Full Time / Permanent Roles

If you are looking to work at a summer camp in a full-time, permanent capacity, please check out the information below.

It will be a great opportunity for someone who is super organised, loves working with kids, is experienced at managing and guiding staff, and is confident in leading large groups of people.

The Programme Manager will be responsible for all aspects of the camp’s setup and delivery. This includes the leadership, staff hiring, training and supervision, programme development and implementation and generally overseeing the summer camp programme.

Position Title: Programme Manager / Camp Manager

Camp Cooper is an American-style, international summer camp for children ages 7 – 17. Camp Cooper offers children from around the world a residential summer camp experience where they can build new life-skills, have an amazing adventure, make friends, and have a life-changing summer experience.

The Programme Manager / Camp Manager will be responsible for all aspects of the camp’s setup and delivery. This includes the leadership, staff hiring, training and supervision, programme development and implementation and generally overseeing the summer camp programme.

Job Summary & Key Responsibilities:

The Programme Manager / Camp Manager is responsible for the setup and delivery of a summer camp programme.

An overview of the setup of Camp Cooper includes:

• Hiring summer staff including pre-summer paperwork (e.g processing background checks)
• Planning all-camps activities
• Organizing day trips
• Communicating with parents regarding paperwork and logistics
• Planning and organizing staff training
• Ordering equipment
• Organizing camp paperwork and schedules
• Writing policies and risk assessments
• Ensuring camp is compliant with all health and safety regulations as well as with our accreditation body
• Other responsibilities and tasks are required

An overview of the delivery of Camp Cooper includes:

• Staying on site in a residential capacity for the entirety of the summer camp programme
• Overseeing the pastoral care of campers
• Overseeing and managing the summer staff team
• Overseeing the logistics of the programme
• Overseeing the activity provision of the programme
• Dealing with all camper and staff issues
• Liaising with the school site staff (e.g chefs)
• Other responsibilities and tasks are required

Experience Required:

• Experience working with children
• Experience working in a management role at a summer camp/summer programme
• Experience managing staff
• Confidence in speaking to large groups of people daily during the summer – lead large gatherings, training sessions, staff meetings and all-camp activities (up to 150 people)

• The ability to provide leadership, motivation, and supervision to a staff of 30 adults
• Ability to oversee and manage a large summer camp operation – approximately 100 children and 30 staff at a time. This includes pastoral management, health and safety, exercising good judgement, dealing with parents, delivering a high-quality summer camp programme and supporting others.
• Be able to oversee the health and safety of all campers and staff
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to deal with camper parents to help deal with issues
• Strong resilience to deal with lots of issues and questions daily
• Dynamic personality required to deal with an ever-changing environment

Working at Camp Cooper

Camp Setup Period: September – June each year

• Working from home
• 4-day work week: September 1– April 1– Since September 2022, all employees are working a 4 day work week (on full pay). We plan on continuing this on an informal basis for the period September 1 – April 1) on an ongoing basis as long as this the organization can continue to operate at a high level.
• 5 Days a week working from April – June (start of Camp delivery period)
• Default working, approximately 9 – 5pm
• In-person meetings in Glasgow, approximately once or twice a month
• Approximately 1-2 Saturdays per month are required for working for running staff assessments (January – May). Staff assessment days are in Glasgow and in England. TOIL given for these days.
• Occasional evening work for staff training meetings in May & June

Camp Delivery Period: June – August (approximately 6 – 7 weeks) each year

• Staying in a residential capacity at one of our locations in Scotland.
• Long working hours – approximately 8am – 11pm (with breaks). One day off per week
• 5 Weeks (25 working days) extra time off in lieu after the summer camp due to work schedule

Other Work Information

• Employment includes 5.6 weeks annual leave and pension contribution
• Between 5 – 6 weeks extra time off given immediately after the summer due to work schedule
• No annual leave allowed during mid-June – August (summer camp delivery time)
• We encourage the majority of your time off to be taken between September – April

The job description may from time to time be amended by the Employer and in addition to the duties set out in it you may from time to time be required to undertake additional or other duties as necessary to meet the needs of the organisation.

To Apply

Please send a CV with a detailed cover letter, explaining your relevant experience and why you would be an excellent Programme Manager / Summer Camp Manager at Camp Cooper. Please send applications to hiran@internationalsummercampuk.com

Applications will close on Sunday, December 1st at 5pm

Please note, that stage 1 of the interview process will occur on an ongoing basis so please apply as early as possible

Interviewing

Stage 1:25 - 30-minute Video interview

Stage 2: In-person interview in Glasgow (week commencing December 2, 2024)