Job Description

Position Title:                                  Camp Ministries Director

Department/location:                     Glacier View Ranch/Ward, Colorado

Immediate Supervisor:                   Youth Ministries Director

Supervisory Responsibilities          Administrative staff and volunteer staff

Classification:                                    Full-time, Exempt (Administrative)

Salary Information:                         Department Director Wage Scale, 87%–102% ($4,577.00 /mo to $5,366.00 /mo)

Benefits:                                            Health Insurance, Retirement Employer Basic and Matching, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance, Vacation and Paid Holidays, VOYA Life Insurance voluntary products, Hartford products and services, Flexible Medical and Dependent Spending (Flores), Tuition Subsidy, Cell Phone reimbursement.

 

The mission of the Rocky Mountain Conference is to lovingly support and empower every member in our conference to know Christ and to make Him fully known through education, outreach, and service, and by communicating hope and encouraging an intimate connection with each other and with Christ.

Job Summary:

To plan, direct, and/or coordinate activities at Glacier View Ranch to ensure that the facility and grounds are well maintained in a way that promotes the mission of the Conference.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Work with the public and Rocky Mountain Conference membership to answer questions about GVR’s policies and services, which includes showing, renting and assigning accommodations as necessary.
  • Perform marketing and PR activities by creating materials and promoting the use of GVR within the Rocky Mountain Conference churches and schools.
  • Work directly with the Youth Ministries department to support the summer camp program as well as other youth functions throughout the year.
  • Directly oversee staff and volunteers, assigning duties and scheduling shifts. Ensure that staff performance is efficient, following GVR and RMC’s policies and procedures.
  • Meet with clients to schedule and plan details for conventions, receptions and other functions. Note: these functions should not interfere with, but instead work around the summer camp and other youth program schedules and needs.
  • Meet regularly with the Youth Ministries Director to monitor the revenue activity of GVR, participating in activities such as setting room rates, establishing a budget and allocating funds.
  • Ensure that GVR maintains its necessary licenses and certifications such as its Child Care license for the state of Colorado and its American Camping Association (ACA) accreditation.
  • Create and maintain a system to prepare, submit and retain required paperwork for various GVR needs.
  • Maintain GVR’s inventory of supplies and equipment by ensuring purchases and regular maintenance and repairs are completed.
  • Serve as a member of the GVR Board.
  • Attend RMC monthly staff meetings if available.

Performance Factors

The following Performance Factors are used during the annual review process to determine if the employee is meeting job expectations

  • Attendance and punctuality: The employee can be depended on to be available and attend necessary meetings and arrive on time to planned events and activities. Employee can be depended upon to complete work in a timely, accurate, and thorough manner and is conscientious about assignments.
  • The employee communicates effectively both verbally and in writing with supervisors, colleagues, volunteers and youth.
  • Wearing the armor of the Fruits of the Spirit, the employee exhibits a professional manner in dealing with others and works to maintain constructive working relationships.
  • The employee works to maintain the department budget.
  • The employee commits to being a life-long learner and sets measurable goals (short- and long-term) for both personal and professional development/growth.

Qualifications/Requirements

  • Be a member in good standing of a church within the Rocky Mountain Conference
  • Faithfully return tithe to the Rocky Mountain Conference
  • Education—College degree required in a related field.
  • Experience
    • Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services.
    • Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning and leadership techniques.
    • Must have supervisory skills with the ability to direct multiple projects simultaneously, coordinating people and resources.
  • Competencies (skills and personal characteristics that an individual should possess in order to be successful in this position)
    • Planning/organizing
    • Analytical
    • Problem solving
    • Job motivation/initiative
    • Time management
    • Enthusiastic
    • Creative
    • Life-long learner

Typical Physical Demands

Must be able to read, speak, and hear. Must be able to effectively communicate in English both orally and in writing. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear, walk, bend, kneel, and lift. The employee is frequently required to use stairs and drive/operate a vehicle.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Working Conditions

Essential responsibilities are performed while working at Glacier View Ranch in Ward, Colorado, which is at an elevation of 9,450 feet. Employee must be able to work at this altitude. Tasks are performed in a variety of locations and conditions around the Ranch, including indoor/outdoor workshop areas, rugged outdoor areas, and indoor facilities such as the lodge, lodge rooms and cabins as well as the pool area, waste-water plant and fresh water facility. Some tasks are performed outdoors on a year-round basis; employee may be exposed to extreme hot and cold conditions, depending on the weather. Employee may be exposed to unpleasant and noxious fumes and odors and may require an employee to be exposed to hazardous work environments. The employee will also be exposed to chemicals and solutions that are commonly used to clean, disinfect, treat, repair, etc. Some jobs require an employee to work where there is a significant chance of injury. Employee is expected to take necessary precautions and to use great skill and care when working in such conditions.

The Camp Ministries Director position requires great flexibility in hours available for work, including evenings and weekends. The position is a full time, salaried position and while the salary is based upon a projected 38 hours per week, the actual number of hours required during any given week are those needed to fulfill the responsibilities of the position. Furthermore it is recognized that the schedule may vary at different times of the year. It is therefore understood that the Camp Ministries Director shall:

  • Be accessible to staff, volunteers, the public, the leadership of the local churches/schools by maintaining some regular office hours as time allows.
  • Keep the conference office informed as to how the Camp Ministries Director can be contacted.
  • Notify their direct supervisor in the event of an unforeseen and untimely absence from regularly scheduled events, and provide a suitable substitute in the case of anticipated absence (meeting excepted).
  • In the case of extended time away from the office arrange to receive messages.
  • Be familiar with and operate within the guidelines set forth in the Employee Handbook

Please Note: The statements found in this job description are meant to describe the overall general nature and level of the work performed by an employee functioning in this position. The tasks, duties, responsibilities, functions, skills, talents, etc. outlined in the description is not an exhaustive list and should not be construed as such. Rocky Mountain Conference Administration reserves the right to modify this job description as/when needed in order to fulfill the mission of the Conference.

All employees are expected to uphold the values of the Rocky Mountain Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. Employees are missionaries, demonstrating a desire and a commitment to sharing the love of Christ. Every act should be seen as a way to witness.

To apply:  Employment Application