Camp Leader

The purpose of this position is to lead others in providing a fun and safe environment for campers.

Please note: An offer of employment is contingent upon successful background check and drug screening.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Communicates with parents, campers, and staff by informing campers and staff of policies, rules, and procedures, and relaying any infractions of campers to parents and staff.
• Maintains safety by attending safety training, supervising campers, working with lifeguards to ensure pool safety, reporting any safety hazards to supervisors, and completing accident/injury reports as needed.
• Assists with the planning of activities by submitting weekly activity sheets and requests to the Director and coordinating vendors as needed.
• Ensures adherence to rules by communicating policies and procedures to campers and staff and documenting infractions of campers.
• Provides a safe environment by attending safety training, supervising campers, working with lifeguards to ensure pool safety, reporting any safety hazards to supervisors, and completing accident/injury reports as needed.
• Coordinates programs by assisting with planning activities, submitting weekly activity sheets and requests, and coordinating vendors as needed.

Supplemental Functions:

• Performs other similar duties as required.

Job Specifications and Qualifications:

Knowledge:

• Basic safety and medical principles
• Developmentally appropriate activities for children
• Applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations.

Licensing and Certifications:

• Possession of or ability to obtain Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Certification within two (2) weeks from date of hire. Failure to obtain may result in termination.
• First Aid Certification

Working Conditions / Physical Requirements:

• Positions in this class typically require: balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, standing, walking, talking, hearing, seeing, and repetitive motions.
• Medium Work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• Incumbents may be subjected to inside and outside environmental conditions.

Required Skills

• Planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating activities
• Working with children
• Communication, interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction.

Required Experience

The ability to read and understand written instructions, to understand simple processes and the routine operation of machines; or the City may consider an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job.

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If multiple applications are submitted to an individual position, only the most recent application received prior to the posting closing date will be accepted. Applications must be submitted by 11:59 PM on the closing date.

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The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of the positions given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description. Fair Labor Standards Act (exempt/non-exempt) is designated by position. The employer actively supports Americans with Disabilities Act and will consider reasonable accommodations.

• Planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating activities
• Working with children
• Communication, interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction.