Camp Director Recreation Assistant VII Grade S7
Camp Director Recreation Assistant VII Grade S7
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Job Description
About the Position
WHO WE ARE
Montgomery County Department of Recreation is a nationally recognized and awardwinning agency with a mission to provide high quality diverse and accessible communitybased programs activities and services that serve the recreation and leisure needs of the Montgomery County community. The department manages 39 facilities including recreation centers senior centers and indoor and outdoor aquatic facilities and provides thousands of programs such as outofschool activities aquatics classes youth and adult sports programs and leagues senior programs and therapeutic recreation.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Montgomery County Recreation is seeking dynamic enthusiastic and dependable individuals to join our team as Summer Camp Directors for the summer of 2025!We are looking for individuals who can commit to working from June through August 2025.As a Summer Camp Director you will be responsible for developing planning and leading a variety of camp programs while overseeing both paid and volunteer staff. Your role will include managing daytoday operations to ensure a safe enjoyable and engaging environment for children and youth ages 6 to 21.
What Youll Be Doing
As a Summer Camp Director you will:
- Lead a team to plan and implement activities including arts and crafts dance exercise music sports games outdoor play and offsite experiences
- Supervise/oversee staff and complete required administrative tasks including maintenance of accurate records incident logs and other functions
- Develop and implement daily/weekly activity schedules for campers
- Establish and maintain an orderly and safe system to greet escort and monitor campers throughout the camp day
- Assure provision of learning and enrichment opportunities through games and activities
- Resolve conflicts and maintain order among campers and address behavioral issues and concerns
- Assure that all safety and health protocols are followed including performing first aid and addressing injuries as needed
- Serves as the health administrator for the camp
- Demonstrate independent judgement tactfulness and excellent customer service!
To be a successful Summer Camp Director you should:
- Have a valid drivers license (for jobrelated duties)
- Have experience as a Camp Director Program/Site Director or other experience working with children and overseeing staff
- Be reliable patient and have good organizational and communication skills
- Enjoy working with children and youth
- Demonstrate a positive attitude
- Be able to meet physical demands in recreation environment participate in outdoor activities strenuous events
- Be firstaid and/or CPR certified (preferred)
- Plan to attend preseason trainings weekly staff briefings/meetings
- Be available to work Monday through Friday from June 2025 through August 2025 and attend mandatory camp trainings (dates TBD).
All candidates will be required to successfully pass a criminal history background check as well as a child protective services background check. These processes will include State Federal and Sexual Offender registry checks.
The hourly rate for this SEASONAL/TEMPORARY position is $21.46!
Summer Camp Director positions are available at multiple locations. Applicants with worksite preferences should clearly list the community center/facility on the application and/or resume. Please note that the County reserves the right to place staff at community centers/facilities based on service needs.
Minimum Qualifications
- Experience: Four thousand one hundred sixty 4160 hours (two 2 years) of relevant work experience as an instructor or supervisor in one or more specialized recreation activities.
- Education: Completion of two 2 years of college.
- Equivalency: An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
The Office of Human Resources (OHR) reviews the minimum qualifications of all applicants irrespective of whether the candidate has previously been found to have met the minimum requirements for the job or been temporarily promoted to the same position. This evaluation is based solely on the information contained in the application/resume submitted for this specific position.
Montgomery County Government(MCG) is an equal opportunity employer committed to workforce diversity. Accordingly as it relates to employment opportunities the County will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities in accordance with the law. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should email OHR at. Individual determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made in accordance with all applicable laws.
MCG also provides hiring preference to certain categories of veterans and veterans/persons with a disability. For more information and to claim employment preference refer to the Careers webpage onHiring Preference.
All applicants will respond to a series of questions related to their education relevant experience knowledge skills and abilities required to minimally perform the job. The applicants responses in conjunction with their resume and all other information provided in the employment application process will be evaluated to determine the minimum qualifications and preferred criteria or interview preference status. Based on the results the highest qualified applicants will be placed on an Eligible List and may be considered for an interview. Employees meeting minimum qualifications who are the same grade will be placed on the Eligible List as a Lateral Transfer candidate and may be considered for an interview.
This will establish an Eligible List that may be used to fill both current and future vacancies.
If selected for consideration for this position you may be required to provide evidence that you possess the knowledge skills and abilities indicated on your resume.
Montgomery County Ethics Law: Except as provided by law or regulation the Countys Public Employees (which does not include employees of the Sheriffs office) are subject to the Countys ethics law including the requirements to obtain advanced approval of any outside employmentand the prohibitions on certain outside employment. The outside employment requirements of the ethics law can be found at19A12 of the County Code. Additional information about outside employment can be obtained from theEthics Commissionwebsite.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
