Sunshine Day Camp Counselor
**Job Summary:**
The Day Camp Counselor is a vital role in providing a fun and safe environment for children. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading a group of campers, creating a positive and meaningful relationship with each one, and ensuring their overall health and safety while at camp.
**Key Responsibilities:**
- Assist in the direction, supervision, and organization of campers in their unit, which includes participation in kapers, meals, flag, all-camp activities, unit time, hygiene maintenance, and general camp activities.
- Apply basic principles of youth development to create a community environment that is cohesive, positive, and uplifting.
- Work with co-unit counselors to create lesson plans for various activities, such as archery, canoeing, STEM, outdoor living skills, and arts & crafts, ensuring they are age-appropriate, progressive, hands-on, and educational.
- Maintain knowledge about the archery range and its associated emergency action plan.
- Ensure proper safety procedures during all activities, and activate the emergency action plan when necessary.
- Provide strong customer service skills to camp families while maintaining a positive and welcoming manner.
- Welcome campers to their session in a positive, inviting, outgoing, and inclusive manner.
**Qualifications and Skills:**
- Be at least 17 years of age.
- Believe in the importance of working with children in the outdoors.
- Possess First Aid/CPR certification or willingness to obtain during camp training.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong organizational skills including the ability to manage multiple projects and details simultaneously.
- Ability to work productively in a fast-paced, stressful environment.
**Working Conditions:**
- Exerts up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently or constantly to move objects.
- Walking on uneven terrain, up and down hills for distances up to ½ mile.
- Endurance to meet emergency needs.
- Ability (and willingness) to live in a camp setting and work irregular hours.