BASE CAMP DIRECTOR

Position Overview: The Base Camp Director oversees all aspects of a 2,500-camper summer camp in New Braunfels, Texas including recruiting of college-aged summer staff, programming, oversight of the Men’s and Women’s Base Camp Directors, and overall management of the camp.

Key Duties

1. Gives Leadership to Base Camp full-time staff, summer staff, and campers

• Full-time staff responsibilities
  • Lead, invest in, evaluate Base Camp (BC) Men’s and Women’s Directors (MD/WD)
  • Empower and equip Base Camp Men’s Director/Women’s Director to invest in summer staff
  • Support and equip BC MD/WD to lead their programs
• Summer staff responsibilities
  • Support the processes to hire, train, lead, evaluate, and disciple all summer staff
  • Assist Directors in problem-solving and interface with summer staff
  • Lead Leadership Weekends, Training Camps, Opening Days and Closing Days
• Camper responsibilities
  • Problem solve/interface with campers/parents as needs arise 
• Give oversight, assess and report weekly staff and camper evaluations
• Actively participate on Recruiting Trail for summer staff

2. Provide Leadership/Oversight/Evaluation to Base Camp Summer Programs

• Lead and oversee Base Camp programs and safety
• Lead and oversee Ultimate Swim Camp (USC) program, including a good working relationship with USC leadership
• Evaluate and lead summer Opportunities for Improvement (OFIs)
• Prepare and oversee yearly budget
• Participate in capital improvements with collaboration from Director of Facilities & Director of Camps
• Direct all aspects of camp
• Oversee and participate in discipling/teaching: Covenant group, Team Meeting, staff Bible study   

3. Maintains an active role in T Bar M Camps’ activities, including but not limited to:

• Maintaining good working relationships with Day Camp, Family Camp, Camp Travis, Ultimate Swim Camp, and the Retreats Director and staf
  • Help coordinate New Braunfels facility usage for other T Bar M programs
• Participating in all T Bar M Camps meetings which require BC involvement
• Participating in off-season program planning and implementation
• Assisting in creative marketing, brainstorming and projects (social media, Base Camp tours, etc.)

4. Support Key Outcomes

• Assist in contributing to and helping to achieve annual ministry goals set by the Senior Leadership Team  

Key Outcomes/Measures of Success

1. The Base Camp Director will be successful when he or she:

• Recruits, trains, and retains a highly effective summer staff team
• Delivers a safe, excellent, and Christ-centered camper experience
• Effectively develops and empowers the Men’s and Women’s Base Camp Directors, resulting in strong leadership throughout the Base Camp program
• Maintains a flexible, solutions-oriented attitude in the fast-paced environment of camp ministry
• Achieves annual ministry, operational, and budget goals while stewarding organizational resources wisely

Qualifications

Spiritual Growth and Alignment

• Consistent evidence of a growing relationship with Christ
• Awareness of and desire to deploy his/her spiritual gift(s) in this ministry
• Agreement with T Bar M Camps’ Doctrinal Statement
• Active member of local church
• Strong sense of calling
• Whole-hearted support of organizational Vision, Core Values, and Mission

Discipler/Developer of Others

• Experience and desire to invest in college-aged staff
• A heart to work with 1st through 6th grade students
• Ability to tactfully confront conflict in a timely and biblical manner
• Invest time into coaching others through teachable moments and situations

Good “fit” for T Bar M Camps

• Camp ministry is a lifestyle in which we subject ourselves to accountability with one another as we live in community together.  
• Ability to keep up with the pace of “camp life”
• Embrace the seasonal nature of the camps industry (long hours during the summer, travel time during the recruiting season, etc.)
• Decisions and actions consistently reflect the core values of our ministry
• A team player who maintains a collaborative attitude
• Ability to think ministry-wide by having a “T Bar M Camps” mentality 
• Has a “Don’t Waste Fun” attitude

Self-Awareness, Character, and Initiative

• Presents himself/herself in a professional manner and sees leadership as a role in which to serve rather than a position to be served  
• Displays a teachable spirit
• Seeks out and values the input and ideas of others
• Willingly admits mistakes and learns from them
• Restless with the status-quo, demonstrates a persistent energy to do things better
• Possesses an unwavering commitment to quality
• Supportive of organizational leadership and yet be able to make independent decisions when necessary
• Balances self-confidence and humility
• Exhibits managerial courage through being willing to make the tough decisions

Effective Communicator

• Skilled in verbal and written communication
• Comfortable in face-to-face encounters with adults and professionals and able to deliver the “T Bar M difference”
• Ability to manage relationships via a variety of mediums (i.e. phone, email, face-to-face interaction)
• Confident, dynamic, clear, and responsive when addressing questions

Organizational/Office Skills

• Ability to effectively juggle multiple demands and competing priorities
• Committed to continually reinvent this place
• Constantly pushes for innovation and better ways of doing things

Education/Experiences

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Two years of work experience beyond college preferred

Compensation: Compensation for the Base Camp Director will be competitive with the market for similar roles and responsibilities. T Bar M Camps has a competitive benefits package. 

Center for Christian Growth, Inc.Center for Christian Growth, Inc. (CCG) is a 501(c)3 public charity, headquartered in New Braunfels, Texas.  CCG operates youth and family camps and retreats in New Braunfels and at Lake Travis near Austin under the trade name T Bar M Camps and Retreats.  T Bar M is a Christ-centered, year-round camp, retreat ministry.  All employees are required to be in alignment with CCG’s Core Identity (Mission, Vision, Values) and the Belief Statement. CCG is governed by its Board of Trustees, to whom the President reports.