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Camp Director

NEW CAMP DIRECTOR
Chief Operations Director

GOOD MISSIONS FAIL WITHOUT GREAT OPERATORS.

Lake Ann Camp is hiring a Camp Director: the chief operational leader who takes a God-given vision and builds the systems, teams, and culture to make it real.

This role is the engine of the vision.

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SECOND CHAIR. FULL OWNERSHIP.

The Executive Director of Lake Ann Camp sets the vision. He leads spiritually, drives external relationships, and oversees faithfulness to our mission and vision.

The Camp Director owns everything behind that.

  • Day-to-day operations. Department leadership. Staff accountability.
  • Systems that hold up under the pressure of 250 people serving hundreds of campers at full speed. This person doesn’t wait for direction on the details; they build the infrastructure that makes the mission possible.
  • The kind of leader who gets genuine satisfaction from watching a complex operation run clean, who feels called to make someone else’s vision reach its potential, and who believes operational excellence is itself a form of ministry.

WHAT YOU'LL OWN

The operation, from start to finish.

SUMMER
At peak summer, Lake Ann Camp mobilizes 250 staff across a full program calendar. The Camp Director is the operational authority during that season, and the architect of the systems that make it work year-round.
INNOVATION
You’ll be building as much as you’re managing. There is meaningful infrastructure to create here, not just maintain. HR systems. Accountability structures. Quality controls. Budget oversight on a $5–6 million operation. This is a role for someone who sees a blank whiteboard and feels energized.
LEADERSHIP
You’ll be leading people: four direct reports, with four additional leaders in your orbit. Your ability to develop, challenge, and hold those leaders accountable will determine how far this ministry can grow.

“We need operational excellence to accomplish the vision that God has given to us.”

BEN RUDOLPH

New executive director

WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR

The background matters less than the wiring.

We’re open to candidates coming from ministry environments and from the marketplace. What we’re looking for is less about your resume category and more about how you’re built.

The right person for this role:

  • Finishes things. Consistently, at a high standard.
  • Thrives in the second chair. Not because they couldn’t lead at the top, but because they genuinely find fulfillment in making a shared vision succeed.
  • Builds systems that outlast them. They don’t create dependency; they create freestanding infrastructure.
  • Holds people accountable with clarity and care. They have hard conversations without losing the relationship.
  • Brings mature, active faith. Evident in how they lead and how they treat people.
  • Can handle a season that goes from 50 to 250 staff in a matter of weeks and back again. Summer camp operations is a category unto itself.

If you’ve led complex operations, managed large or seasonal teams, built HR or quality systems from the ground up, or served in a role where someone else set the vision and you made it work, we want to hear from you.

WHY THIS MATTERS

Operational excellence protects spiritual impact.

When the operation breaks down, campers feel it. Staff feel it. The ministry suffers.

Lake Ann Camp exists to challenge individuals to make biblical, life-changing decisions through unique learning experiences.

That happens in a counselor conversation at the waterfront, during a retreat, around a campfire. None of that is possible if the operation around it is chaotic, understaffed, or mismanaged.

The Camp Director creates the infrastructure for life-change to happen.

EXPLORE WHO WE ARE

“Lake Ann Camp will maximize resources, multiply partnerships, and leverage influence to annually impact 50,000 campers for Christ.”

OUR VISION

Building on 75+ years of ministry

FAITH COMMITMENT

This is a ministry position, and we mean that seriously.

Every member of our team, from summer staff to senior leadership, is expected to be a committed follower of Jesus Christ, in full agreement with our Statement of Faith, and actively engaged in a local church.

Faith here is not a box on an application. It shapes how we lead, how we conflict, how we care for the people under our supervision, and why we show up every day.

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HOW TO APPLY

We are hiring immediately.

Getting started is easy. Here’s what the application process looks like:

  • Review the job description and make sure the role is the right fit for you
  • Submit your online applicaiton (30-60) minutes
  • We connect with you one-on-one
  • Interview
  • On-site visit

Not every qualified applicant will be accepted.

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