Camp Manager III - Lost Canyon

Young Life • Williams, AZ

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Young Life's Lost Canyon is seeking a high-capacity and spiritually mature leader to step into the Camp Manager role in the Southwest Division. This position requires strong business acumen, relational leadership, and a minimum of five years of Young Life leadership experience. As the Camp Manager, you will lead the camp staff team as we seek to create environments where every guest, staff, and volunteer encounters Jesus Christ. Young Life's Lost Canyon operates year-round with significant guest group usage from May - October, and steadily with weekend groups throughout the school season. Camp is located in Williams, Arizona, a small town that sits at about 7,000 feet elevation about 3 hours north of Phoenix, and about 35 minutes west of Flagstaff. Lost Canyon is a welcoming community with the majority of staff living off camp in Williams. Lost Canyon is one of the largest camps in the mission, serving approximately 28,000 guests annually with an operating budget of roughly $7.6M. The role demands an active leadership presence capable of thriving during full summer operations alongside a robust, highly active school-season schedule. Lost Canyon serves a diverse group of guests from across the mission and is home to a diverse staff community, requiring a leader who values and ministers well within a multiethnic ministry environment. As Camp Manager, you will oversee all facets of camp operations while serving as a servant-leader to a team of 32 staff members. The role includes stewarding significant financial resources as well as building strong partnerships with field staff, development, and the local community. We are seeking a minister of the Gospel who develops leaders and equips staff and volunteers to create transformative environments for every guest who comes to Lost Canyon. Young Life is a relational ministry. Staff must be able to convey a sense of Christ-like hospitality and concern for guests and staff. Responding to the unexpected needs of a guest in a prompt and professional manner is important. All staff members are expected to represent Young Life positively and professionally within the community and be able to work with and minister to the volunteer high school and college-age young people who attend our camp.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent, is required.
• Young Life previous experience preferred.
• 3-5 years of general management and supervisory experience.
• Demonstrate thorough knowledge and effective involvement in ministry.
• Has proven leadership and relationship skills required to build a high-performing trusting team, communicate effectively, delegate responsibility and offer accountability.
• Demonstrate operational disciplines including prioritizing, analyzing data, and developing and executing systems.
• Ability and willingness to travel at least 3 times a year.

Nice To Haves

• Minimum of five years of Young Life leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the community to ensure the health, safety and security of all guests and staff at camp (physically, emotionally and spiritually) as the Mission, Vision, Values and Methods of Young Life are implemented at camp.
• Intentionally provide opportunities for staff to grow deeper in their relationship with Jesus.
• Demonstrate a deep relationship with Jesus, commitment to spiritual formation and understanding of their personal ministry to others.
• With support from supervisor, develop an annual personal spiritual growth plan utilizing the Individual Development Plan for yourself and ensure that all staff are developing an annual spiritual growth plan.
• Foster an environment where camp staff have opportunities for ongoing spiritual development, including execution of their personal spiritual growth plan.
• Call staff and volunteers to the common vision for individuals to encounter Jesus and know the truth of God’s love for them.
• Equip servant leaders who anticipate and respond to the needs of our guests, staff and vendors, through Christ-like service.
• Establish a culture of service and facility preparation that anticipates guest needs and responds with professionalism through intentional decisions and systems.
• Demonstrate an understanding of hospitality as an essential role of the entire camp staff.
• Partner with camp directors and assignment teams in order to produce a successful camping program.
• Help build relationships that reflect the character of God with guests, staff, vendors and neighbors to foster healthy community.
• Build relationships that reflect the character of God with guests, staff, vendors and neighbors to foster healthy community.
• Ensure camp staff demonstrate the importance of their interpersonal relationships with guests, staff, vendors and neighbors and promote a healthy community.
• Effectively lead department supervisors.
• Build and equip a team that reflect the world wide body of Christ.
• Collaborate with the field senior vice president, camping coordinator, regional directors and area staff on all matters involving use of the camp as an environment where the Gospel is proclaimed.
• Partner with the camping committee in order to hear and appropriately respond to the concerns and desires of the Young Life staff they represent.
• Participate with divisional leadership, national leadership and peers in training events and opportunities.
• Manage with integrity the finances, people, buildings and equipment that have been entrusted to our ministry.
• Manage comprehensive stewardship in partnership with Camping Services.
• Ensure staff are being developed and equipped to participate in comprehensive stewardship of our ministry.
• Responsible for revenues and expenditures in alignment with camping department’s financial policies and procedures.
• Execute the camp’s business planning cycle with guidance from the camping coordinator.
• Partner with mission leadership to determine fundraising priorities and funds for the further capital development of the camp. This includes the cultivation and maintenance of donor relationships in collaboration with Young Life’s development team.
• Through a consistent and accountable evaluation process, we identify and provide opportunities for staff in continuing education, leadership development, career-pathing and cross-training.
• Demonstrate a desire to grow through engagement in the Individual Development Plan process and participation in training and development opportunities.
• Foster camp staff participation in the Individual Development Plan process as well as other training and development opportunities.
• Identify and develop staff suitable for additional leadership opportunities.
• Intentionally pursue opportunities in mission leadership, personal growth, and development.
• Execute the recruitment, hiring and onboarding process for building a diverse and qualified team.
• Ensure completion and documentation of annual performance evaluations and salary reviews with all staff.
• Standing on the platform of national standards and metrics we gladly prepare an environment that glorifies Jesus Christ.
• Ensure camp planning and operations are consistent with the National Board and Camping department policies and within the standards and metrics required for excellence.
• As an agent of Young Life, ensure compliance with governmental agencies whose jurisdiction effect camp operations.
• Cast vision and set the pace for a healthy attitude and commitment to continuous improvement of the camp environment.
• Ensure the creation of distraction-free environments that represent the multi-faceted love of God through the quality of facilities and the camp experience.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager