Job Description

Be the Spark

Do you want your talent to have a positive impact on the people you work with? Are you seeking new ways to maximize and develop your expertise? Do you want to work in an environment where people come first? We have an opportunity for you, because here, you can be the spark.



Every day, more than 1,200 people work with the YMCAs of Quebec network, providing a variety of services that create positive change in people's lives.



Camp YMCA Kanawana is Quebec's oldest residential summer camp. We are looking to marry our tradition of YMCA value-based camping with leading edge programming while being Quebec's environmental education leader.



Staff live on site for the duration of the summer, which starts in mid-June and finishes at the end of August. Salaries include food, lodging and transportation to and from camp.



The LIT Directors are responsible for planning, organizing, and executing the Leadership Program at Camp YMCA Kanawana. The Leader-in-Training (LIT) Program is designed to develop the leadership and communication skills of the participants, all the while teaching them how to care for children. The LIT Directors are responsible for organizing workshops, informative sessions, and planning the cabin/tent group placements of the participants. LIT Directors are also responsible for providing the participants with consistent feedback and two formal written evaluations throughout the summer. The LIT Section Director will be supervising the 3 LIT Directors.

RESPONSABILITIES

• Ensuring the safety, security, health, and well-being of LIT participants at all times;
• Ensuring policies regarding program delivery, care of campers, and staff conduct are respected at all times;
• Ensuring the proper execution of the program while respecting the LIT instructing guidelines and the proper documentation (planning, leading, evaluating);
• Participation in both pre-camp trainings and the open house;
• Supervision of the LIT Directors. This includes providing directors with two performance evaluations throughout the summer;
• Communicating with parents of LIT participants before and during the program;
• Assessing and evaluating camper related issues and discipline;
• Oversee the planning and execution of the LIT Program;
• Attending daily meetings with the management team;
• Conducting meetings for program planning and problem solving on a daily basis;
• Teaching workshops and recruiting internal and external resources to provide workshops for LIT participants;
• Coordinating all necessary trainings for the LIT Directors;
• Communicating appropriate information with the ACQ;
• Compiling all documentation of LIT participants (evaluations, recommendations) and ensuring all participant files are up-to-date;
• Compiling all documentation (schedule, lesson plans, task lists, yearly plan, and program recommendations) and putting together an LIT program manual;


QUALIFICATIONS

• In possession of a valid First Aid/CPR certificate (or WAFA, WFR, EMR)
• Subject to a police record check, the cost of which is covered by Camp YMCA Kanawana
• Passionate about working with children and the environment
• Experience teaching and working with adolescents
• Experience in staff management
• Able to speak English and some French (with the exception of international staff)


CONDITIONS

Location : YMCA Centre-Ville/Camp YMCA Kanawana in Saint-Sauveur



Are you tempted by this great opportunity?

If you would like to encourage and inspire all people to fulfill their potential, thrive, and contribute to their community, then we want to hear from you. Do not delay, apply today.