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Summer Camp Operations Coordinator

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Galileo Camps

Summer Camp Operations Coordinator

Palo Alto, CA
Internship
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Love the details? Get deep satisfaction from a job well done? Love helping things run smoothly? Find delight in supporting the administrative needs of a team and providing excellent customer service? Obsessed with check lists and office organization?

    The Operations Coordinator is the operational heart of each Galileo camp site. This leadership role sets the tone for service mentality and work ethic for every other camp staff member, and role models the flexibility required at camp—there is no job too big or too small. There is a lot of work, and an emergence of anticipated and unanticipated needs. Perfect for detail-oriented administrative masters.

    ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

    • Provide administrative and management support to the Camp Director through daily communication
    • Provide excellent customer service to camp families to ensure a professional, positive, and memorable experience
    • Prepare, manage, and maintain weekly camper paperwork and materials needed for camper check-in, check-out and extended care, including inputting and downloading data from online databases
    • With Camp Director, lead and manage Summer Interns ensuring efficient and enthusiastic support of camp operations and programming
    • Provide leadership, energy and camp spirit for campers and staff
    • Set, work toward and achieve measurable professional development goals
    • Support camper check-in and check-out processes
    • Provide support in classrooms as needed
    • Contribute to and participate in daily opening and closing ceremonies, all-camp activities, and snack and lunch supervision and programming
  • Qualifications

    EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION College graduate or equivalent experience Administrative experience Demonstrated leadership experience Experience working with kids or in a camp setting a plus Current CPR and First Aid certification (by start of camp)

  • Compensation
    Operations Coordinators are compensated at a regular hourly rate of $14.00-15.50 per hour. Operations Coordinators also receive a bonus of $0.25 per camper week, paid in their final paycheck upon completion of full contract
  • Industry
    Education
  • About Us

    Founded in 2002, Galileo has grown to over 100 awe-inspiring summer camp programs throughout the Bay Area, SoCal, and Chicagoland, for which we hire close to 3,000 summer staff each year. Our summer staff teams are a diverse community of leaders—the best and brightest current and aspiring educators, college students, artists, engineers, and scientists who can't wait to dazzle and inspire thousands of Galileo campers for 2-8 weeks each summer.