Summer Camp Director
ORGANIZATION: LifeMoves (Formerly InnVision Shelter Network)
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Position Details:
We are looking for 4 dynamic and enthusiastic Camp Directors over the course of 8 weeks, to develop, launch, and manage the children’s summer camps at LifeMoves, a leading Bay Area nonprofit providing homeless services and shelters.
The LifeMoves Summer Adventure Camps provide homeless and extremely low-income children living in shelters with an engaging, fun, and educational summer experience. Summer Camp is an important component of the LifeMoves model of comprehensive supportive services that help families break the cycle of homelessness and return to self-sufficiency. In providing opportunities homeless children might not otherwise have access to, the Camp supports each child’s growth and education, while allowing parents to continue work or to search for permanent housing during the summer months.
Each LifeMoves family shelter and drop-in center operates a camp for school-aged children, ages 5-14. Camp activities are organized around weekly themes, such as outer space, sports, water, etc, which are designed to provide children with a range of educational opportunities and highlight new skills and career paths. The Camp Director is responsible for designing and overseeing all camp programming.
All LifeMoves Camp Directors will participate in regularly scheduled events and activities that will introduce them to the rest of their intern class, LifeMoves Senior Leadership, the Bay Area, homelessness, and various programs in the agency
Time Commitment:
- 8 weeks: June 13 th - August 8 th
- First week is orientation and introductions for all interns (June 13-17)
- 7 weeks of Summer Adventure Camp (June 20-August 5).
- Monday - Friday, 8am to 4pm
Camp Locations:
- LifeMoves is seeking 2-3 Camp Directors for each of 4 family shelters and drop-in centers.
- First Step for Families, San Mateo
- Haven Family House, Menlo Park
- Opportunity Services Center, Palo Alto
- The Villa, San Jose
Responsibilities Include:
- Plan and oversee camp activities that are fun, engaging, and highlight new skills or career paths
- Manage a staff of 5-15 high school aged volunteers
- Arrange weekly field trips
- Develop and manage a summer budget for all activities and supplies
- Create food plan and order all necessary supplies, assign volunteers to prepare food
- Carefully document and track paperwork and receipts from purchases
- Help create a camp blog documenting daily camp activities to be distributed to an audience of parents, donors, and supporters
- Participate in weekly meetings with colleagues and camp staff at other sites.
Position Requirements/Preferred Skills:
- HS Diploma and some college
- Experience working with school age children
- Leadership experience amongst peers
- Creative planning and activity design, with excellent follow through
- Ability to work collaboratively and professionally with teen volunteers, donors, vendors, and clients
- Pro-active self-starter, ability to work with minimal supervision
- Ability to enforce rules to keep children safe
- Diligent work ethic, positive attitude, and desire to learn about LifeMoves (formerly InnVision Shelter Network’s) mission of ending homelessness
Learning Outcomes:
- Leadership experience, managing all aspects of a summer camp environment
- Hands-on experience managing finance, vendor relationships, a full staff, and clients
- Experience designing programming for at-risk children, and seeing it through to implementation
- Insight on the needs of low-income children
- Exposure to senior staff and insight into the operation of leading a nonprofit organization
- Networking opportunities for career development
More opportunities with LifeMoves (Formerly InnVision Shelter Network)
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About LifeMoves (Formerly InnVision Shelter Network)
Location:
181 Constitution Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025, US
Mission Statement
LifeMoves is dedicated to finding solutions to homelessness in Silicon Valley. Our programs work, but we urgently need your help to support the growing need in our community. Join our fight.
Description
LifeMoves is the largest provider of homeless shelter and services in Silicon Valley. Our region is known for innovation and prosperity, yet the housing crisis is forcing thousands of our neighbors throughout San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties onto the streets.
This is where LifeMoves gets to work.
With 26 shelter and service sites from Daly City to San José, we give our neighbors experiencing homelessness a temporary place to call home while providing intensive, customized case management through both shelter programs and community outreach.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
181 Constitution DriveMenlo Park, CA 94025
DATE POSTED
April 20, 2016
SKILLS
- Child Development
- People Skills
- Child Care
- Teaching / Instruction
- Relationship Building
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- 40 hours a week for 8 weeks
- HS Diploma and some college. Experience working with school children