WorldStrides is the global leader in educational travel and experiential learning. The company was founded in 1967 to provide middle school travel programs to Washington, D.C., and has grown to provide a wide range of programs for more than half a million students annually to over 100 countries around the world. WorldStrides offers experiential learning programs in educational travel, performing arts, language immersion, career exploration, service-learning, study abroad, and sports. Each of these experiences helps students to see beyond the classroom and to see the world - and themselves - in new ways.
A Field Specialist is a non-licensed tour guide who assists groups while on tour in New York City. The primary function of this role is to independently maneuver groups through the city in a timely manner according to the WorldStrides itinerary. Field Specialists assist groups with arrivals and departures from the three major airports and facilitate walks through the city for meals, Broadway shows, group photos and more. Additional duties include loading and unloading luggage at our contracted hotels in midtown/Brooklyn and assisting with special performance programs that take place in the city. This is a seasonal part-time position with a variety of shifts between mid-January and June 30th. There are no set hours for this position but rather shifts that reflect the needs of the company and the volume of groups traveling at any given time.
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