Summer Staff Conference Center Child Care Assistant Lead

Mount Hermon Associationorporated•Mount Hermon, CA

About The Position

The Child Care Assistant Lead supports the Team Lead and Family Ministries Children’s Intern in overseeing the childcare staff and program. The role provides guidance and organization for program activities and curriculum and helps create an environment that fosters safety and spiritual growth in keeping with Mount Hermon’s mission, vision, and values. This is a ministerial position. Ministerial staff are expected to demonstrate their Christian faith in their work, stewardship, relationships, and conduct while embracing Mount Hermon Association, Inc.’s Christian mission, vision, beliefs, culture code, and standards of conduct. Staff are expected to participate in gatherings that include prayer, worship, and Bible-centered teaching. During the summer, the Assistant Lead directly oversees a specific classroom serving infants, toddlers, preschoolers, or kindergarteners. The position provides classroom continuity and care, coordinates activities and curriculum with staff, communicates with parents about children’s well-being, and supports staff leadership, training, and general well-being. The role also guides and supervises day campers and participates in teaching, crafts, music, drama, games, and other discipleship activities. The work environment includes indoor and outdoor conditions, onsite community living, and physically active work with children. There may be opportunities to assist campers with special needs through the One on One program.

Requirements

High school graduate.
CPR/First Aid certified before arriving at camp.
Prior experience working with children in ministry settings.
At least 18 years of age because of the onsite community-living requirement.
Adhere to Mount Hermon’s mission, vision, values, and commitment statements, as well as its dress code and professional grooming and appearance standards.
Satisfactorily complete a background investigation and provide proof of eligibility to work in the United States.
Be emotionally mature and willing to accept responsibility.
Work with minimum supervision and demonstrate problem-solving skills.
Love children of all ages and be capable of serving as a strong Christian role model.
Demonstrate mature understanding of and respect for authority, peers, and camp guidelines and principles.
Possess leadership and observational skills, a willingness to serve as needed, and the ability to lead and teach with patience and clear instruction.
Meet physical demands that include sitting, standing, squatting, stooping, twisting, hiking, shouting, lifting or carrying 15–60 pounds, and engaging in physical play with children.
Work indoors and outdoors in heat, cold, wet or humid, and dry or arid conditions.

Nice To Haves

Some college experience.
College credits in preschool education.
Prior leadership experience in childcare settings.

Responsibilities

Assist the Team Lead and Family Ministries Children’s Intern in organizing, documenting, and facilitating the Child Care program and supporting staff members’ general well-being.
Help lead staff through training, team building, meetings, and clear, appropriate, timely communication.
Oversee a specific summer classroom for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, or kindergarteners, providing age-group specialization, continuity, and quality program care.
Coordinate with staff to implement weekly camp activities and curriculum.
Communicate clearly and openly with parents about their children’s well-being, especially regarding health, safety, correction, and care.
Coordinate and distribute schedules and events to Child Care counselors in the assigned classrooms.
Organize and maintain work areas and supplies so they remain clean, orderly, and stocked.
Partner with the Child Care team in discipleship and curriculum implementation to help children encounter God and others.
Guide and supervise day campers and support their welfare.
Lead and assist with small- and large-group curriculum teaching, crafts, music, drama, group games, and related activities.
Attend a weekly meeting with the Family Ministries Children’s Intern and Leadership Team.
Provide leadership, feedback, and direction to staff in the assigned classroom during the week.
Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor.