City of Kitchener Careers

Assistant Neighborhood Camp Coordinator (Summer Employment)

(Temporary Full Time for approximately 3 months)

Competition Number

2024-537

Job Code

9286

Posting Date

December 17, 2024

Closing Date

January 31, 2025 (at 6:00pm)

Job Status

Temporary Full-Time

The City of Kitchener is a vibrant and dynamic city of approximately 292,000, in the heart of southwestern Ontario. As the largest municipality in Waterloo Region, Kitchener continues to be poised for development and growth, enhancing its reputation as a leader in city-building and innovation, with nationally recognized strategies to build its neighbourhoods, its digital infrastructure and its diverse economy.

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Position Overview:

Be part of the Kitchener camp coordination team – where fun and friends meet!

The City of Kitchener is looking for creative, energetic and experienced leaders to help us coordinate our summer day camp programs for children ages 4-13 years.

As a part of our Neighbourhood Camp Coordination team, you will support a staff team to provide children with creative opportunities to explore and discover new things, to develop friendships, and to learn and grow through play. 

Our Assistant Neighbourhood Camp Coordinators are:

• Experienced camp team members with a basic understanding of child development and early learning. 
• Ready to take on a leadership role in program planning and overseeing the day-to-day camp operations at one or two sites
• Energized to actively engage in programming, role-modelling great leadership and mentoring young staff to ensure we provide a positive and impactful program that is inclusive, diverse and fun for all.

What you’ll gain:

• Real experience training, mentoring, coordinating, and evaluating
• Leadership and team-building skills
• Program planning and site coordination skills
• A deepened sense of connection to your community
• A fantastic summer experience 

Employment Dates: May 26-August 19 or 26, 2025 (depending on site assignment)

Hours per week: 35 hours

Hours of work: 7 hours/day, 8:15am-5:15pm (shifts vary)

Additional Information:

• Participation in evening and weekend training June 7, 11, 12 and 14, 21. Please Note: ALL training in-person and online is required and mandatory to complete prior to start of program/camp. 

• No work scheduled on June 30 and on statutory holidays (July 1 and August 4).
• Work will include working in a variety of outdoor conditions, office work and active play.

  Selection is based on a combination of application and interview.  

Responsibilities:

Leading a staff team

• Provide coaching and coordination of leaders at pre-camp training.
• Collaborate and communicate effectively with all team members and actively participate in creating a high-energy team.
• Guide and coach the staff team at your site(s) in all aspects of program administration and delivery including following camp safety procedures, problem-solving and conflict resolution, parent conversations, ensuring safety and cleanliness of program area and program equipment
• Role-model positive behavior with staff team and participants (teamwork, responsibility, initiative, and sportsmanship)
• Monitor leader’s program delivery, role-model expectations, provide guidance and compile and deliver staff evaluations.

Program planning and implementation

• Assist with the planning and coordination of programming and special activities for your program site
• Bring your energy and enthusiasm daily to lead and motivate your staff team to deliver safe, inclusive and creative camp activities
• Actively interact with participants and assist in implementing camp programming in accordance with City guidelines
• Provide support to volunteers from the Leadership Development program. 
• Assist the Neighbourhood Camp Coordinator and Inclusion Support Workers to provide support and ensure the inclusion of all children in programs 
• Promptly address incidents, problems, emergencies, escalated behaviour management issues, and parental concerns.
• Interact with parents/caregivers, administration, community members/agencies, to provide program information and support, proudly representing the City of Kitchener by providing quality programming and customer service
• Use good judgement and respond professionally to resolve problems and conflicts  

Administration

• Perform administrative tasks to support the program including inventory and ordering of program supplies, time reporting, collection and maintenance of program rosters and permission forms, submission of incident/accident forms etc.
• Assist in gathering related information and statistics and assist with writing the final summer report prior to completion of program. 
• Provide first aid as required. 
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Minimum grade 12 diploma preferred
• Minimum two seasons with a camp or related children’s programming experience preferred
• Minimum age requirement – must be at least 18 years of age or older by the first day of employment, unless otherwise specified
• Valid CPR Level “C” and Standard First Aid Certificate.
• Provide a satisfactory Vulnerable Sector Check at your own expense as a condition of employment issued after March 1, 2025.
• Completion of Principles in Healthy Child Development training is considered an asset.
• Employment is conditional upon attendance at all training sessions, submission of required documentation/certification, adherence to the minimum age requirements and ability to meet the employment term.
• Access to reliable personal transportation to work is required.
• Reliable with a good attitude and employment record.

The City of Kitchener is committed to an equity-driven, inclusive, accessible, and barrier-free recruitment and selection process, and to ensuring our workforce reflects the full diversity of the community we serve. We welcome applications from Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ persons, as well as other equity deserving groups.

We will accommodate the needs of applicants under the Human Rights Code and Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process. Please contact Human Resources at [email protected], or 519-783-8081 to make your needs known, so that we can support your full and equal participation throughout the hiring process.

We appreciate the interest of all applicants. Only candidates whose skills, experience and qualifications meet the requirements of the position will be contacted.

Please note that as per Human Resources Policy HUM-HIR-110, "Employment of Relatives of Staff Members and Elected Officials":

"The immediate relatives of staff of the Human Resources Division, all Directors, General Managers, or the Chief Administrative Officer and Elected Officials shall not be employed by the City in any capacity.

The immediate relatives of all other Management personnel shall not be employed where such employment would be:

1. within the same Department in the case of permanent full-time, temporary full-time and part-time classifications.

2. within the same Division in the case of students."

Department

Community Services

Division

Neighbourhood Programs and Services

Union Affiliation

Non-Union/Management

Number of Positions

16

Hours of Work

35 hours per week

Location

Initial Location

City Hall 

City

Kitchener

Compensation

Salary Range

$20.94 - $21.78 per hour

Grade/Band

3