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Activities Director
Sep. 22, 2010
Qualifications:
- Strong background and experience in camping and/or related fields.
- Desire and ability to work with children and adults in Camp setting.
- Ability to creatively plan & schedule programs and activities, and to maximize the skills & talents of staff members.
- Ability to give & take constructive criticism.
- Familiarity with the camp schedule and various activity areas of camp.
- Must be self-starter and able to work with a minimum of supervision. Must have leadership skills, ability to motivate, manage, and counsel.
Responsibilities
- Serve as member of Camp’s Leadership Team. Attend meetings. Participate in formulation and implementation of policy.
- Directly responsible for coordination and scheduling of all program activities of camp.
- Directly supervise the Department Heads and several self-standing specialists, ensuring that each program area of camp is running efficiently and continually striving for improvment.
- Assist in logistical planning, preparation, and implementation (when necessary) of area based evening programs.
- Ultimately responsible for ensuring that supply requests are completed correctly and in a timely manner. Responsible for helping to purchase necessary supplies.
- Whenever possible, incorporate department heads in schedule planning and leadership. Prepare requisitions in timely manner. Ensure that all site & supply arrangements are made.
- Act as role model for all staff. Be a ”counselor’s counselor”, assisting staff with problems and questions.
- Regularly evaluate the performance of program area staff members, following the set guidelines.
- Regularly meet with Department Heads, individually and as a group.
- Serve as a advocate of and resource to each of the program areas of camp.
- Serve as next step after counselors in discipline “chain-of-command.”
- Become directly involved with all Department Heads and Specialty Area staff. Ongoing problems are of particular concern. Communicate with the Camp Director and Assistant Camp Director on key matters.
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Work with the Education Director and Department Heads to ensure that the Judaism and Jewish values are infused within each area's programming and facilitation. APPLY NOW FOR THIS POSITION
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