Windeward Bound Needs a Mate!

The Windeward Bound Trust is very excited to announce a new, full-time, salaried position of First Mate aboard the brigantine Windeward Bound. This non-liveaboard position offers award benefits, above-award salary, and professional training and development opportunities. It includes periods of maintenance and daysailing from our home port of Hobart, as well as regular sea-going voyages throughout the year.

This position combines traditional First Mate duties with a focus on our award-winning youth development programs. The ideal candidate meets all of the below minimum requirements, and has an interest in helping to grow and improve the quality of our maritime education daysails, sail-training voyages, and our maritime volunteer and scholarship programs.

Minimum qualifications:

• Master <24 M up to 200 NM (Master <35 and/or STCW ’95 a bonus)*
• MED III (MED II a bonus)*
• MROCP (Satellite endorsement and GMDSS a bonus)

Minimum skills & experience:

• “Fore and aft” and “Square rig” experience as a watch-keeper or Master to endorsement level
• Previous experience in the role of First Mate
• Proven experience working with young people
• Basic computer skills

Other minimum requirements:

• Average weight for height**
• Able to comfortably lift own weight**
• Able to work at heights
• Non-smoker, non-drug user**
• Current Australian Driver’s License
• AMSA Medical or ability to acquire
• Working with Children Registration or ability to acquire
• Australian permanent residency or citizenship

*Must be Australian national certificates

**The Windeward Bound Trust holds anti-discrimination exemption number 03/069

A full position description and instructions on how to apply are available at windewardbound.com.au. Please note that applications close Monday the 12^th of October 2015.

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