staff, doctors to mechanics, engineers to carpenters. Ability to lead productive exploration of team work and group dynamics in the context of difficult situations, conflict and isolation.

Professional education in conflict resolution.

Desired Skills:

Developing diverse teams of international participants.

Developing leadership & coaching skills with emerging leaders.

PHYSICAL AND/OR OTHER SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS:

Deployment to Antarctica is required for this position. Candidate must meet all physical qualifications required for deployment to Antarctica.

EOE M/F/V

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