Day Camp Program Facilitator

**Program Architect**
(Note: Internally we call this position Program Architect, but listed the position title as facilitator for this posting to be more consistent with language used by other organizations. )

**Program Purpose and Overview**

The purpose of the Community Roots Day Camp Program is to encourage young people to grow in their faith, or to learn about Christianity for the first time, and to develop leadership capacity in communities so that meaningful, local ministry can continue to happen there.

Camp is often an important component of faith formation as well as personal growth and development for children and youth. It provides an intentional time and space to gather with those of a similar age to play, wonder, learn, explore, and, for many, encounter Christianity for the first time. Although some regions and parishes within the diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island offer camp programming during the summer, most do not.

The Community Roots Day Camp Program will help enable parishes or regions that are not currently able to offer summer camp programs to do so through staff support, program development, and volunteer training. This support will help parishes and regions to serve the young people who are in their churches and also in the broader community.

The program requires two four-month staff people (Program Architects). The Program Architects, under the supervision of and in collaboration with the Youth and Family Ministry Coordinator, develop creative, faith-based camp programming, promote the camps, train volunteers, and lead a volunteer team in delivering camp programming.

The camps themselves will take place throughout Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, in places where regions or parishes have expressed interest and are able to recruit enough volunteers to support the camp. Each camp will last one week, Monday to Friday and will be a day camp focused on exploring stories of faith and developing an understanding of what they mean for our lives and for the world. This exploration will happen through stories, art, games, and other activities.

**Position Overview**

The Program Architects will primarily be responsible for the planning and delivery of summer camp programs throughout the diocese. They will work closely with the Youth and Family Ministry Coordinator and the Youth and Family Ministry Vision Strategy and Support Team. They will work to develop the capacity of parishes and regions to work with children, youth, and families beyond the summer camp. The Program Architect will share the stories of their work through reports to the Youth and Family Ministry Coordinator and Diocesan Council as appropriate, and through other channels available through the diocese (e.g. Anglican Net News, Diocesan Times, etc.). The Program Architect will collaborate with and supervise local volunteers and Camp Program Leaders.

**Primary Duties and Responsibilities**

The primary tasks and roles of this position are the following:
Planning:

- Visit all sites and facilities that will be part of camp programming and complete SafeR Church audits for each camp.
- Develop programming and schedules for each camp.
- Enable, equip, and support volunteers:

- Create and provide training for all volunteers.
- Provide opportunity for team building with staff and volunteers before each week of camp.
- Facilitate daily check-ins with volunteers during camp.

Promotion:

- Create content for the Anglican Net News and other church publications to promote camp.
- Seek other opportunities to promote the camp program to children and youth in the communities hosting camp programs, particularly through social media.
- Take photos and videos during camp to use in promotion,

Facilitating camp programs:

- Ensure all camp materials are delivered to and set up at each camp location.
- Check in with Youth and Family Ministry Coordinator at the start and end of camp, and as needed through the week.
- Provide daily on-site supervision of Camp Program Leaders and volunteers.
- Work alongside Camp Program Leaders and volunteers in the delivery of camp.
- Ensure that all risk management measures that have been identified in SafeR Church audits are acted on.
- Document any accidents, incidents, or other issues that arise during camp.

Other duties as assigned

**Skills, Characteristics, Qualities and Requirements**
- Demonstrated understanding of the realities of children, youth and families, in churches, and in the broader culture.
- Ability to work well with children, youth, families, parishes, volunteers and other individuals and organizations.
- Experience in organization of events especially for children and youth.
- Organization and self-discipline, creativity, resourcefulness; initiative, respect for boundaries.
- Well-developed skills in public speaking, making presentations, training, leading and facilitating meetings or group discussions.
- Excellent listening and communication skills.
- Able to create a