Description
Position at IDEA Public Schools

Role Mission:

The Camp RIO Events and Retreats Manager will be responsible for recruiting and scheduling adult weekday and all weekend retreat or day groups, including arranging details for their stay. Responsibilities include coordinating any group that will be staying overnight.

Additionally, this person will steward Camp RIO's brand locally and state wide by partnering to design campaigns to bring awareness to the community about the programs offered at Camp RIO. S/he will spearhead Camp RIO's campaigns (camper recruitment and enrollment, adult/weekend recruitment, and fundraising) to success, as well as the execution of programming.

Accountabilities/Responsibilities :

Recruit and Coordinate Adult/Weekend and Overnight Groups so that all logistics are managed and aligned 48 hours prior to scheduled arrival.

• Responsible for scheduling retreat groups and arranging details for their stay.
• Creates schedules for adult/weekend groups.
• Assists in coordinating meals and supplies for visiting groups.
• Provide materials and information to group leaders pertaining to the usage of Camp RIO facilities.
• Host and provide guest services support to retreat groups on the grounds.
• Work with other departments to assure group needs are met.
• Perform general office work associated with group inquiries, reservations, billings, and group's stay

Manage Adult/Weekend Group Staff so that all logistics are managed and aligned 48 hours prior to scheduled arrival.

• Directly manage staff assigned to adult/weekend groups.
• Plan and execute professional developments to enhance performance of staff with adult/weekend groups.
• Schedule staff as necessary based on booked adult/weekend groups.

Serve as the project manager and business partnership owner for Camp RIO's marketing and recruitment campaigns, leading to ensuring that registration goals are met on time.

Summer Camper Recruitment:

• Work alongside the Summer Program Manager and Outdoor Ed Program Manager to conceptualize the boots on the ground collateral for the upcoming camper recruitment campaign
• Work with established media partner to plan and place media buys to support camper recruitment campaign. Media plan will include, but is not limited to mass media, digital-display and social, direct mail, and non-traditional media that attracts Camp RIO's target audiences. Media reaches locations outside of the RGV.
• Track registrations and make adjustments as needed.
• Execute design, printing, and distribution with Marketing team
• Schedule and host monthly meetings with department leads to learn their upcoming needs and collect feedback on the work you have partnered with thus far.
• Goals: 90% (280/312) Total Summer Overnight Camp Registrations are filled by July 15, 2019, the first day of RIO5; 95% (684/720) Total Summer Day Camp Registrations are filled by July 22, the first day of RIO6.

Outdoor Ed Camper Recruitment:

• Support Outdoor Ed programming by assisting in recruitment of student groups for school year openings.
• Goals: 80% (117/146) of 19-20 ODED Camper programming dates are booked by June 15, 2019, and 95% (138/146) of 19-20 ODED Camper programming dates are booked by September 15, 2019.

Adult/Weekend Recruitment:

• Develop an outreach plan to recruit adult/weekend groups for camp programming.
• Execute design, printing, and distribution of materials suitable to adult audiences with marketing team.
• Goals: 10 weekend groups are booked and paid for by June 1, 2019

Collaborate with National Advancement Team in pursuit of raising $2M for Camp Rio capital construction projects.

• Work alongside the Advancement team to conceptualize and execute the marketing needs for the Camp's fundraising campaigns for the year.
• Prepare team for potential camp visits and hosting opportunities
• Represent the camp, as appropriate, at events

Maintain electronic content for the promotion of Camp RIO's programs

• Ensure the website is reflective of the latest editorial content (ongoing).
• Maintain current versions of social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, and others as required. Provide regular (at least weekly) updates to all platforms.
• Maintain content on the HUB to reflect current program offerings.

We look for Team and Family who embody the following values and characteristics:

• Believes and is committed to our mission and being an agent of change: that all students are capable of getting to and through college
• Has demonstrated effective outcomes and results, and wants to be held accountable for them
• Has a propensity for action, willing to make mistakes by doing in order to learn and improve quickly
• Works with urgency and purpose to drive student outcomes
• Thrives in an entrepreneurial, high-growth environment; is comfortable with ambiguity and change
• Seeks and responds well to feedback, which is shared often and freely across all levels of the organization
• Works through silos and forges strong cross-departmental relationships in order to achieve outcomes

We believe in education as a profession and hold ourselves to high level of conduct, professionalism and behaviors as models for our colleagues and students

Supervisory Responsibilities :

• This position will additionally assist in the management of a total of 10 instructional guides during the school year.

Competencies :

• Exemplary planning and project management
• Excellent customer service skills, including abilities in public speaking, interpersonal relating and phone conversing.
• Ability to provide and receive feedback
• Detail oriented
• Multi-tasking
• Ability to relate positively and sensitively to a broad range of persons in a variety of multi-tiered relationships and settings. This includes, but is not limited to, guests (youth and adults), clergy and staff of various churches and organizations of all sizes, cultural identities and co-workers, and peers.
• Strong written and verbal communication.
• Instill respect for environment, self, and others.
• Maintain high levels of health and safety in organizing all activities for campers and staff.
• Participate in development and implementation of program activities within the mission and outcomes.
• Excitement about working for a school system that is changing the status quo of education in Texas.
• Great attitude and ability to work with children in building self-esteem and self-confidence
• Ingenuity and Inventiveness, capable of thinking on one's feet and adapting to changes in scheduling

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's degree required (preferably in field of Marketing or Tourism and Recreation Management)
• Experience:

• Ability to interact with all age levels. (Camper ages will range between 1 st grade through high school, and ability to work with adult groups is also required.)
• Preferred experience working around school-age students.
• Preferred experience in outdoor working environment and studies in Education, Science, Outdoor Education, Tourism, Recreation, or Physical Education.
• Preferred previous retreat or conference group experience.
• Ability to work well with a team, as well as be counted on to complete individual tasks as necessary.
• Supervisory or management experience preferred.

• Licenses or Certifications: Able to obtain or become certified in First Aid/CPR and possibly Life Guarding. Able to become IDEA-certified as a health aide.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Able to work a flexible schedule and work with varying degrees of supervision.
• Act as a substitute Instructional Guide as needed.
• Promote healthy partnerships with local and federal ecologically-driven agencies through collaborative efforts.
• Be a role model to campers and staff in both attitude and behavior.
• Work duties on camp, including maintenance and cleaning duties as assigned.
• Other duties as assigned.

Compensation
Salaries for this role typically fall between $46,600 and $55,900, commensurate with relevant experience and qualifications. This role is also eligible for a performance bonus based on individual and organizational performance and goal attainment.

*CA

IDEA Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex or disability, in admission or access to, or treatment of employment in its programs and activities. Any person having inquiries concerning the organization's compliance with the regulations implementing Title VI of Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504), or Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), may contact IDEA Human Resources at (956) 377-8000.