Tecs Camps Directors

**Job Overview**

TECS is an educational company focused on the English education in the following departments:

- Summer Camps: Camps ran within our own facilities in the south of Spain.
- Language Centre: 2 English academies teaching both children from the age of 3 to adults.

A typical day for this position would be divided between administration, recruitment and summer camp development tasks.

During July and possibly August, this position would be work as a Summer Camp residential Director.

**Responsibilities**:
**Summer Months**:
Oversee all areas of camp and ensure they are being run to the highest quality.

To manage staff on all levels of camp life (Teaching, activities, cleaning, etc.)

Oversee the TEFL programme and manage TEFL Coordinator, head teachers and teachers to ensure that classes are being run to a high standard.

Oversee the Activity programme and manage Activity Coordinators and monitors to ensure that camp is as fun an experience as possible.

Oversee the Welfare and care structure (Welfare coordinators, Nurse, doctor) to ensure that campers are being cared for both emotionally and physically.

Oversee the camp side of the parental communication structure (Welfare coordinators and Nurse). Ensuring that parental communication is happening well and being registered in our internal system.

Ensuring that the camp facilities are well-maintained and overseeing both maintenance and cleaning staff.

Liasing with catering company.

Organise and run all key camp events (Excursions, arrivals, departures, etc.)

Plan and execute training for camp managers and staff.

**Year Round**:
1. Recruitment

Each year we aim to recruit around 70-80 staff for our summer camp, including TEFL teachers, monitors, cleaners, managers, drivers, etc. This will mean planning out how many staff are needed, promoting those job opportunities, interviewing, contract offering, etc.

2. Camp planning + development

After careful analysis of how the previous summer went, working on improvements to keep our summer camps constantly improving in quality year after year. This requires creativity as those improvements could include new activities, materials, procedures, structures, or anything that you feel could help make our summer camps even better

3. Suppliers

Contacting and summer camp suppliers (Excursions, activities, catering, etc.) and liasing with them to cover summer camp needs.

4. Materials

Overseeing all materials that are needed for summer camp (sports equipment, campers t-shirts, medicines, teaching resources, etc.) and ordering what needed for the summer. This will involve overseeing the stock taking, ordering and receiving of materials.

4. Teaching

**Work hours**:
Year-round:
Full-time Spanish working week - 8 hours per day with 1 hour for lunch (Monday-Friday). Typical timetable work timetable is 09:00-18:00. We are willing to be flexibility so this can always be discussed with the HO Director.

Summer Camp:
All applicants must realise that a residential summer camp is a 24/7 environment and so must be open to working long hours during the summer. The exact hours are not set and instead dictated by daily events and ensuring that all tasks are being completed. The camp director, like other summer camp staff, will be the onsite responsible and is required to sleep on camp, except for their nights off. Each day the camp director will be able to take some time off as they can work it out, usually in the afternoon during sports sessions or in the evenings. They will also have one day off at the weekend.

**Meetings and Performance Reviews**

Also the TECS HO Director will be available at all times to discuss concerns or problems that may occur. We welcome your frequent feedback on how your job is going for you.

**Who are we looking for?**

**Outlook**

**Requirements**:

- All camp staff must be E.U. citizens or have valid work permit (N.I.E. or T.I.E.)
- C1/C2 or native level of English.
- A clear police record and proof of suitability to work with minors.
- Experience working with children / Summer camp experience.
- Working alone and being responsible for completing important tasks with limited support or supervision.
- Working in a fast-moving environment where stress levels and responsibilities can at times be very high.

**Preferred**
- Summer camp management or D.O.S experience.
- Experience of learning a foreign language and living abroad preferred.
- A College / University Bachelor’s in English or Spanish language or in Education.
- A valid in date European Driving Licence.

**What’s in it for you?**

Anybody in language education interested in becoming more involved on a different level will find this a rewarding position as it allows them to learn more about the running of summer camps.

**TECS Provides**:

- An international, passionate and dedicated work environment where people from different countries and backgrounds work together to provide the best English language programmes possib