What are the responsibilities and job description for the Teen Travel Director position at Oasis Day Camp?
Job Overview: The LIU Teen Travel Director will design the Oasis LIU Teen Travel programs and manage within budget. The goal of the LIU Teen Travel Director is to incorporate the Oasis Mission and Values into the travel camp environment while growing the community of Oasis travel campers and families. The LIU Teen Travel Director will ensure the health and safety of campers and staff through best-in-class programming with appropriate travel destinations and activities in an inclusive, safe, and engaging environment.
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with Oasis HQ and its partners to keep campers and employees safe
- Maintain an active presence at camp prioritizing time with campers and staff vs in office
- Review and update emergency response plans
- Be the brand ambassador and the ultimate champion of Oasis Day Camp
- Represent Oasis at school and community events
- Communicate with families, staff, and prospects in the off-season
- Coordinate and help facilitate correspondence to registered families prior to the start of camp
- Respond to new parent leads and referrals to drive new enrollments
- Review enrollment reports with the Oasis HQ Leadership Team
- Lead and collaborate with the Oasis LIU and Central Park Teen Travel Leadership Team on retention efforts
- Manage all expenses to come in below the budget you are provided
- Ensure buffer in the budget in case of unforeseen issues (eg, transportation breakdown, weather)
- Prepare future season tuition pricing for review with Oasis HQ
- Track and record all invoices promptly using company accounting tools, policies, and processes
- Operate within your authorized levels (spending, signing) in accordance with company policies
- Build a program that develops campers into twenty-first century leaders
- Manage the Oasis LIU Teen Travel summer staff
- Develop daily stand-ups and talk tracks for each trip, such that new staff feel equipped with a script, playbook, or checklist for each day, with clear progression of programming throughout the course of a session/summer.
- Train summer staff on each activity and trip.
- Develop programming for downtime (eg, buses) to build relationships and develop culture.
- Support the Camp Director and Director of Operations in facilitating the collection of family feedback process for trips programming during the summer.
- Support the Camp Director Operations Director to communicate to parents and families the “substance” and “why” of Oasis Teen Travel.
- Inject new all-camp traditions that align with values and draw new camper families
- Oversee the scheduling and scheduling changes of trips in the summer, and communicate with the Camp Director, Director of Operations, staff, and vendors if and when changes arise throughout the summer
- Coordinate the safety and arrangements for group trips and group overnights for all Oasis Camps
- Coordinate the safety and arrangements for bus and charter bus transportation for all daily and overnight programming
- Ensure all campers are fed at meal times and depart camp safely each day
- Review inventory from previous summer and create a “wish list” for upcoming summer
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- Deliver orientation with the leadership team for staff training
- Provide administrative and programmatic oversight for all Oasis Teen Travel
- Champion Oasis staff training and impart our guidelines of safety and excellence with all staff
- Work within the defined budget and be accountable for all salaries and spending
- Champion and lead training for staff throughout the course of the summer
- Lead staff recognition and awards ceremonies throughout the summer
Job Types: Full-time, Temporary
Pay: $5,200.00 - $5,600.00 per year
Schedule:
- 10 hour shift
- 12 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person
Salary : $5,200 - $5,600