Little Day Camp Instructors (3 positions available)

POSITION TITLE: Little Day Camp Instructors (3 positions available) 

DEPARTMENT: Culture Camp 

WAGE: Contract, $1000.00 per 5 day camp  

FLSA STATUS: Non-Exempt

ESC CODE: 

FUNDING SOURCE: Grant funded 

OPENING: June 6, 2025

CLOSING: June 16, 2025

Position Summary:

Little Day Camp Instructors are responsible for creating a safe, nurturing, and engaging experience for our youngest Culture Camp participants. Instructors design and lead age-appropriate cultural, educational, and recreational activities that build campers' confidence, creativity, and cultural understanding.

Instructors are key to maintaining the daily flow of camp life for the 5–10 year-old group, ensuring smooth transitions to joint activities with older youth, coordinating with artists and language leads, and fostering a welcoming environment that encourages learning through play, storytelling, language use, and hands-on projects.

This role requires a warm and enthusiastic presence, an ability to engage with young learners, and a deep respect for Tlingit cultural values and teachings.

 Essential Functions:

• Design and lead daily activities such as art projects, storytelling, games, and nature walks tailored for 5–10 year-olds.


• Help integrate Tlingit language, songs, and protocols into daily routines and activities in collaboration with the Language and Protocol Leads.


• Maintain a consistent daily schedule, managing transitions to meals, workshops, and joint activities with older campers.


• Foster a safe, inclusive, and supportive environment where all children feel respected and encouraged to participate.


• Assist with camper check-in, attendance, and basic documentation needs related to camper activities in communication with Records Specialist and other staff. 


• Monitor camper well-being and address minor conflicts or challenges with patience and positivity, reporting any concerns promptly.


• Communicate regularly with camp leadership and fellow instructors to ensure smooth coordination across all program areas.


• Assist with daily set-up and clean-up of activity spaces.


• Uphold and model Tlingit values of respect, generosity, humility, and intergenerational learning.


• Participate in set-up before camp begins, daily and final clean-up at the end of camp.


• Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Knowledge of:

• Working with Tribal programs, education programs, or youth programs is preferred.


• Safety protocols and hygiene standards and ability to follow them.


• The Tlingit History of Yakutat, Tlingit Arts and subsistence lifestyle is preferred but not required.

Skill in:

• Strong written and oral communication.

• Strong teamwork and collaboration skills across multiple program areas.


• Dependability and a strong work ethic.


• Creativity, energy, and enthusiasm for working with young learners.


• Strong organizational skills and meticulous attention to detail.


• Strong interpersonal and people skills, including the ability to work with parents, youth, Elders, and staff in a respectful and welcoming manner.


• Problem-solving skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.


• Self-motivated and dependable, able to work independently or collaboratively.

• Working well with others, to include public

Ability to:

• Handle multiple tasks and work under short timeframes and attend to

• Ability to adapt activities to meet a range of developmental needs and learning styles.


• Be flexible and adaptable in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.


• Comfortable working with youth of all ages and backgrounds.


• Meet physical demands to assist with set-up, clean-up, and carrying supplies between locations.


• Provide support where needed and proactively offer support to instructors, cooks, and leadership staff.

• Maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information with care and professionalism.

• Flexibility to adapt to shifting schedules or needs during Culture Camp operations.


• Safely transport themselves to and from the Situk River camp site.

• Work independently with brief verbal instructions, as well as prioritize

Work Environment/Physical Demands:

The work requires some physical exertion, such as long periods of standing; walking over rough, uneven, or rocky surfaces; recurring bending, crouching, stooping, stretching, reaching, or similar activities; or recurring lifting of moderately heavy items. The work may require specific, but common, physical characteristics and abilities, such as above average agility and dexterity.   The employee must be able to read, write, speak and hear.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Supervisory and Management Responsibility:

This position has no formally assigned supervisory responsibility or authority.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED required.


• Must be 18 years of age or older.

• Experience working with young children (ages 5–10) in an educational, cultural, recreational, or childcare setting.

• Must be able to pass a National Criminal and State background check.


• Must be able to pass a fingerprint based National Criminal Background Check.


• Valid Alaska Driver’s License.

Disclosures:

•  We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.

• THE YAKUTAT TLINGIT TRIBE IS A DRUG FREE WORKPLACE. THIS POSITION MAY BE SUBJECT TO RANDOM DRUG TESTING AND CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECK.  
  

• Preference will be given to qualified Yakutat Tlingit Tribal Member and/or Alaska Native candidates.

• NATIVE AMERICAN PREFERENCE WILL BE APPLIED TO HIRING OF THIS POSITION AS DEFINED IN TITLE 25, US CODE, CHAPTER 14, SUBCHAPTER V, SUBSECTION 273 AND 274.  WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER WITH PREFERENCE GIVEN TO QUALIFIED NATIVE AMERICAN/ALASKA NATIVE APPLICANTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL LAW AND TRIBAL POLICY.