Challenge Course Supervisor

Challenge Course Supervisor

Wilderness Programs Supervisor

Salary & Dates: $6815, significantly more DOE. Dates for this position are May 19 – August 8, and ideally weekend programs through late October. Availability to begin remotely in early May preferred to prepare for Wilderness Leader Training May 21 – 26)

Job Description: Supervise the challenge course and Challenge Course Facilitators. Lead week-long training for facilitators covering standard and local operating procedures, sequencing, debriefing, facilitating games and initiatives. Facilitate groups through low and high elements of our adventure challenge course. Teach belaying and maintain a physically and emotionally safe environment. Inspect and maintain equipment and elements throughout summer. Must be able to navigate over 4-8 miles of uneven terrain to different program areas around camp daily. Live in shared housing. Excellent leadership and facilitation skills, experience with children, and prior challenge course facilitation experience required. ACCT Level II certification or equivalent leading-edge climbing/rescue training required (Tawonga will reimburse for training if you do not already possess it). Prior supervision experience preferred. Must be 21 with current First Aid and CPR.

Job Responsibilities

• Training and Supervision

  • Lead workshops and training during Wild Week and Staff Training.

  • Lead Wilderness Department meetings and ongoing training.

  • Plan and lead belay training for Counselors and Unit Heads

  • Plan and lead weeklong Challenge Course Training during Taste of Camp.

  • Supervise Challenge Course Facilitators (CCFs). This includes training, observing and coaching, feedback through formal and informal check-ins, and written evaluations.

  • Enforce Local Operating Procedures.

  • Be prepared to model facilitation, be shadowed by new facilitators, co-facilitate, and shadow new facilitators as they gain comfort with their skills.

  • Provide coverage as needed, serving as a facilitator or running the climbing tower or other elements.

  • Document all challenge course training and document observations of CCFs. Ask your Supervisor for assistance as needed.

• Challenge Course Program Management

  • Manage all logistics for the Challenge Course. This includes schedules, communication with other departments (Kitchen, Health Center, Counselors and Unit Heads), equipment inventory, shed and cabinet organization, maintaining safety of course and all equipment, resetting fallen ropes, and responding to any emergencies that arise on the course.

  • Observe and assist groups on the course daily and address safety concerns immediately.

  • Inspect gear/course at beginning, middle, and end of season, retire gear and order new equipment as needed with approval of Supervisor.

  • Provide support at clearinghouse for initiatives, second chances at ropes.

  • Coordinate with ChallengeWorks for inspections and repairs.

  • Update manuals and logs, organize challenge course resources, and keep Tawonga’s Challenge Course program aligned with current ACCT standards.

• Other

  • Meet daily with the Wild Supervisor Team or as needed.

  • Report significant counselor or kid events to the 5 o’clock team and all staff/safety issues to Supervisor

  • Maintain records (schedules, certifications, incidents, and purchases).

  • Night Toran/Shmira (Camper supervision from 10pm-12pm), and Ruach Ride (bus duty to/from camp) as assigned. 

  • Provide coverage for other Wild Supervisors as needed, e.g. BP departures/returns, Quest returns, drives, lead BP prep or gear return, if needed.

  • If high elements are running, be in camp and able to respond to an emergency.

Qualifications

• 21

• Excellent leadership and facilitation skills, experience with children, and prior challenge course facilitation experience required.

• ACCT Level II certification or equivalent leading-edge climbing/rescue training required (Tawonga will reimburse for training if you do not already possess it). 

• Prior supervision experience preferred. 

• Be able to lift 50 lbs.

Day in the Life

8:00AM – Breakfast, be on time and ready to start the day

8:20AM – Facilitate lunch making for kids going on the course

8:45AM – Lead set-up of challenge course

9:30AM – Team initiatives and low elements - observe staff or facilitate as needed

12:30PM – Lunch (lead a debrief, assign afternoon tasks, and break)

1:30PM – Safety talk, high elements

4:00PM – Clean up/break down course, then break

6:00PM – Dinner, prepare for the next day, meet with facilitators to plan, finish any logistical work needed.

7:30PM – 9:30PM – Off (sometimes you will have Shmira - supporting camper bunks as needed while campers sleep - and/or other duties)

Salary : $6,815