Science Camp Supervisor

Overview

Science Camp Supervisor
Thunder Bay

$20.50 - $21.50/hr

Are you looking for a fun and interesting job this summer? Do you enjoy working with children and want to gain valuable skills while working for a world-renowned science centre? If so, join the Science North team, Northern Ontario’s science centre and most popular tourist attraction. Science North Summer Camps put smiles on kids’ faces, excite them about science, build friendships and create lasting memories.

Be a part of a team that makes all that happen!

• Lead a staff team in the delivery of quality, hands-on, fun and entertaining science experiences for children (aged 4-14) across Northwestern Ontario from mid-June to late August.
• Coordinate all program requirements, ensure the physical and emotional safety of all camp participants.
• Work with a diverse group of children, communicate with parents, supervise and support a staff team and resolve program challenges.
• The position(s) will primarily be based in Thunder Bay with travel and delivery in various other communities around Northern Ontario.

• Excellent supervisory skills, outstanding communication abilities, demonstrated experience working with children and a passion for learning.
• Being a resident of the respective city of program delivery is an asset.
• Understand and commit to promoting equal opportunity and support for all campers regardless of ability.
• Some positions may require fluency in both English and French.

• Travel may be required (accommodations, weekly travel bonus and a meal per diem covered by Science North).
• Successful candidates must be prepared to submit a current (less than 3 months old at date of submission) Vulnerable Sector Police Records Check, a valid driver’s license reflecting a 3 year safe driving record and current First Aid certification.
• Candidates should be willing to work full-time over the period of mid-June to end of August, noting that hours availability would be dependent on final enrollment.

An early application is your best opportunity for consideration. Interested candidates are asked to apply online. Science North is committed to an inclusive workplace and invites applications from all qualified individuals to join our diverse team. Accommodations are available upon request in all aspects of Science North's selection process. We thank all interested candidates; only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

Science North is grateful to work with First Nations across Northern Ontario and we give thanks to the Indigenous Peoples who have cared for this land since time immemorial. We pay respect to their traditions, ways of knowing, and acknowledge their many contributions to innovations in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, past and present. We also recognize the Métis Nation of Ontario for their historic and ongoing contributions.

Science North commits to deepening engagement, relationships and partnerships in order to advance truth and reconciliation, honour and reflect Indigenous ways of knowing, grow economic opportunities, and collaborate with Indigenous peoples as partners in order to inspire all people to be engaged with science in the world around them.

Science North is a registered charity. Science North is an agency of the Government of Ontario.