Summer Student - Inclusive Recreation Camp Director 15879
Summer Student - Inclusive Recreation Camp Director 15879
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Job Description
Requisition ID: 15879
Department: Rec Cultural & Facility Services Dept.
Multiple Positions
Salary Information: $20.838 $23.748per hour 2025 rates of pay)
Affiliation: Non Union/Non MPE
City: Ottawa ON
Job Category: Summer Student Recruitment
Application Close:29/08/2025
JOB SUMMARY
The Recreation Cultural and Facility Services department is responsible for building a healthy inclusive and vibrant City as well as ensuring that communities residents and visitors have access to the recreation and cultural places programs events and services that allow them to experience all the benefits the City has to offer and overseeing Buildings and Facilities Management for improved service delivery integration ensuring the best possible client experience in City facilities.
Under the guidance of a Coordinator you direct the daytoday operation of an Inclusive Recreation Unit camp working with children youth or adults with special needs in a therapeutic recreational or social skills summer camp. You are included in the child/youth staff ratio and are responsible for direct client care and intervention program adaptation and daily staff management to ensure a safe and enjoyable camp experience for all registered at camp.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Postsecondary Student completion of second year college or university in Recreation Child Care/Youth Worker Kinesiology or Physical Education
Two years or more of related experience is required Knowledge:
CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENCES
KNOWLEDGE
- Legislation protecting rights of special needs client population
- Health and safety legislation policies procedures and client care
- Knowledge of learning disabilities and appropriate intervention strategies social skills development and task analysis process
- Understanding the development and recreational needs of children
- AODA (Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act) Legislated training
- City of Ottawa Core Training
- Applicable Ottawa Parks & Recreation policies and procedures
- Must possess the training experience and knowledge to organize the work and its performance
- Must be familiar with all applicable health and safety legislation have knowledge of any potential or actual danger to health or safety in the workplace and have knowledge of appropriate actions to be taken in order to ensure the health and safety of staff in accordance with applicable legislation and City policies and procedures.
Desirable Qualifications:
- Music Arts or specialty in sports or fitness
- City of Ottawa Parks & Recreation Core training
COMPETENCIES SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Ability to plan operate any evaluate recreation programs for preschoolers children youth and adults with disabilities
- Experience and demonstrated ability to train supervise and evaluate staff
- Programming skills in crafts sports games creative play stories and music
- Previous experience working in a leadership role
- Experience planning and implementing recreation programs for preschoolers children youth and/or children with disabilities Ability to operate any required tools/equipment
- Ability to follow verbal and/or written directions/procedures
- Ability to accompany and supervise participants in a variety of environments including aquatic
- Demonstrates supervisory and strong leadership skills
- Conflict resolution and problem solving skills with the ability to manage simultaneous demands
- Ability to promote teamwork and to work independently when appropriate
- Maintain a fun and safe environment
- Excellent interpersonal communication leadership and programming planning skills
- Energetic and eager to participate in active recreation activities
- Good judgment leadership and team spirit
- Shows initiative
- Patient trustworthy
- Good role model
- Leadership skills
- Reliable flexible and creative
- Enthusiastic
- Organized
- Proper attire and footwear
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Language Requirement:Various language requirements locations may require English only French only OR Bilingual competencies. Some positions require English oral reading and writing. Some positions required French oral reading and writing.
- Police Record Check:The successful candidate will be required to complete a Vulnerable Sector Check with the Police Services detachment in their jurisdiction to the City of Ottawas satisfaction.; Note: Under the age of 18 requires a Criminal Record and Judicial Matters check in place of the Vulnerable Sector Check.; Police record checks completed by a thirdparty company will not be accepted.
- Please save a copy of the job poster. Once the closing date has passed it will no longer be available.
We wish to thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for this position. Only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.
The City of Ottawa promotes the principles of diversity and inclusion and adheres to the tenets of the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Ontario Human Rights Code. We encourage applications from members of Indigenous Black and other racialized communities persons with disabilities women and nonbinary persons persons of all ethnic origins religions sexual orientations classes gender identities and expressions.
Candidates are encouraged to selfidentify as a member of one or more designated employment equity groups in the selfidentification questionnaire.
The City of Ottawa provides accommodation during all parts of the hiring process upon request to applicants with disabilities. If contacted to proceed to the selection process please advise us if you require any accommodation.
Accessible formats and communication supports are available upon request. Please contact the HR Service Centreatextension 47411.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Temp
