Camp Arnaz Program Specialist - Ventura, United States - Girl Scouts of California's Central Coast
Girl Scouts of California's Central Coast
Ventura, United States
Verified Company
3 weeks ago
Description
Essential Job Responsibilities:
- Maintain camp property and equine facilities in good repair for use by council volunteers, members, visitors.
- Perform preventative and restorative maintenance, including plumbing, carpentry, electrical, and painting tasks.
- Specific equine duties include cleaning stalls, feeding horses, water trough maintenance, pasture, and corral/fence maintenance.
- Participate in and assist with program activities located on camp, ensuring a highquality experience for girl scouts.
- Maintain grounds, ensuring properties are free of litter and debris.
- Provide customer service to guests on Girl Scout property and participate in special events as needed.
- Communicate effectively with supervisor about any abnormal or malfunctioning equipment.
- Uphold program quality expectations, ensuring all relevant safety regulations and standards are followed.
- Always ensure the safety and wellbeing of campers and horses.
- Help campers have fun, take risks, make friends, resolve conflicts, and develop skills.
- Provide encouragement to all campers and motivate them to participate in new/challenging activities.
- Provide compassionate, respectful, and honest guidance/support to campers when they misbehave.
- Recognize and respond to opportunities for problem solving in the group.
- Provide First Aid to campers and staff as needed within counselor scope of practice.
- Works with crossfunctional teams to determine or develop innovative strategies to ensure the effective delivery of customer service to members and volunteers.
- Professional autonomy to expand on the job duties and responsibilities hired to successfully perform job duties while utilizing a high level of independent judgment and discretion required to complete the necessary job duties
- Performs other duties as necessary or assigned.
Qualifications:
- Strong leadership skills and decisionmaking abilities
- Ability to work with girls aged 6 to 18 in an enthusiastic and positive manner.
- A selfstarter who can work independently with mínimal oversight and take initiative; is flexible, adaptable, selfmanaged, organized, and has strong attention to detail.
To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:
- Manages difficult or emotional customer situations; Responds promptly to customer needs; Solicits customer feedback to improve service ; Responds to requests for service and assistance.
- Gives and welcomes feedback; Contributes to building a positive team spirit; Able to build morale and group commitments to goals and objectives; Supports everyone's efforts to succeed; Recognizes accomplishments of other team members.
- Inspires and motivates others to perform well; Inspires respect and trust; Provides vision and inspiration to peers and subordinates; Displays passion and optimism; Mobilizes others to fulfill the vision.
- Develops strategies to achieve organizational goals; Analyzes market and competition; Adapts strategy to changing conditions.
- Meets challenges with resourcefulness; Generates suggestions for improving work; Develops innovative approaches and ideas.
- Prioritizes and plans work activities; Uses time efficiently; Sets goals and objectives; Develops realistic action plans.
Skill Set Requirements:
- Ability to regularly work more than 40 hours a week; ability to work a flexible schedule, including evenings and weekends. Some overnight travel is required.
- Specific equine duties include cleaning stalls, feeding horses, water trough maintenance, pasture, and corral/fence maintenance.
- Participate in and assist with program activities located on camp, ensuring a highquality experience for girl scouts.
- Maintain grounds, ensuring properties are free of litter and debris.
- Provide customer service to guests on Girl Scout property and participate in special events as needed.
- Communicate effectively with supervisor about any abnormal or malfunctioning equipment.
- Uphold program quality expectations, ensuring all relevant safety regulations and standards are followed.
- Always ensure the safety and wellbeing of campers and horses.
- Help campers have fun, take risks, make friends, resolve conflicts, and develop skills.
- Provide encouragement to all campers and motivate them to participate in new/challenging activities.
- Provide compassionate, respectful, and honest guidance/support to campers when they misbehave.
- Recognize and respond to opportunities for problem solving in the group.
- Provide First Aid to campers and staff as needed within counselor scope of practice.
- Works with crossfunctional teams to determine or develop innovative strategies to ensure the effective delivery of customer service to members and volunteers.
- Professional autonomy to expand on the job duties and responsibilities hired to successfully perform job duties while utilizing a high level of independent judgment and discretion required to complete the necessa