Summer Camp Assistant Director

**Camp Assistant Director**

**Responsible to**: The Director

**Wage**: $700/week

**Security Level**:High

**Duration**:Orientation Weekend: May 23 - 25, 2025

4:30 PM June 22, 2025 - August 30, 2025

**Qualifications**:

- Either working towards or holding a degree in a relevant field such as education, psychology or social work, or the same number of years post high school
- Very experienced working with youth in a camp or similar environment
- Must have experience programming towards youth
- Superior leadership, organization, and communication skills
- Knowledge of and/or experience with behavioral diagnoses such as ADHD and Autism would be an asset.
- Must be able to get transportation to camp

**Responsibilities**:
In their capacity as Assistant Director, the staff member will:

- Oversee the day to day operation of the camp program, ensuring everything is running smoothly and any sudden schedule changes are communicated to staff promptly.
- Provide additional support to campers with diagnoses that may cause them to struggle to thrive in the camp program. This may involve meeting with the camper and their counsellor about their needs, talking with parents to develop strategies, developing and implementing alternative programming, or other methods to give all campers the best possible experience.
- Research effective strategies and best practices for dealing with relevant behavioral diagnoses throughout the summer.
- Perform any tasks or responsibilities delegated to them by the program director.
- Assume any needed director responsibilities if the program director is off-site.
- Assign volunteers their summer schedule and their weekly job assignments
- Lead daily meetings with the volunteers
- Help the volunteers to set weekly goals for them to work towards achieving.
- Provide mid-summer reviews and light skill development to the volunteers as needed.
- Oversee daily volunteer cleaning chores.
- Oversee the programmers in the planning and execution of daily and weekly themes and activities.
- Approve the summer program plans, weekly themes, and weekly schedule.
- Keep inventory of program equipment.
- Serve as resource staff to counsellors.

**Qualifications for All Camp Maskepetoon Summer Staff**
- Understand the purpose and philosophy of Camp Maskepetoon
- Have experience in planning and implementing programs for youth
- Possess excellent communication, organizational, and leadership skills
- Have an interest and enthusiasm for camp experiences
- Have an understanding of United Church Theology (this will be covered in training)
- Demonstrate an understanding of, and keen interest in, working with youth
- Be able to work and live closely and effectively with other staff members
- Have the emotional stability to place campers’ needs before personal desires
- Be in good health and physical condition with the stamina needed to work long days
- Possess a Standard First Aid (SFA with CPR Level C) certificate or equivalent
- Obtain a satisfactory police information check with vulnerable sector search
- Be able to fulfill all responsibilities as outlined below
- Be willing to adhere to and model all health and safety protocols

**Responsibilities of All Camp Maskepetoon Summer Staff**

All members of staff will have the following responsibilities:

- Attend training sessions and planning meetings prior to camp
- Live communally, on-site, for periods of seven to ten days
- Conduct oneself at all times in a manner that is both professional and consistent with the philosophy of camp as set out by Camp Maskepetoon, the guidelines of The United Church Camping Standards manual, and the guidelines of the Alberta Camping Association (ACA)
- Act as a role model for campers, volunteers, and other staff
- Develop and implement inclusive programs that are age and time appropriate and designed with specific goals of skill acquisition relevant to the program area
- Contribute to the planning and implementation of all daily and special camp activities. Participation is required in all camp activities.
- Supervise daily skippers (chores around camp). It is ultimately the responsibility of the staff member to ensure that all jobs are completed in a timely and efficient manner
- Demonstrate a positive enthusiastic attitude and to encourage enthusiasm in campers and volunteers
- Maintain a high level of communication and develop an excellent rapport with the camp director, other staff, and volunteers
- Participate in camp set-up and end of season clean-up
- Be familiar with all emergency procedures
- Help maintain order during all camp activities
- Work with all staff to ensure the camp is kept clean and in good order
- Carry out any other duties as assigned by the camp director
- Ensure all equipment and supplies are prepared for activities and properly cleaned and stored at the conclusion of the activities or day
- Submit a camp summary report to the board of directors by the required deadline. This report will include: A