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Mission: The Camp Crew member will be responsible for maintaining a clean, safe, sustainable, high quality facility by working with the camp staff to enhance the camp environment and exemplify IDEA's commitment to excellence. This position performs a variety of responsibilities including carpentry, small machine maintenance and repair, event set up and tear down, wildlife management, painting, and physical support of the 85 acre camp property.

What We Offer

• Compensation for this role is set at an hourly rate ranging between $14.86 for 0 years of experienceand $18.21

Accountabilities:

Operate a clean and functional maintenance space that guarantees an enhanced learning environment.

• Maintain the safe operating standard of all equipment.
• Clean the shop weekly
• Maintain all areas of camp to standards outlined in daily duty chart
• Conduct regular sweeps of buildings and activity areas making notes of where we can improve
• Conduct regular sweeps of trails and teambuilding areas noting anything that needs attention
• Respond to Zendesk tickets in a timely manner.
• Keep all buildings in safe operating condition.

Operate a safe camp environment that fosters a sense community

• Operate and maintain camp tools safely
• Ensure that all trails are clear of debris and overgrowth
• Keep maintenance area neat and clean at all times
• Responsible for locking facility areas at the end of the day.
• Immediately report any malfunctioning or broken tool, equipment, or part of the facility
• 90% of SafeSchools training is done before the end of the fiscal year
• Always use professional language in front of other staff and students.
• Maintain a positive attitude as a role model for campers

Serve as a substitute when needed

• Learn the job of a custodian
• Be available when asked to help with custodial duties
• Remain flexible to be able to step in as needed

Assist Operations Manager with Camp Projects

• Spread mulch on trails and roadways as needed
• Move camp furniture to set up for activities and events
• Build camp furniture/items as needed for activity areas
• Work on additional projects as deemed necessary by the Operations Manager.

Demonstrate reliability and responsibility through attendance, punctuality
and flexibility.

• Ability to be at work every day
• No more than 5 tardy arrivals and always punctual
• Ability and availability to work longer hours as needed to meet the mission goal
• Capable of adapting to the camps' ever changing needs by demonstrating determination to meet its needs.

We look for Team and Family who embody the followingvaluesand characteristics:

• Believes and is committed to our missionand being an agent of change: that all studentsare capable of gettingto and through college
• Has demonstrated effectiveoutcomes and results, and wants to be held accountable for them
• Has a propensity for action, willing to make mistakes by doing in order to learn and improvequickly
• Works with urgency and purpose to drive student outcomes
• Thrives in an entrepreneurial, high-growth environment; is comfortable with ambiguity and change
• Seeks and responds well to feedback, which is shared often and freely across all levels of the organization
• Works through silos and forges strong cross-departmental relationshipsin order toachieve outcomes
• We believe in education asa professionand hold ourselves to high level of conduct, professionalism and behaviors as models for our colleagues and students.

Competencies:

• Instill respect for environment, self, and others.
• Reinforce IDEA's mission of College for All Students.
• Maintain high levels of health and safety in all activities for campers and staff.
• Participate in development and implementation of program activities within the mission and outcomes.
• Willingness to learn and teach a variety of disciplines to varying grade levels.
• Be a role model to campers and staff in both attitude and behavior.
• Openness to observation and critical feedback
• Work duties on camp including maintenance and cleaning duties as assigned.
• Be on time to all scheduled trainings and work days.
• Excitement about working for a school system that is changing the status quo of education in Texas.
• Responsible for equipment maintenance and supplies for assigned activity areas.
• Flexibility handling changes in schedules and activities as required to maintain a high performing program.

Qualifications:

• Education
  • There are no minimum educational requirements for this position
• Experience
  • Working knowledge of power tools and hand tools is preferred.
  • Direct work with school age children preferred.
  • Custodial experience is preferred

Knowledge and Skills:

• Proven ability to work well with a team, as well as be counted on to complete individual tasks as necessary.
• Proven ability to work well with all age levels (campers ages 6-17 and adults).