Summer Camp Director - Recreation

Posted Friday, January 9, 2026 at 5:00 AM

Summer Camp Director - Recreation

The Camp Director will supervise camp counselors and aides, as well as be responsible for the safety of our campers.

• Oversees daily camp operations, counselors and aides and plans and directs daily activities.
• Abides by all camp policies and procedures.
• Handles camp monies and turns in receipts daily.
• Keeps daily and weekly logs.
• Supervises and interacts with campers and staff and leads games and group activities.
• Evaluates staff.
• Administers medicine to campers.
• Ensures safety of participants and staff at all times.
• Sets up and takes down tables, chairs and camp materials and maintains a clean and safe play area.
• Resolves issues and solves problems as quickly as possible; report results or refer unsolved problems to higher supervisor.
• Provides incident and/or injury reports when an incident or injury occurs.
• Report any problems to supervisor and any person using or having in their possession either drugs or alcohol.
• Performs other related assigned duties.

• High School diploma or equivalent and one year of prior work experience;
• Age over 21 preferred;
• Must be good with children and able to supervise camp counselors.

• Knowledge of a wide range of recreational activities;
• Knowledge of the benefits of physical education and wellness programs;
• Knowledge of the principles and practices of planning, supervising and inspecting group recreational activities;
• Knowledge of the materials, methods, safety precautions and techniques related to recreational maintenance operation;
• Skill in the use of customer service;
• Skill in the use of coordinating various programs and projects simultaneously;
• Skill in the use of oral and written communication;
• Skill in the use of interpersonal communication and mediation;
• Ability to work within certain budgetary constraints;
• Ability to work with people of all ages, incomes and backgrounds;
• Ability to develop innovative cost-effective programs to meet community needs;
• Ability to recruit, train and supervise subordinate personnel effectively;

The work requires some agility and physical strength, such as moving in or about recreation sites, or standing or walking most of the work period. There may be need to stretch and reach to retrieve materials. Usually, the work will require extended physical effort over a significant portion of the workday.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, usage of computers and reading.

The employee consistently maintains balance either sitting, standing or walking and is occasionally required to stoop or crouch. The employee will frequently push, pull or lift and move objects up to 15 pounds.

The work environment is dynamic involving everyday discomforts typical of offices, gyms and outdoor sports arenas with occasional exposure to outside elements. Noise or physical surroundings may be distracting, but conditions are generally not unpleasant.

To deliver superior performance in a manner that is distinctive and impactful to each person served and that establishes a standard for quality that endures for generations.