Lead Camp COUNSELOR
Make a difference to elementary aged Girls!
Job Description
We are looking for one more Lead Camp Counselor for our Summer Camps to supervise young campers and make sure they learn and have fun. What do Camp Counselors do? The most important out of all Camp Counselor duties is to ensure campers are safe at all times. You’ll be responsible for overseeing their activities and ensuring they don’t get lost or hurt. The job duties of a Camp Counselor include supervising summer camp games, educating children, and setting up equipment. Being reliable and able to build good relationships with children are two essential traits of a Camp Counselor. You need to have knowledge around helping children to resolve differences and to listen when they get excited. If you’re patient, energetic but strict when needed, we’d like to meet you. Email your resume, summer availability, and why you're interested in the job. We don't respond to incomplete applications.
Responsibilities
- Lead recreational and educational activities (such as crafting and outdoor recess time on a playground)
- Escort and oversee children
- Educate campers through games and explorations
- Set up and clean up the space (ensuring everything is in the same condition or better than when you arrived)
- Resolve occasional fights between children and address behavioral issues
- Make sure all safety rules are followed
- Perform minor first aid as needed
- Keep accurate incident logs
Skills
- Proven experience as Camp Counselor, Teacher, or similar role working with groups of children
- Familiarity with crafting
- Patient and reliable
- Organizational and communication skills
- A love for children
- Energetic and positive personality
- Ability to meet the physical demands of the job (strength and stamina to follow children's pace)
- First aid- and CPR-certified preferred
- High school diploma minimum education required
About:
The Renegade Girls Tinkering Club offers fun and community for children to explore the world of tinkering and making. Children get hands-on with their peers to see how things work. Tinkering, a process involving hands-on discovery, and trial and error toward a goal, helps kids develop grit and gives a solid foundation for STEM skills. Founded by mothers in STEM careers working to change the vast gender imbalance in their fields, the Renegade Girls Tinkering Club inspires girls to keep their love of scientific exploration.
The Renegade Girls Tinkering Club offers fun and community for children to explore the world of tinkering and making. Children get hands-on with their peers to see how things work. Tinkering, a process involving hands-on discovery, and trial and error toward a goal, helps kids develop grit and gives a solid foundation for STEM skills. Founded by mothers in STEM careers working to change the vast gender imbalance in their fields, the Renegade Girls Tinkering Club inspires girls to keep their love of scientific exploration.