FIND YOUR PLACE AT THE Y… BE A CAMP SPECIALIST THIS SUMMER.
Summer camp…adventure, friends, and fun. The Y invites you to join us for an amazing summer that is so much more than a job.
Position: Camp Specialist Pay Rate: $17.75-$20.50
The YMCA of Metropolitan Washington is currently hiring Summer Camp Specialists. Working at the Y, you will create exciting and impactful experiences for children, build connections with your peers and Y professionals, expand your leadership skills, and have fun! This is a seasonal position for the months of June through August 2025.
Some of the exciting things you will do as a Camp Specialist:
- Plan and instructs classes in a highly specialized area or provide specialized service
- Create a place for campers to have fun, learn, explore, and make new friends.
- Provide leadership, enthusiasm, and heart to the camp program
- Oversee several groups of campers with assistance from counselors and junior counselors
- Oversee the Counselor in Training Program
- Implement the daily camp program in accordance with the overall camp program and curriculum schedule
- Deliver the daily and weekly program plan ensuring that they fit the campers needs and interests
- Mentor campers to help them adjust to camp life and to each other
- Responsible for the safety of the campers
- Support a safe and healthy environment for all campers
- Interact with the campers at all times, participating in activities alongside the campers
- Assist with and participate in all camp-wide activities and special events
- Support the program goals of the Y
- Participate in staff trainings and meetings as required
- Be able to work from the week before camp begins for training to the end of the final week of the season
- Must be skilled and/or certified in teaching crafts, songs, stories, games, sports, aquatics and other related camp activities
- High school graduate
- 18 years of age
- Willing to participate in and obtain CPR and First Aid Certification
- Clear the local jurisdiction requirements for criminal background and/or fingerprinting
- Meet the county/state licensing requirements
- Prior supervisory experience in a day camp setting and two season’s experience as a counselor
- Skilled in teaching a variety of crafts, songs, stories, games, sports, aquatics and related camp activities
- Able to effectively communicate with children and parents
- Ability to lead a class or provide an individual service
- Ability to educate and motivate participants
- Must be able to stand or sit for prolonged periods of time
- Must be physically active to play games and sports with the children
- Must be able to pick-up at least 35 pounds
- Must have visual acuity to observe all children
- Documentation of physical examination and TB skin test
- Competitive compensation
- Free Y membership
- 403(b) savings plan
- Exciting and collaborative work environment
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