What are the responsibilities and job description for the Leadership Mentor position at Girl Scouts Heart of Central California?
Job Details
Job Location
Camp Menzies - Camp Connell, CA
Position Type
Seasonal
Description
This position pays $16.50 hourly while working remotely, and $100 daily while working at camp.
The Leadership Mentor works as part of a team to provide participants in the Counselor in Training (CIT) and Wrangler in Training (WIT) program with an enthusiastic, supportive opportunity to have fun, develop group skills, try new program activities, and to feel good about themselves in a safe, youth-led environment. Under the supervision of the Program Manager, the Leadership Mentor serves as role model to campers and staff in attitude and behavior while serving as the primary caregiver for each camper within their program and serves as a role model to campers and staff in attitude and behavior.
1. Responsible for the direction, supervision, and organization of campers in their living unit and within activities throughout the camp in order to meet the intended camper outcomes
- Apply basic youth development principles in working with campers through communication, relationship development, respect for diversity, and involvement and empowerment of youth
- Ensure campers are properly supervised at all times according to Girl Scout Safety Activity Checkpoints and American Camp Association (ACA) standards
- Responsible for observing camper behavior, assessing its appropriateness, and enforcing appropriate safety regulations and emergency procedures, and applying appropriate behavior-management techniques when needed
- Communicate with manager and Camp Directors about any camper behavioral problems
- Know and implement safety guidelines as outlined in the Girl Scout Safety Activity Checkpoints and ACA standards
2. Participate in the development and implementation of program activities for campers within the mission and outcomes of GSHCC and Girl Scouts as a whole
3. Maintain high standards of health and safety in all activities for campers and staff
4. Be a role model to campers and staff in your attitude and behavior
5. Responsible for planning, leading, evaluating and assisting with out of camp trips as assigned.
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Qualifications
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities :
Physical and Intellectual Aspects of the Job :
OTHER WORKING CONDITIONS
We are a Girl Scout camp. We expect this position to work collaboratively and closely with Girl Scouts for the greater part of the role. Some physical requirements of this position could be endurance including standing, some bending, stooping, and stretching. Requires the ability to listen to others, observe others' actions, read text and information; comprehend instructions and manuals, and physical ability to move about the camp property in various environmental conditions. Willingness to live in a camp setting and work irregular hours delivering program in the facility available. Operate with daily exposure to the sun and heat and other environmental conditions.
While performing the essential duties / responsibilities of this job, the employee lives for up to 12 weeks in close proximity to others, including sharing living quarters, restrooms, laundry facilities and a common staff lounge. Use of personal electronics (such as computers, phones and other devices) is limited only during personal designated breaks and out of sight of campers. Multi-tasking in a fast-paced environment is an integral part of this position, as is the ability to work with high-stress situations based on the nature of GSHCC mission and daily work.
The management of this organization believes that every employee has the right to work in surroundings that are free from discrimination. It is our policy to hire, compensate, promote, train, transfer, discipline, discharge, and make all other employment-related decisions without consideration of an employee's race, color, creed, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religion, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status or any other basis prohibited by local, state or federal law. All employees of this Council are prohibited from engaging in unlawful discrimination. All staff are provided a safe and inclusive work environment.
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