Seasonal Jobs with NOC

Apply Now for the 2012 Summer Season

NOC accepts applications year round for our seasonal employment positions. If you're looking to spend a summer working hard and playing hard in the rivers and mountains, take a look at the following options to see which one fits your skills best.

Featured Seasonal Jobs

French Broad River
Head Guide

Maintenance
Grounds Maintenance

River's End Restaurant
Shift Manager

Seasonal Jobs: All Positions

Reservations Office
The reservations office is THE place to be if you want to conserve your energy for play after work. Become a part of a fun-loving team dedicated to providing outstanding customer service to all of NOC's guests. Answering guest's questions and taking their reservations is what we do best, but knowing the product is key, so we coordinate trips for the office staff to raft each river we run. Computer knowledge and positive communication skills are necessary, and a love for the outdoors is a must!

Rafting Center Staff
At the Nantahala River Rafting Center, the staff members create an atmosphere of excitement and service for our guests who are renting rafts or going on our guided trips. Our days include trip check-in, outfitting guests, loading boats onto buses, guiding rafts and driving shuttles. We work hard, outside, by the river, in the sunshine. Rafting center staff build the best tans and muscles of anyone at NOC! We also provide great service for all of NOC's rafting guests.

Restaurants
Our Wesser campus houses three specialty restaurants. Between them, we feed more people than we take down the river in a season. If you have prior restaurant experience and enjoy a fast-paced work environment, become a part of our energetic crew. We are currently hiring all front of house positions  including waitstaff, bartenders, hosts and bussers, as well as, back of house positions  like line cooks, pizza cooks, dishwashers and prep cooks.

Photographer/Photo Sales
Join our team of skilled photographers and capture pictures that will adorn mantles for years to come. Photographers will be stationed at specific points to photograph our trips as they come through rapids.

Kayak/Canoe Instructor
Join our all-star cast of instructors when you work for our nationally known instruction program. Our instructors lead clinics on rivers here in the Southeast and around the world including Costa Rica, Chile, Panama and Jamaica.

Ropes Course Facilitator
Our Group Adventure Programs provide instruction and a safe environment while working with youth groups, families and companies to improve teamwork and communication. Facilitators lead team-building groups on our alpine tower and high- and low-ropes courses.

Outfitter's Store/Retail Sales
If you like helping customers find the latest outdoor gear or just find their way to a hiking trail, then join us in the Outfitter's Store as a sales associate. Primary duties include aiding customers in making educated decisions on which boats, bikes, packs, and other gear are best for them while answering questions about where to use the equipment nearby.

NOC Gatlinburg/Retail Sales
Our largest store, located in Gatlinburg, TN, is the place to be for those wishing to work directly with our customers educating them on outdoor gear and apparel for all avenues of adventure.  We are seeking sales associates to assist in all departments as well as specialists that may have an area of expertise in our fishing, biking, hiking camping, paddling and/or apparel departments.

Bike Shop Sales/Mechanic
Our bike shop, located in the middle of some of the best road rides and mountain trails, needs enthusiasts to maintain and repair our fleet of rental road and mountain bikes. Bike Shop staff also aid customers in choosing bikes, assembling new bikes, and repairing bikes.

Raft Guide
Become an NOC whitewater raft guide and have the opportunity to guide on rivers ranging from the family friendly Nantahala River to the adventure-filled Chattooga River. If you have not guided before or would like to refine your skills, check out our Guide School program from late February to mid April. If you think you have what it takes, then join us for a summer you will never forget.

Bus Driver
One of the most important roles here at the NOC, our bus drivers allow our whole operation to function by driving guests to and from their rafting trips. Variable hours available. Passenger CDL B required.