Kids Obstacle Race Support

4 weeks ago


Ottawa, Canada Spartan Race Canada Full time

**Position: Kids Obstacle Race Support**

**Location: On-Site**

**Reporting to: Kids Lead**

**Type of work : Kids Race Production**

**Company**

A worldwide leader in endurance sports, Spartan is a high-growth, international organization that owns and operates mass-participation athletic events under the brands Spartan®, Tough Mudder®, Spartan Trail®, Hurricane Heat, and DEKA. Furthermore, we offer numerous related fitness, health and nutrition services and products. With 250 events across more than 40 countries on six continents, Spartan is the world's leading extreme wellness and endurance brand. Spartan caters to individuals looking to test their physical limits through obstacle course racing and change their frame of reference for what they can accomplish. From everyday people looking to get off the couch and lead an active lifestyle, to elite endurance athletes who seek the ultimate physical test, there is room for everyone.

**Benefits of working at Spartan**:

- Get paid to travel throughout Canada and put on life changing events
- All inclusive travel expenses included
- Meals and accommodations included
- Break away from your typical 9-5 and experience working outdoors with like minded individuals
- Experience the rewarding, high paced environment of event production
- Culture of camaraderie, accountability and empowerment

**Job Overview**:
As the Kids Race Support, you will report directly to the Kids Lead. Your responsibilities will be in direct support of the Kids Lead in all matters pertaining to course set up, building obstacles, marking course, race day operations, tear-down, packing all kids course material, and clean up.

**This position is a contracted role which requires travel to our 7 events across Canada taking place from May - October. As the Kids Race Support, you will be required to travel 5+ days at a time.**

**Main Duties & Responsibilities**:

- Marking the Kids course
- Lifting and setting up heavy obstacle parts, fencing, tents, and equipment
- Building Kids obstacles
- Driving tent stakes, grade stakes, rebar into the ground with a sledgehammer or mallet
- Setting up barrier jackets and blade flags (branding)
- Building the Kids course start and finish line areas
- Performing duties in regards to Kids course race day operations
- Breaking down Kid course obstacles, tents, fencing, flags, and barrier jackets
- Packing obstacles into a bundle for transport
- Remove all course tape and course marking stakes
- Remove and discard all trash
- Neatly packing all remaining Kids course equipment into Kids crates
- Supervising volunteers
- Attending all meetings on time, online, on site or telephonic (conference/Staff calls)
- Adhere to all Spartan Race Canada, Provincial and Spartan safety standards
- Complete all administrative responsibilities assigned or otherwise
- Maintain all Administrative, Policy, SOPs, and Spartan Standards of Conduct on or off site.

**Qualifications**:

- Proven leadership and management abilities
- Proven success in a rapidly changing, high operational tempo work environment.
- Have a proven attention to detail and ability to multitask
- Possess a strong analytical mindset and approach to managing projects and problem solving.
- Be proficient with the entire Microsoft Office Suite and cloud based computing software packages (Google Drive, Excel, etc).
- Be willing to learn the procedures set in place, while maintaining an analytical and problem solving mindset to improve these procedures
- Must be able to manage people with an efficient approach to accomplishing mission critical tasks

**Requirements**:

- Be comfortable traveling 12+ days consecutively
- Be prepared and comfortable with working outside in all severe weather situations
- Frequently works 11+ hour days outdoors, in adverse conditions for extended periods of time.
- Be capable of working closely with children
- Possess a valid driver’s license without restrictions; clean driving record.
- Willingness to operate heavy machinery is an asset but not required

**Qualities required of all Spartan team members**:
Spartan Race is a high-performance organization, and successful team members must therefore possess a strong work ethic and hands-on approach to business. We are innovative, create inventive solutions, and are exceptionally service minded. Team members at Spartan change lives, and have a passion for the organization. Paramount to our organization is the maturity to embrace ambiguity and ability to adapt according to the market and the continuing innovation of the organization.
- Ability to hold one-self accountable and an aptitude for prioritizing multiple projects
- Strong sense of teamwork with the ability to foster relationships
- Proactive, solutions-oriented; capability to identify efficiencies and decrease costs while maintaining a quality workplace environment and product
- Collegial approach to a business environment and cooperative work style
- Exceptional verbal and wri



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