Camp Program Coordinator

**Kids Cancer Care**

The Kids Cancer Care Foundation of Alberta is passionately dedicated to helping young people affected by cancer and their families survive and thrive in body, mind and spirit. With a vision of providing _a cure for every child and care for every family_, Kids Cancer Care strives to end childhood cancer, while easing the pain and suffering of the disease through three essential program areas: 1. Camp and Outreach; 2. Research and Hospital; and 3. Education Support and Scholarships.

At Kids Cancer Care, we consider it an honour and privilege to do the work we do. We get to help deserving children and families and we get to see our community at its finest — volunteering, donating, hosting fundraisers and helping others.

We love our work and we love the children and families we serve. We take our jobs seriously, but we don’t take ourselves too seriously. We pride ourselves on having a fun, vibrant and sometimes quirky team that works, laughs, cries, eats, plays and celebrates together.

We value diversity and the different perspectives and innovative thinking it brings. We like to surround ourselves with creative, kind, and passionate people and we welcome all qualified persons regardless of differences in physical ability, gender identity or sexual orientation, cultural or religious beliefs, or ethnic origins. We realize that what makes us unique makes us remarkable. We believe in the power of diversity and are dedicated to creating an equitable, diverse, and inclusive environment at all levels of the organization.

For more information on Kids Cancer Care and our work, please visit us at **kidscancercare.ab.ca**.

**Position Overview**

This is a full-time position reporting to Camp Kindle Program Manager. The Camp Program Coordinator’s primary function is to facilitate the operations, protocols and services related to camps and outdoor programming at Camp Kindle, especially in relation to the specific tasks outlined below:
**Key Areas of Responsibilities**
- Positively contributes to Kids Cancer Care and Camp Kindle by working well with all members of the camp community. Also forming relationships with our community and providing and encouraging a positive, safe environment for all members.
- Aware of the needs of young people affected by cancer and their families.
- Eager to complete initial training and engage in ongoing training provided and attending leadership workshops.
- Consistently adheres to Camp Kindle’s three pillars of respect: 1) respect for self, 2) respect for others, and 3) respect for the environment.
- Actively works to develop personal and professional skills, accepts and incorporates constructive feedback in all operations.
- Acts in the best interest of participants and the organization, being positive representations of camp.
- Contributes to weekly staff meetings, communicating on any updates across departments areas of camp, including maintenance, kitchen and admin.
- Contributes to site organization, preparation and upkeep.
- Establishes and maintains working relationships with other related agencies.
- Has a working knowledge of the Alberta Camping Association’s operating guidelines for residential camps and the operating guidelines for oncology camps, including those of the Children’s Oncology Camping Association International.
- Understands and implements the vision, mission and goals for each camp program.
- Works with the Camp Program Manager to successfully develop, implement and assess inclusive, relevant, and exceptional camp programs offered at Camp Kindle, which include:

- Kids Cancer Care programs for families affected by cancer - residential summer camp, summer outdoor leadership programs, summer leadership development program, year-round teen and weekend family camps.
- Camp Kindle Programs - specialized summer programs for children with other unique medical concerns such as hemophilia and diabetes; spring and fall elementary school; junior and senior outdoor leadership; community youth and adult team building and corporate team building.
- Works collaboratively with the Director of Outreach and the Nursing Coordinator to ensure that the medical and health needs of all participants are met at camp.
- Writes program reports, maintains monthly reporting statistics and compiles annual reporting measures for all Kids Cancer Care’s camp programs.
- Develops and establishes themes for core KCC summer groups, Family Camp and Teen Camp. This includes creating storylines, décor and on theme activities.
- Manages program budgets.
- Responds in a timely fashion to all business communications.
- Updates and utilizes camper database to record camper information and generate all reports and lists needed for programs.
- Attending the Alberta Camping Association conference, being present for workshops, contributing to seminars and networking with other camps and individuals.
- Assists in coordinating the Leadership Development Program, overseeing interviews, sc