Land Activity Director

Job Opportunity

Land Activity Director

JOB POSTING

Rate of Pay: Starting rate of $7300 for the summer of work

Location: 1010 Birchview Road, Douro-Dummer, ON

Contract Duration: June 16th, 2024 – August 24th, 2024

If interested, please submit your resume, cover letter and references as soon as possible to:
Emma Robert, Summer Camp Director, at emma@campkawartha.ca

Are you passionate about working with children, rock climbing and challenge courses, and exploring the great outdoors? Camp Kawartha is seeking a safe and enthusiastic Land Activity Director to facilitate the operations of our challenge courses this upcoming summer. Through this role, you will have the opportunity to build skills in challenge course facilitation and management, while providing campers with a safe, fun, and memorable experience with aerial challenge course elements.

Job Overview:

As Land Activity Director you oversee the running and maintenance of all ropes courses on the property. You will have the opportunity to connect with the camp community through encouraging campers to explore outside their comfort zones, take calculated risks, and try new things! As a member of the Senior staff team, the Land Activity Director is responsible for staff training on the challenge course, and leading adventure classes for older campers. The Land Activity Director has the opportunity to innovate and engage in all our land-based programming throughout the summer.

Responsibilities:

Some responsibilities of the role include:

• Complete daily checks of ropes courses, harnesses, helmets, and land equipment for damage
• Create engaging programming for campers both with ropes courses and leadership initiatives
• Ensure the physical and emotional safety of campers and fellow staff
• Train staff in how to safely lead leadership initiatives and ropes courses
• Report any concerns about challenge course equipment to the Summer Camp Director

• Promote land-based activity programming through new initiatives, with the intention of getting campers involved with high-ropes and low-ropes courses

Qualifications:

• CUI Level 2 Certification OR 200+ hours of Ropes Course facilitation experience and a willingness to obtain a CUI Level 2 Certification offered by Camp Kawartha is required
• Standard First Aid and CPR-C is required
• Recent Criminal Reference Check is required
• Experience working with children is an asset

Skills/Highlights:

• Strong understanding of health and safety, hazards, and workplace safety management
• Good judgement and decision making skills
• Strong communication skills, ability to work in a team environment
• Enthusiasm and a positive attitude
• Strong ability to problem-solve in the moment
• Empathetic, caring, and considerate
• Love of the outdoors and learning

Camp Kawartha is committed to providing accommodations for persons with disabilities. The camp will provide support in its recruitment processes to applicants with disabilities, including accommodation that takes into account an applicant's accessibility needs.

Camp Kawartha is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate the diversity of our camp community including differences in race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, and gender identity. We welcome candidates representing such diversity.

Located on 185 acres of land, nested in the heart of the Kawarthas, with straw bale buildings, lakefront and 6.3 kilometers of beautiful hiking trials, Camp Kawartha is a magical place to work. As a not-for-profit charity, Camp Kawartha creates a warm and nurturing community that helps children discover the best in themselves, while they learn to appreciate and value the natural world around them.

Thank you to all those who apply. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Job Types: Full-time, Seasonal

Salary: From $730.00 per week

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Discounted or free food
• On-site parking
• Relocation assistance
• Store discount

Work Location: In person