Vacant job

Do you want to be part of a creative team that works to provide children with their best summer experience? We are now looking for camp leaders for our camp activities with children aged 9-12 and teenagers aged 13-16.

Job Responsibilities

Your role as a camp leader at our campgrounds is to be responsible for children and teenagers aged 9-16 and to plan and lead activities for this participant group. Camp involves round-the-clock activities for the youth and us leaders. As a leader, you will live and work at the campground together with the children and teenagers. Therefore, you need to be comfortable being away from home for at least 6 weeks.

Who are we looking for?

A large part of the job is to meet children's needs and be able to guide them in their decisions. To meet this, we believe that you as a person need to be confident in yourself, your leadership role, and be able to set boundaries. You also need to feel comfortable in more life-oriented conversations. To work as a camp leader with us, an inner confidence and knowledge of what you want in working with children and teenagers is required. Therefore, we are looking for individuals who recognize these qualities in themselves.

Personal qualities

• responsible
• problem solver
• good at juggling multiple tasks
• proactive
• creative
• able to set boundaries
• organized
• punctual
• team player
• confident in themselves and their pedagogical role

It is also important that you can give and receive feedback and have the ambition and desire to develop the organization and yourself together with us. You should be flexible and resilient as the work shifts can be both long and demanding. To work as a camp leader, we believe that qualities such as daring to take space in a group, being able to make mistakes and have fun, and being able to make decisions are necessary. We place great value on humor and social competence.

Experience

You who are applying should have a strong interest in being outdoors or experience in outdoor education, as most of our activities take place outdoors. Activities we do include hiking, building rafts, climbing, swimming, and cooking outdoors. We will also have artistic activities such as theater, dance, and singing. Disco, football tournaments, and theme days are also on the schedule. Since we have such a variety of activities, we consider it a merit if you have a background/experience as a leisure educator.

Experience/skills in any of the following areas are also desirable;

• camp/camp activities
• outdoor life
• healthcare
• paddling
• theater
• singing, music
• sports

About the company

Utepedagogik Sverige AB conducts camp activities at various campgrounds for children and teenagers aged 9-16 with a focus on adventure and our activities are centered around outdoor education. The cornerstones of Utepedagogik Sverige AB's pedagogical camp activities are: safety, quality, security, and community, as well as trained adults with a broad competence serving as good role models. Our motto is "at our campgrounds, you should be able to feel safe to be who you want to be".

Employment conditions

The position is full-time. You must be able to attend our training days on-site at the campground in Värmland from May 9 - 12, and June 8 - 12. During the summer, you need to be able to work, and thus be away from home for at least six weeks during the period from June 13 to August 18.

Keywords

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