{"id":42410,"date":"2021-07-28T21:57:03","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T04:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/?p=42410"},"modified":"2021-07-28T21:57:03","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T04:57:03","slug":"job-outdoor-education-instructor-ymca-camp-mason-hardwick-township-new-jersey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/job-outdoor-education-instructor-ymca-camp-mason-hardwick-township-new-jersey\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: Outdoor Education Instructor, YMCA Camp Mason (Hardwick Township, New Jersey)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->Job Type: Temporary<br \/>Salary Details: $500-$600 per week<br \/><strong>Deadline: Aug 20, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>See full job and application details at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservationjobboard.com\/job-listing-outdoor-education-instructor-hardwick-township-new-jersey\/4269946375\">https:\/\/www.conservationjobboard.com\/job-listing-outdoor-education-instructor-hardwick-township-new-jersey\/4269946375<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starting date:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0August 23rd, 2021<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ending date<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 November 8th, 2021<\/p>\n<p><strong>Salary:<\/strong>\u00a0$500-600 per week depending on experience. Plus room &amp; board. Additional compensation for evening programs and for hosting.<\/p>\n<p>A hands-on, field position that directly involves teaching and leading groups of students in outdoor, environmental and recreational activities. Instructors should expect long yet extremely rewarding days that may include weekends and\/or evenings for night hikes and special programs.\u00a0 Instructors will have two days off for every five days worked.\u00a0 Instructors will work with schools and groups throughout the Fall season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Essential Functions:<\/strong>\u00a0Plan and teach classes to groups of children, young people and adults; supervise outdoor recreation activities related to schools and youth groups visiting camp; assist with curriculum development and planning; maintain specialized outdoor education equipment; assist with special programs and events; when needed, assist with cleaning and preparation of camp facilities; help maintain key hiking trails; occasionally lead hikes, night hike programs, or campfire programs.\u00a0 Act in rotation as one of a team of \u201con duty\u201d hosts when groups are present at camp.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Qualifications<\/strong>: Associate or Bachelor\u2019s Degree or major in Environmental Science, Education, Recreation, Biology, Botany or relevant experience; must be passionate for working outdoors with youth, teens, and adults; comfortable outdoors and familiar with outdoor recreation and natural sciences; capable of supervising children; some knowledge of at least 3 key curriculum subjects (high ropes, low ropes &amp; teambuilding, rock climbing, boating, lifeguarding, ecology, pioneering skills, fishing, nature crafts, peer counseling, archery, riflery, hiking, plant and animal identification, and environmental sciences); first aid and CPR training provided. Lifeguarding a plus.\u00a0 The ideal candidate will have experience in Outdoor Education, facilitation, high and low challenge courses or related experiences.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Benefits:<\/strong>\u00a0Stipend paid for seasonal contract, pro-rated on a bi-weekly basis, additional to room and board. Housing provided includes a private room in a shared house with kitchen, laundry, and Wifi.\u00a0 Additional compensation for evening programs and for hosting (only available in Spring and Fall).\u00a0 Workman&#8217;s Compensation Insurance provided to all staff.\u00a0 Retirement benefit if already enrolled in the Y retirement fund.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"how-apply-header\">HOW TO APPLY<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please send resume and cover letter to Sara Davis at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:sara@campmason.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">sara@campmason.org<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3815,"featured_media":34097,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[15],"tags":[28,33,20],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42410"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3815"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42410"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42411,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42410\/revisions\/42411"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}