Description Tag Staff Girl Scouts of Central Indiana Reports to Tag Unit LeadSeasonal Who We Are: Girl Scouts of Central Indiana embrace an inclusive culture. We value diversity, equity, and inclusion across all identiti…
Skills: Childcare, Activity Planning, Conflict Management, Problem Solving, Decision Making
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Temporary
Posted 170d ago
~40 hrs/week
Responsibilities
The Tag Staff is responsible for planning, teaching, and coordinating activities for campers while ensuring their physical and mental well-being. This includes supervising children during daily activities and overnight stays to foster a safe and inclusive environment.
Requirements
Candidates must be at least 15 years old with experience working with children and the ability to lift up to 40 pounds. Membership in the Girl Scout organization and adherence to the Girl Scout Promise and Law are required.
Full job description
Description
Tag Staff
Girl Scouts of Central Indiana
Reports to Tag Unit Lead
Seasonal
Who We Are:
Girl Scouts of Central Indiana embrace an inclusive culture. We value diversity, equity, and inclusion across all identities. We are committed to continual learning and to a culture of safety and wellbeing in which individuality is celebrated and everyone is valued and respected. Everyone is welcome to bring their authentic selves into our space.
Girl Scouts of Central Indiana serves 45 Indiana counties, nearly more than 16,000 Girl Scouts and 10,000 adult volunteers. We are the proud facilitators of Girl Scout camp at five Indiana locations, conveners of thousands of Girl Scout programs with nearly 600 community partners and serve thousands more community members each year at our STEM Center of Excellence and Founders Lodge Event and Conference Center.
About the Role
What You Will Do:
The Tag Staff will be responsible for planning, teaching, and coordinating Activities in the Tag Unit.
How You Will Lead:
Provide opportunities for the unit so that each individual camper experiences success during camp.
Participate in all scheduled activities with the children (i.e., all Tag Staff must swim with the children).
Teach camping skills and appreciation of the out-of-doors.
Adhere to the established Tag Unit hours and established break schedule.
Set a good example for others in the areas of cleanliness, sanitation, punctuality, sharing, clean-up, sportsmanship, and manners.
Assume responsibility for physical health and safety and the mental welfare of the campers.
Help provide for the physical health and safety and the mental welfare of the campers.
Guide activities and experiences in the unit through use of scheduled activities provided by Day Camp Directors and activities that have been planned in Staff Training. Assist program staff, craft staff, kitchen staff in special events and programs involving campers.
Help Tag Supervisor with scheduling of activities as well as unit staff time off.
Follow camp rules and regulations.
While spending the night on Thursday nights Tag Staff will stay with campers and provide supervision throughout the night.
These are not the only duties to be performed. Some duties may be reassessed, and other duties may be assigned as required.
Foster a culture of diversity and inclusion in the workplace and amongst the membership.
Core Competencies:
Conflict Management – Anticipates, prevents, and resolves conflicts while maintaining productive working relationships (for example, with customers, vendors, or coworkers); distinguishes between disruptive conflict and constructive differences; identifies common interests to resolve differences; identifies the causes of problems; analyzes factors contributing to conflict; anticipates potential conflicts; facilitates conflict resolution.
Problem-Solving- Identifies and analyzes existing and potential problems systematically and thoroughly; reports/documents the problem; obtains and evaluates relevant information and contributing factors; identifies important interrelationships; implements solutions after evaluating alternatives and anticipating their impact; supports decisions or recommendations with data and/or reasoning; defines and implements solutions to problems.
Judgment and Decision-Making - Recognizes when immediate action is required; recognizes when sufficient information has been obtained to decide; makes decisions where appropriate or refers decisions to the appropriate organizational level; makes decisions without undue delay.
Fostering Diversity - Understands and embraces the differences that individuals bring to Girl Scouting; encourages and fosters the unique contributions and varied talents of diverse groups and individuals; values, develops, nurtures, uses, and celebrates group and individual diversity; removes barriers to participation (holds meetings in accessible locations, uses translators, etc.); strives to ensure a friendly and harmonious environment for girls, adult volunteers, and staff; treats others in an unbiased manner; challenges the biased behavior of others; adheres to organizational diversity goals.
Adaptability - Adjusts, modifies own behavior, and remains flexible in response to changing situations and environments, new or rapidly changing information, unexpected obstacles, or people expressing varying perspectives, needs, and demands; maintains high performance, emotional composure, objectivity, and balanced perspective under pressure, shifting priorities, opposition, or situational ambiguity.
What We Are Looking For:
At least 15 years old.
Experience working with children.
Ability to teach and guide campers.
Ability to work as a team member.
Able to communicate effectively with staff and campers.
Possess enthusiasm, sense of humor, patience, and self-control.
Readiness and ability to adapt to camp work situations.
Ability to make immediate and appropriate decisions in a crisis and deal with emergency situations.
Must hold membership in the Girl Scout organization and subscribe to the tenets of the Girl Scout Promise and Law.
Requirements
Physical Demands & Work Environment:
Ability to stand on your feet for an extended period.
Ability to lift to 40 pounds.
Ability to tolerate exposure to seasonal weather conditions.
Related keywords
Girl ScoutsDay CampYouth DevelopmentOutdoor EducationChild SafetyCamp CounselingDiversity and InclusionCrisis ManagementRecreation
Girl Scouts builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.
Industry
Non-profit Organizations
Company size
51-200 employees
Founded
1912
LinkedIn followers
2,395
Total funding
$55K
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