Join the SOLO Team!
If you love teaching, have a strong medical background, and enjoy turning real-world scenarios into unforgettable learning experiences, we want you on our team. At SOLO, our instructors don’t just teach—they prepare people to handle the unexpected with confidence. From backcountry rescues to CPR basics, you’ll be shaping capable, safety-minded adventurers.
Current Openings
Wilderness Medicine Instructor
SOLO Instructors conduct courses in the fields of wilderness medicine, CPR, first aid, wilderness survival, and emergency medicine. Primary responsibilities of instructors are to teach Wilderness First Aid (WFA), CPR, Wilderness First Responder (WFR), and Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) courses. Instructors are responsible for preparing and delivering lectures, leading, and moderating classroom discussions, running hands-on scenarios, and administering and grading examinations and practical assessments. The instructor is expected to provide positive student interactions/experiences and to take all precautions to keep guests and other instructors prepared and safe.
SOLO Education Manager
The SOLO Southeast Manager will be directly responsible for the overall leadership, growth, and operational excellence of NOC’s SOLO Southeast wilderness medicine and survival education programs. This role oversees program delivery, instructor workforce development, and accreditation compliance while driving strategic expansion into new markets and course locations. The Manager will build and lead a high-performing instructor team, ensure consistent delivery of curriculum, and identify opportunities to grow enrollment, geographic reach, and program offerings. This role serves as the primary liaison with accrediting bodies and plays a key role in shaping the future of wilderness medicine education at NOC.
Please note that as an employer with over 100 employees, NOC will be required to comply with any OSHA Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard should that standard be enacted.
The Nantahala Outdoor Center (NOC) is dedicated to the principles of equal employment opportunity in any and all terms, conditions or privileges of employment including hiring, promotions, termination, training and compensation. The NOC does not discriminate against applicants or employees on the basis of age, race, sex, color, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic condition or any other status protected by federal, state or local law, where applicable. Furthermore, the NOC is committed to a work environment free of discrimination and harassment through respecting and valuing the diversity among employees and all those with whom the NOC does business.