Adventure Programs Lead – Summer Camp & Maintenance

Children's Aid Society; Town of New Castle (NY); Hybrid; USD 44,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Children's Aid Society in Chappaqua, NY is seeking an Adventure Coordinator - Maintenance Support for 2026. The role combines supervising the adventure ropes program, running the adventure day program during the school year, and performing maintenance tasks at the camp across 52 acres and 13 buildings.

Responsibilities include coordinating staff, marketing and booking groups for ropes activities, recruiting per diem facilitators, and maintaining camp spaces and equipment.

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.

Skills

Ropes course mgmt

Staff supervision

Adventure activities

Maintenance tasks

Job description

Children's Aid Society in Chappaqua, NY is seeking an Adventure Coordinator - Maintenance Support for 2026. The role combines supervising the adventure ropes program, running the adventure day program during the school year, and performing maintenance tasks at the camp across 52 acres and 13 buildings.

Responsibilities include coordinating staff, marketing and booking groups for ropes activities, recruiting per diem facilitators, and maintaining camp spaces and equipment.