Summer Tahoma Assistant Program Director - $475/week

POSITION TITLE: Summer Tahoma Assistant Program Director

DEPARTMENT: Camp Arnold

STATUS: Temporary/Seasonal, Exempt

PAY: $475/week - Room and Board (lodging and food) included

Join a team where you can offer compassion, dignity, and sustainable opportunities for people in need in your local community!

The Salvation Army is an inspiring place to work. With offices in every major US city and over 120 countries around the globe, it's a place where people can invest in people on every level. In the Northwest region of the US, we serve people with food to shelter opportunities and almost everything in between. We are committed to being an efficient and effective network of local offices that make up a huge western region team. In other words, we're committed to being big and small at the same time. That makes us a seriously great place to work. As one of the most impactful social service organizations in the world, we hire people who constantly seek new ways to keep us moving forward. We welcome you on finding your place to offer opportunities for people in need!

SCOPE:

To assist the Tahoma Program Director in implementing the programming components of Camp Arnold's Tahoma program, working as a part of the Tahoma program team. Give support to the counseling staff, helping to provide resources needed for those staff members to be successful in their roles. The Tahoma program is to include fun and adventure, cooperative planning, improvement of health, group living, social adjustment and enrichment of spiritual values.

GENERAL DUTIES:

• Be responsible for the spiritual welfare of Tahoma staff and campers.
• Attend and participate in all camp programs and spiritual activities.
• Maintain standard of cleanliness in personal grooming and in living quarters.
• Assist with the clean-up of the total camp at the end of each session and at the conclusion of the summer.
• Complete and submit to the Tahoma Program Director an "End of Summer Brief" with recommendations for the future.
• Assist with other duties as needed.

SPECIFIC DUTIES:
Safety and Supervision

• Assume responsibility for the supervision and direction of Tahoma staff and Campers.
• Enforce camp policies and procedures
• Maintain the utmost level of safety for staff and campers at all times.
• Ensure compliance with American Camping Association standards of safety and programmatic conduct at all times.
• Coordinate and implement all program components relative to the daily schedule in a timely fashion.

Weekly Responsibilities

• Encourage and support Tahoma staff through prayer and one-on-one meetings
• Work with Tahoma Program Director to plan specific weekly duties
• Assist logistician in set-up and clean-up of program activities
• Assist with registration day duties and medical screening of campers
• Work with TPD and counselors in assignment of camper groups
• Assist in leading campfire programs
• Assist in leading camper devotionals
• Attend small group times of each counselor weekly
• Plan and implement evening activities in conjunction with TPD and logistician
• Participate in daily staff devotion/prayer time
• Assist in night watch duties
• Assist in camper discipline and re-direction when necessary
• Ensure the safety of campers and staff on out-trips through consistent and continual evaluation of campers, staff and environmental concerns
• Instruct campers and staff on the proper use of backpacks, stoves, tents, etc.
• Assist in the operation of the Challenge Course as assigned by the Assistant Camp Director.
• Assist in leading debrief with Tahoma staff at the conclusion of each session. Take minutes at meeting.
• Assist in performing inventory of Tahoma program supplies and equipment at the start and finish of summer and each week. Ensure equipment is maintained and in good repair at all times.
• Lead and/or delegate weekly clean-up and assignment of duties for following week.
• Keep record of weekly cabin inspection and cabin competition points.
• Any and all other duties required to provide a consistently excellent program.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability to sit, walk, stand, bend, squat, climb, kneel, and twist on an intermittent or continuous basis.
• Ability to grasp, push, pull objects and reach overhead.
• Ability to operate telephone.
• Ability to operate a desktop or laptop computer.
• Ability to lift up to 25 lbs.
• Ability to access and produce information from a computer.
• Ability to understand written information.

Qualified individuals must be able to perform the essential duties of the position with or without accommodation. A qualified person with a disability may request a modification or adjustment to the job or work environment in order meet the physical requirements of the position. The Salvation Army will attempt to satisfy requests as long as the accommodation needed is a reasonable and no undue hardship would result.

SPIRIT AND UNDERSTANDING:
By accepting employment with The Salvation Army, you acknowledge that The Salvation Army is a church, agree to do nothing to undermine its religious mission and acknowledge that your conduct must not conflict with or undermine the religious program of The Salvation Army Camp Arnold, or its religious and moral purposes. It is expected that all employees of Camp Arnold will conduct themselves in a manner likely to bring honor and glory to God, and credit and
respect to The Salvation Army.

The Salvation Army is an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to providing a respectful environment for all applicants and employees that is free from unlawful discrimination or harassment based on age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, marital status, disability, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or any other characteristic protected by law. Such equal opportunity for employment will apply to recruitment and hiring, training, promotion, salaries and other compensation, transfers and layoffs or termination.

A generous benefits package is included with full-time positions: paid holidays, vacation time, sick time, and medical, vision, and dental insurances.

Health Insurance: Low bi-weekly premiums ($34.62) for employee only coverage, Kaiser HMO for those residing in a Kaiser service area, Anthem EPO/PPO is available for those residing outside of a Kaiser service area. Voluntary +1 and +family coverage at additional cost. Delta Dental DHMO and DPPO dental insurance offered starting at $2.31 bi-weekly cost. Employees are covered by an employer paid life insurance policy. Voluntary supplemental life, short-term and long-term disability plans are available.

Retirement Plans: Employer-funded Money Purchase Pension Plan (Defined Contribution Plan) 50% vested at 5 years eligible service time, employee funded voluntary 403(b) options

Parental Leave: Benefit will be one week (5 business days) of paid leave at the employee's normal rate of pay for births, adoptions and foster placements.

Sick Leave: 12 days annually accruing from day one, eligible for use after 3 months' service time.

Paid Vacation: 2 weeks annually accruing from day one, for non-exempt positions. 4 weeks annually accruing from day one, for exempt positions. Accrued vacation eligible for use after 6 months' service time.

Paid Holidays: 13 designated holidays + 1 floating holiday per year