Youth Camp Counselor - 2025 Summer Camp

Salary : $19.00 Hourly

Location : Lake Kyle Parks Administration Offices, TX

Job Type : Seasonal

Job Number : FY24-2500065

Department : Parks & Recreation

Division : Recreation

Opening Date : 12 / 12 / 2024

Closing Date : 3 / 31 / 2025 5 : 00 PM Central

General Statement

Under the direction of the Recreation Manager, Recreation Coordinator, Assistant Camp Director and Camp Head Counselor, the incumbent will supervise a group of school age children in a Day Camp program using good management techniques. Provide a safe environment for children and encourage good health and safety practices. Comply with all required policies, procedures, and regulations. Provide children with a variety of enriching experiences, with a good balance between free choice and planned curriculum activities : indoor and outdoor play, sports and games, arts and crafts, field trips and more.

Kyle 2025 Summer Camp will be a 9-week camp from May 27th until August 1st, 2025, Monday - Friday 7 : 30 am - 5 : 45 pm. The camp allows the ages of entering 1st grade to entering 9th grade. The Kyle Camp is an indoor and outdoor camp filled with tons of impressive active activities, water games, and crafts.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Implement programs and activities for the Day Camp, under the supervision of the Head Counselor, Assistant Camp Director, or Recreation Coordinator.
• Always implement safety protocol and procedures including but not limited to all City of Kyle facilities and off-site field trips.
• Must be able to get into a pool to supervisor and monitor campers at least 2 times a week.
• Attend all required training, meetings, and in-services scheduled by the Recreation Manager & Recreation Coordinator throughout the season.
• Maintain positive interpersonal relations among everyone involved in the Camp program including children, parents, Recreation Coordinator, Assistant Camp Director, and other camp counselors.
• Be available for fellow camp counselors in times of emergencies.
• Oversee the enforcement of camp rules & regulations, proper documentation, and reporting issues to supervisors.
• Follow the daily and weekly schedule of activities for the camp.
• Must be able to work Monday-Friday with some weekend training required; Must be able to work a full day schedule : 6 : 15 am - 6 : 00 pm.
• Participate in all scheduled activities including, but not limited to swimming, gym games, and outdoor activities.
• Kyle Summer Camp must be able to work the scheduled hours of 6 : 15 am - 6 : 00 pm. Must be able to work Monday-Friday with some weekend training required.
• Perform all other duties as duly assigned by the Recreation Manager, Recreation Coordinator, and Assistant Camp Director.

Qualifications, Experience, and / or Certifications Required

PREFFERED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES :

PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORKING ENVIRONMENT :

While performing duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; walk; use hands to oversee or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee may be routinely required to climb, balance, bend, stoop, kneel, crouch, and / or crawl. Work may routinely require the employee to push, pull, lift, and / or carry up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. This job requires the individual to frequently work outdoors and indoors in a variety of environmental conditions, including elevated temperatures, humidity, moisture, and distracting noises. An individual who poses a direct threat to the health and safety of himself / herself or others in the workplace will be deemed not qualified for this position. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

This position description has been prepared to assist in defining job responsibilities, physical demands, and skills needed. It is not intended as a complete list of job duties, responsibilities, and / or essential functions. This description is not intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under supervision. The City of Kyle retains and reserves any or all rights to change, modify, amend, add to, or delete, form any section of this document as it deems, in its judgment, to be proper.

Employment with the City of Kyle is contingent upon the outcome of record checks and verifications including, but not limited to, criminal history, driving records, education records, employment verifications, reference checks, and employment eligibility verifications. Selected candidates for positions will be subject to a background investigation and to pre-employment drug screen, depending on the position, may require a physical assessment upon a conditional job offer.

Do to this position's part-time status, no benefits are available.

Salary : $19