Job Summary
The Director of Theme & Travel Camps oversees the planning, growth, staffing, and operation of MJCCA Day Camps’ Theme and Travel Camp packages from preliminary idea via analysis. The Director additionally helps year-round School’s Out Camp programming and serves as an integral member of the Day Camps management workforce.
This place supervises seasonal employees and manages programming, logistics, distributors, budgets, household communication, and each day operations. The superb candidate is extremely organized, inventive, adaptable, and in a position to handle a number of packages and priorities in a fast-paced camp atmosphere.
Duties & Responsibilities
Theme & Travel Camp Programming
- Plan, develop, and consider annual Theme & Travel Camp choices, together with researching new packages, locations, actions, and experiences.
- Develop age-appropriate schedules, curriculum, actions, and employees sources.
- Create correct program info for registration, advertising and marketing, and household communications.
- Monitor enrollment and modify programming, staffing, and sources as wanted.
- Evaluate packages and journeys and advocate enhancements for future seasons.
Travel Camp Operations
- Research and choose locations, actions, transportation, and distributors inside established budgets.
- Plan and handle itineraries, reservations, tickets, transportation, waivers, and required documentation.
- Prepare employees with itineraries, camper info, emergency procedures, and expectations.
- Develop contingency plans and reply to transportation, climate, camper, and different trip-related points.
- Maintain relationships with points of interest, transportation suppliers, contractors, and group companions.
Staff Leadership
- Recruit, interview, rent, practice, schedule, supervise, and consider Theme & Travel Camp employees.
- Supervise seasonal Unit Heads, Program Assistants, and counselors.
- Establish clear expectations, delegate obligations, and maintain employees accountable.
- Provide ongoing teaching, suggestions, and assist and handle efficiency issues as wanted.
- Participate in Day Camps orientation, coaching, and employees growth.
Camp Operations & Administration
- Ensure packages are totally deliberate, staffed, equipped, and ready for every camp session.
- Oversee each day operations, together with schedules, areas, provides, gear, staffing, and coordination with shared Day Camps actions.
- Maintain a visual presence and assist employees, campers, and packages all through camp.
- Manage distributors and contractors, together with schedules, pricing, contracts, W-9s, and certificates of insurance coverage.
- Manage program budgets, buying, payroll, timekeeping, and required information.
- Ensure compliance with camp insurance policies, security procedures, and organizational expectations.
Families & Camper Support
- Provide responsive, skilled customer support to campers and households.
- Prepare and talk weekly program info and updates.
- Support employees with camper habits and particular person wants and handle escalated issues in partnership with applicable camp management.
- Maintain applicable documentation and follow-up.
- Support camper recruitment and retention efforts.
School’s Out & Year-Round Responsibilities
- Help plan and implement School’s Out packages all year long, together with actions, staffing, schedules, provides, areas, and household communication.
- Provide on-site supervision and guarantee packages are organized, appropriately staffed, and ready.
- Collaborate with Camp Directors and different departments on shared schedules, areas, staffing, and sources.
- Participate in camp-wide occasions, recruitment actions, excursions, expos, employees engagement initiatives, and different Day Camps packages as wanted.
- Stay present on developments and finest practices in youth programming and day tenting.
- Perform different duties as assigned and cling to all MJCCA insurance policies and procedures.
Qualifications & Skills
- 3+ years of expertise in tenting, recreation, training, youth programming, or a associated discipline most popular.
- Experience supervising and creating employees.
- Strong organizational, communication, and time-management abilities.
- Creative thinker with the flexibility to develop participating, age-appropriate programming.
- Strong problem-solving abilities, sound judgment, and a spotlight to element.
- Ability to handle a number of packages and priorities in a fast-paced atmosphere.
- Ability to delegate, present suggestions, and maintain employees accountable.
- Comfortable working with kids, households, employees, distributors, and group companions.
- Flexible and adaptable when plans or circumstances change.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
- Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends as required by the camp calendar.