Southern District YMCA / Camp Lincoln, Inc. ยท 1 week ago
Little River 2026 Summer Camp Program Coordinator
Southern District YMCA is a leading nonprofit organization committed to strengthening community through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. The Program Coordinator will provide overall leadership and management for the summer camp program, ensuring safe and engaging activities while supervising counselors and maintaining a clean environment.
Civic & Social Organization
Responsibilities
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
Qualification
Required
Minimum of 3 years leadership and childcare experience
A passion for leadership development and coaching
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 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
Preferred
Teaching, facilitating, teambuilding experience preferred
Supervisory and staff development experience preferred
Prior experience working with children preferred
Familiarity with various outdoor activities