Adaptive Recreation Program Manager

Montana Nonprofit Association; Whitefish (MT); On-site; USD 54,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

DREAM Adaptive Recreation in Montana is seeking a Program Manager to provide day-to-day operational leadership for year-round programs, ensuring staff, systems, resources, and logistics deliver safe, high-quality experiences for participants and volunteers.

Reporting to the Program Director, you will supervise Program Coordinators and seasonal staff, manage a large volunteer instructor team, oversee safety, equipment, scheduling, and program improvement, with winter focus at Whitefish Mountain

Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Program Operations: Manage day-to-day planning and operations of DREAM programs, ensuring effective staffing, scheduling, logistics, communication, and high-quality program delivery.
• Volunteer Management: Lead DREAM’s volunteer program of over 200 individuals annually, including recruitment, onboarding, training, communication, scheduling, instructor assignments, engagement, and ongoing readiness.
• Staff Leadership: Supervise, coach, and support Program Coordinators and seasonal program staff, establish expectations, delegate responsibilities, provide feedback, and support staff development.
• Program Quality & Experience: Ensure consistent, high-quality experiences for participants, families, and volunteers and address operational or constituent concerns as they arise.
• Equipment & Fleet: Oversee the readiness, maintenance, allocation, and responsible use of adaptive equipment, vehicles, and other program resources.
• Safety & Risk Management: Manage program-level safety and risk-management practices, support incident response, and ensure established policies and procedures are consistently implemented.
• Systems & Continuous Improvement: Evaluate program workflows, data, capacity, and operational needs; with the support of the Program Director, develop and improve systems and processes that strengthen program quality, efficiency, and sustainability.

Job description

DREAM Adaptive Recreation in Montana is seeking a Program Manager to provide day-to-day operational leadership for year-round programs, ensuring staff, systems, resources, and logistics deliver safe, high-quality experiences for participants and volunteers.

Reporting to the Program Director, you will supervise Program Coordinators and seasonal staff, manage a large volunteer instructor team, oversee safety, equipment, scheduling, and program improvement, with winter focus at Whitefish Mountain