Activity Leader - Arts Specialist - Summer Camps

仕事内容

Collège du Léman is one of Switzerland’s most prestigious international day and boarding schools, located on the edge of Lake Geneva in view of the Swiss Alps.

The school helps students to find their place in the world by inspiring individual growth, academic excellence, and global citizenship.

It is a truly international community with more than 150 different nationalities among the 2000 day and 200 boarding students. They come together on a green, village-like campus covering 8 hectares.

Main purpose of the role

The Residential Activity Leader specialising in Arts is in charge of students from all over the world between the ages of 8 and 18 years. The responsibilities are to supervise the students and to organize some activities and animations for them related to crafts, painting, drawing, etc.

Key responsibilities

• Welcoming and monitoring children from 8 to 18 years
• Accompanying and supervising children all day, afternoon
• Entertaining by leading hands-on and/or sports activities
• Organizing games, workshops and shows
• Ensuring the safety of children during all trips in or out of the Summer Camp
• Being responsible for children’s hygiene and safety
• Ensuring the compliance with health and safety rules of Collège du Léman and respecting the material and the areas

Skills and Competencies

• Experience working with children and teens
• Experience in teaching or practising several specific activities
• Responsible and autonomous
• Ability to reassure children and parents
• Languages required: English (French, Russian, Japanese, Chinese or Arabic is a plus)
• Good interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Motivated, dynamic, flexible, professional, organized, and creative
• Sports oriented (in order to participate in various sporting and hiking activities arranged for the children)
• CPR & First Aid knowledge

Conditions

The summer camp is planned over 3 sessions from July 3rd to August 13th, 2022. We are looking for a person to join session 3.

• Dates: Training period: 30.06.2022-02.07.2022
• Session 1: 03.07-16.07.2022
• Session 2: 17.07-30.07.2022
• Session 3: 31.07-13.08.2022
• Session 4 - Excursion week: 14.08-24.08.2022

Please note that the preference will be given to candidates available to work several sessions. The salary amounts to CHF2,200. -/session.

It is important that the post holder is always aware of Child Protection guidelines and observes a professional distance from students whilst still developing effective working and caring relationships.

You understand and embrace the importance of diversity and inclusion and stand against discrimination in any form. Background investigations and reference checks for the past ten years will be conducted during the selection process.