Camp Canoe Tripper

LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY IN ALGONQUIN PARK AT CAMP AROWHON NEXT SUMMER

Camp Arowhon is a traditional inclusive overnight summer camp in the heart of Algonquin Park, Ontario on beautiful Lake Tepee.

Our mission is to nurture and challenge campers, both physically and emotionally. Our community of 350 campers is big enough to be diverse yet still feel like a family.

Minimum Qualifications:

- Wilderness First Aid (16 hours or agreed equivalent)
- National Lifesaving Society Bronze Cross (or agreed equivalent)
- Wilderness Water Safety (provided by Camp Arowhon)
- Criminal Reference Check

Canoe Trippers are teachers, guides, counselors, chefs, lifeguards, first aiders, hype-people and naturalists all at the same time. As a canoe tripper, you are responsible for the social, emotional and physical safety of 6 - 8 campers, aged 7 - 16, on flat water canoe trips ranging in duration from 2 to 6 days. You will be co-leading your trips, with either another Camp Arowhon Canoe Tripper, and / or a Camp Arowhon Counselor. Working as a team, you will inspire your participants, through providing enthusiastic, informative, hands-on learning opportunities, to become more self-confident, resilient, and skilled. You will facilitate the formation of lifelong relationships through shared experiences, and support the resolution of conflicts and hardships through intentional group facilitation.

Your role will be to ensure that your trip is properly prepared, with the correct and sufficient equipment and food for yourself and your participants / co-leads. You will be responsible for ensuring that all Camp Arowhon safety standards are followed throughout the duration of your trip, and that all participants are actively engaged in, and learning, the essential canoe tripping skills you employ in following these standards. You will be responsible for supporting and facilitating group activities that promote in-depth learning, expand and unpack your participants' experiences, and ensure a positive experience. You will be responsible for managing any and all medical and non-medical emergency situations that occur on your trip.

Desirable experience
- Previous experience as a participant in outdoor education program (University / College program, participation in Scouting / Guiding, participation in a NOLS or Outward Bound course, etc.)
- Previous experience working with youth in an outdoor setting
- Previous experience leading, co-leading or assisting in the leadership of overnight, remote, back-country trips

Skills competencies
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Proficiency in canoeing (Tandem and Solo)
- Proficiency in backcountry travel, including navigation, cooking, firebuilding and stove use, etc.
- Good organizational, communication and time management skills
- Strong resilience and quick thinking problem solving skills
- Acts responsibly and professionally in all interactions with peers, participants and supervisors
- A commitment to growth, both personal and professional

Primary Roles and Responsibilities:
In Camp
- Responsible for the preparation (including organization and packing of equipment, food, and participant programming) and clean up (including debriefing, and reporting) of all canoe trips you participate in
- Responsible for working as part of the larger tripping team to facilitate all aspects of the tripping program (including equipment maintenance and repair, food preparation and packing, in-camp 'trip skills' programming, facility maintenance and upkeep, staffing relief and other duties as assigned)
- Responsible for working as part of the larger camp-staff team to facilitate all aspects of the Camp Arowhon Summer Program (including facility maintenance and upkeep, program facilitation and support, camp wide special days and full camp activities, relief staffing and other duties as assigned)
- Responsible for attendance and participation in all required staff training, meetings, programs and events (including pre-camp training, morning meetings, trip briefings and debriefings, full staff meetings, etc.)
- Responsible for support and demonstrating Camp Arowhons values of Caring, Learning, and Respects in all interactions with staff and campers.

On Trip
- Responsible for leading and facilitating canoe trips according to instructions delivered during trip briefings, tripper training, as delivered by the Head Tripper or Director, and as found in Camp Arowhon's Tripping Standards, Protocols, Policies and Procedures (including route, curriculum, emergency risk-management plans, etc.)
- Responsible for ensuring that all Camp Arowhon Tripping Policies, Protocols and Standards are followed while on Trip (including Low Impact Camping / LNT practices, protocols for animal encounters, lightening and severe weather protocols, life-guarding policies, sleeping and tenting policies for participants and staff, use of public facilities etc.)
- Responsible for managing, evaluating, and limiting participants and staffs exposur