FAMcamp Summer Associate | Apply by March 31, 2025
POSITION SUMMARY
The Summer Associate will support the summer FAMcamp program for youth ages 6-12. This position is responsible for the daily operations of camp, including supervising teen guides, facilitating check in and check out, supervising lunch and recess, facilitating lunch activities, and communicating updates to families. Required hours during camp sessions are 7:30AM to 1:00PM or noon to 5:30PM. Camps run Monday through Friday beginning June 2nd to August 6th.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Administers basic first aid to campers.
- Facilitates camp check-in, including late arrivals or early check out.
- Monitors before camp care, lunch/recess, and after camp care.
- Promptly communicates issues and opportunities for improvement to the Public Programs Manager.
- Provides up-to-date information to FAMcamp families via phone or email, including sending email reminders, sharing pictures from camps, or answering family questions.
- Supervises Teen Guides, ensuring they are at their assigned locations, following protocol and clock in and out as required.
- Supports program evaluation through provision of surveys, data entry and correspondence with contract evaluator.
- Effectively communicate and work with the instructors for supply and setup needs for each camp.
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Attend regular trainings and meetings to share updates, concerns, and
opportunities for improvement. - Assist with the planning, coordination, and execution of the Summer Solstice
event, helping ensure a successful experience for all visitors.
Report to each shift in a punctual manner with a positive attitude. - Other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Two years job experience is required
- Associates degree or equivalent in education, early childhood development, or similar field of study is preferred but no required
- Prior experience working among First American communities is a plus
- A good sense of humor and a calm demeanor under pressure
- Courteous and demonstrates excellent customer service
- Enjoys working with children ages 6–12 and teens
- Interested in education, museum administration, or youth development
- Is or able and willing to become CPR and first aid certified
- Must be able to multi-task and work with little supervision
- Must be able to use Microsoft Office applications, Internet applications and email
- Bilingual (Spanish language) is a plus but not required.
- Strong leadership and communication skills
- Patient and flexible
- Positive team attitude
SUPERVISION:
The Summer Associate reports to the Public Programs Manager and other personnel as directed by the Director of Learning and Community Engagement.
GUIDELINES:
The Summer Associate is to adhere to the policies and ethics of FAM at all times. Employee shall wear the museum lobby attire and First Americans Museum name badge as per policy and asks for assistance on any matters or answers to any questions not covered by this job description.
SERVICE:
The Summer Associate manages difficult or emotional customer situations. Responds promptly to customer and camper needs. Solicits customer feedback to improve service. Responds to requests for service and assistance. Meets commitments. The Summer Associate supports the FAMcamp team and campers to help drive the operations and mission of FAMcamp.
QUALITY MANAGEMENT:
Looks for ways to improve and promote quality. Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.
ETHICS:
Treats people with respect. Keeps commitments. Inspires the trust of others. Works with integrity and ethically. Upholds organizational values.
JUDGEMENT:
Displays willingness to make decisions. Exhibits sound and accurate judgment. Supports and explains reasoning for decisions. Includes appropriate people in the decision-making process. Makes timely decisions.
PLANNING/ORGANIZING:
Prioritizes and plans work activities. Uses time efficiently. Plans for additional resources. Sets goals and objectives. Organizes or schedules other people and their tasks. Develops realistic action plans.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
All offers of employment are contingent on your successful completion (where permitted by state law) of a confidentiality agreement and background check.
We Are FAM
One Place, Many Nations
In one place, visitors experience the collective histories of 39 distinctive First American Nations in Oklahoma today. First Americans Museum shares the cultural diversity, history, and contributions of the First Americans.
FAM Land and Peoples Acknowledgement
First Americans Museum (FAM) honors the ancestors who lived here before it was Oklahoma.
We honor the indigenous people who inhabited these lands before the United States was established. They include the Apache, Caddo, Tonkawa, and Wichita. We also honor those tribes who have a historical relationship to this region, including the Comanche, Kiowa, Osage and Quapaw. We acknowledge the Muscogee (Creek) and Seminole who were once assigned the land upon which FAM resides.
Today, 39 distinct tribal nations reside in Oklahoma. We are as diverse culturally and linguistically as the nations on the European continent.
We are not in Oklahoma by choice. Many of our peoples were forcibly removed and relocated from the far reaches of the contiguous United States. After nearly 200 years, our histories and cultural lifeways are now interwoven into this landscape.
The Choctaw people call this land Okla Homma. Okla Homma means “red people”, the place we now call home.
Our National Story
Only a few tribal Nations were indigenous to what is now the State of Oklahoma. All others were removed from homelands across the contiguous U.S. to Indian Territory. In 1907 Oklahoma became the 46th state to enter the union. The state’s name comes from two Choctaw words “Okla” and “Homma” meaning Red People.
Our Mission
To serve as a dynamic center promoting awareness and educating the broader public about the unique cultures, diversity, history, contributions, and resilience of the First American Nations in Oklahoma today.
Our Core Values
RESPECT
Acknowledge and celebrate the worth of all peoples.
RECIPROCITY
Promotes the mutual exchange of knowledge, ideas, and perspectives.
RELATIONSHIPS
Strengthen connections with our local, regional, and global communities.
RESPONSIBILITY
Educate the broader public and foster truth-telling.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Dexterity enough to use a keyboard and telephone; occasional lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling up to 20 pounds; may be subject to extended periods of walking, standing, sitting, reaching, balancing, bending, kneeling, handling, feeling, climbing, and twisting; and vision, speech, and hearing sufficient to perform the essential tasks. The work environment characteristics are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER:
First Americans Museum provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.