Director of Camp Keshet & Youth and Teens
Camp Keshet at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles
Description
Join Our Community as Director of Youth & Teens and Camp Keshet!
Temple Beth Am is seeking a dynamic, organized, and creative professional to serve as the Director of Youth & Teens and Camp Keshet at Temple Beth Am. This full-time role encompasses two essential elements of our community’s programs: our youth programming during the school year and our day camp, Camp Keshet, during the summer. This multifaceted role offers the opportunity to make a lasting impact on the lives of children, teens, and families across multiple levels of our community. In all aspects of the role, the ideal candidate will bring joy, professionalism, creativity, pristine organizational skills, an ability to connect with people of all ages, and the utmost integrity. We’re looking for an energetic, logistically savvy leader who excels at program development, staff supervision, and building relationships with kids and teens, as well as their families. If you're ready to shape the next generation and be a part of a supportive, fun, and committed staff team within an innovative community, we'd love to hear from you.
Key responsibilities include and are not limited to:
Camp Keshet Director: Oversee all aspects of camp during the summer, including daily operations, weekly schedule management, staff supervision, parent communications, and camper care.
Camp Keshet Planning, Programming & Logistics: Supervise financial aspects of camp, including developing and tracking camp budget, overseeing camp registration, and monitoring financial aid processes. Comprehensively plan camp experiences such as weekly field trips and bus coordination, specialist programs, group time activities, all-camp programs, and all other aspects of camp planning.
Director of Youth and Teens: Develop and facilitate programming for Temple Beth Am youth department, including Mahar (2nd-3rd grade), Kadima (4th-6th grade), and TBA Teens (7th-12th grade). This encompasses social programming, Moving Traditions groups, religious/social action opportunities, and all other programming for kids and teens in our community. The position may include leading the madrichim (teen staff) program within our religious school as well.
Staff Supervision & Training: Recruit, hire, train, and supervise staff across department offerings, including all Camp Keshet staff, Moving Traditions group leaders, youth and teens advisor, and other opportunities as needed.
Shabbat and Holiday Youth Programming: Oversee weekly Saturday morning Shabbat Yeladim drop-off programming. Develop and supervise High Holiday youth programming for Temple Beth Am community. Coordinate children's programming, including staffing and program content, for annual Temple Beth Am Family Shabbaton. May include supervision/support of other family event programming (ie annual Purim carnival).
Schedule during the school year will be dictated by responsibilities as agreed upon with supervisor, potentially encompassing some weekend commitments. During the summer, the role will be centered around the camp week, Monday through Friday.