Camp Director

Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts

Job Description

 

Every summer at Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts (“GSEMA”), girls arrive at a summer camp excited for new experiences. At camp, we encourage them to be courageous, demonstrate compassion and leadership, and participate in energetic activities that build memories for a lifetime. You have a desire to work with youth as they learn and succeed. You strive to be an inspiration. You want to have a positive impact on them as they build a stronger sense of courage, confidence, and character.

GSEMA currently looking for a dedicated and qualified resident Camp Director for our 2022 summer camp season at Camp Favorite. Camp Favorite is located on beautiful Cape Cod and is GSEMA’s premier sailing and water sports resident camp. Camp Favorite’s water sport activities are a thrilling twist on the traditional summer camp experience; offering girls the opportunity to sail, windsurf, kayak, surf, swim and bike the Cape Cod Canal.

Resident camp will run from mid-June to mid-August. 

The Camp Director will direct the operation of a camp program, giving consideration to the health and safety of campers, the policies, standards, plan of work and the budget of the council, as well as the needs and interests of staff and campers both in groups and as individuals.
 
Key Responsibilities:
  • Recruit, select and train staff. 
  • Maintain good public relations and communication with campers, their parents, fellow staff, and the community in person and online.
  • Maintain accurate, up to date records, finances; submit reports and evaluations on time as requested. 
  • Support, schedule, and evaluate staff under direct supervision.
  • Maintain accurate, up-to-date employee records and documentation.
  • Develop a progressive program in keeping with the goals, objectives, and safety standards of the Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts (“GSEMA”) and encourage girl/adult partnership in all camp activities. 
  • Monitor purchases, expenditures ensuring they do not exceed the camp budget.
  • Responsible for the health, safety and wellbeing for all campers and ensures that Girl Scout safety standards, state standards, and family camping best practices are communicated and enforced with all staff, campers, and visitors. 
  • Responsible for ensuring American Camping Association (“ACA”) accreditation standards are followed for all camp programming. Manage accreditation documentation for accreditation visits and take the lead with visitors on the day of the visit. Work with the Director of Outdoor Adventure & Camps to ensure successful accreditation visit every 5 years as required by ACA. 
  • Contribute to the promotion of Girl Scouting, GSEMA programs and camps, and other council programs and events. 
  • Perform other duties as assigned.
 
Council Citizen:
  • Maintain confidentiality on behalf of the Girl Scout organization and in accordance with the GSEMA Comprehensive Information Security Program (CISP).
  • Commit to our mission of building girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place.
  • Work with individuals of diverse backgrounds and ages, and accept the Girl Scout commitment to work with all without regard to age, race, ethnicity/culture, country of origin, religion, language, socio economic status, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, neurodiversity, ability or political affiliation.
  • Be a registered Girl Scout member.
 
Skills and Qualifications:
  • Previous camp experience.
  • Be at least 25 years of age by June, 2022.
  • Experience working with children ages 7-17 and with adults.
  • Experience leading activities and teaching children, teens, and adults in the outdoors.
  • Supervisory experience in a camp setting.
  • Ability to effectively identify, analyze and solve practical problems and successfully manage a variety of variables and personalities; ability to adapt in a changing environment.
  • Familiar with Girl Scout program.
  • Familiar with ACA accreditation process for camps. 
  • Ability to work and live within the camp environment.
  • Holds current First Aid and CPR certifications from an accepted provider.
  • Must complete a criminal background check.
  • GSEMA requires that new employees be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 at time of hire. GSEMA will consider requests for medical or religious exemption that do not pose undue hardship or a direct threat to health or safety.
 
Work Environment:
  • Work may be indoors or outdoors and may be during hot, humid, rainy or cool weather.
  • Work will be during daytime, evening, and overnight hours.  
 
Physical Demands:
The physical demands that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job:
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk on varied terrain, play games with campers and talk or hear.
  • Specific vision ability required by this job is the ability to adjust vision to bring objects into focus. Ability to differentiate colors helpful.
  • Must be able to lift a maximum of 30 pounds on a regular basis.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  

Commitment to Health and Safety

At Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts, the physical and emotional safety of our Girl Scouts, our families, our volunteers, and our staff is our highest priority. We are taking a responsible approach to creating environments that allow us to embody the Girl Scout Promise and Law, require us to be considerate and caring, courageous, and strong, responsible for what we say and do, respectful of ourselves and others, respectful of authority and act as a sister to every Girl Scout. As part of our commitment to health and safety, GSEMA requires that new employees be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 at the time of hire. GSEMA will consider requests for medical or religious exemption that do not pose undue hardship or a direct threat to health or safety.


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About Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts

For over 100 years, Girl Scouts has empowered girls to lead, break barriers, and create positive change. Girl Scouts’ powerful all-girl space fosters collaboration over competition, and inspires girls to go beyond dreaming to actual doing. We offer amazing opportunities for forward-thinking, talented individuals who share our vision of helping girls and young women change the world for the better. Join our team of dedicated professionals and make a difference in girls' lives! To learn more about our Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts, visit www.gsema.org.

Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts is an equal opportunity employer.

At Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts, we strive to create transformative learning experiences and leadership opportunities for all girls. The threads of diversity and inclusion are woven tightly into our mission of supporting and nurturing girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place.

We hold firm in our belief that a culture of diversity and inclusion promotes unity, creates personal and professional growth opportunities for our employees, and supports safety and transformation for our volunteers and girls of all backgrounds.

Diversity and inclusion is more than an initiative; it is a set of shared values that defines the fabric of our mission.