Vacant job

Do you want to help develop our summer camp operations while growing in your leadership role and helping your staff improve? We are looking for a camp manager with experience in supervising and developing staff who are passionate about working with children and youth for our camp in Värmland.

Camp work involves round-the-clock operations, and working at camp means you will live at your workplace during the summer, at the camp in Värmland. You will share accommodation with your colleagues during your work period, approximately 1-2 camp managers from June 13 to August 18.

About the company

Utepedagogik Sverige AB runs camp activities at several camps for children and youth aged 9-16 years, focusing on adventure and outdoor education. The cornerstones of Utepedagogik Sverige AB's pedagogical camp operations are: safety, quality, security, and community, as well as having trained adults with a broad competence serving as good role models. Our motto is "at our camps, you should feel safe to be whoever you want".

Job responsibilities

As a camp manager, you are responsible for all operations, staff, and participants. Your task is to organize, support, delegate, and plan so that the operations achieve the goals set by the company. You guide camp leaders by providing them with the conditions to develop in their roles to create the best possible camp experience for the participants. During a camp period of 11-14 days, 12-14 camp leaders work and are responsible for 45-50 camp participants' stay.

Who are we looking for?

Working at camp requires you as a camp manager to be able to supervise and delegate, work efficiently and systematically, and guide staff. Furthermore, you should be able to give and receive feedback, have good foresight, be honest about your strengths and weaknesses, and be accustomed to administrative work. You are a natural leader, communicative, socially skilled, and know how to motivate your team to continue developing the operations and themselves. You should feel comfortable working outdoors since you will be working in an outdoor environment 90% of the waking hours and be confident in leading and informing a larger group of participants and leaders.

To thrive in the role, you should be secure in yourself and have a drive to develop both personally and as a camp manager.

Experience:

· At least one year of experience in supervising

· Educational background

· Experience working with children and youth aged 9-16 years

Personal qualities:

· Responsible

· Problem solver

· Good at multitasking

· Initiative taker

· Boundary setter

· Organized

· Punctual

· Collaborative

· Secure in oneself and in the pedagogical role

· Confident in leadership

Employment conditions

The position is full-time. You must be able to attend our training days on-site at the camp in Värmland from April 30 to May 3, and June 6-11. 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 12 to August 16.

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