Summer Camp Seasonal Village Leader
Description
Village Leaders oversee 3-4 cabins each session to provide supervision, support, and guidance to campers and cabin counselors. They ensure supervision ratios are maintained, manage schedules, lead activity area transitions, and help to resolve conflict between children and adults.
Team Overview:
The Program Team brings the camp experience to life by creating programs, building community and ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all camp participants. The team creates accessible and developmentally-appropriate programs and recruits, processes and supports a large team of volunteers and seasonal staff. In adherence with laws and camp governing bodies; they develop, plan and implement camp emergency procedures and policies.
Responsibilities:
- Attend Seasonal Staff Training (May 27, 2025 - June 4, 2025)
- Attend High Risk Certification & Leadership Training (May 19-22, 2025)
- Oversee the village operations of 3-4 cabins, each housing up to 10 campers
- Attend daily morning medical meetings (as needed) and coordinate with medical and cabin staff on camper care needs
- Observe camper behavior and assess its appropriateness, enforce appropriate safety regulations and emergency procedures, and provide suitable behavior support techniques
- Collaborate with psychosocial and cabin staff to address camper behavior concerns
- Support, lead, and evaluate cabin staff and volunteers
- Collaborate with Staff Leader to plan and implement staff appreciation initiatives and events
- Coordinate break schedules for seasonal staff and volunteers
- Assist the Program Team with implementation of village and full camp activities
- Fill role(s) on the emergency staffing table as needed
Requirements
Required Skills, Qualifications & Experience
- Ability to move across camp grounds and between buildings and activity areas multiple times each day
- Ability to perform job functions outside during summer months (humidity, heat, rain)
- Ability to provide professional, empathetic, and caring communication with campers and families
- Demonstrated problem-solving and conflict resolution skills with children and adults
- Ability to provide overnight and personal care to children and teenagers
- Confidence in public speaking and leading large groups
- Ability to manage tasks and workload in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to live on site
Preferred Skills, Qualifications & Experience
- Valid First Aid and CPR Certification (strongly recommended, can be obtained during staff training)
- At least 1 season of summer residential camp experience
- Peer leadership experience
Expectations & Requirements for all Flying Horse Farms Staff
We live our Values. We are each responsible for knowing our values and nurturing our culture:
- We are All In. We demonstrate a willingness to do what it takes to get the job done, we are supportive and loyal, show up present and ready and we are passionate about "Campers First."
- We have an Attitude of Optimism. We find what is working and make more of that happen, demonstrate adaptability within ambiguity, spread joy and hope and ensure everyone we interact with feels "Welcomed Home."
- We are Trustworthy. We are consistent, dependable, steady, truthful and operate with transparency, take ownership for our work and "See the Best" in others.
- We Take Initiative. We are driven, work towards goals with fortitude, pay attention to details and find innovative solutions with "Fearless is Free" attitudes.
Salary Description
$5,000 for the summer