Camp Carmel Creek - Wilderness Specialist
Camp Carmel Creek - Wilderness Specialist
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17-04-2025
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Wilderness Specialist
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Camp Carmel Creek is a program of The San Diego Jewish Academy. We create summer adventures filled with joy growth curiosity and intention through a unique model combining classic daycamp the focus of a specialty camp and the connection of a sleepaway camp. We believe lifes most valuable lessons come from independent discovery and perpetual curiosity. That is why we built a summer camp that inspired curiosity by putting kids in charge of their own adventures.
Our 4 core values are Joy Curiosity Adventure and Community.
What you can expect to gain from this role.
We are committed to providing you with the skills to not just be successful at this camp this summer but rather we are providing you with skills that you can take into any career path in the future.
We are committed to providing you with the skills to not just be successful at this camp this summer but rather we are providing you with skills that you can take into any career path in the future.
Responsibilities
- Plan and lead outdoor wilderness programs for campers including activities like hiking survival skills nature exploration and environmental education.
- Teach essential wilderness survival skills including shelter building firemaking water purification navigation first aid and outdoor cooking.
- Lead guided hikes and outdoor adventures fostering a sense of wonder and respect for nature while ensuring camper safety at all times.
- Encourage teamwork leadership and problemsolving through group challenges teambuilding exercises and cooperative games in the wilderness.
- Promote environmental stewardship by educating campers on sustainable practices and the importance of conserving natural resources.
- Organize and lead campwide wilderness activities including survival skill competitions scavenger hunts and outdoor leadership programs.
- Maintain the safety and wellbeing of all campers by ensuring all activities are conducted according to safety standards and best practices.
- Collaborate with other camp staff to integrate wilderness education into campwide events performances and naturerelated theme days.
Qualifications
- Experience in wilderness education outdoor adventure programs or similar fields (e.g. Boy Scouts Girl Scouts environmental education etc..
- Experience in leading outdoor activities including hiking camping navigation and survival techniques with a focus on youth education.
- Wilderness First Responder (WFR) or Wilderness First Aid certification (preferred).
- Background in environmental science outdoor education or a related field (preferred).
- Experience with Jewish Israeli or cultural traditions related to the outdoors (preferred).
Leadership: AAs an activity specialistyou are responsible for your own group of campers. You support them you guide them you mentor and coach them you are there to give them the best summer ever.
Communication: Good communication between you and your campers between you and your supervisor between you and your coworkers is essential to a successful day at camp.
Organization: Following the schedule getting to activities on time being creative and planning programs for your campers on a daily basis.
Problem Solving: Good problemsolvers are adaptable resilient collaborative and openminded. A camp day presents many opportunities to flex these muscles.
Teamwork: Camp is not about the individual. Success is not defined by what you do alone its about what we do as a team. Learning to work together and rely on each other to achieve our goals is whats most important.
Organization: Following the schedule getting to activities on time being creative and planning programs for your campers on a daily basis.
Problem Solving: Good problemsolvers are adaptable resilient collaborative and openminded. A camp day presents many opportunities to flex these muscles.
Teamwork: Camp is not about the individual. Success is not defined by what you do alone its about what we do as a team. Learning to work together and rely on each other to achieve our goals is whats most important.
Term Of employment Date: May 1 August 11 Monday Friday 8:30 am 3:30 pm) 4 staff training dates prior to June 16th. 3040 hours of online and in person paid training prior to the start of camp)
Salary Range: $22$30 per hour. Our pay scale is based on level of schooling and experience.
Statement of Inclusivity and Nondiscrimination
Camp Carmel Creek is a community of learners who value the rich diversity of its members. We welcome campers and staff with differences based on (but not limited to) race color ethnicity age gender gender identity and expression sexual orientation family structure and economic background.
Camp Carmel Creek is a community of learners who value the rich diversity of its members. We welcome campers and staff with differences based on (but not limited to) race color ethnicity age gender gender identity and expression sexual orientation family structure and economic background.
Camp Carmel Creek is committed to compliance with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. The Camp will make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant or an employee unless undue hardship would result. You are not required to note the presence of a disability on the employment application. If however you require reasonable accommodation in the application and/or interview process due to disability requests must be made in a timely manner.
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