The College Settlement of Philadelphia was founded in 1882 to provide social, cultural and educational programs for the immigrants of South Philadelphia. The Agency operated a Settlement House in Philadelphia.  College Settlement Camp was founded in 1922 by Anna Freeman Davies and has been providing camping services for people from the greater Philadelphia area since that time. Today, there are 5 and 12 day resident camp programs (ages 8-12), Teen Adventure programs (ages 13 and 14) and a Counselor-in Training programs (ages 15-17).

The Day Camp programs were added in 1950, and have been tremendously popular, offering two four-week session each summer.  

Our non-profit organization also operates a spring and fall Outdoor School program for elementary and middle school students who attend our 1, 2 or 3 day programs with their teachers.

We hire a wonderfully diverse team to run our programs.  Staff members are recruited from all over the USA and abroad.  We are currently looking for the right people to join us and make a positive impact on our campers.

Duties include not only running an amazing, fun, exciting nature program for our campers, but also being part of the general camp staff – assisting with boating, fishing, swimming, Pirate Days, Crazy Science Days and all the other daily camp activities.

 ENVIRONMENTALIST (Seasonal)       

RESPONSIBLE TO:   CAMP DIRECTOR

QUALIFICATIONS:

1. A college degree (or at least 1 year of completed college course in) in education, biology, environmental science, or related field or equivalent experience.
2. A valid driver’s license
3. Age 21 years or more

EXPERIENCE:

1. At least 1 year experience in camping, education, recreation, or youth-related work.
2. At least 1 year experience in working with animals
3. Experience with environmental  activities such as pond study, wild edibles, natural history preferred

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES:

1. Desire to work and live in a camp community with a diverse population of staff and campers
2. Be a positive role model for staff and campers,
3. Strong desire to work with disadvantaged youth.
4. Exhibit enthusiasm, sense of humor, patience, integrity, self-motivation and adaptability

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1. The ability to communicate and work with campers and staff, and provide necessary instruction to campers and staff.
2. Ability to observe campers behavior, assess its appropriateness, enforce appropriate Risk Management Code regulations and emergency procedures and apply appropriate behavior management techniques.
3. Visual and auditory ability to identify and respond to environment and other hazards related to any camp activity the staff member participates in or leads.
4. Ability to train staff and campers in safety regulations and emergency procedures.
5. Ability to communicate and work with campers and provide necessary instruction to campers
6. Ability to work maintain camp live animal collection in a safe and sanitary condition
7. Ability to safely handle camp animals for instructional activities
8. Physical ability to participate in all facets of camp programs
9. Ability to work long hours especially during the operation of the summer camp.

BROAD RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Develop, schedule and lead morning and afternoon Environmental Education programs for campers. 
2. Direction, supervision, and organization of counselors and campers in the Environmental Education portion of the program, in order to meet the intended camper outcomes.
3. Become completely familiar with those aspects of Risk Management Code that relate directly to this position. 
4. Assist Village Leaders lead camp activities when not running Environmental Education.
5. Assist Farm Educator when not running the Environmental Education and Animal programs
6. Maintain the health and cleanliness of the Camps’ live animal collection

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Develop and lead a daily activity that focus on Environmental Education and utilizes the natural areas of camp such as creeks, pond, meadows and forests.
2. Develop and lead activities that utilize the camps’ live animal collection.
3. Train and supervise the staff in leading environmental activities.
4. Maintain the Environmental Center, exhibits, and garden in a sanitary, organized and tidy state.
5. Maintain the camps’ live animal collection and assume responsibility for the daily feeding, watering and cleaning of all live animals at the Environmental Center.
6. Maintain Environmental Center displays and lesson equipment
7. Participate in the overall camp program, focusing on bringing positive environmental awareness to as many aspects of the camp program as possible.
8. Environmentalist should lead afternoon activities for campers each day.  Particular emphasis should be placed on activities which involve visiting the animal, natural areas, Environmental Center and garden.
9. Provide for spontaneous and additional Environmental Education activities, i.e. owl lessons during overnights, creek crawl afternoons and other program times as assigned.
10. As a supportive staff member, undertake all duties such as supervision during meals, snack and shower time, swim, and whenever needed. 
11. At the end of summer, submit an End of Summer Report, Summer Highlights and all relevant evaluation forms.
12. Become completely familiar with those aspects of the Risk Management Code that relate to the operation of the Summer Camps at College Settlement.
13. Assist with other duties as needed e.g. assuming daily role as counselor when not leading environmental center activities, etc.
14. Become familiar with those aspects of the ACA and USDA Standards which relate to your job responsibilities.