Summer Camp Counselor
Summer Camp Counselor
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LOCATION: Utqiagvik Alaska
DEPARTMENT: Student Services
REPORTS TO: Associate Dean of Students
WORK SCHEDULE: Shifts Vary: 4pm 12pm with 24/7 oncall schedule during camp sessions
DURATION: May 24 2025 August 8 2025
COMPENSATION: $28.58/hour Housing Meals (Breakfast Lunch Dinner) Travel
Ilisagvik College is rooted in the ancestral homeland of the Iupiat. As an institution we are Unapologetically Iupiaq. This means exercising the sovereign inherent freedom to educate our community through and supported by our Iupiaq worldview values knowledge and protocols. The Iupiaq way of life is woven into our curriculum programs activities and daily interactions within Ilisagvik College and our community partners.
SUMMARY OF POSITION:
The Summer Camp Counselor lives in the College dormitory with the students and is directly responsible for the wellbeing health and safety of participants with the participants safety as the highest priority.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
- Assists Student Success staff with housekeeping laundry transportation services and activity planning/implementation.
- Responsible for the supervision and recreation of summer camp students in the evenings.
- Supervises students when on duty including during meal times.
- Provides general resource assistance to the students on a daily basis including advising and personal problemsolving assistance.
- Develops and maintains familiarity with the students with an emphasis on presenting a friendly positive proactive and professional image to the students.
- Directs student activities during all parts of the camp experience including issues related to participation and discipline in the dormitories and maintaining order.
- Ensures students compliance with Residential Center rules as outlined in the Iisavik College Student Handbook including but not limited to curfew hours quiet time prohibition of alcohol or illegal on premises signing in and out of dormitory and visitation hours.
- Reviews and records violations using College Incident Report forms to maintain a clear and accurate log of all incidents and documents and reports all unusual and critical incidents to the Student Success Center Staff.
- Assists students and their families with dormitory registration and checkin/out for each program.
- Assists Student Success staff with registration distribution of materials and helping students with program assignments.
- Develops and maintains a thorough working knowledge of camp schedule and activities.
- Works with the Student Success staff to develop and implement recreational activities for the students.
- Attends staff meetings and/or training sessions to encourage teamwork strengthen and promote communication and enhance professional growth.
- Drives College van whenever transportation is required for camp program.
- Complies with College policies procedures and administrative directives as well as state federal and local laws regulations and ordinances.
- Performs other duties as assigned and/or needed.
KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES:
- Demonstrated practical experience working with youth.
- Demonstrated staff experience in camp and/or dormitory settings.
- Demonstrated practical experience working in education.
- A minimum of one year demonstrated administrative support experience.
- Strong oral and interpersonal communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to interact effectively in a multicultural environment including working with groups of diverse ages and backgrounds.
- Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team.
- Demonstrated creativity enthusiasm and motivation.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality.
- Ability to work a flexible work schedule and travel periodically.
- Ability to pass a preemployment background check.
- Demonstrated knowledge in one or more of the following areas: postsecondary educational systems North Slope Borough NSB institutions and organizations; Iupiat culture language values and traditions.
- Ability to interpret and represent North Slope community values customs and beliefs for the College.
- Ability to interpret and represent College actions and western institutions to the North Slope community.
- Ability to support Iisavik Colleges mission.
EDUCATION/CERTIFICATES/TRAINING Required:
- High school diploma or equivalent.Valid drivers license and the ability to present a clean driving record prior to employment.
CPR/First Aid certification or ability to obtain one upon employment.
EDUCATION/CERTIFICATES/TRAINING Preferred:
- Associates degree or equivalent or above.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by anemployee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made toenable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job the employeeis required to sit stand walk use hands to finger handle or feel objects tools controls and reach with hands and arms.The employee is frequently required to stoop kneel crouch or crawl and talk and hear; The employee is occasionallyrequired to climb or balance and may occasionally drive a vehicle. The employee must be able to lift and/or move up to40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision distance vision color vision peripheral visiondepth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS: The environmental conditions described here are representative of those anemployee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made toenable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and the employee is regularly required to workindoors with a usually moderate noise level in the work environment.
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Ilisagvik College is a Drug Free Workplace and Equal Opportunity Employer
Employment Type
Full-Time
