Camp Travel Director
15 days ago
Greenvale
LIU Teen Travel Director
Location: Long Island, New York
Total Compensation: $ TBD
May - June 2025, hourly compensation. Total based on volume
Approximately 15 hours per week.
June 30-August 22: $
Temporary/Seasonal (exempt)
Who We Are:
Founded over 25 years ago by experienced childhood educators, psychologists, and developmental specialists, Oasis Day Camp prides itself on nurturing children ages 3 to 16 to feel safe and confident both physically and emotionally. Our camp directors and leaders are school teachers and senior youth workers who painstakingly hand select counselors, activity specialists, and instructors with experience and passion for child development and emotional growth.
At Oasis Day Camp, we believe that each child is unique, filled with potential and curiosity. Our dedicated team of educators and caregivers is committed to nurturing this potential through engaging activities, supportive interactions, in a safe environment. We emphasize social and emotional development, helping children build confidence, self-esteem, resilience, and vital life skills.
Our Mission:
Oasis was created by a team of experienced youth-serving professionals with a shared belief that summer and after-school experiences play a critical role in the lives of children. Oasis brings high quality programs directly to families where they live and work. Oasis delivers customized programs that combine experiential education with arts, recreation, and athletics. At Oasis every child will feel part of a community and have a sense of safety and belonging. We create a fun environment where children feel
emotionally and physically safe.
Our Core Values:
● Oasis gives children the tools they will need to succeed in school and in life.
● Oasis creates communities for children that are safe havens emotionally and physically.
● Oasis staff members build self-confidence by being positive, supportive and kind.
● Oasis encourages children to embrace new experiences and to learn new skills.
● Oasis staff members are role models who teach through their own behaviors, participation/engagement and positive perspective
Job Overview: The LIU Teen Travel Director will design the Oasis LIU Teen Travel programs and manage within budget. The goal of the LIU Teen Travel Director is to incorporate the Oasis Mission and Values into the travel camp environment while growing the community of Oasis travel campers and families. The LIU Teen Travel Director will ensure the health and safety of campers and staff through best-in-class programming with appropriate travel destinations and activities in an inclusive, safe, and engaging environment.
Job Description
Responsibilities
Safety & Trust
● Collaborate with Oasis HQ and its partners to keep campers and employees safe
● Maintain an active presence at camp prioritizing time with campers and staff vs in office
● Review and update emergency response plans
Branding & Enrollments
● Be the brand ambassador and the ultimate champion of Oasis Day Camp
● Represent Oasis at school and community events
● Communicate with families, staff, and prospects in the off-season
● Coordinate and help facilitate correspondence to registered families prior to the start of camp
● Respond to new parent leads and referrals to drive new enrollments
● Review enrollment reports with the Oasis HQ Leadership Team
● Lead and collaborate with the Oasis LIU and Central Park Teen Travel Leadership Team on retention efforts
Budget Management
● Manage all expenses to come in below the budget you are provided
● Ensure buffer in the budget in case of unforeseen issues (eg, transportation breakdown, weather)
● Prepare future season tuition pricing for review with Oasis HQ
● Track and record all invoices promptly using company accounting tools, policies, and processes
● Operate within your authorized levels (spending, signing) in accordance with company policies
Programming
● Build a program that develops campers into twenty-first century leaders
● Manage the Oasis LIU Teen Travel summer staff
● Develop daily stand-ups and talk tracks for each trip, such that new staff feel equipped with a script, playbook, or checklist for each day, with clear progression of programming throughout the course of a session/summer.
● Train summer staff on each activity and trip.
● Develop programming for downtime (eg, buses) to build relationships and develop culture.
● Support the Camp Director and Director of Operations in facilitating the collection of family feedback process for trips programming during the summer.
● Support the Camp Director Operations Director to communicate to parents and families the “substance” and “why” of Oasis Teen Travel.
● Inject new all-camp traditions that align with values and draw new camper families
Operations
● Oversee the scheduling and scheduling changes of trips in the summer, and communicate with the Camp Director, Director of Operations, staff, and vendors if and when changes arise throughout the summer
● Coordinate the safety and arrangements for group trips and group overnights for all Oasis Camps
● Coordinate the safety and arrangements for bus and charter bus transportation for all daily and overnight programming
● Ensure all campers are fed at meal times and depart camp safely each day
● Review inventory from previous summer and create a “wish list” for upcoming summer
People Operations
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● Deliver orientation with the leadership team for staff training
● Provide administrative and programmatic oversight for all Oasis Teen Travel
● Champion Oasis staff training and impart our guidelines of safety and excellence with all staff
● Work within the defined budget and be accountable for all salaries and spending
● Champion and lead training for staff throughout the course of the summer
● Lead staff recognition and awards ceremonies throughout the summer
Who You Are:
● Enthusiastic about camp and developing children through camp experiences
● Comfortable in a group dynamic setting and with public speaking
● A strong analytical decision-maker thru organized, structured, and detailed thinking
● A strong people manager committed to high standards of performance
● An outstanding communicator and able to build trust through empathy with staff and families
● Strong relationship builder, which translates into camper enrollments
● Strong analytical and decision-making skills thru organized, structured, and detailed thinking
● Dependable, enthusiastic, levelheaded, flexible and team oriented
Qualifications:
● Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Education required (Master’s Degree in Education preferred)
● Minimum 5+ years’ experience working as a teacher
● Experience in program and activity planning for children grades 6-12.
● Experience with Microsoft Office and Google Workspace productivity tools
● CPR and First Aid certified or willing to obtain within 30 days of being hired and update annually
Pre-Summer Schedule:
Off-season hours begin in the spring and increase steadily through the start of summer. Total off-season hours are approximately 120 hours* over two months.
May: 15 hours per week.
June: 15 hours per week.
Location: Greater Long Island area, with in-person events as required.
Summer Schedule:
June 30-August 22, 2025
Location: LIU Post and Trip Destinations with campers
*Pre-Summer Hours are subject to change. There is no guaranteed number of hours per week, and hours will be allocated on a week-by-week or month-by-month basis. Any time spent over allotted hours needs to be pre-approved by the employee’s manager.
Oasis Day Camp is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.
