Field Staff Operations Manager, Polar

Job description

WHO WE ARE Lindblad Expeditions is a true pioneer in Expedition Travel. From taking the first citizen explorers to Antarctica in 1966, opening the Galapagos and Easter Island to tourism in 1967, leading the first tourist expedition through the Northwest Passage in 1984, and launching our innovative partnership with National Geographic in 2004, we're now taking almost 30,000 guests a year to some of the world’s most remote and pristine locations on our fleet of 20 ships, and are committed to ensuring our guests experience the “Exhilaration of Discovery”. The Field Staff Operations Manager oversees the polar operational needs and tools for the Field Staff Department and works to create systems and protocols for managing our expedition operations in polar regions explored by primarily the Bluewater fleet. This position works in conjunction with the other members of the Field Staff Department and the Expedition Development team to innovate and constantly improve operations. The Field Staff Operations Manager will spend approximately 70 – 100 days per year traveling to ships, training staff, and mentoring Expedition Leaders, while occasionally filling in as Expedition Leader. This posit...