Trail West Lodge - Camp Manager III

CPY0001 Young Life Incorporated; Fort Collins (CO); On-site; USD 92,000 - 118,000; Full time

Job summary

Trail West Lodge, part of Young Life, is seeking a camp leader to oversee health, safety and spiritual formation for staff and guests at our Colorado camp. You will guide hospitality, service quality, and teamwork to deliver a meaningful camp experience.

Requirements include a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent and 3–5 years of management experience; travel at least 3 times per year is expected, with alignment to Young Life’s mission and values.

Qualifications

• Young Life previous experience preferred.
• 3-5 years of general management and supervisory experience.
• Demonstrate thorough knowledge and effective involvement in ministry.
• Has proven leadership and relationship skills required to build a high‑performing trusting team, communicate effectively, delegate responsibility and offer accountability.
• Demonstrate operational disciplines including prioritizing, analyzing data, and developing and executing systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the community to ensure health, safety and security of all guests and staff at camp.
• Foster spiritual formation and personal growth plans for staff, with annual development goals.
• Provide hospitality and professional service to guests, vendors, and staff.
• Develop strong interpersonal relationships and lead department supervisors.
• Collaborate with leadership to align camp operations with Young Life standards and mission.

Skills

General management

Supervisory experience

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent

Job description

Essential Duties

Mission & Methods: Lead the community to ensure the health, safety and security of all guests and staff at camp (physically, emotionally and spiritually) as the Mission, Vision, Values and Methods of Young Life are implemented at camp.

Spiritual Formation: Intentionally provide opportunities for staff to grow deeper in their relationship with Jesus. Demonstrate a deep relationship with Jesus, commitment to spiritual formation and understanding of their personal ministry to others. With support from supervisor, develop an annual personal spiritual growth plan utilizing the Individual Development Plan for yourself and ensures that all staff are developing an annual spiritual growth plan. Foster an environment where camp staff have opportunities for ongoing spiritual development, including execution of their personal spiritual growth plan. Call staff and volunteers to the common vision for individuals to encounter Jesus and know the truth of God's love for them.

Attentive Hospitality: Equip servant leaders who anticipate and respond to the needs of our guests, staff and vendors, through Christ‑like service. Establish a culture of service and facility preparation that anticipates guest needs and responds with professionalism through intentional decisions and systems. Demonstrate an understanding of hospitality as an essential role of the entire camp staff. Partner with camp directors and assignment teams in order to produce a successful camping program.

Interpersonal Relationships: Help build relationships that reflect the character of God with guests, staff, vendors and neighbors to foster healthy community. Build relationships that reflect the character of God with guests, staff, vendors and neighbors to foster healthy community. Ensure camp staff demonstrate the importance of their interpersonal relationships with guests, staff, vendors and neighbors and promote a healthy community. Effectively lead department supervisors.

• Build and equip a team that reflect the world wide body of Christ.

Collaborate with the field senior vice president, camping coordinator, regional directors and area staff on all matters involving use of the camp as an environment where the Gospel is proclaimed. Partner with the camping committee in order to hear and appropriately respond to the concerns and desires of the Young Life staff they represent. Participate with divisional leadership, national leadership and peers in training events and opportunities.

Comprehensive Stewardship: Manage with integrity the finances, people, buildings and equipment that have been entrusted to our ministry. Manage comprehensive stewardship in partnership with Camping Services. Ensure staff are being developed and equipped to participate in comprehensive stewardship of our ministry. Responsible for revenues and expenditures in alignment with camping department’s financial policies and procedures. Execute the camp’s business planning cycle with guidance from the camping coordinator. Partner with mission leadership to determine fundraising priorities and funds for the further capital development of the camp. This includes the cultivation and maintenance of donor relationships in collaboration with Young Life’s development team.

Talent Development: Through a consistent and accountable evaluation process, we identify and provide opportunities for staff in continuing education, leadership development, career‑pathing and cross‑training. Demonstrate a desire to grow through engagement in the Individual Development Plan process and participation in training and development opportunities. Foster camp staff participation in the Individual Development Plan process as well as other training and development opportunities. Identify and develop staff suitable for additional leadership opportunities. Intentionally pursue opportunities in mission leadership, personal growth, and development. Execute the recruitment, hiring and onboarding process for building a diverse and qualified team. Ensure completion and documentation of annual performance evaluations and salary reviews with all staff.

Embracing Excellence: Standing on the platform of national standards and metrics we gladly prepare an environment that glorifies Jesus Christ. Ensure camp planning and operations are consistent with the National Board and Camping department policies and within the standards and metrics required for excellence. As an agent of Young Life, ensure compliance with governmental agencies whose jurisdiction affect camp operations. Cast vision and set the pace for a healthy attitude and commitment to continuous improvement of the camp environment. Ensure the creation of distraction‑free environments that represent the multi‑fasceted love of God through the quality of facilities and the camp experience.

Training Expectations: Ability and willingness to travel at least 3 times a year.

Education: A Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent, is required.

Qualifications and Experience Required for the Job

Young Life previous experience preferred. 3-5 years of general management and supervisory experience. Demonstrate thorough knowledge and effective involvement in ministry. Has proven leadership and relationship skills required to build a high‑performing trusting team, communicate effectively, delegate responsibility and offer accountability. Demonstrate operational disciplines including prioritizing, analyzing data, and developing and executing systems.

Notes

Young Life is a relational ministry. Staff must be able to convey a sense of Christ‑like hospitality and concern for guests and staff. Responding to the unexpected needs of a guest in a prompt and professional manner is important. All staff members are expected to represent Young Life positively and professionally within the community and be able to work with and minister to the volunteer high school and college‑age young people who attend our camp.

Job Specific Working Conditions

More about Trail West Lodge Trail West Lodge exists to provide guests with the most meaningful family vacation ever. The Trail West team is looking for high capacity and fun‑seeking ministers of the gospel who desire to serve on camp staff. As a staff at Trail West Lodge, we prioritize professional, personal and spiritual development for all team members & we are committed to providing a high level of hospitality to all our guests. As Young Life's only nationally run family camp, we host families from all over the country during the summer, with facilities and programs designed to invite guests into a deeper relationship with Jesus and greater involvement with the Mission of Young Life. During the spring and fall, we host Christian retreats and conferences from churches and para‑church organizations. We are a seasonal operation, open from March - November and using the winter months as project season. Trail West is located just outside of in Buena Vista, Colorado. Though Buena Vista is a small town, it has all your necessities and a lot of outdoor activities to explore.

Pay Transparency

This base pay range for this role is outlined below. The anticipated salary in this role is $91,750-$118,250 depending on relevant education, experience, and location. This base pay range is for the U.S. and is not applicable to locations outside of the United States.

We the members of the Young Life mission – trustees, staff, instructors at Young Life schools and volunteers – join together in our affirmation of the following articles and our central purpose of proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ and introducing adolescents everywhere to Jesus Christ and helping them grow in their faith.