Adventure Cycling Association

Position: Program Development Manager
Start Date: 11/13/2023
Salary: $45,000-$50,000
Reports to: Director of Innovation and Discovery

Position overview:

Adventure Cycling Association seeks a well-organized, program-focused, and network-savvy Program Development Manager within the Innovation and Discovery team of the organization, working to increase ridership within the bike travel community.

The ideal candidate will be a team player who is collaborative, can manage multiple projects simultaneously, and is in alignment with the vision for Adventure Cycling’s Innovation and Development goals to engage new riders.

About Adventure Cycling:

As the largest nonprofit cycling organization in the country, Adventure Cycling has an impactful voice in policies and programs that advance the safety and accessibility of cycling. Adventure Cycling serves through its members and the bike travel community. Our cycling community encourages and supports countless cyclists each year as they explore the beauty and history of America while tending to their mental and physical well-being. For nearly half a century, Adventure Cycling has created life-changing experiences that deepen appreciation for our country’s diverse cultures, communities, landscapes, and people. Adventure Cycling headquarters are based in Missoula, MT, and we acknowledge and honor the Indigenous peoples who consider this land their home. The area’s natural abundance was stewarded by many peoples including the Blackfeet, Crow, Shoshone, Cheyenne, Kootenai, Pend d’Oreilles and Salish for millennia before colonization, and continues to be to this day.

Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion:

The Staff and Board of Directors of Adventure Cycling Association believes in the power of bicycle travel to open minds and change the way the world explores. We envision a future where this organization draws staff, tour leaders, members, board members, and riders from the whole of our society. For this to occur, bicycle travel has to be available for everyone.

We are committed to listening to BIPOC, LGBTQ, and other marginalized peoples and understanding the systems contributing to oppression while also working to provide more resources and support for these communities.

The Adventure Cycling Association acknowledges its place in this power dynamic. As an organization we have benefitted from white privilege omnipresent in the United States and must use our power to hire, support, empower, and create safe spaces for Black, Indigenous and People of Color, LGBTQIA+, and Femme/Trans/Women communities.

Key Responsibilities:

Learning Operations and Community Engagement

• Plan, execute, and review methods for engaging various populations of emerging riders.
• Manage relationship and ongoing dialogue between Adventure Cycling and Emerging Rider Council.
• Gather information from emerging riders on areas that act as barriers to becoming adventure cyclist, for example – but not limited to:
  • Required knowledge and skills
  • Equipment-based barriers
  • Systemic or cultural barriers to entry into bicycle travel

  
  

• Coordinate with existing Adventure Cycling staff, supporters, and community to engage new networks of riders in this learning effort.
• Coordinate with traveling/community engagement staff to execute additional learning where appropriate.

Data Management and Analysis:

• Create a system for the innovation and discovery team, along with all other information gathering representatives to input and collate data that is shared, accessible, and useful.
• Identify key areas of work and recurring themes from gathered information.
• Collaborate with the Director of Innovation and Development, Program Leadership Team, partner organizations, and emerging rider advisory group to move from data analysis to concept development for new programming

Concept Development and Pilot Programming:

• Utilizing data gathered and analyzed from various emerging rider groups, conceptualize, launch, and scale pilot programming to grow the number of emerging riders served by Adventure Cycling, by:
• Completing pre- and post-program evaluations, and respond or adapt programming as necessary.
• Identifying human and financial resource needs, time commitments, funding streams, and more to drive sustainable program development.
• Execute programming determined as pilot programming by the Program Team of Adventure Cycling, including, but not limited to: workshops, community engagement events, ambassadors and scholarships, and mini-grants and stipends.

Network Growth and Fund Development:

• As the key leader in Innovation and Discovery programming, the Program Development Manager will also play a key role in program and impact specific fundraising, including but not limited to:
  • Grant Prospecting, Engagement, and Application
  • Major Gifts Fundraising
  • Program reporting and impact compilation content for fundraising efforts

  
  

Required Qualifications:

• Strong Program Management skills, organizational leadership, and the ability to shepherd programs from idea to execution and engage stakeholders across the organization and community.
• Understanding and willingness to engage with issues of institutional and structural racism or bias and their impacts on our organization and community.
• Commitment to equity and inclusion and to learn and respect differences of race, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, ability, religion and socio-economic circumstances and class.
• Highly self-motivated to drive programs from ideation through execution
• Experience with non profit program development;
• Attention to detail is paramount;
• Well-organized, thorough, and able to meet deadlines;
• Strong communication (written and oral), and interpersonal skills – with the ability to manage organizational and community partnerships;
• Strong interest in non-profit sector, including membership organizations.
• Passion for Bicycle travel, diversity in the outdoors and bringing the joy of bicycle travel to more people.
• Ability to travel, up to 25%.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with people very different from yourself
• Experience with bike travel, or other human-powered travel

Physical Requirements:

Elements of job duties may require occasional moving of up to 15 pounds and the ability to occasionally stoop, kneel or crouch; candidates not able to meet such demands can possibly work with staff or others to accommodate.

Compensation, Schedule and Benefits:

This is a full time, exempt position (average 40 hrs/week). Schedule varies by supervisor, but is generally M-F, 8am-5pm MST.

This position can be filled remotely. Preference for ability to attend in-person meetings in Fort Collins/Northern Colorado, and throughout the Colorado Front Range.

Benefits include paid time off, holidays, an additional fully paid one-week bike vacation (a.k.a. "bike respite"), medical, dental, and vision coverage, life insurance, and retirement plan. We have a wonderful office in downtown Missoula, with plenty of bike racks! Adventure Cycling Association is an equal opportunity employer.

Salary range: $45,000-$50,000

How to apply:

Please answer the following question in the last paragraph of your cover letter: "Describe why inclusive and accessible opportunities in the outdoors are important to you?"

Position Overview:

The Controller oversees Adventure Cycling’s accounting operations, including revenues, expenses, property, cash flows, assets, and liabilities. Along with providing financial reporting expertise and cost analysis, the controller also ensures compliance with all applicable regulations and fiscal policies and procedures.  

The Controller has direct contact with the management team, leadership team, board members, and staff, as well as with external auditors, and various local, state, and federal agencies. In addition to serving Adventure Cycling, the Controller works collaboratively with leaders concerning business operations. The Staff Accountant reports directly to the Controller. 

About Adventure Cycling: 

As the largest nonprofit cycling organization in the country, Adventure Cycling has an impactful voice in policies and programs that advance the safety and accessibility of cycling. Adventure Cycling serves through its members and the bike travel community. Our cycling community encourages and supports countless cyclists each year as they explore the beauty and history of America while tending to their mental and physical well-being. For nearly half a century, Adventure Cycling has created life-changing experiences that deepen appreciation for our country’s diverse cultures, communities, landscapes, and people. Adventure Cycling headquarters are based in Missoula, MT, and we acknowledge and honor the Indigenous peoples who consider this land their home. The area’s natural abundance was stewarded by many peoples including the Blackfeet, Crow, Shoshone, Cheyenne, Kootenai, Pend d’Oreilles and Salish for millennia before colonization, and continues to be to this day. 

Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: 

The Staff and Board of Directors of Adventure Cycling Association believe in the power of bicycle travel to open minds and change the way the world explores. We envision a future where this organization draws staff, tour leaders, members, board members, and riders from the whole of our society. For this to occur, bicycle travel has to be available for everyone.  

We are committed to listening to BIPOC, LGBTQ, and other marginalized peoples and understanding the systems contributing to oppression while also working to provide more resources and support for these communities.  

The Adventure Cycling Association acknowledges its place in this power dynamic. As an organization we have benefitted from white privilege omnipresent in the United States and must use our power to hire, support, empower, and create safe spaces for Black, Indigenous and People of Color, LGBTQIA+, and Femme/Trans/Women communities.  

Key Responsibilities: 

• Lead the accounting operations and provide financial reporting expertise for Adventure Cycling leadership 
• Assist leadership with important financial decisions using cost analysis, risk and opportunities, and other forecasting methods. We are looking for someone who can get their head above the trees! 
• Oversee accounting staff with transactional activities including accounts payable, accounts receivable (revenue recognition and billing), and payroll, general accounting, reconciliations, month-end close, and maintaining work papers   
• Analysis and data visualization, budgeting and forecasting   
• Grant management, allocations, and funder reporting   
• Prepare financial documents such as business reports, financial forecasts and statements  
• Oversee and direct budgeting, audit, accounting, and financial forecasting. 
• Assure procedures and systems necessary to maintain proper records and to afford adequate accounting controls and services. Recommend and implement improvements.  
• Supervise employees who work under the Controller to oversee accounting, bookkeeping, and payroll 
• Keep up-to-date on the financial market to understand how to maximize programs and find new expansion areas 
• Present at monthly and quarterly board/leadership meetings on financial state 
• Financial reporting for management and Board decision making and presentations   

Required Qualifications: 

• 5+ years of progressive experience in nonprofit financial management  
• Prior supervisory experience 
• Demonstrated working knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and FASB pronouncements 
• Comprehensive knowledge of annual financial reporting audit processes 
• Comprehensive knowledge of Federal and State annual reporting requirements 
• Demonstrated knowledge of management practices within a complex budgetary environment 
• Ability to analyze financial data and prepare financial reports, statements, and projections 
• Excellent planning, organization, and communication skills to interact effectively with individuals at all levels of the organization 
• Advanced proficiency in business applications, such as Microsoft Office Suite 
• Knowledge of automated financial systems 
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of work-related information and materials 
• Ability to operate strategically and on a detailed level 
• Understanding and willingness to engage with issues of institutional and structural racism or bias and their impacts on our organization and community.  
• Commitment to equity and inclusion and to learn and respect differences of race, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, ability, religion and socio-economic circumstances and class. 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience with MIP/Abila and other accounting software 
• Experience working with people very different from yourself.  
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) 

Physical Requirements: 

Elements of job duties may require occasional moving of up to 15 pounds and the ability to occasionally stoop, kneel or crouch; candidates not able to meet such demands can possibly work with staff or others to accommodate.  

Compensation, Schedule and Benefits: 

This is a full time, exempt position (average 40 hrs/week). The schedule varies by supervisor, but is generally M-F, 8 am-5 pm MST. We are located at Adventure Cycling’s headquarters in beautiful and bike-friendly Missoula, Montana. This is a Missoula-based position with 2-3 days/week in the office required. Benefits include paid time off, holidays, an additional fully paid one-week bike vacation (a.k.a. “bike respite”), medical, dental, and vision coverage, life insurance, and retirement plan. We have a wonderful office in downtown Missoula, with plenty of bike racks! Adventure Cycling Association is an equal opportunity employer. 

How to apply: 

Please submit cover letter and resume here.  

Position: Tours Operations Specialist
Reports to: Tour Operations Manager
Salary: $20-22/hr
Start Date: Immediately

Position overview:

Adventure Cycling Association seeks a well-organized, energetic, detail-oriented and outgoing individual to join its Tours team which plans, sells and manages more than 100 different bicycle tours and instructional courses annually. This logistics focused position is a challenging and fulfilling opportunity to work for North America's largest cycling membership non-profit organization. We seek an individual who thrives on interacting with others to share the joy of travel by bike.

About Adventure Cycling:

As the largest nonprofit cycling organization in the country, Adventure Cycling has an impactful voice in policies and programs that advance the safety and accessibility of cycling. ACA serves through its members and the bike travel community. Our cycling community encourages and supports countless cyclists each year as they explore the beauty and history of America while tending to their mental and physical well-being. For nearly half a century, Adventure Cycling has created life-changing experiences that deepen appreciation for our country’s diverse cultures, communities, landscapes, and people. ACA headquarters are based in Missoula, MT, and we acknowledge and honor the Indigenous peoples who consider this land their home. The area’s natural abundance was stewarded by many peoples including the Blackfeet, Crow, Shoshone, Cheyenne, Kootenai, Pend d’Oreilles and Salish for millennia before colonization, and continues to be to this day.

Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion:

The Staff and Board of Directors of Adventure Cycling Association believes in the power of bicycle travel to open minds and change the way the world explores. We envision a future where this organization draws staff, tour leaders, members, board members, and riders from the whole of our society. For this to occur, bicycle travel has to be available for everyone.

We are committed to listening to BIPOC, LGBTQ, and other marginalized peoples and understanding the systems contributing to oppression while also working to provide more resources and support for these communities.

The Adventure Cycling Association acknowledges its place in this power dynamic. As an organization we have benefitted from white privilege omnipresent in the United States and must use our power to hire, support, empower, and create safe spaces for Black, Indigenous and People of Color, LGBTQIA+, and Femme/Trans/Women communities.

Key Responsibilities:

As a staff member in the Experiences Department, the Tour Experience Operations Specialist shall play a lead role in management and support of tour operations and leader relations. The Tour Experience Operations Specialist reports to the Tours Experience Operations Manager. General tasks and specific responsibilities are listed below:

General Responsibilities

• Develop a thorough knowledge of our tour offerings
• Work with the Tours Experience Operations Manager to assess, acquire, and manage the gear and vehicles required to operate tours
• Be the primary contact and support for tour leaders as they prepare for and manage tours for which they are hired to lead
• Assist in the design and planning of new tours and the creation/updating of Tour Planning Documents on an annual basis
• Be a rotating member of the on-call emergency phone team (up to 1 week/month)
• Some travel may be required on occasion to conferences or tours

Experiences Management

• Fully manage a portfolio of Adventure Cycling Experiences, typically between 50 and 80 departures a year, including:
  • Creating and editing route maps
  • Working with assigned tour leaders to make reservations for tour departures as needed
  • Maintaining consistent electronic documentation sharing with tour leaders, including leader notes, financial information, permits, and other tour-related information
  • Managing on-tour budgets; submit expense reports and reconciliations
  • Reviewing and editing completed leader notes
  • Managing necessary detours for emergencies and route closures

  
  

• Manage the creation and updating of informational packages, maps and related documents for new and existing tours
• Complete post-tour evaluations, summarizing improvements needed for future departures

Permits

• Manage Federal, State, and Local Permits associated with assigned experiences portfolio:
  • Work with agencies to submit necessary information to obtain a use permit
  • Develop and submit post use reports
  • Maintain positive relationships with permitting agencies
  • Perform permit analyses for new and existing tours

  
  

Other Responsibilities

• Rotating with other Adventure Cycling Staff, provide tours of the Adventure Cycling facilities to visiting cyclists.
• Assist in Risk Management oversight for the tours program
• Work with the Tours Customer Experience team to provide resources and information so it can be effectively communicated to participants
• Provide occasional direct customer service support either by phone or email

Required Qualifications:

• Understanding and willingness to engage with issues of institutional and structural racism or bias and their impacts on our organization and community.
• Commitment to equity and inclusion and to learn and respect differences of race, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, ability, religion and socio-economic circumstances and class.
• Excellent team player, who enjoys working with others
• Enthusiastic about the outdoors and outdoor recreation, especially cycling
• Exceptional customer service skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-faceted, quick response environment
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills
• Proficiency in working with all Google Suite Applications (Docs, Sheets, Drive, Calendar, Sites) and Microsoft Access, Excel, and Word
• Detail orientated self-starter with proven decision making and problem-solving ability; leader who can collaborate with colleagues and partners.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with people very different from yourself.
• Solo or group multi-day cycle travel experiences
• Guiding experience
• Federal, state, or local permitting experience
• CPR/FA and LNT certifications
• Experience with Ride with GPS

Physical Requirements:

Elements of job duties may require occasional moving of up to 50 pounds and the ability to occasionally stoop, kneel or crouch; candidates not able to meet such demands can possibly work with staff or others to accommodate. Occasional operation of a motor vehicle, including a 15-passenger van and trailer may be required.

Compensation, Schedule and Benefits:

This is a full-time, nonexempt position (average 40 hrs/week). Schedule varies by supervisor, but is generally M-F, 8am-5pm MST. We are located at Adventure Cycling’s headquarters in beautiful and bike-friendly Missoula, Montana. Benefits include paid time off, holidays, an additional fully paid one-week bike vacation (a.k.a. “bike respite”), medical, dental, and vision coverage, life insurance, and retirement plan. We have a wonderful office in downtown Missoula, with plenty of bike racks! Adventure Cycling Association is an equal opportunity employer.

Position: Experiences – Tour Leader Compliance Manager
Start Date: Immediately
Salary: $50,000-$54,000
Reports to: Director of Experiences

Position overview: This is a new position for the organization to grow leadership in our tours department. We seek a leader who is highly organized and collaborative, an excellent problem solver and communicator. The Tour Leader Compliance Manager is responsible for leader hiring, selection and placement process as well as developing and managing tour leader evaluations. In addition, this person will oversee compliance throughout our Guided Tours including permitting, DOT compliance, and leader certifications. This position directly supervises Adventure Cycling’s seasonal tour leaders. We seek a candidate who has experience with people management in a remote setting.

About Adventure Cycling:

As the largest nonprofit cycling organization in the country, Adventure Cycling has an impactful voice in policies and programs that advance the safety and accessibility of cycling. Adventure Cycling serves through its members and the bike travel community. Our cycling community encourages and supports countless cyclists each year as they explore the beauty and history of America while tending to their mental and physical well-being. For nearly half a century, Adventure Cycling has created life-changing experiences that deepen appreciation for our country’s diverse cultures, communities, landscapes, and people. Adventure Cycling headquarters are based in Missoula, MT, and we acknowledge and honor the Indigenous peoples who consider this land their home. The area’s natural abundance was stewarded by many peoples including the Blackfeet, Crow, Shoshone, Cheyenne, Kootenai, Pend d’Oreilles and Salish for millennia before colonization, and continues to be to this day.

Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion:
The Staff and Board of Directors of Adventure Cycling Association believes in the power of bicycle travel to open minds and change the way the world explores. We envision a future where this organization draws staff, tour leaders, members, board members, and riders from the whole of our society. For this to occur, bicycle travel has to be available for everyone. 
We are committed to listening to BIPOC, LGBTQ, and other marginalized peoples and understanding the systems contributing to oppression while also working to provide more resources and support for these communities. 
The Adventure Cycling Association acknowledges its place in this power dynamic. As an organization we have benefitted from white privilege omnipresent in the United States and must use our power to hire, support, empower, and create safe spaces for Black, Indigenous and People of Color, LGBTQIA+, and Femme/Trans/Women communities. 
Key Responsibilities:

Leader Hiring, Selection, Training and Evaluation (50%)

• The Tour Leader Compliance Manager hires and manages Adventure Cycling’s Guided Tour leaders including leading onboarding processes. 
• Oversee recruiting, hiring, training and evaluation of Tour Leaders & Seasonal Staff (250+ positions, 75+ different individuals) every year.  

 
Compliance and Admin (30%)

• Manages Adventure Cycling’s Department of Transportation compliance requirements, including keeping Adventure Cycling in good standing 
• Manages leader certifications and records, ensuring that FA/CPR, DOT, and driver’s license information is up to date and obtained on an as needed schedule. 
• The Tour Leader Compliance Manager, with support from HR, is responsible for rewarding and disciplining leaders; addressing complaints and resolving problems, and building professional development plans in line with organizational and individual's long term goals 
• Works with the HR and Finance teams to manage leader payments on a timely and accurate schedule 
• Leads oversight of tour leaders financial and risk management resposibilities 

Marketing Support (5%)

• Working with the Marketing Department, help create ideas and content for marketing campaigns through bulk emails and print ads. Prior marketing experience is not needed. 

General Tour Support (15%)

• Working with the Tours Operations and Customer Experience teams, provide additional support to the tours department where needed.
  
  Required Qualifications:
   
• Understanding and willingness to engage with issues of institutional and structural racism or bias and their impacts on our organization and community.  
• Commitment to equity and inclusion and to learn and respect differences of race, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, ability, religion and socio-economic circumstances and class. 
• Outstanding organizational, supervisory and interpersonal skills 
• At least two years experience outdoor industry logistics and/or operations
• At least three years management experience; remote staff and large staffing teams a plus 
• Experience working with all Microsoft products including complex formulae, lookups, and more 
• Self-starter with proven decision making and problem solving ability 
• Excellent collaborative, team, negotiation, and management building skills 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience working with people very different from yourself. 
• Guided tour leadership experience, preferably guided bicycle travel 
• A creative approach in designing routes and trips, but also in managing people and the department 
• Experience with risk management in an outdoor setting 
• Experience with HR and payroll law
  
  Physical Requirements:
  
  Elements of job duties may require occasional moving of up to 50 pounds, including lifting objects over your head, and the ability to occasionally stoop, kneel or crouch. There is the occasional need to drive vehicles, sometimes with trailers attached, and in order to do so will need to pass a DOT Medical exam and background check. Candidates not able to meet such demands can possibly work with staff or others for alternatives.
  
  Compensation, Schedule and Benefits:
  
  This is a full time, exempt position (average 40 hrs/week). Schedule varies by supervisor, but is generally M-F, 8am-5pm MST. Willingness to work on weekends and after regular business hours as occasional night and weekend work may be required. We are located at Adventure Cycling’s headquarters in beautiful and bike-friendly Missoula, Montana. This role is also open to candidates located outside of Missoula working remotely. Benefits include paid time off, holidays, an additional fully paid one-week bike vacation (a.k.a. “bike respite”), medical, dental, and vision coverage, life insurance, and retirement plan. We have a wonderful office in downtown Missoula, with plenty of bike racks! Adventure Cycling Association is an equal opportunity employer. 

How to apply: 

Please send your resume and cover letter through Submittable. Please answer the following question in the last paragraph of your cover letter: “Describe why inclusive and accessible opportunities in the outdoors are important to you?”  

Interested in becoming an Adventure Cycling Tour Leader? Please fill out this questionnaire and upload your Cover Letter and Resume. We are currently accepting applications for our 2024 Guided Tours. We are reviewing applications and scheduling interviews on a rolling basis. You can find the full job description and more information on our website.

Adventure Cyclist invites you to enter your most stunning photos — highlighting the beauty, adventure, and inspiration of bicycle travel — in our 15th Annual Bicycle Travel Photo Contest.

We're looking for your most spectacular bike travel images in five categories:

• En Route: whatever the route, wherever the location, we want to see your shots documenting active bicycle travel.
• People/Portraits: we want to see portraits (including self portraits!) of bicycle travelers experiencing all the life-changing joys and struggles that come along with adventure. 
• Around Camp: this category covers all the down time of bicycle travel — typically at a campsite, but also in hotel rooms, at Warmshowers stays, or wherever you call "camp".
• Maiden Voyage: new in 2023 — whether you went on your first tour two months ago or twenty years ago, show us your best photos from it!
• Cover Shot: the winning photo of this category will be published on the cover of the July/August 2024 issue of Adventure Cyclist. Keep in mind that our cover is oriented vertically, will have the Adventure Cyclist logo printed at the top, and your photo should be high enough resolution to be printed 8.5"x11.125".

Your original images in digital format, capturing all aspects of bike travel, are eligible for the competition. For some examples of exceptional submissions, check out the winners of the 13th Annual Bicycle Travel Photo Contest.

The winner of each category will receive $300 cash. Both winners and honorable mentions will receive free one-year memberships with Adventure Cycling. Chosen images will be printed in the July/August 2024 issue of Adventure Cyclist magazine — reaching over 54,000 people worldwide. The images will also be featured on adventurecycling.org, which is visited by more than a million people annually.  

The contest opens July 1, 2022, and closes December 31, 2022, at 11:59pm Mountain Time. Photo entries will be judged based on creativity, quality, originality, responsiveness to the prompt, and overall impact. You may submit up to 5 photographs per category for a contest total of 25 submissions. In order to be printed in Adventure Cyclist without being stretched or distorted, contestants must submit photographs in .jpeg or .jpg format, at least 4,000 pixels wide, and no smaller than 8 MB.

This submission portal is for use by Adventure Cyclist magazine advertisers only. It is not for story inquiries, submissions, or images. 

PRINT: We only accept advertising creative in PDF or JPEG format. The file should be press-optimized, colorspace set to CMYK (not RGB), and resolution of 300 pixels per inch. Convert all spot colors to CMYK. Please include your company name in the filename. 

NEWSLETTER: Please submit newsletter ads in PNG or JPG format at 728x90 pixels. Files should be 72 dpi and RGB. Include URL with submission.

Once the file is uploaded, you will receive a confirmation email that the file is ready for download by the Adventure Cyclist team.