Camp Counselor-Overnight-Kanata-Summer 2025

POSITION SUMMARY:
Leadership development opportunity in a residential camp setting that provides a quality experience to campers and participants focused on the YMCA core values: caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility.

Overnight Camp Cabin Counselors live on-site in the cabin with campers. Cabin Counselors supervise campers, teach skills, and facilitate activities in a way that gives campers a great experience in the program. Counselors will be assigned daily activities that may include Target Sports, Field Sports, Court Sports, Climbing Wall/Tower, Paddle Sports, Fishing, Lifeguarding (pool and lake), and/or Day Camp program. Camp activities are assigned based on skill and certifications.

Summer 2025 Dates:
Staff Training Week 6/8-6/14/2025 (required)
Kanata Overnight Camps run from June 15th and through August 16th (Sunday-Saturday), and Day Camps run simultaneously (Monday-Friday).

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Attend Staff Training to clearly understand and learn the functions of the job 
• Provide an environment of physical, mental, and spiritual safety for all campers and participants
• Reside in overnight cabins to ensure camper privacy, safety, and security, and to serve as role model for the campers in your assigned cabin 
• Understand daily schedule and/or cabin routine 
• Mentor and model responsible behavior 
• Enhance teamwork and character among campers and participants 
• Organize and supervise group activities as needed 
• Teach skills or supervise/facilitate on assigned activity?(Aquatics, Archery, Basketball, Climbing Wall, Creative Arts, Environmental Discovery, Golf, Lacrosse, Paddle Sports, Riflery, Soccer) as certification level permits 
• Assist campers and participants with goal setting and celebrate accomplishments
• Plan and deliver nightly devotions and “goodnights” as needed 
• Maintain camper’s and participant’s health and well being 
• Oversight of cleaning and sanitation responsibilities within specific program and/or cabin areas to protect health and safety of camping community

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Requires a positive attitude, high level of professionalism and enjoy working in and creating a strong team environment. 
• Ability to relate effectively to diverse groups of people from all social and economic segments of the community. 
• Multi-lingual desired but not required. 
• Minimum 16 years of age at time of application. CILT (Camper in Leadership Training) and/or CIT (Counselor in Training) experience preferred. 1-2 years’ experience working with children 
• Priority will be given to applicants who are available to work the entire summer 
• Make safety and privacy a camp priority and pay attention to details  
• Exhibit strong communication skills 
• Be dependable, consistent, and able to work in a group setting with different types of people 
• Make decisions and be confident in your abilities 
• Have a genuine interest in children and be able to care for them  
• Have a general knowledge and passion for camp, be a creative thinker, be a positive influence and teacher for campers and participants 
• Sex at birth must match the sex of camp cabin occupants 

WORK ENVIRONMENT & PHYSICAL DEMANDS: 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use a computer for extended periods of time and be able to communicate using a computer and phone/smart device.  
• The employee frequently is required to sit and reach and must be able to move around the work environment.  
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.   
• walk at least a mile without assistance over uneven ground. 
• deal with conflict in a positive way 
• Work in high-stress situations 
• Live onsite in cabins during the contracted dates and be able to work very long hours 
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust. 
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.