Description:
About Camp For All
Camp For All transforms the world for children and adults with challenging illnesses, disabilities, or special needs. We achieve this by intentionally delivering unique, truly barrier-free experiences throughout the year. Currently, Camp For All Burton collaborates with more than 65 nonprofit organizations to enable nearly 9,000 campers and their families to discover life each year. In the summer of 2027, Camp For All will open an additional camp in Chappell Hill and more than double the capacity. Camp For All is recognized as a national leader in creating and providing proven life-changing experiences through a passionate and professional staff, cutting-edge facilities and innovative programming.
Camp For All
Job Description
The Camp Director provides strategic, operational, and cultural leadership for Camp For All, serving as both a contributor to organization-wide initiatives and a site-specific leader responsible for delivering exceptional Camp experiences. Working closely with the President & CEO, COO, and fellow Camp Director, this role contributes to the Camp For All Strategic Plan by helping create a unified strategy across both camp locations that maximizes camper impact, program quality, and organizational cohesion.
The Camp Director is the primary leader responsible for developing, improving, and sustaining high-quality Camper and Partner experiences at their assigned site. This includes oversight of programs, food service, staffing, budgets, Partner relationships, outcomes measurement, and community engagement. The Camp Director ensures that the Camp For All culture, mission, and standards are consistently upheld through staff training, leadership presence, and cross-department collaboration.
In addition, the Camp Director plays a key external-facing role by supporting Partner cultivation, industry leadership, and professional engagement within the broader camp community, helping ensure Camp For All remains a national leader in barrier-free, impact-driven Camp experiences.
Reports To
The Camp Director reports directly to the COO.
Employment Type
This is a full-time, exempt role.
Organizational Responsibilities
Organizational & Strategic Contributions
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Contribute to the Strategic Plan for Camp Impact, collaborating with the CEO and COO to develop and implement a unified strategy across both camp sites.
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Support prospective Partner hosting, including touring potential Partners, articulating the value of Camp For All, and helping secure new partnerships. Once interest is confirmed, ensure a smooth transition to Assistant Camp Director onboarding.
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Participate in ACA involvement, encouraging and supporting staff participation in ACA leadership, committees, and service opportunities to promote professional development and industry leadership.
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Maintain active Camp industry involvement and volunteerism, including engagement with ACA Texoma, CAMP, legislative awareness, and collaboration with peer camps on industry standards, policies, and market trends.
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Provide systems expertise support, collaborating with departments to address training, technical, and process gaps related to Camp management system, waiver processing system, contract document management system, survey applications, and similar platforms.
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Support vendor relationship management, assisting department heads with vendor evaluation, service quality, cost management, and accountability, including research and vetting of new vendors as needed.
Site-Specific Leadership Responsibilities
Camper & Partner Experience
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Lead the development and continuous improvement of the Partner and Camper Experience at the assigned site.
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Compile, analyze, and interpret outcome data and surveys across both camps, identifying site-specific strengths, gaps, and opportunities for improvement. Use data insights to monitor camper impact and implement programmatic changes to enhance outcomes.
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Serve as the primary leader for existing Partner relationships, coaching Partners on best practices and providing ongoing support to ensure successful camp sessions.
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Provide neutral conflict resolution and facilitation between staff members and/or Partners as needed.
Culture, Training & Staff Leadership
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Serve as a steward of the culture of Camp For All, maintaining a strong leadership presence at staff trainings and working with other the Camp Director to ensure cultural consistency across both sites.
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Lead, mentor, and coach site leadership staff, including the Program Manager, Kitchen Supervisor, and Camp Administrative roles.
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Ensure presence at seasonal staff training, contributing content and oversight to ensure consistent delivery of both technical and cultural training.
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Support recruitment and hiring for full-time and seasonal Program and Kitchen staff, working closely with the Recruitment Specialist to maintain a strong hiring pipeline.
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Oversee PTO planning, balancing operational needs with healthy work-life balance for staff.
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Participate in Manager on Duty (MOD) rotations, providing on-call leadership, decision-making, and site support when Partners are in session.
Program & Camp Operations
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Lead program development projects, identifying new activities and overseeing project planning, implementation, and evaluation.
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Coordinate cross-departmental projects and communication, ensuring collaboration between Programs, Food Service, Facilities, Development, and Administration.
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Oversee Food Service Delivery, supporting the Food Service Supervisor in menu development, dietary accommodations, Partner communication, volunteer collaboration, budgeting, and service quality.
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Maintain coordination between Program and Food Service teams, supporting supervisor communication and collaboration.
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Direct emergency response leadership, providing on-site decision-making and coordination with the Houston-based leadership team as needed.
Governance, Reporting & Community Engagement
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Engage in Board involvement and Partner Committee collaboration, understanding organizational KPIs and reporting themes that influence the Strategic Plan in coordination with the COO.
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Manage site-specific budgeting, including forecasting, monitoring spending, identifying savings opportunities, planning for capital needs, and collaborating with Finance, Development, and Facilities.
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Lead community relations efforts, including participation in Chamber events (Brenham, Burton or Chappell Hill), local fundraisers, and volunteer engagement with community service organizations.
Benefits
Camp For All offers comprehensive benefits for full-time staff, including 100% employer-paid health, life, and long-term disability coverage. In addition, we provide dental, vision, and supplemental life insurance. Health savings account participants also receive an annual contribution of up to $1,000, broken into bi-weekly payroll contributions. We are proud to offer generous paid time off, earned every pay period, along with (9) paid holidays and paid paternity leave. Eligible employees can also participate in our 401(k) plan, with an employer matching contribution of up to 4%.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university or five years’ related experience and/or training or equivalent?combination of education and experience
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Minimum of five years’ experience in camp management and/or camp program development
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Minimum of ten years’ experience in a leadership position, preferably in a nonprofit organization
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Experience with the special needs’ population, barrier-free program development and outcome assessment?
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Business development experience with a proven record in partnership and mission growth through innovation and collaboration
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Ability to develop and foster a high-quality, relationship-based engagement strategy with staff, partners, volunteers, board members and the local community
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Ability to effectively communicate in public gatherings, staff meetings, to donors, and board members.
