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Pay • $42,000 - $48,000 a year
Job type • Full-time
Shift and schedule • Extended hours
• Weekends as needed
• Evenings as needed
• Monday to Friday
 
Location Roanoke, VA
 
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• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
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GIRL SCOUTS OF VIRGINIA SKYLINE
JOB DESCRIPTION
TITLE: Camp Administrator
REPORTS TO: Melissa Hildebrand, COO
Classification/FLSA Status: Regular, Full-time, Exempt
LOCATION: Roanoke Headquarters, Camp Icimani (Roanoke), Camp Sacajawea (Lynchburg) and Camp Sugar Hollow (Crozet)
POSITION SUMMARY: Responsible for providing management oversight and delivery of programming and girl experience at summer camps and signature programs at council properties. Responsible for council property reservations. Responsible for the development of innovative strategies and effective services for supporting girl and adult membership. Special focus will include outdoor programs, camps, and STEM. Works in close partnership with other operational and organizational functions to support organizational mission, goals, and strategic priorities.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
1. With the support of the COO and the Senior Leadership Team you will create a needs-based, data driven, comprehensive council-wide offering of programs including s pecialized outdoor programming events, such as summer camp experiences, archery, and other outdoor programming.
2. Plans, coordinates, implements council events to provide fun, engaging participation options for all girl members and supports council program revenue.
3. Builds and maintains registrations and rosters for all summer camps and other program events as assigned.
4. Cultivates relationships with appropriate community partners to support girl programming, and events.
5. Interprets and ensures that the Girl Scout Leadership Experience is present in all girl events.
6. Recruits, trains, and manages volunteers for the effective delivery of events, outdoor programming, and summer camp.
7. Creates and implements an outdoor program strategy in collaboration with volunteer camp staff.
8. Stays abreast of all outdoor program opportunities from GSUSA.
9. Prepares, coordinates, and reports budgets for events, travel, and outdoor programming.
10. Serves as the point of contact for council property reservations, including processing and tracking reservations.
11. Supports Alternative Program Delivery (APD) programming as needed.
12. Participate in and support other program events developed by other members of the program team.
13. Support local Service Unit events as needed.
14. Ensures Girl Scouting is open and accessible to all girls and adults by delivering the Girl Scout message of diversity, equity, inclusion, and access.
15. Promotes and assists with council-wide programs, activities, public relation, and fund development endeavors.
16. Active participation in the development of environments that foster diversity, equity, inclusion, and access through words, actions, and attitude.
17. Optimizes use of technology to support customer service for volunteers.
18. Performs other duties as necessary or assigned.
Education and Experience:
· Bachelor’s degree with two years’ experience and/or supervision of youth recreational programs, preferably in a non-profit or membership-based organization, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
· Knowledge of Girl Scouting, Girl Scout Leadership Experience, Girl Scouts National Program Portfolio (or ability to learn quickly upon job entry)
· Required certification and/or willingness to become certified. Instructor certifications a plus: First Aid/CPR
· Prior camp administration, American Camp Association (ACA) accreditation, experience in writing outdoor, experiential program curriculum, adult instruction and training preferred but not required.
· Daily access to transportation, along with applicable documentation of legally required automobile insurance and valid driver’s license; ability to travel independently to a variety of locations in the council's jurisdiction or other locations.
· Ability to work a flexible schedule, including evenings and weekends. Ability to travel as position responsibilities require.
· Subscribe to the principles of the Girl Scout Movement and become a registered member of the Girl Scouts of the USA.
· Experience working with diverse populations.
Required Skills/Abilities:
1. Ability to work a flexible schedule including evenings and weekends.
2. Travel throughout council jurisdiction up to 25% of the time.
3. Capability to provide own transportation (for short local travel) and maintain valid operator license.
4. CPR/AED/First Aid certification.
• Passionate commitment to the Girl Scout mission and the Girl Scout Leadership Experience.
• Knowledge of best practices of customer service, volunteer recruitment and management, risk management and emergency action planning and practices.
• Strong customer service skills.
• Strong leadership skills. Ability to supervise and motivate and inspire others.
• Ability to provide effective training and feedback to volunteers.
• Strong project management skills, with demonstrated ability to build relationships, present concepts and make recommendations.
• Ability to prepare and implement a budget while monitoring expenditures and budget comparisons to use allocated budget effectively.
• Strong interpersonal and cultural skills.
• Ability to collaborate well and be an effective team player. Experience participating in cross-functional and remote work teams.
• Ability to be flexible and manage change.
• Strong planning and organizational skills. Ability to analyze information, formulate work plans, articulate goals, produce required statistical and narrative reports.
• Strong written and communication skills, including presentation and training.
• Ability to network, lead events and meetings and motivate staff and volunteers.
• Ability to meet deadlines. Ability to prioritize and multi-task successfully.
• Ability to establish and maintain filing system and records.
• Ability to handle sensitive information and maintain confidentiality.
• Must be certified to work in the USA.
• Must be able to pass a criminal background check.
Physical Requirements:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
· Sufficient eye-to-hand coordination to successfully operate a computer keyboard.
· Sufficient visual acuity to make appropriate judgments with regard to written materials.
· Ability to communicate orally and in writing.
· Physical strength and agility to safely perform essential functions and major job responsibilities, including the abilities to lift, push, pull, or carry job related supplies or equipment weighing up to fifty (50) pounds of force occasionally, twenty (20) pounds of force frequently and/or up to ten (10) pounds of force constantly to move objects.
· Ability to work extended hours, nights, and weekends as necessary to support Council program implementation.
· Ability to travel within Council jurisdiction and work in a mobile environment as needed.
· Other demands as determined by the Council.
· Must be able to pass a UDS, urine drug screen laboratory test.
Success Factors/Key Competencies:
Job/Organizational Knowledge
Understand and accept the mission and values of GSVSC and Girl Scout beliefs and principles and how they apply to work and relationships with others. Model behavior consistent with the mission and purpose of Girl Scouting. Demonstrate and articulate a genuine passion for the Girl Scout mission and vision. Must become a member of the Girl Scouts of the USA. Know a broad range of information regarding specific department/program and use that knowledge to perform effectively and independently. Apply a depth of knowledge within area of responsibility to implement assigned responsibilities. Be able to use and willing to expand learning of applications or technology to perform job responsibilities.
Approach to Work and Attitude
Demonstrate and promote a climate of courtesy and professionalism to co-workers, volunteers, girls and others. Recognize resource building potential in all interactions and be responsive and professional in providing information. Promote GSVSC mission, services and programs with stakeholders to assure continued support. Use Council resources to their best advantage, including business equipment and supplies. Make the most of own time and resources to maximize stewardship to GSVSC. Respect one another and relationships with staff and supervisors.
Interpersonal Effectiveness
Actively support and promote all efforts to enhance communications and collaboration between and among staff members, volunteers, girls and community members. Actively support and promote the GSVSC and Girls Scouts of the USA initiatives and their commitment to diversity and pluralism throughout the organization. Display sensitivity to the need of every individual to be treated with respect and fairness. Willingness to work with all persons without regard to age, gender, race, religion, ethnic origin, socio-economic status, sexual orientation or disability or other protected class status.
Communications and Conflict Management
Understand staff roles and procedures and prepare standards reports to track job progress or activities. Communicate detailed and/or technical information clearly, in writing and orally. Ask appropriate questions in seeking explanations needed to perform the job. Listen carefully to assure clear understanding of instructions and requests. Anticipate constituent needs and interests and take proactive steps to respond to them. Respect and maintain confidentiality when handling sensitive information within the parameters defined by supervisor and/or GSVSC policy. Understand and be able to use appropriate technology to communicate with others (internal and external stakeholders). Ensure that materials generated for Council’s internal and external publications reflect the highest standards to excellence.
Judgment/Decision Making/Problem Solving
Demonstrate sound judgment and responsible decision making by ensuring that the Girl Scout mission and the Council strategic goals and objectives drive all decisions. Understand and apply knowledge of the context in which GSVSC works, resolving problems and trying new ways of doing things. Share results of problem solving experiences with others. Remain flexible in responding to organizational priorities. Demonstrated reasoning ability in order to successfully lead and/or manage responsibilities as described above.
Customer Focus/Teamwork
Proven capability to work in a collaborative, customer-focused environment. Understand who stakeholders are and be responsive to their needs. Facilitate interactions and serve as a resource in relations with stakeholders. Recognize and be sensitive to cultural, ethnic and religious issues.
Understand what a team is and what it does. Demonstrate a willingness to work on a team. Promote effective interactions among team members. Keep supervisor and team members informed of work status. Demonstrate awareness of what other teams do and how their work affects own team. Demonstrate and respect the importance of work performed by co-workers. Understand organizational priorities and be willing to set aside own tasks to assist others to complete high priority tasks.
Quality and Quantity of Work
Consistently seek to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of all Council operations by demonstrating positive and unique approaches to service delivery. Demonstrate sound time-management skills by effectively and efficiently organizing, prioritizing, and completing multiple tasks in a timely manner. Verify the accuracy and quality of own work and the work of others. Contribute ideas to effectively implement plans, events, activities and projects. Keep others informed of work progress and any problems encountered. Assist others to complete priority work, or step in to handle work in their absence. Maximize your individual strengths to enhance work performance and minimize your weaknesses to improve performance. Facilitate the use of skills and resources within GSVSC. Contribute ideas for implanting GSVSC vision and strategic plan.
Reliability and Accountability
Accept accountability for assigned responsibilities and adapt work style to perform independently or within a team. Gather, analyze and maximize the use of information and resources necessary to complete work. Demonstrate sound judgment in performing own job. Set and communicate deadlines and priorities. Successfully balance multiple activities. Manage contacts with internal and external stakeholders to ensure flow of information and coordination of efforts. Interpret GSVSC policies and procedures for staff and stakeholders.
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance
Schedule:
• Evenings as needed
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed
Education:
• Bachelor's (Required)
Experience:
• Youth programs: 2 years (Required)
• Customer service: 2 years (Preferred)
License/Certification:
• DMV (Required)
• CPR/AED/First Aid Certification (Preferred)
Ability to Commute:
• Roanoke, VA (Required)
Willingness to travel:
• 25% (Required)
Work Location: Multiple locations
 
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GIRL SCOUTS OF VIRGINIA SKYLINE
JOB DESCRIPTION
TITLE: Camp Administrator
REPORTS TO: Melissa Hildebrand, COO
Classification/FLSA Status: Regular, Full-time, Exempt
LOCATION: Roanoke Headquarters, Camp Icimani (Roanoke), Camp Sacajawea (Lynchburg) and Camp Sugar Hollow (Crozet)
POSITION SUMMARY: Responsible for providing management oversight and delivery of programming and girl experience at summer camps and signature programs at council properties. Responsible for council property reservations. Responsible for the development of innovative strategies and effective services for supporting girl and adult membership. Special focus will include outdoor programs, camps, and STEM. Works in close partnership with other operational and organizational functions to support organizational mission, goals, and strategic priorities.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
1. With the support of the COO and the Senior Leadership Team you will create a needs-based, data driven, comprehensive council-wide offering of programs including s pecialized outdoor programming events, such as summer camp experiences, archery, and other outdoor programming.
2. Plans, coordinates, implements council events to provide fun, engaging participation options for all girl members and supports council program revenue.
3. Builds and maintains registrations and rosters for all summer camps and other program events as assigned.
4. Cultivates relationships with appropriate community partners to support girl programming, and events.
5. Interprets and ensures that the Girl Scout Leadership Experience is present in all girl events.
6. Recruits, trains, and manages volunteers for the effective delivery of events, outdoor programming, and summer camp.
7. Creates and implements an outdoor program strategy in collaboration with volunteer camp staff.
8. Stays abreast of all outdoor program opportunities from GSUSA.
9. Prepares, coordinates, and reports budgets for events, travel, and outdoor programming.
10. Serves as the point of contact for council property reservations, including processing and tracking reservations.
11. Supports Alternative Program Delivery (APD) programming as needed.
12. Participate in and support other program events developed by other members of the program team.
13. Support local Service Unit events as needed.
14. Ensures Girl Scouting is open and accessible to all girls and adults by delivering the Girl Scout message of diversity, equity, inclusion, and access.
15. Promotes and assists with council-wide programs, activities, public relation, and fund development endeavors.
16. Active participation in the development of environments that foster diversity, equity, inclusion, and access through words, actions, and attitude.
17. Optimizes use of technology to support customer service for volunteers.
18. Performs other duties as necessary or assigned.
Education and Experience:
· Bachelor’s degree with two years’ experience and/or supervision of youth recreational programs, preferably in a non-profit or membership-based organization, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
· Knowledge of Girl Scouting, Girl Scout Leadership Experience, Girl Scouts National Program Portfolio (or ability to learn quickly upon job entry)
· Required certification and/or willingness to become certified. Instructor certifications a plus: First Aid/CPR
· Prior camp administration, American Camp Association (ACA) accreditation, experience in writing outdoor, experiential program curriculum, adult instruction and training preferred but not required.
· Daily access to transportation, along with applicable documentation of legally required automobile insurance and valid driver’s license; ability to travel independently to a variety of locations in the council's jurisdiction or other locations.
· Ability to work a flexible schedule, including evenings and weekends. Ability to travel as position responsibilities require.
· Subscribe to the principles of the Girl Scout Movement and become a registered member of the Girl Scouts of the USA.
· Experience working with diverse populations.
Required Skills/Abilities:
1. Ability to work a flexible schedule including evenings and weekends.
2. Travel throughout council jurisdiction up to 25% of the time.
3. Capability to provide own transportation (for short local travel) and maintain valid operator license.
4. CPR/AED/First Aid certification.
• Passionate commitment to the Girl Scout mission and the Girl Scout Leadership Experience.
• Knowledge of best practices of customer service, volunteer recruitment and management, risk management and emergency action planning and practices.
• Strong customer service skills.
• Strong leadership skills. Ability to supervise and motivate and inspire others.
• Ability to provide effective training and feedback to volunteers.
• Strong project management skills, with demonstrated ability to build relationships, present concepts and make recommendations.
• Ability to prepare and implement a budget while monitoring expenditures and budget comparisons to use allocated budget effectively.
• Strong interpersonal and cultural skills.
• Ability to collaborate well and be an effective team player. Experience participating in cross-functional and remote work teams.
• Ability to be flexible and manage change.
• Strong planning and organizational skills. Ability to analyze information, formulate work plans, articulate goals, produce required statistical and narrative reports.
• Strong written and communication skills, including presentation and training.
• Ability to network, lead events and meetings and motivate staff and volunteers.
• Ability to meet deadlines. Ability to prioritize and multi-task successfully.
• Ability to establish and maintain filing system and records.
• Ability to handle sensitive information and maintain confidentiality.
• Must be certified to work in the USA.
• Must be able to pass a criminal background check.
Physical Requirements:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
· Sufficient eye-to-hand coordination to successfully operate a computer keyboard.
· Sufficient visual acuity to make appropriate judgments with regard to written materials.
· Ability to communicate orally and in writing.
· Physical strength and agility to safely perform essential functions and major job responsibilities, including the abilities to lift, push, pull, or carry job related supplies or equipment weighing up to fifty (50) pounds of force occasionally, twenty (20) pounds of force frequently and/or up to ten (10) pounds of force constantly to move objects.
· Ability to work extended hours, nights, and weekends as necessary to support Council program implementation.
· Ability to travel within Council jurisdiction and work in a mobile environment as needed.
· Other demands as determined by the Council.
· Must be able to pass a UDS, urine drug screen laboratory test.
Success Factors/Key Competencies:
Job/Organizational Knowledge
Understand and accept the mission and values of GSVSC and Girl Scout beliefs and principles and how they apply to work and relationships with others. Model behavior consistent with the mission and purpose of Girl Scouting. Demonstrate and articulate a genuine passion for the Girl Scout mission and vision. Must become a member of the Girl Scouts of the USA. Know a broad range of information regarding specific department/program and use that knowledge to perform effectively and independently. Apply a depth of knowledge within area of responsibility to implement assigned responsibilities. Be able to use and willing to expand learning of applications or technology to perform job responsibilities.
Approach to Work and Attitude
Demonstrate and promote a climate of courtesy and professionalism to co-workers, volunteers, girls and others. Recognize resource building potential in all interactions and be responsive and professional in providing information. Promote GSVSC mission, services and programs with stakeholders to assure continued support. Use Council resources to their best advantage, including business equipment and supplies. Make the most of own time and resources to maximize stewardship to GSVSC. Respect one another and relationships with staff and supervisors.
Interpersonal Effectiveness
Actively support and promote all efforts to enhance communications and collaboration between and among staff members, volunteers, girls and community members. Actively support and promote the GSVSC and Girls Scouts of the USA initiatives and their commitment to diversity and pluralism throughout the organization. Display sensitivity to the need of every individual to be treated with respect and fairness. Willingness to work with all persons without regard to age, gender, race, religion, ethnic origin, socio-economic status, sexual orientation or disability or other protected class status.
Communications and Conflict Management
Understand staff roles and procedures and prepare standards reports to track job progress or activities. Communicate detailed and/or technical information clearly, in writing and orally. Ask appropriate questions in seeking explanations needed to perform the job. Listen carefully to assure clear understanding of instructions and requests. Anticipate constituent needs and interests and take proactive steps to respond to them. Respect and maintain confidentiality when handling sensitive information within the parameters defined by supervisor and/or GSVSC policy. Understand and be able to use appropriate technology to communicate with others (internal and external stakeholders). Ensure that materials generated for Council’s internal and external publications reflect the highest standards to excellence.
Judgment/Decision Making/Problem Solving
Demonstrate sound judgment and responsible decision making by ensuring that the Girl Scout mission and the Council strategic goals and objectives drive all decisions. Understand and apply knowledge of the context in which GSVSC works, resolving problems and trying new ways of doing things. Share results of problem solving experiences with others. Remain flexible in responding to organizational priorities. Demonstrated reasoning ability in order to successfully lead and/or manage responsibilities as described above.
Customer Focus/Teamwork
Proven capability to work in a collaborative, customer-focused environment. Understand who stakeholders are and be responsive to their needs. Facilitate interactions and serve as a resource in relations with stakeholders. Recognize and be sensitive to cultural, ethnic and religious issues.
Understand what a team is and what it does. Demonstrate a willingness to work on a team. Promote effective interactions among team members. Keep supervisor and team members informed of work status. Demonstrate awareness of what other teams do and how their work affects own team. Demonstrate and respect the importance of work performed by co-workers. Understand organizational priorities and be willing to set aside own tasks to assist others to complete high priority tasks.
Quality and Quantity of Work
Consistently seek to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of all Council operations by demonstrating positive and unique approaches to service delivery. Demonstrate sound time-management skills by effectively and efficiently organizing, prioritizing, and completing multiple tasks in a timely manner. Verify the accuracy and quality of own work and the work of others. Contribute ideas to effectively implement plans, events, activities and projects. Keep others informed of work progress and any problems encountered. Assist others to complete priority work, or step in to handle work in their absence. Maximize your individual strengths to enhance work performance and minimize your weaknesses to improve performance. Facilitate the use of skills and resources within GSVSC. Contribute ideas for implanting GSVSC vision and strategic plan.
Reliability and Accountability
Accept accountability for assigned responsibilities and adapt work style to perform independently or within a team. Gather, analyze and maximize the use of information and resources necessary to complete work. Demonstrate sound judgment in performing own job. Set and communicate deadlines and priorities. Successfully balance multiple activities. Manage contacts with internal and external stakeholders to ensure flow of information and coordination of efforts. Interpret GSVSC policies and procedures for staff and stakeholders.
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance
Schedule:
• Evenings as needed
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed
Education:
• Bachelor's (Required)
Experience:
• Youth programs: 2 years (Required)
• Customer service: 2 years (Preferred)
License/Certification:
• DMV (Required)
• CPR/AED/First Aid Certification (Preferred)
Ability to Commute:
• Roanoke, VA (Required)
Willingness to travel:
• 25% (Required)
Work Location: Multiple locations