Little River 2026 Summer Camp Program Coordinator

Description:

This position supports the work of the Y, a leading nonprofit, charitable organization committed to strengthening community through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. The Program Coordinator will provide overall leadership and management in their specific program area from June - Aug 2026. They are responsible for implementing safe and engaging activities that are age appropriate, supervisor counselors in their program area, maintain a clean and safe environment, ensure program equipment is well looked after, communicate supplies that need to be ordered in a timely manner, and program evaluation.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Trains counselors in games, activities, and crafts, models appropriate behavior and activity facilitation, and empowers counselors to take lead in activities
• Helps staff decide students that earn Core Value Kids of the Week

Fill in ratio as needed, facilitate and records breaks with staff

• Provides strategies to counselors to help deal with challenging behaviors
• Work with challenging behaviors when counselors are unable, elevate to Little River Director if a student needs to be sent home
• Manages incident and accident reports, turns them into Little River Director by end of day
• Manages field trips, making sure expectations for staff and campers are clear and all students are accounted for
• Maintains program cleanliness, reports to Little River Director any missing or broken materials

Works with Program Director to design weekly schedule Other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS:

Minimum of 3 years leadership and childcare experience. A passion for leadership development and coaching. Teaching, facilitating, teambuilding experience preferred. Supervisory and staff development experience preferred. Prior experience working with children preferred. Familiarity with various outdoor activities.

Ability to effectively delegate responsibilities to others and support them in their endeavors as necessary. Ability to handle sensitive, confidential information. Energetic and positive personality. Strong organizational and time management skills. Ability to stay calm in stressful situations. Ability to respond to critical incidents and act swiftly in emergency situations.

Must be able to complete YMCA required training as scheduled by management. Must maintain updated certifications of the job (CPR and First Aid/AED). Must successfully clear FBI and state criminal background checks. Ability to stay calm in stressful situations. Ability to respond to critical incidents and act swiftly in emergency situations.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Ability to sit, stand or walk for long periods of time Ability to lift up to 50lbs. Ability to push, pull, bend and kneel regularly. Ability to communicate verbally (in-person and on phone) and in writing is essential. Visual and auditory ability to respond to critical situations and physical ability to act swiftly in an emergency.

Ability to view and enter data on computer for long periods of time.

Requirements:

Southern District YMCA is an Equal Opportunities employer and embraces diversity in our employee population. It is the policy of SDYMCA to provide equal opportunity to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or genetic information.