Job Description

Overnight Camp Leadership Team
The Leadership Team at Camp DREAM will be a group of AmeriCorps Members who ensure that the overnight camp environment is running effectively and efficiently. This includes overseeing programming, supporting counselor teams, and ensuring the wellbeing of campers. You will serve alongside additional AmeriCorps leaders and other camp staff in order to achieve the ultimate goal of providing a safe, fun, enriching overnight camp experience at our Camp DREAM property to the youth we serve who come from Vermont, Boston, and Philadelphia.
The Leadership Team will include:

• Program Coordinators
• Counselor Support Specialist
• Camper Care Specialist
• Waterfront Director

Objectives of Service as the Camp Leadership Team:

• You will oversee the organization of programming for each session of camp.
• You will troubleshoot issues as they arise throughout the sessions. This may include but is not limited to: inclement weather, camper homesickness, staff dynamics, camper behavioral challenges
• You will coordinate staff morale and bonding events
• You will provide a safe environment and experience for youth and staff/members.
• You will provide youth with magical, memorable, enriching summer experience in an outdoor environment.
• You will help coordinate transportation to and from Camp for campers in Vermont, Philadelphia, and Boston.

The Experience of Service as the Camp Leadership Team:

• Lots of fun!

• You will be engaged regularly with your co-servicemembers, your supervisor, and the youth.
• You will be living residentially at our Camp DREAM property with your co-servicemembers. Applicants should feel comfortable with being in a rustic, forest environment and having limited access to internet or phone reception.
• You will be viewed as a leader among the team of AmeriCorps members and will be responsible for cultivating an effective, positive environment at Camp DREAM.
• You will grow your adaptability, flexibility, and problem solving skills
• This position offers the opportunity to see new perspectives and connect with folks of many different backgrounds and lived experiences.
• This role involves high levels of teamwork, collaboration, and interpersonal communication.

Required Qualifications:

• To be an AmeriCorps member you MUST be 17 years or older, and be a US Citizen, US National, or Lawful Permanent Resident Alien.
• Previous experience working at a youth-centered camp.
• Excitement and passion around working with youth.
• Commitment to the entire service term (May-August 16th)
• Commitment to the mission of AmeriCorps and DREAM.
• Demonstrated skills and experience in leadership roles.
• Commitment to serve as a role model for youth.
• Elevated awareness of issues of social equity and social justice with a commitment to continued learning as it relates to serving our diverse community in a manner that is respectful and aware.
• A passion for supporting your own and others\xe2\x80\x99 ongoing work around Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
• Demonstrated ability to manage time and set priorities while giving consideration to those who you are serving, your fellow team members, the organization, and the self.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Creativity, energy, and an entrepreneurial spirit.
• Current driver\xe2\x80\x99s license, proof of insurance, and clean driving record. (**NOT REQUIRED but strongly preferred to support session transportation)
• First aid and CPR certification by the time summer sessions begin. (If not currently certified, DREAM will offer opportunities for certification during our summer orientation.)

Term and Compensation:

• Dates of service: May (1-13th) - August 16th
• 60-75 hours per week, 450 total service hours.

• $750 biweekly, $4,500 total (6 pay periods)
  • These are PRE-TAX amounts.
• Upon completion of dates and total hours, you will receive an education award of $1,956.35 (pre-tax). Click here to learn more about the Segal Education Award.
• Free housing for your entire term is included.
• AmeriCorps members are also eligible for:
  • Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (food stamps)
  • Child care assistance
  • Student loan deferment (forbearance)
  • Other publicly-funded benefits, such as heating and utility assistance.
• If you engage in work-related travel in a personal vehicle outside of your commute, DREAM will provide reimbursement for mileage.
• As an AmeriCorps member at DREAM, you will have the additional support of a DREAM AmeriCorps Director to help you navigate your service term and apply for publicly funded programs.

Travel: Staff who meet the driving requirements for DREAM will be expected to assist with camper transportation to and from camp weekly. Drives will be done in pairs, and may be 1-9 hours long. Out-of-the-area and overnight travel may be occasionally expected.
Work environment: This position primarily operates in an outdoor environment with active children and other service members, for extended periods of time, and in all types of weather and environmental factors (heat, cold, wet, etc.). This role will operate occasionally in an office-type environment and may use standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.
Physical demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee/member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job:

• This position requires comfort working in outdoor environments, regardless of the weather. This position can be very active and frequently requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee/member is regularly required to communicate with individuals who talk and hear.
• The employee/member will occasionally be required to lift and/or move items over 50 pounds.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee/member is regularly required to observe and comprehend using vision abilities that include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

AAP/EEO Statement: The DREAM Program is an equal opportunity employer and an incorporated 501(c)3 charitable organization. The DREAM Program prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
At will employment: The DREAM Program is an at will employer. Employment with The DREAM Program is voluntary and is subject to termination by you or The DREAM Program at will, with or without cause, and with or without notice, at any time. The policy of employment-at-will may not be modified by any officer or employee.