Mission of the Oregon-Idaho United Methodist Camp and Retreat Ministries
We are a people dedicated to creating Sacred spaces of Christian hospitality and learning.
Our vision is a world of wonder, love, and justice.
Our values include engaging with creation, encountering the Divine, developing interdependent relationships with creation and one another, and learning to do justice in the world.
The ministry at the Collins Retreat Center has focused on Gracious Hospitality as a way of living out the mission, vision, and values of Camp and Retreat Ministries.
Overview
The Collins Retreat Center Director oversees and manages all site operations. The Director is supervised by the Executive Director of the Board Camp and Retreat Ministries (BCRM) for the Oregon-Idaho (OR-ID) Conference of The United Methodist Church (UMC).
The Collins Retreat Center Director is part of the leadership team of the OR-ID Conference Camp and Retreat Ministries, along with the Executive Director (who will support the director), and the Directors of Camp Latgawa, Camp Magruder, Sawtooth Camp, Suttle Lake Camp, Wallowa Lake Camp, the camp and retreat registrar, accountant, and Development Director. All six sites work together to fulfill the mission of the BCRM.
The Collins Retreat Center Director works within this structure to carry out the mission of Camp and Retreat Ministries. In this effort, the Director oversees the safety, quality, and effectiveness of all the center’s facilities and programs by meeting or exceeding the standards set by the American Camp Association (ACA), local, state, and federal agencies.
Qualifications:
Skills/Abilities
Ability to fulfill the mission, vision, and values of the BCRM.
Ability to provide leadership, supervision, and coaching to staff.
Ability to communicate effectively with staff and guests.
Business administration, personnel management, financial management.
Ability to recognize hazards or potential hazards on site and intervene actively to prevent accidents/incidents.
Ability to recruit, train, and manage volunteers
Collaborative problem solving
The most successful candidate will demonstrate:
Management experience with a budget of $250K and up.
Experience in managing quality hospitality and food service operations
Experience in fundraising
An interest in learning new things
Specialized Skills:
Familiar with American Camp Association (ACA) standards,
Basic knowledge of facility maintenance including plumbing, electrical, and construction.
Current CPR and First Aid (can be acquired after hiring)
Coordinate hospitality and hosting services
Program development
Protect and nurture the natural environment of the site
Maintain all required records related to the retreat center operations.
Salary/Benefits: Health insurance includes family, pension contribution (12%) if employee contributes at least 1%, on-site housing provided, all utilities are paid by the site, meals provided at the center when guests are on site.
ALCRC Director Applicant instructions
Deadline is December 15, 2025
Submit resume and three references in pdf format
Answer the following questions
What is it that interests you in this job opportunity?
The Collins Retreat Center has been focused on Gracious hospitality for many years. What does this mean to you considering the position you are applying for?
Describe a difficult staff supervision situation you have dealt with and a successful outcome in staff supervision that you have had.
The following are elements of the role of the director. Please rank them in order of your comfort of performing these functions from most comfortable to least comfortable. (they are in alphabetical order).
- Administration
- Food Service
- Fundraising
- Hospitality
- Housekeeping
- Maintenance
- Program support
- Staff management
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