Associate Camp Director
Full time regular - 35 hours
Management
Cherry Hill, NJ, US
30+ days ago
Requisition ID: 1785
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Job Summary:
The JCC Camps at Medford enriches the lives of children by teaching values and life skills in a fun, safe, inclusive, Jewish environment while building confidence, sharing successes, and creating lasting friendships and memories.
Job Responsibilities:
- Program innovation, creation, planning, implementation and evaluation
- Provide insight and assistance to the Camp Director with the fiscal management of camp
- Provide oversight, supervision and evaluation of seasonal camp leadership and programs with a core focus on the following:
- Mental, Emotional and Social Health/Care Team
- Work closely with Care Team Director for seasonal staffing
- Work in partnership with Federation grants team to identify and successfully implement grant opportunities
- Disability Inclusion (Open Hearts/Open Doors)
- Work in partnership with JCC Inclusion department to oversee the management of Open Hearts/Open Doors applications
- Provide supervision of the Open Hearts/Open Doors Director and assist with case manager and advocate hiring and placements
- Assist Camp Director & Grants Team with the implementation of Saltzman Grant funding as it relates to Open Hearts/Open Doors
- Camper Behavior Management
- With seasonal camp leadership, evaluate and implement effective behavior management tools when applicable.
- Participate in camper recruitment initiatives:
- Identity and attend camp fairs when necessary
- Attend all camper recruitment events (i.e: open house, off-season camp programming, parlor meetings, etc.)
- Provide camp tours for prospective families
- Build, foster and maintain positive relationship with camp families to ensure a positive community image for Camp
- Participate in staff recruitment and retention initiatives:
- Identify and attend staff/career fairs when necessary
- Attend staff interviews
- Assist with staff application review and coordination of applications to seasonal leadership
- Identify opportunities to grow staff retention and increase overall staff satisfaction
- Work with seasonal leadership to assist in program development, staffing and bunking
- Attend various conferences and trainings for the purpose of staying current and keeping camp cutting edge.
- Assist in the completion of staff evaluations.
- Identify and assist with opportunities focused on year-round camp engagement including but not limited to:
- Off-season programming (i.e: Fall Festival, Broadway Live, etc.)
- Alumni engagement and programming
- Fundraising opportunities
- Assist with all camp communications including camp family communication and marketing initiatives in coordination with JCC Marketing
- Assist Camp Director & Assistant Camp Director on the implementation of special event programming (Color War, Ruach/Spirit Week, Appreciation Week, Israel Week, etc.)
- Assist in the implementation of the Shlichim program including interviews and host family coordination
- On call responsibilities during the camp season when the Director is unavailable
- Represent the JCC Camps at Medford at occasional JCC or Federation wide programming and/or special events (i.e: Open Houses, Fundraisers, etc.)
Required Educations & Experience:
- Master’s degree preferred but at minimum bachelors, preferably in the areas of education, social work, psychology, communications, non-profit management, recreation or related field
- Previous camp experience preferred including full time or seasonal
- Strong background in day or residential camping
- Working knowledge of Judaism, Jewish community and Jewish traditions with experiences in both formal and informal Jewish education preferred
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