Camp Coordinator-Teen X-TREME All Star Sports Day Camp

Inspire, Create, PLAY … and get paid! 
 
Teen X-TREME Camp Coordinator – All Star Sports Day Camp
 
PAY: $17.85 per hour
 
Spend Summer 2024 as a role model, developing positive relationships with youth in our community. Play, dance, swim, craft, and more, as you help campers develop new skills and friendships.  
 
This position is open until filled and is subject to close without notice.
 

What We’re Looking For 

 

Energetic, enthusiastic, and creative individuals to join a?thriving and diverse team that is committed to excellence and FUN!? 

 

What You’ll Do At Work 

 

Lead! Supervise and support staff and volunteers to create an inclusive and meaningful camp experience. Provide positive and corrective feedback. 

 

Plan & Coordinate. Assist with the planning of activities, field trips, and special events. Coordinate and support in the implementation of activities, field trips, and special events. Adapt activities, field trips, and special events to support the inclusion of campers with special needs. Complete and submit reports. 

 

Lead by Example. Manage campers and their behavior, lead games and activities, promote skill development, creativity, and exploration. Assist campers with special needs, make adaptations to games and activities for inclusive play.  

 

Communicate. Develop relationships with staff, parents, and campers; be empathic, build trust, and display patience. Mediate and resolve conflicts and behaviors.  

 

R.E.S.P.E.C.T. Learn, serve, and work together to build a community where people thrive by upholding the Town’s values, RESPONSIBILITY, EQUITY, SAFETY, PROFESSIONALISM, ETHICS, COMMUNICATION, and TEAMWORK. 

 

Attend to injuries. Provide first aid. Complete and submit reports. Inventory and restock supplies. Perform C.P.R. and utilize A.E.D. 

 

Learn and Grow. Attend and participate in staff orientation and trainings. Lead and participate staff meetings and teambuilding. Give and receive feedback. Provide input. 

 

Participate! Actively engage while supervising campers. Encourage and invite participation, set an example for positive and inclusive play. Splash in the pool, build LEGOS, play board games, make slime, race to the finish line, and more!  

 

Support Camp. Set up, break down, and maintain supplies and equipment. Clean and maintain safe spaces. Distribute lunch and snack. Drive a 15-passenger van of campers and staff. Administer medication. Be flexible and adapt to changes; assist and support where needed.??

 

Where You’ll Work 

 

You’ll be working both indoors and outdoors, at and in recreation centers, schools, parks, playgrounds, trails, and swimming pools. You’ll travel in Town vehicles to offsite locations for field trips. Camps run during summertime, and you may experience hot temperatures and inclement weather.      

 

When You’ll Work 

 

You’ll be required to attend up to 40 hours of orientation and trainings which will take place between June 10 and June 23, 2024.

June 24 – August 9, 2024, you’ll work anywhere between 30 and 40 hours per week, Monday through Fridays between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Some rare evening and weekend work may be required. The Town celebrates Juneteenth on Wednesday, June 19, 2024, and Independence Day on Thursday, July 4, 2024. There will be no camp, and staff will have these days off!  

 

Taking a vacation, headed for camp yourself, or will just be unavailable for some time within these dates? Contact Lizzie Burrill, lburrill@townofchapelhill.org, to discuss if your availability can support our summer camps.  

 

What You’ll Take Away from Your Experience Working at Camp  

 

1. Develop work ethic, empathy, patience, and awareness.  
2. Interpersonal and Leadership skills.  
3. Improve critical thinking and problem-solving skills. 
4. An American Red Cross Adult & Pediatric First Aid, CPR, & AED certification.  
5. Access to Chapel Hill Parks & Recreation facilities: Chapel Hill Community 
6. Center, Nate Davis Sr. Gym, and the Homestead Aquatics Center; includes Basketball, Volleyball, Pickleball, Rock Climbing, and Swimming during drop-in hours.  
7. Memories and friendships that will last a lifetime!  

You Should Apply if You (minimum requirements) 

 

1. Are 21 years of age or older 
2. Possess A valid North Carolina Driver’s License and a satisfactory driving record.  
3. Have at least one or more year(s) experience working with youth in a summer camp or similar setting.   
4. Want to discover new things and work to overcome challenges.  
5. Want to get paid while having FUN!  

 

Preference to those that apply who 

 

1. Speak well enough to effectively communicate with campers and/or their parents in Burmese, Karen, Spanish and Mandarin.  
2. Have experience working with children on the autism spectrum, with Down Syndrome, or with other developmental disabilities. 

 

Work Environment:
Work is performed both indoors and outdoors and may involve swimming.  The employee may be exposed to noise, infectious and/or contagious diseases, and inclement weather and extreme temperatures.
 
Physical Demands:
Work is typically performed while walking, standing, running, bending, crouching, swimming or stooping.  Employee will occasionally lift light and heavy (50 pounds) objects

This classification has been designated as Safety Sensitive and is subject to random drug and alcohol testing.