Summer Student Positions

If you are a motivated, enthusiastic, energetic individual who would like the challenge of working in a recreation environment, apply for one of the Summer Student positions below.

Available positions for Summer 2023 include the following:

Day Camp Supervisors

We are looking for highly motivated and well-organized people with strong leadership skills to supervise the Town’s Summer Day Camp programs (Caboodle, Wahoo, and Excursion). The Day Camp Supervisor helps to enhance the programs with challenging, fun ideas to meet the needs of the children. Responsibilities include supervision and scheduling of staff, organizing theme days as well as requesting and acquiring of inventory and supplies.

Qualifications:

Clear Certificate of Conduct / Vulnerable Sector Check (completed within the last 6 months)
Valid Standard First Aid Certificate
High Five^®Principles of Healthy Child Development
Two years’ leadership experience
Two years’ experience working in a summer program
Two years’ post-secondary education in a field related to children / youth issues, needs, or development (ex. recreation, physical education, education, early childhood education, social work, nursing)
Experience / training in planning and coordinating programming for children / youth in a group setting
Experience in training, supervision, and evaluation of staff, program planning, and experience instructing various sports activities, crafts, and games

Period of Employment: June 12 – August 25, 2023

Rate of Pay: $16.00/hour (40 hours/week) (flex-time will be required)

Day Camp Head Counsellor

We are looking for energetic people who enjoy working with children between the ages of 6 and 12 years. Duties include: outlining and implementing activities in conjunction with supervisors, overseeing day-camp councillors, enhancing program content through new ideas, strong sense of safety awareness, good oral communication and customer service skills, and cleaning of work area.

Qualifications:

Clear Certificate of Conduct / Vulnerable Sector Check (completed within the last 6 months)
Valid Standard First Aid Certificate
High Five® Principles of Healthy Child Development
Experience working in a summer program
Post-secondary education in a field related to children / youth issues, needs, or development would be an asset (ex. recreation, physical education, education, early childhood education, social work, nursing)
Experience working with children in an inclusive setting

Period of employment: June 27 – August 25, 2023

Rate of Pay: $15.00/hour (40 hours/week) (flex-time will be required)

Day Camp Counsellors

We are looking for energetic people who enjoy working with children between the ages of 6 and 12 years. Duties include: implementing activities as outlined by supervisors and head counsellors, enhancing program content through new ideas, strong sense of safety awareness, good oral communication and customer service skills, and cleaning of work area.

Qualifications:

Clear Certificate of Conduct / Vulnerable Sector Check (completed within the last 6 months)
Valid Standard First Aid Certificate
High Five^®Principles of Healthy Child Development
Experience working in a summer program
Post-secondary education in a field related to children / youth issues, needs, or development would be an asset (ex. recreation, physical education, education, early childhood education, social work, nursing)
Experience in planning and implementing programming for children in a group setting and ability to instruct various sports activities, crafts and games

Period of employment: June 27 – August 25, 2023

Rate of Pay: $14.50/hour (40 hours/week) (flex-time will be required)

Inclusion Counsellors

We are looking for energetic people who are interested in working with small groups of children who require extra attention. Duties include: working as a team member with day-camp counselors and supervisors but providing a level of 1:1 care for children with special needs and a focus on an inclusive environment.

Qualifications:

Clear Certificate of Conduct / Vulnerable Sector Check (completed within the last 6 months)
Valid Standard First Aid Certificate
High Five^®Principles of Healthy Child Development
Experience working in a summer program
Post-secondary education in a field related to children / youth issues, needs, or development would be an asset (ex. recreation, physical education, education, early childhood education, social work, nursing)
Experience working with children in an inclusive setting

Period of employment: June 27 – August 25, 2023

Rate of Pay: $15.00/hour (40 hours/week) (flex-time will be required)