Summer Camp Coordinator

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Post End Date:
January 30, 2026 at 11:59 PM This job advertisement is to fill an existing vacancy in the Part‑Time Contract Positions (Employee Group)

Department: Brock Recreation & Youth University

Pay Rate: $18. 6 0/hour

Contract Dates:

• Pre-camp training February to April
• June 22 to September 4, 2026

Hours:

• 5 hours/week February to April
• 40-44 hours/week June 22 to September 4, 2026

Positions Available: Multiple

During July and August, Brock’s Youth University and Sports School offers on-campus day camps to over 250 youth in grades 1 to 8 each week. Our innovative camps are divided into themes and carefully created to inspire every child. Every week includes exciting discovery sessions, adventurous recreation, and traditional camp activities such as swim ming and high ropes. You are encouraged to learn more about what we do at  Applications are open for the following streams:

• Adventure
• Art
• Leadership
• Robotics
• Science
• Sports School
• Technology

Summer Camp Coordinators are responsible for supporting the facilitation of high quality, engaging, and educational programming primarily in one specific program stream (e.g. Sports School Camp Coordinator). They will be supporting instructors in curriculum planning, scheduling, training, risk management, and camper mentorship. Working under the direct supervision of the Program Manager team, the Summer Camp Coordinators require a solid practical background in their area to best support the camper’s learning and instructor’s development.

Summer Camp Coordinators work directly with the several staff assigned to their stream to run a safe, developmentally appropriate and innovative camp curriculum for up to 100 youth in grades 1 to 8. While they share the same overall responsibilities as the camp instructors, they are held to a higher standard and are typically performing tasks which make the overall program possible.

• Determine the campus space and material requirements for the program and coordinate the use of rooms, gyms, computer labs, and field spaces in connection with program managers.
• Role model for instructing staff the best example of desired behaviour, such as making the most of down‑time with participants, finding the answers to questions, tracking all incidents, leading activities in an intriguing way, or facilitating quality program modules.
• Provide frequent, actionable, specific, and timely feedback to team members in a positive and growth‑oriented way.
• Represent Brock University as an ambassador to the program and provide excellent customer service to caregivers through careful planning of programs and problem solving issues as they arise.
• Provide some training to instructing staff on content delivery, expertise related to working with youth, departmental protocols and Brock policies.
• Work toward a high‑quality program by making recommendations, highlighting recurring problems, identifying and addressing weaknesses, and generally observing areas for improvement.
• Support staff members in their work with all youth, helping them to make accommodations as needed.
• Ensure staff members are prepared to facilitate the program: they know where they are going, what they are doing, and they have the resources and…