
11 - 50 employees
Founded 2000
🤲 Charity
📚 Education
🌍 Social Impact
Charity • Education • Social Impact
Camp Kesem National is a national nonprofit organization that runs free summer camps and year‑round peer-support programs for children and teens who have a parent with cancer. Led primarily by trained college student volunteers, Kesem offers Camp Kesem (free overnight summer camp), Club Kesem (virtual gatherings), and Kesem Together day programs to provide emotional support, community, and developmentally appropriate activities. The organization focuses on fundraising, volunteer development, family resources, and clinically informed programming to ensure children facing a parent's cancer have safe, supportive spaces and continuity of care.
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11 - 50 employees
Founded 2000
🤲 Charity
📚 Education
🌍 Social Impact
Charity • Education • Social Impact
Camp Kesem National is a national nonprofit organization that runs free summer camps and year‑round peer-support programs for children and teens who have a parent with cancer. Led primarily by trained college student volunteers, Kesem offers Camp Kesem (free overnight summer camp), Club Kesem (virtual gatherings), and Kesem Together day programs to provide emotional support, community, and developmentally appropriate activities. The organization focuses on fundraising, volunteer development, family resources, and clinically informed programming to ensure children facing a parent's cancer have safe, supportive spaces and continuity of care.
• Provide ongoing support and oversight to 6–8 Camp Kesem chapters • Ensure successful delivery of overnight summer camps and year-round programs • Lead chapters to execute fundraising plans, maintain responsible finances, set budgets, and develop revenue plans • Support program implementation according to standards, rules, policies, and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion values • Manage student leadership transitions and select volunteer student directors annually • Conduct tri-annual chapter evaluations for adherence to Operating Standards • Visit one or more chapter camp sessions during summer to ensure programming follows organizational guidelines • Review and negotiate chapter-binding contracts with manager guidance • Manage volunteers and constituents including nurses, mental health professionals, and advisory board members • Ensure compliance with state laws, regulations, and licensing requirements • Coordinate background checks and training for camp attendees • Launch new camp and year-round programs according to the growth plan • Cultivate relationships with cancer support services, advisory boards, hospitals, universities, and local community contacts • Support equitable and inclusive outreach plans for camper families and volunteers • Serve as camp-season 24-hour Hotline Operator • Track chapter metrics using Salesforce, Classy, and other applications • Maintain chapter workbooks and internal systems; track action items in Hive • Provide weekly chapter progress reports to the Manager, Programs • Coordinate chapter system activities including reimbursements, Classy page requests, and donor acknowledgements • Perform data quality control and cleanup • Provide on-site and virtual student leader training throughout the year • Plan and present sessions for the National Leadership Summit • Travel extensively within the United States, including up to 85% travel from September through December
• Bachelor’s degree preferred • At least 1 year out of school preferred • Camp and/or youth development experience • Experience managing volunteers • Experience successfully leading peer-to-peer fundraising efforts • Comfortable with frequent travel, including air travel and renting/driving vehicles • Advanced team-building skills including conflict management, problem-solving, effective communication, organizational skills, developing others, motivating others, giving direction, and managerial courage • Program development and project management experience, including large-scale projects from conception to completion • Experience using camp registration or donor database systems such as Salesforce is a strong plus • Ability to inspire, relate to, and lead college student volunteers • Strong written and interpersonal communication skills • Experience recruiting and retaining diverse volunteer teams and delivering equitable and inclusive programs • Experience working with people from varied racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, educational, religious, sexual, gender, and generational backgrounds • Highly organized, flexible, and creative • Excellent time management skills • Strong technical skills including advanced use of Google Drive Suite • Ability to quickly learn and master new systems autonomously • Orientation toward learning and development; willingness to learn from mistakes and give and receive feedback • Must live in an area with easy access to a major airport within the continental United States • Available during Kesem’s standard business hours of 9:00 am–5:00 pm in the local time zone • Willingness to attend calls, meetings, donor events, and committee calls outside normal work hours when required
• Employer-subsidized health benefits • Employee-funded dental and vision benefits • Employee-funded 403(b) retirement plan • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) • Healthcare concierge service • Telecommuting • Paid time off (PTO) • Short-Term Disability • Voluntary accident insurance • Voluntary critical illness insurance • Voluntary Long-Term Disability • Parental leave offerings • Laptop computer • Cell phone • Approved work-related travel expenses covered by Kesem
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