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How we recruited a Camp Activity Manager

About the client

Our client provides challenging activities which encourage camp participants to learn the principles of teamwork and achieve a higher level of self-esteem. They are situated an hour away from Perth on 105 acres of beautiful, undulated land - ideal for group development.

  • Location - Waroona, WA
  • Industry - camping and recreation
  • Size - 10 employees

We applied our three-phase service delivery model for this recruitment drive.

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Video job advertisement

Social media algorithms favour videos over still content, so we create video advertisements for all vacancies to help source our candidates.

We take full advantage of this unique and highly effective form of candidate sourcing in order to reach the right candidate at the right time. 

We post our videos on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook. They are posted on these platforms 10-20 times, based on relevance. Our videos typically receive over 1,000 views within the first 24 hours.

Job advertisement

We constantly refresh, rewrite and reformat our job advertisements to optimise the quality of applications received. Our approach is aggressive - we post around 20 advertisements for every permanent job. Advertisements are posted on:

  • Job boards - Seek, Adzuna, Glassdoor, Indeed and Jora
  • Social media - LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter
  • 11 Recruitment's website

On average, our advertisements receive over 100 applications and perform well above the market benchmark for Seek, shown in this graph.

Camp Activity Manager

  • Incredible opportunity to work outdoors alongside passionate people
  • Change the lives of students across WA - 100% job satisfaction
  • 40 weeks per year - permanent position

ABOUT THE CLIENT

Our client is located in the Peel region and provides exciting yet challenging activities for school groups. They are located on 105 acres and accommodate around 80 camps per year – making them one of the leading providers of outdoor recreation programs in WA.

There is currently a passionate team running 16 different outdoor recreation activities, and they are seeking a Camp Activity Manager to manage this team. You will lead a team of 6 instructors whilst simultaneously facilitating outdoor educational programs.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Camp Manager is responsible for overseeing the running of the camp. This includes the management of staff, liaison with clients, and care for camps equipment and facilities. You will;

  • Endeavour to create and maintain a positive, friendly, and motivated work ethic around the camp
  • Set up camp and activities before the arrival of participants
  • Prepare daily schedules including before, during, and after activities 
  • Ensure staff, participants, and camp leaders are well informed of procedures and protocols
  • Assist in areas of maintenance

ABOUT YOU

You will receive the required training for this position. It is vital that you have a willingness to learn and be an enthusiastic "people-person". You will ideally have:

  • A passion for working with youth in an outdoor environment 
  • A positive attitude and demeanour 
  • Experience in a leadership position
  • The natural ability to form positive relationships with others
  • The ability to assess a situation rapidly and act decisively under pressure 
  • A manual driver’s license is essential
  • Experience working with marketing automation software
  • The ability to create lead magnets, conversion campaigns, sales pages etc.
  • Self-motivation and a strong work ethic
  • A current driver’s licence

You will also need the ability to obtain your Bronze medallion, First Aid Certificate and a Working with Children Check.

Assessment Matrix design

Our in-house designed, custom made software generates an Assessment Matrix, which is our blueprint for the recruitment process. Our process consists of screening, interviews, document verification, skills testing, personality profiling and reference checks.

Ticks indicate the point at which each criteria is addressed. More importance criteria are checked multiple times throughout the recruitment process.

Selection criteria

Screen

Interview

Docs.

Profiling

Refs.

Education






N/A (teaching/PT maybe desirable)

✓

✓




Experience






Working with youths

✓

✓



✓

Training/Supervising staff (6+)

✓

✓



✓

Facilitating programs/teaching

✓

✓



✓

Working with tools/maintenance

✓

✓



✓

Able to handle all weather conditions

✓

✓



✓

Other






Friendly, happy nature (sense of humour)

✓

✓



✓

Bronze medallion

✓


✓



First Aid Certificate

✓


✓



WCC

✓


✓



Physically fit

✓

✓



✓

Attentive to safety

✓

✓



✓

Manual License (willing to drive a bus)

✓

✓

✓



Contact after hours

✓

✓



✓

Relocate to Waroona

✓

✓



✓

Accept expected salary range

✓

✓



✓

Have you ever received a warning of termination?

✓

✓

 


✓

Will you pass a drug test?

✓

✓



✓

Behaviour






Dominance - 69%


✓


✓


Influence - 45%


✓


✓


Steadiness - 27%


✓


✓


Compliance - 47%


✓


✓


Forms signed






Health / police check



✓



Signed document - tell the truth



✓



Docs verified






Driver’s licence

✓


✓



Citizen AU / NZ or PR

✓


✓



DISC profiling

Similar to people, jobs have their own behavioural profile that is based on duties, environment and communication. We create a profile for every job vacancy, enabling us to match an applicant's behaviour against that of a specific role.

We use DISC, which examines the following attributes:

  • Dominance - accomplishing results, the bottom line, confidence
  • Influence - persuading others, openness, dependability
  • Steadiness - cooperation, sincerity, dependability
  • Compliance - quality, accuracy, expertise

DISC profile - Camp Activity Manager

Camp Activity Manager

Shortlisted candidates

Candidate A

Candidate B

Candidate C

Behavioural adaptation by candidates to match the job profile:

Candidate A

Candidate B

Candidate C

Results

Our aim is to produce a strong shortlist by sourcing widely. We measure every stage in our recruitment process to ensure we meet this key objective.

Our service comes with an extended 18-month replacement guarantee. This guarantee means our interests are mutually aligned - to recruit high achievers who will excel and stay.

Video views

1,008

Applications received

42

Interviewed by 11 Recruitment

7

Shortlisted

5

Interviewed by client

5

Hired

2

Christian Madsen | Managing Director

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