Camp Cherokee Girls Camp Director

YMCA of Upper Palmetto•Blacksburg, SC

2h•Onsite

About The Position

The Girls Camp Director at Camp Cherokee is responsible for assessing cabin counselor performance daily to ensure standards are maintained. This role involves training and developing staff members, providing feedback for their growth, and ensuring the physical and emotional safety and enjoyment of female campers and staff. The director will be actively present in cabin areas, interacting with campers and staff, conducting checks, providing direction, managing supervision during specific times, coordinating activities, and overseeing staff responsibilities. Additionally, the role includes managing laundry, conducting meetings, supporting staff, evaluating staff performance, checking cabin cleanliness, making cabin assignments, and ensuring overall safety and fun. The director will also handle parent communication, manage lost and found, assist other program staff, and take on additional responsibilities as directed.

Requirements

Must be 21 years of age or have completed at least two years of college.
Must be certified in First Aid and CPR.
Must attend all pre-camp training, retreats, and opening training session.
Possess leadership qualities and ability to use sound judgment.
Good health, enthusiasm, individual maturity, moral character, team qualities, and communication skills.
Possess interest in the development of children.
Must be able to endure hot temperatures, physical exertion, manual labor, behavioral conflicts, and must be able to walk, run, and swim every day.
Endurance during prolonged activities, bending, stooping and lifting.
Ability to observe, manage and evaluate both staff members and campers.
Ensure that staff and camper morale are always in a positive manner.

Responsibilities

Assess cabin counselor performance daily to assure standards are maintained.
Train and develop staff members, providing feedback for continual growth and development.
Ensure female campers and staff are physically and emotionally safe and having fun.
Be present in cabin areas daily and interact with campers and staff.
Conduct face checks to ensure cabins report promptly and all counselors and campers are present.
Provide direction to staff and campers not following rules.
Manage supervision during shower and devotional times.
Coordinate and supervise cabin night activity.
Manage "area duty" responsibilities of female staff members.
Collect and sort laundry after bridge weekends for all female campers and staff.
Provide feedback for effective growth and development of female staff members.
Conduct regular area meetings.
Lend support to female staff members after lights out in appropriate cabin areas.
Observe, correct, and evaluate female staff members concerning their interactions and leadership with campers.
Complete written evaluations of staff mid-season and end-of-season, and verbally discuss them.
Conduct cabin cleanliness checks on Opening and Closing Day of each session.
Make suggested camp counselor cabin assignments to the appropriate "camp" director.
Greet and accommodate parents as needed on Opening day.
Visit any camper or female staff member in the Health Center.
Check e-mails and voicemails daily and communicate directly with parents.
Contact parents of all first-year campers by Wednesday of each session.
Manage lost and found items and return them to their owner.
Assist other program staff when needed.
Assist Evening Program Director.
Plan and supervise campers and staff during "bridge" sessions.
Actively assist in "OD" responsibilities.
Assist in supervision during off-site trips.
Select an Honor Cabin at the end of each session and present it creatively at the closing banquet.
Deliver pre-sorted mail to cabins daily.
Identify and manage cabin supply needs.
Assume additional responsibilities as directed by the camp director team.