Summer Staff Conference Center Day Camp Assistant Lead

Mount Hermon Associationorporated•Mount Hermon, CA

15d

About The Position

The Day Camp Assistant Lead assists the Family Ministries Children’s Coordinator and Day Camp Team Lead in overseeing and leading Day Camp Counselors as they provide activities, curriculum, and logistics for primary youth to nurture spiritual growth. The role also serves as a Day Camp Counselor, modeling a genuine Christian lifestyle, ensuring campers’ safety and well-being, and building relationships with campers through program activities and curriculum consistent with Mount Hermon’s mission, vision, and values. This is a ministerial position. Ministerial staff are expected to demonstrate their Christian faith through their work, stewardship, relationships, and behavior, and to embrace and affirm 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. The position assists with staff leadership, training, team building, communication, and the overall care of Day Camp staff. It leads daily grade-group meetings, coordinates schedules and activity assignments, helps implement curriculum and discipleship activities, supervises and counsels children, and supports camp activities and upkeep. The physical environment includes indoor and outdoor work in varied weather and terrain, with active physical play and lifting or carrying items weighing 15–60 pounds. Onsite community living is required, and applicants must be at least 18 years old.

Requirements

High school graduate.
CPR/First Aid certified before arriving at camp.
At least 18 years old because onsite community living is required.
Emotionally mature and willing to accept responsibility.
Able to lead and teach with patience and clear instruction.
Able to work with minimal supervision and solve problems on the job.
Able to articulate the Gospel of Jesus Christ as communicated in Scripture.
Mature understanding of and respect for authority, peers, camp guidelines, and principles.
Creative, detail oriented, and able to follow through with projects.
Able to engage in active listening and a variety of outdoor activities.
Willingness to serve whenever needed.
Adherence to Mount Hermon’s mission, vision, values, and commitment statements, as well as its dress code and personal grooming and appearance standards.
Satisfactory completion of a background investigation and ability to provide proof of eligibility to work in the United States.
Able to meet the physical demands of working indoors and outdoors in varied weather, including sitting, standing, squatting, stooping, twisting, hiking, seeing, hearing, shouting, lifting or carrying 15–60 pounds, and engaging in general physical play with children.

Nice To Haves

Some college experience.
Prior Day Camp experience.
Prior leadership experience in camp settings.

Responsibilities

Assist with staff leadership through training, team building, and ongoing communication under the direction of the Family Ministries Children’s Coordinator and Team Lead.
Run daily grade-group meetings with counselors, coordinate and distribute daily program schedules, delegate activity tasks, and facilitate cleaning-group responsibilities.
Partner with the Day Camp team in discipleship and implement Day Camp curriculum in small and large groups.
Ensure the welfare of campers through guidance and supervision.
Coordinate with the Team Lead and other Assistant Leads to implement camp activities and curriculum.
Provide counseling for a group of children.
Lead and assist with crafts, music, drama, group games, and other activities.
Help keep camp areas, workspaces, and supplies clean and orderly.
Attend a weekly meeting with the Family Ministries Children’s Coordinator and Leadership Team.
Assist the Team Lead and Family Ministries Children’s Coordinator with the overall care of Day Camp staff.
Perform other duties assigned by the supervisor.