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City of Evanston is Hiring an Assistant Camp Director - Summer Voyager Near Evanston, IL

JobID: 635

Position Type:
Parks, Recreation & Community Services - Seasonal

Date Posted:
1/6/2023

Location:
Parks and Recreation Summer Camps

TITLE: ASSISTANT CAMP DIRECTOR - Summer Voyager

PAY RATE: TBD on 2023 Budget Approval
DEPARTMENT: Parks and Recreation
LOCATION: Dempster Street Beach/TBD
DATES: Camp Dates are mid-June to mid-August 2023
PREREQUISITES FOR EMPLOYMENT:
18 years of age or older
1 year of experience working with children ages 4-12
Pre-employment Drug/Alcohol Test
Criminal and DCFS Background Check
General Task Statement:
Responsible for the supervision and safety of all Summer Voyagers campers ages 4-12 and the basic instruction; including the planning and leading of enrichment activites and games to these children. Responsible for the supervison and safety of camp counselors and assisting the Camp Director/Program Coordinator in communication concerning staff/campers.
Supervision:
Under the direct supervision of the Camp Director, Outdoor Recreation Program Coordinator, and Lakefront Manager.
Essential Function(s) – Task Statements:

Attend mandatory staff training sessions
Assist in planning and instructing program activities and games for camp participants relating to camp theme
Responsible for the safety of individuals in camp
Assist in supervising and leading participants in daily camp activities and field trips
Assist in the management and evaluation of counselors
Responsible for assisting in effective and appropriate communication to caregivers regarding participant progress and behavior within program setting
Attend staff meetings as scheduled by Program Coordinator
Enforce late pick up policy and ensure all participants are properly dismissed to caregiver
Responsible for care and maintenance of camp equipment and storage areas
Assist in completing written reports such as accident, incident on a timely basis
Responsible for assisting in maintenance of all camp paperwork.
Communicate to supervisor(s) if there are problems or issues needing special attention.
Performs other duties as assigned by Program Coordinator

Specifications:

Minimum Reasoning ability usually associated with this classification:

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic form; to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in or from standardized situations.

Minimum Language ability usually associated with this classification:
Read: Ability to read staff manuals, memoranda, and attendance sheets.
Write: Ability to complete attendance sheets, accident reports, incident reports and camper behavior reports using prescribed format and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, and style.Write:
Speak: Ability to give verbal direction to subordinates, communicate effectively with co-workers, supervisors, citizens, and the public as well as other employers; speaking extemporaneously on a variety of subjects.

Amount of training, either on-the-job or formal education, usually associated with this occupation in addition to the Reasoning, Math and Language abilities detailed above:

At least 1 year experience working with children ages 4-12

Degree of Physical Demands (strength) usually associated with the essential functions of this classification:

Light work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for sedentary work. Light work usually requires walking or standing to a significant degree. However, if the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for sedentary work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated for light work.
?5. Type of physical demands usually associated with the essential functions of this classification:

Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction
Handling: Seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or otherwise working with hands.
Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word.
Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds.
Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects such as size, shape, temperature or texture.
Tasting/Smelling: Distinguishing, with a degree of accuracy, differences or similarities in intensity or quality of flavors and/or odors, or recognizing particular flavors and/or odors, using tongue and/or nose.
Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, ramps, embankments, and the like using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.
Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing, crouching, or running on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces.
Stooping: Bending body downward or forward by bending spine at the waist.
Kneeling: Bending legs at knees to come to a rest on knee(s)
Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg(s) and spine.
Crawling: Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet
Seeing: The ability to perceive the nature of objects by the eye. The important aspects of vision are:
- acuity-far: clarity of vision at 20 feet or more
- acuity-near: clarity of vision at 20 inches or less
- depth perception: ability to judge distance and space relationships so as to see objects where and as they actually are
- field of vision- observing an area that can be seen up and in a given point
- accommodation- adjustment of the lens of the eyes to bring an object into a sharp focus, especially important when doing near-point work at varying distances from the eye
- color vision- ability to identify and distinguish colors

Working conditions usually associated with this classification:

The worker is subject to working on feet while conduction programs. Occasional heavy lifting of program equipment may be necessary.

Environmental conditions (physical surroundings) usually associated with this classification:

Work environment includes recreation centers, gymnasiums, multipurpose rooms , athletic fields, parks, playgrounds, office space, conference rooms, beaches, and field trip sites.

Environmental conditions (hazards) usually associated with this classification:

The worker is subject to inside environmental conditions approximately 25% of the time and outside work 75% of the time, no effective protection from the weather conditions or temperature changes.

Machines, Tools, equipment, and work aids which may be representative, but not all-inclusive, of those commonly associated with this type of work:

pen, pencil, ruler, blueprints, charts, contracts, diagrams, directives, documents, forms, manuals, publications, reference books, schedules, and specifications.
The City of Evanston is an equal opportunity employer and ensures against discrimination in employment on the basis of a person’s race, color, sex, age, religion, disability, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, military discharge status, source of income, housing status, or gender identity. The City of Evanston is also committed to accessibility for persons with disabilities. Any person needing mobility or communications access assistance should contact Human Resources at 847-448-8204 (voice) or 847-866-5095 (TTY)