Love Kids, Love Adventure, Love Cycling?

Wheel Kids Bicycle Club is seeking camp counselors for summer camps & school-year camps and classes.

Qualified candidates are kid-friendly first, customer-service oriented second, cyclists third. Training provided. Equipment provided as needed. Instructors must be CPR/1st Aid certified; training provided depending on length of commitment. LCIs with experience teaching kids are encouraged to apply.

We call our counselors Coaches – because, like a bicycling team’s coaches, our staff do anything they can to make sure their riders (the kids) have a great time, are kept safe during all of our events, and reach their full potential no matter what program we’re providing. We’re looking for creative and energetic people who love kids, adventure, and fun; who can lead, mentor and inspire; and who want to expand their own horizons and gain great career experience while working in one of the most exciting and unique day camps in the Bay Area.

The Head Coach is responsible for the daily activities, management, direction and safe functioning of a team of up to 15 children., including managing one or two Assistant Coaches and one or more Volunteers and C.I.T.s. The Head Coach works under the supervision of and reports to senior management.

This position requires flexibility, creativity, patience and persistence. Central to the Head Coach position is the ability to effectively manage a team/group of children, adhere to critical Wheel Kids rules and policies, and work closely with supervisors and management staff.

The Head Coach’s primary responsibilities include:

• Managing a “team” of up to 15 children ranging in age from 5 to 16.
• Managing coaching staff including Assistant Coach(es), Volunteer(s) and C.I.T.(s).
• Applying Wheel Kids safety procedures during programs
• Assigning duties to supporting staff.
• Coordinating activities with other staff and management.
• Guiding children on bike rides and off-bike activities.
• Greeting parents/guardians daily for sign-in and sign-out, providing excellent customer service and ensuring that families are comfortable leaving their child in Wheel Kids’ care.
• Performing other duties and functions needed to safely and effectively run the team.
• In short: the Head Coach is in charge of her/his team and is responsible for all of its participants, staff and activities.

Additional responsibilities and duties include, but are not limited to:

• Directing and/or escorting children and parents/guardians to the clubhouse facility or other staging area for Wheel Kids’ programs.
• Handling/moving bicycles on stairs, elevators, buses, trucks, etc.
• Staffing the sign-in and sign-out process; providing excellent customer service to parents/guardians in the process.
• Participating in bicycle skills learning activities, including “BikeCircuses,” maintenance workshops, vendor/visitor-sponsored events, etc.
• Supervising and monitoring children during daily activities including group rides, general activities and play time, field trips and special events.
• Engaging children in activities during off-bike time.
• Monitoring and enforcing discipline and behavior.
• Displaying a positive attitude, leadership skills, compassion, respect and patience, and being a role model for these attributes.
• Helping resolve children’s situations: behavioral, medical and emotional.
• Ensuring that areas used by Wheel Kids are left in excellent condition (“leave no trace”).
• Establishing an environment that fosters good morale and an enjoyable camp experience for children, families and staff.

Ideal for those with experience teaching, coaching or otherwise engaging with children in a camp, academic, or organizational setting and who are willing and able to take on daily management responsibilities.

A college degree, or progress toward a degree, is preferred but not mandatory for this position.

Wheel Kids Bicycle Club, Inc. is an adventure and exploration destination for kids, using bicycling as a means of promoting confidence, leadership, fitness and environmental and personal awareness. We provide opportunities for school-age children to ride bicycles within several cities of the San Francisco Bay Area and the surrounding region; we teach bicycling skills; we introduce participants to bicycle- and transportation-related professions; and we engage in activities that promote learning about the local urban and natural environment. Through these activities, Wheel Kids helps participating children achieve greater self-confidence and independence, improved physical fitness, improved bicycling skills in a variety of conditions, increased desire to continue bicycling, and daily doses of fun and happiness. There’s no getting around it: riding bikes is fun! It combines independent mobility, highly coordinated gross and fine motor skills, spatial awareness, and instantaneous decision-making and feedback with going fast, being silly and generally goofing off.

Wheel Kids is dedicated to letting kids be kids and doing the things they love to do:

• Kids love to ride their bikes – we teach them how, we teach them new skills, we ride along side them
• Kids love to explore and find new things and activities – we guide them to places they’ve never been and to experiences they’ve never had
• Kids love to learn – we provide opportunities to gain new skills and new interests and encourage hands-on immersion in everything we do
• Kids love their independence – we give them just enough autonomy to allow them a sense of self-guided accomplishment and self-confidence boosting success.