Camp Cherokee Assistant Girls Camp Director

Camp Cherokee Assistant Girls Camp Director

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• Assess cabin counselor performance daily to maintain standards.
• Be present in cabin areas on a daily basis during meals, program times, showers, and devotions.
• Interact with campers and staff on a daily basis.
• Conduct face checks to ensure staff and campers are present at appropriate times.
• Provide direction to staff and campers who are not following rules.
• Assist in supervising showers and devotional times.
• Coordinate and supervise cabin night activity.
• Manage area duty responsibilities of female staff members.
• Assist in collecting and sorting bridge laundry for all female bridge campers and staff members.
• Provide feedback that encourages growth and development of female staff members.
• Conduct regular area meetings.
• Lend support to female staff members after lights out in cabin areas.
• Observe, correct, and evaluate female staff members on interactions and leadership with campers.
• Assist in completing written mid-season and end-of-season evaluations for each female staff member and verbally review them.
• Conduct cabin cleanliness checks on opening and closing day of each session.
• Ensure that female campers and staff are physically and emotionally safe while having fun at Camp Cherokee.
• Greet and accommodate parents as needed on opening day.
• Visit any camper or female staff member in the Health Center.
• Check e-mails and voicemails daily, communicate directly with parents regarding their camper(s).
• Contact parents of all first-year campers by Wednesday of each session.
• Assist in managing and returning all lost-and-found items.
• Assist other program staff when needed.
• Opening/closing day responsibilities.
• Assist Evening Program Director.
• Plan and supervise campers and staff during bridge sessions.
• Actively assist in OD responsibilities.
• Assist with supervision during off-site trips.
• Select an honor cabin at the end of each session; present the honor creatively at closing banquet.
• Assist in delivering mail.
• Identify and manage cabin supply needs.
• Additional responsibilities as directed by the camp director team.
• Physical requirements include endurance during prolonged activities, bending, stooping, lifting; ability to observe, manage, and evaluate staff and campers; maintain positive morale.

• Must be 19 years of age or have completed at least two years of college.
• Must be certified in First Aid and CPR.
• Must attend all pre-camp training, retreats, and opening training session.
• Possess leadership qualities and sound judgment.
• Good health, enthusiasm, individual maturity, moral character, team qualities, and communication skills.
• Interest in the development of children.
• Must be able to endure hot temperatures, physical exertion, manual labor, behavioral conflicts, and be able to walk, run, and swim daily.

Entry level

Full-time

Administrative