Seasonal Camp Director - Boulder

Job Details

• Location: 4820 Nautilus Ct N, Boulder, CO 80301
• Pre-Season
  
  Hours:
  
  Approximately 80 hours of online training from hire to start of camp (April - June). Flexible schedule.
• Camp Dates: 5/26/2026 (Tue) - 7/31/2026 (Fri) (in addition, two weekends will be required for move‑in and out of camp)
• Camp
  
  Hours:
  
  8:00 am - 6:00 pm
• Virtual Training: Must be available for virtual training on one of the following dates -- 4/25, 5/9 or 5/16 12‑6pm EST
• Pre‑season Hourly Wage: $30.00 per hour. The pay range listed here is what Steve & Kate's Camp in good faith anticipates offering for this job opening. Actual compensation offers within this range will depend on experience and other relevant business or organizational factors.
• Summer Salary: $1,200 weekly

At Steve & Kate's, we put radical trust in kids so that they learn to trust themselves. Campers choose minute to minute what they do at camp, with whom, and for how long...because kids who learn to make decisions today build the self‑confidence they will need to wrangle unknowns tomorrow. If you join our team as a Seasonal Director
, you will sharpen your inherent leadership skills and do meaningful work, while getting an immersive experience of creativity and play.

Steve & Kate's Summer Camp is an 8 to 11 week program, running from June to August. Training for this position will begin in April. In the pre‑season, you will be trained by our Team Leads in all things camp, and you will slowly take on more responsibility until you own all camp positions on a daily basis.

Help run all facets of a self‑directed camp.

Our management team will prepare you for camp, and then they will hand you the reins approximately 1‑2 weeks before the Summer begins. While running camp you will build relationships with hundreds of parents and children, helping them overcome fears, discover passions and generally find their groove at Steve & Kate's. You will help train, lead and inspire a team, and oversee the day‑to‑day operations for your site to keep things running smoothly, safely and up to code.

If you answer yes to all of the questions below, you should definitely apply:

• Do you appreciate and agree with our self‑directed approach for kids?
• Would sparking up conversations with staff, campers and parents fit in your comfort zone?
• Are you comfortable navigating challenging and sometimes sensitive interactions?
• Are you the type of person who can't rest until you have done everything possible to make someone feel cared for? Like, if someone you knew was in need, would you do more than send them a "thinking of you" text?
• Can you multitask like you are a Hollywood Power Agent all while keeping calm, level‑headed and nice?
• Do you have the stamina to keep up (Literally) with 4‑12 year old's bursting with energy and creative potential? And, can you bench press the equivalent of a kindergartner? (Just Kidding -- but can you lift up to 30lbs?)

• Shares responsibility for all stages of the employee life cycle for seasonal teams of up to 30. Also, attraction, recruitment, onboarding, development, retention and separation.
• Acts as an on‑site manager responsible for all facets of a day camp that runs 8‑11 weeks, with an average of 150 campers (or more) per day, generating 6‑7 figure revenue.
• When issues come up at camp, handles crises, emergencies, behavioral and medical responses as needed.
• Manages customer contact for their programs, including responding to email and phone inquiries in a timely manner. Also providing exceptional customer service and handling sensitive and escalated matters for hundreds of prospective and attending camp families.
• With support, manages compliance processes and ensures implementation of company, city and state required policies for camps and/or childcare facilities as applicable to their locality.
• Manages a six‑figure budget for personnel, food and programming needs.
• Oversees all logistics and inventory management functions for hundreds of items valued in excess of six‑figures, which are needed to run camp programs.
• Manages relationships with the host school that rents…