Location and Job Title:

Camp and Youth Program Director
JCC of Binghamton
500 Clubhouse Rd
Vestal, NY 13850

Principal Responsibilities:

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Direct the organization's summer day camp program for children ages 5 - 15, including hiring, vetting, and orienting all counselors, creating theme-based programs, and directing a travel camp for 8 weeks in the summer.

Oversee the Kids Connection School Age Childcare program during the year from Sept through June, Monday - Friday from 3 pm to 6 pm, from 7:30 am to 6 pm on school (Vestal district) vacation days. Oversee all youth program classes and holiday celebrations, special events, and fundraisers for 44 weeks.

Minimum Qualifications:

Must have at least 3 years previous experience as a director of a summer camp. Must have a minimum of a Bachelor's degree, including or in addition to 12 credits in Early Childhood, Child Development, or a related field, one year of full-time teaching experience in a childcare center, and one year of experience supervising staff in a childcare program.

Excellent communication, budgeting, problem solving , and programming skills a must.

Salary:

$55,000 - $65,000

Agency Information:

Since its inception in 1927, the Jewish Community Center of Binghamton, NY (JCC) has grown and evolved to become an essential part of the Broome County community as a full-service, not-for-profit, organization. The JCC is dedicated to providing educational, cultural, recreational, and physical fitness programs to enhance the quality of life for everyone from infants to senior citizens. As a non-sectarian, United Way partner, the Center welcomes participants regardless of age, race, religion, sexual orientation, nationality, or ability to pay.

Over the years, the Center has continued to expand its circle of services in order to meet the shifting needs of the community at large. Located by Binghamton University in Vestal, NY, the JCC is housed in a 60,000 square foot facility which houses a natatorium with a 2250 square foot pool, full gymnasium, a small fitness center with men's and women's health club with steam and massage rooms and saunas, a fitness loft with Johnny - G Spinning bikes and Pilates Reformers, full stage auditorium, meeting rooms, a preschool facility with 12 classrooms and 3 infant rooms, 5 rooms which encompass the Kids Connection After School Care program and 4 classrooms which house Universal Pre-Kindergarten programs for the Vestal and Binghamton school districts. In addition, we have 8 acres of land including outdoor tennis and basketball courts, a pavilion, a nature preserve, a soccer and camping field, and 3 state-of-the-art age-appropriate playground facilities.

The JCC's Early Childhood Center and youth department serves over 300 children in daycare programs and over 200 children in summer day camp each year and our Phys Ed department offers programs in everything from youth and adult basketball recreation leagues and camps, a pickleball league, fitness classes and more.