BRIGADOON BLOG

Programs Director Job Posting 

June 25th, 2010

Brigadoon Children’s Camp Society is a not-for-profit organization with a goal of developing and managing an exceptional year-round facility for residential camps/programs for children and youth living with chronic illness. Brigadoon is recruiting its Programs Director to join its highly motivated team in preparing for Brigadoon’s opening in 2011.

Reporting to the Executive Director, the Programs Director is accountable for working with charities and organizations that will use Brigadoon’s facilities to host their annual camps to secure their commitment to Brigadoon’s facility and to develop, plan, manage, execute and evaluate Brigadoon’s programming. As a member of the Brigadoon Team, the Programs Director is also accountable for the planning and execution of Brigadoon’s annual and long-term goals and objectives as they relate to Brigadoon’s mission: to assist in the betterment of the lives of children, youth and families living with chronic illness through experiential learning, teaching, research and exceptional fun.

As the ideal candidate, you have a working knowledge of experiential based learning, education and sustainable program development and a minimum of 3-5 years experience in a senior programming/education role and some experience working with not-for-profit or charitable organizations. A detail oriented, highly organized multi-tasker, you work well as part of a collaborative team. Your exceptional interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills are necessary to obtain success in this role. You are innovative, driven and tenacious. You understand partnerships and are devoted to our future users of Brigadoon.

If you are interested in being a part of Brigadoon’s exciting future, please forward a letter outlining why you are the right Programs Director and your resume (MS Word format), including salary expectations, to:

Sally Banks, Administrative Coordinator
Brigadoon Children’s Camp Society
c/o sally.banks@brigadoonvillage.org
Deadline: July 21



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It is extremely exciting to realize that a camp for chronically ill children could become a reality in a few years. The members of the Rotary Club of New Minas Sunrise are very proud to be involved with Camp Brigadoon Society fundraising for this much needed project.

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