Joshua Maher

Experience

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  La Botana Mexcian Restaurant

  Dec 2012 - May 2016

  Manager

  Applied leadership ability as a manager in a bilingual environmentPromoted from dishwasher to waiter to cook to managerCalculated daily inventory

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  Calvin University

  Jan 2017 - Dec 2019

  Orchestrated 20 backpacking and climbing trips per year for university studentsLed team of 15 student staff members, organizing trip itineraries and time control plansTrained staff members in Leave-No-Trace ethics and Wilderness First Responder skillsAllocated $5K annual grant towards student-led international backcountry expeditions Managed rental of backpacking, climbing, skiing, and kayaking hard goodsNegotiated 30% reduction in food costs for the Calvin Wilderness Orientation ProgramAchieved goals of 20% increased participation year to year in outdoor equipment rental Investigated networks of communication in 16th and 17th century PeruDeveloped relationships with Peruvian scholars and institutionsLearned Spanish colonial paleography Tutored university students in all levels of Spanish languageTaught advanced Spanish writing skills and reading strategies Led conversation groups for students in intermediate Spanish classesTaught conversational skills in spoken Spanish

  • Backcountry Trip Director

    Sept 2017 - Dec 2019

  • Expedition Equipment Manager

    Sept 2016 - Dec 2019

  • McGregor Research Fellow

    May 2018 - Aug 2018

  • Spanish Tutor

    Sept 2017 - May 2018

  • Spanish Conversation Group Leader

    Jan 2017 - May 2018
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  At Home Academy (AHA)

  May 2017 - Aug 2017

  English Language Instructor

  Developed a structured intermediate EFL curriculumImplemented a grammatical approach to foreign language learningFacilitated Chinese teachers in English instruction strategies

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  NOLS

  Apr 2021 - Sept 2021

  Equipment Assitant Manger

  Managed customer billing information and equipment inventory through a POS system.Directed daily equipment repair and maintenance tasksAssisted in the equipment briefing of NOLS Alaska course instructor teamsSupervised a staff of four seasonal equipment assistants