Position Description

Position

• Program Director (male)
• Start date: May 1 or July 1 (some flexibility).

Position Details

• Full-time (year-round)
• Two-year term (shorter terms may be available to suitable candidates)
• Living on-site (housing provided)
• Paid position
• Training provided

About Crane Lake Discovery Camp

Crane Lake Discovery Camp is a therapeutic wilderness camp for boys aged 10-15 near MacTier, Ontario. Our intensive program helps boys discover life skills for a better future. Since 2005, we have impacted the lives of over 200 boys in our summer camp. In 2023, we transitioned to a year-round program, opening our doors to boys who are not thriving in the traditional education system.

About this role

The Program Director is a leadership role in the camp, overseeing the therapeutic, educational program. His effective management ensures the program functions effectively, meeting its therapeutic goals.

Responsibilities

• Oversees the therapeutic progress of campers, overseeing goal setting, trip planning, and participates in all evaluations and staff meetings.
• Oversees the educational program, providing resources, direction, overseeing evaluations, compiling school portfolios of academic work, and serving as the primary contact with the Ministry of Education.
• Supervises Counsellors and Group Work Supervisors, setting up schedules, leading meetings, and providing support as necessary.
• Provides training for new program staff.
• Provides spiritual leadership in Chuckwagon Program and Chapel (shared).
• Business management – strategy, budget, scheduling, planning, training.

Skills and Qualifications

• Mature dedicated Christian; spiritual leader.
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to analyze and assess program needs (including budgeting, strategy, calendar)
• Ability to strategize and plan to facilitate the growth of the program.
• Ability to oversee educational program (planning themes and lessons that creatively move individual campers forward in education).
• Good interpersonal skills; sensitivity to the individual needs of people
• Ability to train and supervise counsellors
• Strong team player, ability to dialogue camper and program needs and work with a team to determine solutions.
• Comfortable with conflict or tense discussions (with campers and staff)
• Ability to project hope during difficult situations
• Be able to work evenings and weekends to ensure program objectives are met
• Assumes responsibilities on own initiative

Why you should work at Crane Lake Discovery Camp

• Team. You like to live and work with other amazing people. We are a small community on a mission – to help boys achieve their potential through our therapeutic wilderness camp. We operate as a team and work together.
• Wilderness. You love being in the great outdoors. You love canoeing, fishing, swimming, camping, building campfires.
• Meaning. You want your life to make a difference. You want to work with people and see the impact of your efforts.
• Faith. You want to put your faith into action. You have a strong relationship with God, and you want to walk each day with God and take a risk for him. You know his love, and you want to help others know him too.
• Innovative. A cubicle isn’t your thing; you are in your element faced with a difficult problem and finding a way to solve it. You think outside the box.

How to Apply

• Email your resume and cover letter to careers@cranelakediscoverycamp.org.
• You can also set up a call or visit with our Executive Director, Ron Weber, at ron@cranelakediscoverycamp.org to ask more questions about the position.
• Closing date is March 3, 2025.