The Operations Associate will contribute to all aspects of our Headfirst Summer Camps line of business, with primary responsibilities in facility operations, logistics, materials management, and event preparation. In addition, this role includes managing licensing and compliance requirements and supporting the Headfirst Summer Camps management team in maintaining relationships with key vendors and facilities. This role is year-round and based at the Washington, D.C. headquarters office of The Headfirst Companies but will be also involve travel to our distribution center in Silver Spring, MD and executing quality assurance measures at our camp locations in the DC-area, in June, July, and August.
The ideal Operations Associate is highly organized, detail-oriented, and is enthusiastic about creatively solving complex problems. This individual will combine the emotional intelligence necessary to excel in mission-driven youth development with the business acumen critical to leading a program on the precipice of rapid growth.
For over 20 years, The Headfirst Companies have been delivering experiential and sports programs and camps to inspire the personal best in high potential young people.
We create experiences that inspire the next generation to discover their personal best, courageously engage with the world, celebrate the challenges that come with trying hard things and meet every opportunity with persistence, patience and a positive attitude. Headfirst is the country’s leading provider of transformational experiences for boys and girls 3-18 years old. Founded in 1996 in Washington, D.C., we have flourished into a national brand that operates numerous divisions with 37 full-time employees and 600 seasonal team members.
Our diversity in experiences along with our industry-leading curriculum focused around social and emotional intelligence, we strive to inspire the artist, scientist, musician, athlete, explorer and the personal best in all of our young people. We are driven every day by one mission – to inspire the personal best in our young people experiencing our programs, our partners and one another.