Adventure Programs Lead & Maintenance (Summer/Year-Round)

Adventure Travel Trade Association, Inc.; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 44,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Children’s Aid is seeking an Adventure Coordinator - Maintenance Support to supervise the ropes course and run adventure day programming across seasons at the Chappaqua camp. The role blends summer adventure supervision with school-year programming and maintenance duties, reflecting a flexible, year-round program management focus.

Qualified candidates will have ropes course experience, staff supervision, and capacity to handle maintenance, cleaning, and supplies across multiple facilities within

Qualifications

• Experience in managing an adventure ropes course program
• At least 2 years supervising staff.
• Experience leading adventure activities such as games, initiative, high and low ropes activities.
• Previous landscaping, maintenance or custodial experience.

Responsibilities

• Summer Camp Duties: running the adventure program and supervising 2 or 3 adventure assists in engaging 250 campers in climbing the high ropes course.
• Adventure Day Programming Duties: marketing the service and booking groups in the fall and spring for ropes course activities; recruiting per diem facilitators to staff the day programming; managing the ropes course supplies and materials; setting up annual training review for the facilitators; planning and implementing programming for each day group.
• Maintenance Support Duties: during the academic year completing maintenance tasks working with the Maintenance Supervisor to maintain the camp. These duties would include cleaning cabins, bathrooms and program spaces, managing the laundry, taking in deliveries, setting up program spaces for summer and taking them down in the fall, cleaning the pools, shoveling and salting pathways, weed whacking, and setting up for day programs.

Job description

Children’s Aid is seeking an Adventure Coordinator - Maintenance Support to supervise the ropes course and run adventure day programming across seasons at the Chappaqua camp. The role blends summer adventure supervision with school-year programming and maintenance duties, reflecting a flexible, year-round program management focus.

Qualified candidates will have ropes course experience, staff supervision, and capacity to handle maintenance, cleaning, and supplies across multiple facilities within