Camp Lead Instructor (Summer Positions)

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICE PROGRAMS:

The Department of Human Service Programs (DHSP) creates and coordinates services that enhance the quality of life for Cambridge residents. Driven by the needs of residents, DHSP’s extensive services and programs touch almost every sector in the city: from newborns to senior citizens, from school-aged children to homeless families, from non-profit organizations to local employers.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

DHSP’s Division of Community Schools is seeking Camp Lead Instructors for their 10 summer camps. Camp Lead Instructors will develop and implement age-appropriate summer camp curriculum, supervise assigned staff, and be responsible for the overall management of their classroom. Community Schools Summer Camps offer a range of educational and recreational activities in a safe, nurturing, and inclusive environment. Each camp focuses on a theme and campers participate in a wide range of activities each day.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Be responsible for the overall management of assigned classroom.
• Supervise and manage assistant teachers and high school youth assigned to the classroom.
• Develop and implement a quality age-appropriate curriculum.
• Directly supervise the safety of children.
• Participate in all program/camp activities.
• Help create an environment that fosters a positive self-image and respects the social and cultural differences of each child and values each child’s strengths, needs, differences, and similarities.
• Maintain an open, friendly, on-going communication with parents about the progress of participants.
• Supervise participants during snack/lunch periods.
• Take daily attendance.
• Participate in scheduled staff meetings and professional development.
• Responsible for classroom maintenance, equipment, and supplies.
• Report any out-of-the-ordinary incidents and accidents to program administrators.

Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Education and Experience

• Be at least 21 years of age.
• Have at least two years of experience working with school-age children.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Be available for the entire summer camp program.
• First Aid and CPR certification highly desired (First Aid & CPR training available upon hire).
• The City of Cambridge’s workforce, like the community it serves, is diverse. Applicants must have the ability to work and interact effectively with individuals and groups with a variety of identities, cultures, backgrounds, and ideologies.

PREFERRED QUALIFCATIONS:

• Experience working with children with special needs desirable and should have a strong interest in working with children from diverse cultural & economic and backgrounds.

Special Requirements:

• Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) and Sexual Offender Record (SORI) required. Physical and TB Test required.

Physical Requirements, Working Conditions, Work Flexibility and Accommodations:

• The noise level in the work environment is moderate to loud. The work environment includes classroom and outdoor playgrounds and occasional field trips.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, walk, talk, and hear. The employee is occasionally required to run, during play or responding to an emergency.
• Employees are frequently required to engage with children on the floor and at their eye level. Employees are frequently required to use their hands and arms to handle and manipulate objects as well as reach. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move a child.
• Vision abilities are required for supervision of children.

Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.