Summer Camp Leaders

**Summer Camp Leaders**

The Vancouver Lawn Tennis & Badminton Club (“the Club”) is the city’s premier racquets, fitness, and social Club. Located just a few minutes from downtown, the Club offers exceptional tennis, badminton, squash, fitness and aquatics programming for over 4,000 members, along with a variety of social events with upscale-casual dining in 3 restaurants.

We are recruiting for a **Full-Time** **Head Camp Leader and Part-Time** **Assistant **Camp Leader** to join our team for the summer

Assistant Camp Leader - $18 to $19 per hour

Head Camp Leader - $20 to $21 per hour

**ABOUT THE POSITION**

**Hours of work**:
**Assistant Camp Leader: Monday to Friday from 8:30am-1:15pm**

**Head Camp Leader: Monday to Friday from 8:30am-4:30pm**

**Leaders must be available to work Monday-Friday between July 2-August 30**

Additional hours may be required in June for training and camp planning.

**Camp Leader Duties include**:

- Assist the Aquatics & Juniors Coordinator with camp planning including determining weekly crafts, games and activities pertaining to weekly theme as required.
- Ensuring a safe, fun and welcoming environment for all camp participants.
- Consistent enforcement of camp rules and procedures including communication of rules daily to camp participants to ensure safe and appropriate behavior at all times.
- Assigning participants to groups for the afternoon racquet sports portion of camp; communicating with sport coaches.
- Other duties include but are not limited to:

- Set up and preparation for each day of camp and clean up and organizing supplies.
- Keep accurate records of attendance including diligently enforcing sign-in and sign-out protocols with parents.
- Serving morning snack and taking lunch orders; assisting food and beverage staff with serving and cleaning up of lunch each day.
- Lead daily games, activities, crafts, and swimming/pool time including assisting younger participants with changing as required.
- Liaise with parents about behavior issues or other concerns as required.
- Relays all comments and concerns regarding all camp matters from parents to the Aquatics & Juniors Coordinator in a timely manner.
- Attend to minor first aid incidents as needed (cuts, scrapes etc).

**QUALIFICATIONS**
- Minimum 1-2 years’ experience working with children ages 6-11 in a camp setting or equivalent
- Head Camp Leader: Minimum 1 year experience planning and coordinating activities for a camp or equivalent setting.
- Emergency or Standard First Aid
- CPR-C
- National Lifeguard and/or Life Saving Society Swim Instructor certification is preferred.
- High-Five certification is considered an asset.

**COMPETENCIES**
- Strong guest focus - exceptional customer service skills, maintains professionalism with members and peers.
- Strong supervisory skills - confident leading groups of children, providing direction, and following through on behavioral issues.
- Organization - strong attention to detail, planning and preparation skills.
- Excellent communication skills - strong English communication skills both verbal and written.
- Self-driven - strong work ethic and takes pride in their work; proactive,
- Punctual and reliable - can always be counted on.
- Team focused - collaborates and communicates with peers positively.

At Vancouver Lawn, we offer a positive and friendly environment, competitive wages, employee meals and free parking.

If you are someone who has a passion for people and delivering outstanding service, we'd love to hear from you

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those shortlisted will be contacted for an interview.