Assistant Project Director

About Beam Camp 

At Beam Camp, we've spent the last 20 years coalescing multi-ethnic and intergenerational learning communities of youth, artists, and teachers who work together to construct spectacular projects - big and small - that highlight the magic of creative cooperation.

Beam Camp runs as a summer program under our parent organization, Beam Center. At Beam Center, our staff of 27 full-time and 20 part-time adults and youth, engage 7,000 students and 300+ teachers in 28 public schools annually. More than 96% of the young people we serve identify as youth of color and/or newly immigrated. Our large-scale public artworks reach tens of thousands of people at installations across the city. Our summer camp in New Hampshire hosts 105 campers from around NY and the world for a 4-week session. In Summer 2021, we launched Beam Camp City, a camp-like experience for youth on Governors Island.

Position Description

The Beam Camp Assistant Project Director works at Beam Camp New Hampshire (June - August) to produce signature projects with the Beam Center Project team from RFP to completion.  While at Camp, they assist in managing the project team, coordinating programming and leading Production of the Project with groups of Campers and support from Counselors.  Prior to Camp, they help coordinate with the Project Director to finalize the development and construction plan of the Project. The Assistant Project Director has a passion for learning new skills and for sharing their knowledge, skill, and insight with their collaborators - the Project Artist, fellow staff and youth.

Responsibilities:

• Assist with the development and production of a large public artwork (research, prototyping, material sourcing, production scheduling and fabrication) in collaboration with Project Director, Youth Project staff and Artists
• Work with a team to curate curriculum development with youth participants in mind, thinking about how to ensure a wide range of campers have an entry point into fabrication through the collaborative production of the Big Project
• Mentor and collaborate with program participants and Beam youth staff
• Intentionally make space for and encourage youth staff to step into leadership roles
• Lead and co-lead training sessions for youth and camp staff on a variety of power tools, hand tools, and fabrication processes relating to the Beam Camp Big Project.
• Maintain daily communication with the full Leadership Team at Camp, in particular to find opportunities to support and learn from one another
• Set up and maintain project shops & sites: equipment, tools and consumables (screws, nails, pencils etc)
• Engage in camp life / programs / maintenance

Link to full job description here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HzfOvREtLf3PhJ5pi7n9uBQjwmvpHjc6/view?usp=sharing