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Hourly Rate: $20.50 - Check out the YMCA’s total compensation package!
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Locations: Various locations across the GTA
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Work Hours: Part time hours April - June, then up to 40 hours per week Monday – Friday starting June 2 until August 29, 2025
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Employment Type: Seasonal Contract
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Number of Vacancies: 9
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Anticipated Start Date: April 1, 2025
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Deadline to Apply: Open Until Filled
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Be the Spark! Join our dynamic Day Camp team, where every day is different, and you will always be engaged with meaningful work!
Day Camp Program Support Coordinator will support the quality and integrity of Day Camp programs across all locations. This role is essential in assisting with the set-up, training, and ongoing support of Day Camp programs, ensuring that program manuals are followed and that camp locations are properly equipped with the necessary supplies and resources. In addition, the Day Camp Program Support Coordinator will help with warehouse inventory, pack program kits, and assist in monitoring the program budget. Responsibilities include facilitating staff training, contributing to the development of new activities, and ensuring that Health & Safety procedures are maintained.
In this role, you will:
- Support inventory management and organize the warehouse to ensure efficient storage and easy access to supplies
- Pack all program camp kits for all camp locations and assist with move-out and move-in processes
- Support Camp Directors in ensuring camps run programs according to program manuals and meet expectations while visiting camp locations
- Provide feedback through evaluations to Camp Directors and ensure all documentation is kept and organized for referral
- Plan, develop, and facilitate program training for program delivery to all camp staff
- Provide specialized program delivery at assigned camp locations, including outdoor activities such as wood burning and/or specialized art programs like imprinting and cooking, to ensure high-quality programming
- Develop high-quality Day Camp programs by collaborating with the Day Camp leadership team to identify new activities and update program manuals
- Achieve assigned budget, monitor expenditures, and ensure purchases are within camp budget. Submit all invoices weekly for timely processing.
- Contribute to fostering a positive camp environment by demonstrating teamwork, supporting colleagues, and actively sharing responsibility for maintaining a clean and organized day camp warehouse
- Attend all staff trainings and meetings, arrive on time, and actively participate in the development of all camp staff
- Ensure Health & Safety procedures are followed and maintained, and contribute to the cleaning, safety, and maintenance of camp sites and offices.
- Act as a positive role model for campers and fellow staff by embodying YMCA values, policies, procedures, Day Camp conditions of employment/guidelines, and Ontario Camping Association standards
- Perform other duties as assigned
You bring:
- Post-secondary education (or currently enrolled) in child, youth, or recreation, or equivalent experience
- Minimum 1-year experience in recreation or child-oriented programs
- Experience with YMCA Day Camps is an asset
- Experience in warehouse and program training is an asset
- Daily access to a vehicle, valid license, and the ability to travel within your assigned region and to and from the warehouse
- Ability to use frequent light to medium physical effort, including lifting up to 50 lbs. by bending, carrying, pushing, and pulling
- Demonstrated ability to work well both independently and in a team environment
- Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and building a sense of belonging
What you need to succeed:
- Commitment to the YMCA’s Mission, Vision and Values
- Focus on the health, safety and wellbeing of all children, youth, and vulnerable people in YMCA programs including understanding legal and moral obligations related to reporting suspected child abuse to Child Protection Services
- YMCA Competencies: Accountable, Relationship-Builder, Improvement-Orientated, Team Player & Leader, Equity and Wellbeing Promoter
Why work for the YMCA?
The YMCA of Greater Toronto is a charity that ignites the potential in people, helping them grow, lead, and give back to their communities. We are committed to helping our employees reach their full potential and are recognized as a great place to work. We offer meaningful jobs and the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of individuals and the health of our communities. See what you can expect from the YMCA here.
Joining the Y means contributing to over 165 years of providing opportunities for people to shine through programs and services like health and fitness, licensed child care, camps, employment and immigrant services, education and training, and services for youth, families, and seniors. Learn more in our 2020–2025 strategic plan, Ignite the Light, which outlines how we are focused on boosting well-being and promoting equity across the Greater Toronto Area.
The YMCA of Greater Toronto is committed to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging. We strive to remove barriers to employment and recognize that diverse staff who reflect the communities we work in enrich the experiences of our participants and our team. As an equal opportunity employer, we invite applications from all qualified candidates including racialized people/people of colour, Indigenous Peoples, disabled people/people with disabilities and members of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities.
If we can make the recruitment process more accessible for you, please let us know when we reach out about a job opportunity so we can work with you to accommodate your needs.
In keeping with our commitment to safety and child protection, job offers are contingent on the successful completion of a Police Records Check. Within the first four months and every three years thereafter, a Vulnerable Police Records Check is required. Learn more about these checks here.
If you are hired, prior to your start date and as a condition of your employment, you will be required to provide proof that you are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or have a valid medical or other Human Rights Code-related exemption.
The YMCA only considers applicants who are legally entitled to work in Canada. We thank all applicants for their interest, however, due to the volume of applications we receive, we can only contact candidates who are selected for an interview.
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