Outdoor Education Summer Camp Facilitator

Outdoor Education Camp Facilitator (Seasonal appointment June – August 2023)

The Camp Program is based in Chiang Mai, Thailand. It provides environmental education through activity camps and English and Activity camps for young people aged 9 – 14 years. We offer nature-based day camps for age 4 – 8 years. Most participants are from mainland China with a few from South Korea and Thailand and international schools in Thailand. The camp is facilitated in English. See www.threegeneration.org Camp Program. Most residential camps are from 1 – 2 weeks long during the Summer. 

The successful applicant will lead groups on age appropriate scavenger hunts, bug observations, short hikes to hill-villages, and facilitation of reflection after adventurous activities including kayaking, biking and climbing. The successful applicant will also manage groups during cultural and craft activities and be able to facilitate discussion on living sustainably and the responsibility of a global citizen.
Applicants should have experience of leading teambuilding and group games.

The successful applicant will meet this profile:

• University Graduate (without a Bachelor degree we cannot get the work permit for you) 
• Experienced leading students aged 4 – 14 in the out of doors eg outdoor activity center, scouts/guides, Forest School, Bushcraft activities
• Enjoys interacting with groups of young people
• Dynamic facilitator with good energy for leading children, aware of keeping students safe
• Organized and able to pay attention to detail and meet deadlines
• A good team player
• Willing to immerse in all aspects of the residential camp program
• Willing to work long hours and is physically fit to be on the go all day
• Able to embrace Thai culture and cope with working in a tropical climate
• Available from mid June 2024 – end of August 2024*

*it may be possible to transfer to our sister program Traidhos Barge Program in Bangkok working with international school students on school field trips once camp has ended if you are looking for a longer opportunity. 

Additional qualifications that would be useful:

• First aid
• Lifesaving
• TEFL/ CELTA  qualification
• Qualification to instruct participants on a climbing wall
• Safeguarding young people 
• Chinese conversation 

You will expect to grow your skills in working with  groups of students, experience working in an international context and broaden your knowledge of helping kids to interact with the environment.

Traidhos Camp Program provides: work permit and visa once in Thailand, simple room in a shared apartment, accident insurance and 20,000 Thai baht per month.

Please contact the Head of Community at [email protected] by 9 May at the latest,  attaching your current CV & a letter of introduction stating why you are ideally suited & keen to join this busy Summer program. Please include the contacts for 2 referees and quote reference StaffCAMP.

www.threegeneration.org/campjob