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Horseback Riding Program Staff

JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF DENVER
Elbert, CO Other
POSTED ON 2/14/2025 CLOSED ON 3/11/2025

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Job Details

Job Location:    Ranch Camp - Elbert, CO
Position Type:    Seasonal
Salary Range:    $1,950.00 - $2,100.00 Salary/month

Description

The JCC Ranch Camp is not just the Denver JCC’s overnight summer camp, it’s also one of the best places to work during the summer. As a staff member, Ranch Camp will become your home away from home as you work to create a community where people can thrive. You’re a hero to your campers; you have the chance to do something you really care about and have a whole lot of fun doing it. Your experience as a staff member is just as important to us as our campers’ experience. That being said: We’re here to serve kids and make sure they are in the safest environment possible while having the time of their lives. 

First and foremost, all our staff are madrichim or counselors.  

 

All Cabin Staff Responsibilities  

  • Take care of your campers by prioritizing their physical, social, and emotional health, safety, and well-being.  

  • Work as a team with your co-staff to make sure every day runs smoothly and to the schedule, and  complete daily camper notes.   

  • Create a community that you want to be a part of and that you want campers to be a part of.   

  • Include everyone and make sure everyone is included.   

  • Jump into the camp life: ride horses, swim, camp, play games, sing songs, roast s’mores, be ready to do everything the campers do!  

  • Know where your campers are and what they are doing all the time.   

  • Care for the campers and manage camper behaviors using the tools you learn in Staff Orientation week (We’ll go over positive behavior management techniques, enforcing appropriate safety policies, emergency procedures, camp rules, and more.)  

  • Be flexible and adaptable because things change quickly at camp. You have to be able to roll with it.  

  • Live in a bunk with your co-staff and your campers.  

  • Fill out daily Camper Bunk Notes to track campers’ physical and emotional health, cabin social dynamics, and overall camper wellbeing.  

  • And other duties and responsibilities as assigned: you might need to make your campers’ dreams of a beach themed ice-cream campfire song session come true or become your favorite legendary Pokémon for an evening program. 

 

But our staff aren’t just counselors. We want you to do what matters to you while you’re at camp.  

Want to spend your summer outside, exploring the back country of Colorado and climbing mountains? We have a job for you. Does spending the morning playing soccer and the afternoon creating art make your heart happy? We have a job for you. Want to design a rocket that can make grilled cheese, but also land on Mars? We probably have a job for you, let’s talk. 

 

Horseback Riding Program Staff Responsibilities 

  • Create and lead multiple programs each day for campers of all ages in your specialty areas (general horseback riding lessons with beginning and more advanced skills, trail rides, and more) that are safe, fun, and memorable. 

  • Document the programming you create for other staff members to use in the future.  

  • Work with the program team to create and run engaging staff and all-camp programming. 

  • As a member of the Horseback Riding Program Staff Team, you’ll facilitate and support everything that happens in our barn from the organization of materials to creating magical moments around horses for campers to teaching campers how to ride.  

  • Assist in horse and farm animal care in tandem with the barn management team. 

  • Assist in managing the care and maintenance of all equine-related equipment including saddles, bridles, helmets, boots, etc. 

  • Assist with daily program set-up including herd round-up, tacking, and planning. 

Finally, all staff must be able to attend Staff Orientations and be available to live at camp for the summer season. While we prefer staff to work for the entire summer, we understand if you can’t and encourage you to apply if you can work at least 5 – 6 weeks of our summer season.  

 

Physical Demands and Working Environment 

Physical Demands: This job requires the incumbent to have operative auditory and visual functioning. Employee must also be able to walk upwards of two (2) miles each day, including use of stairs and uneven terrain.  Employee may also stand, sit in chairs or on the ground, run, and swim. Employee may lift or body block campers when necessary.   

Work Environment: Working conditions may include being in indoor, often time’s loud spaces and spending extended time outdoors under the sun. Must have the ability to work in a hectic, sometimes stressful environment while maintaining the standard of care.   

Qualifications


Qualifications and Requirements  

 

Basic Qualifications:   

  • Must be at least 18 years of age or 17 and graduated from high school 

  • One year experience in a child care setting or a vested interest in working in a professional child care setting   

  • One years’ experience in teaching Western horseback riding or several years’ personal experience in Western riding 

  • Satisfactorily fulfill requirements for employment at the Staenberg-Loup JCC, including: background screening, three references, documentation, and compliance with CDHS law  

  • Must be high-energy, enthusiastic, creative, and open-minded!   

 

Preferred Qualifications:    

  • One year experience in a camp environment   

  • One year experience teaching and planning programming in horseback riding 

  • Current CPR and First Aid certification 

  • Completed some college coursework or hold high school diploma (GED) or equivalent experience   

 

Benefits Overview:  

This is a seasonal job and is therefore ineligible for benefits.  

Please note: This job description is not meant to be an all-inclusive statement of every duty and responsibility which will ever be required of an employee in this position; however, the employee will be held responsible for all duties assigned.  

The Jewish Community Center values diversity and inclusiveness and is an equal opportunity employer. 

Salary : $1,950 - $2,100

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