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Kids Camp Lead

Role Overview

The Kids Camp Lead is the primary steward of the children’s experience at the Temple of Belonging Women’s Gathering. This role holds the safety, structure, and spirit of Kids Camp, ensuring children are well cared for, engaged, and supported while their caregivers are provided the opportunity to drop in spaciously to in the gathering.

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Kids Camp is not childcare as an afterthought. It is a village space where children are welcomed as part of the ecosystem of belonging. The Kids Camp Lead helps create a rhythm that is safe, playful, respectful, and rooted in nature, creativity, and relational care.

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This role requires strong leadership, emotional maturity, and experience working with children in group settings.

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*kids being ages 18 months - 8ish years depending on needs. Roughly 25 kids expected.

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Program Leadership & Vision

  • Design and hold the overall flow, rhythm, and tone of Kids Camp

  • Create a daily schedule that balances play, rest, creativity, and nature connection

  • Ensure the Kids Camp environment aligns with the values of belonging, consent, and emotional safety

  • Serve as the main point of leadership and accountability for all Kids Camp operations

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Team Coordination

  • Supervise and support Kids Camp facilitators, helpers, and volunteers

  • Hire and organize teams (staff and volunteer) and be the main point of contact

  • Report back to Jenny/ TOB Lead as needed for coherence and questions

  • Create team schedule within volunteer and staff hourly agreements 

  • Orient the Kids Camp team to expectations, safety protocols, and daily flow

  • Delegate tasks clearly and maintain calm leadership throughout the gathering

  • Address challenges, conflicts, or needs within the team in real time

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Child Safety & Wellbeing

  • Maintain a safe, attentive, and nurturing environment for all children

  • Ensure appropriate child-to-adult ratios at all times

  • Respond calmly and responsibly to emotional upsets, injuries, or needs

  • Follow all safety, consent, and emergency protocols

  • Communicate clearly with caregivers as needed

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Parent & Caregiver Communication

  • Serve as the primary contact for parents regarding Kids Camp logistics and concerns

  • Support healthy boundaries and clear expectations between caregivers and Kids Camp

  • Communicate schedule changes, needs, or updates in a timely and respectful way

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Logistics & Coordination

  • Help plan Kids Camp activities, supplies, and space needs ahead of the event

  • Coordinate with the main event team around scheduling, meals, transitions, and site logistics

  • Connect with mothers and kids camp ticket holders pre event, and host an orientation at the event 

  • Ensure Kids Camp areas are kept organized, clean, and functional

Qualifications & Experience

  • Strong experience working with children in group settings (camp, education, childcare, facilitation, or similar)

  • Demonstrated leadership skills and the ability to manage a team

  • Calm, grounded presence, especially under pressure

  • Clear communication skills with both adults and children

  • Alignment with values of consent, emotional intelligence, and community care

  • Ability to problem-solve and make sound decisions in real time

  • Current CPR / First Aid certification strongly preferred (or willingness to obtain)

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Compensation & Exchange

  • Kids Camp Lead is paid $2000 for their time pre, during and post gathering

    • Kids camp lead is expected to hire, train and manage 4 paid staff members @ $500 for the week. Those staff get paid their fee and receive a ticket to TOB

  • Additional compensation may include a stipend, depending on experience and scope

  • All meals and accommodations during the gathering are included

  • This role carries both responsibility and honor within the community

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Time Commitment

  • Pre-event planning and coordination (limited but essential)

  • Full presence for the duration of the gathering

  • Participation in orientation and team meetings before and during the event

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Why This Role Matters

When children are held well, the whole village breathes easier.
The Kids Camp Lead plays a vital role in making the Temple of Belonging accessible to mothers, caregivers, and families, while offering children an experience of community, enrichment, safety, and joyful presence.

This role is ideal for someone who share the understanding that tending children's foundational work for the interconnected nature of our re-villaging remembering and protection of our future. 

Grant Writer

Cultures of Belonging 501(c)3

Position Type: Contract, Part-Time
Location: Remote, with preference for familiarity with Oregon / Pacific Northwest funding landscapes
Compensation: Monthly retainer plus per-grant success fees (outlined below)

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About the Temple of Belonging

The Temple of Belonging is a bioregional women’s gathering and nonprofit organization devoted to cultivating belonging as a lived, relational practice. Rooted in land, body, and community, our work centers women’s wellness, intergenerational care, and accessible healing arts as a viable public health and cultural model.

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Through gatherings, educational programming, leadership development, and community partnerships, we offer low-barrier, preventative, community-based care that supports both personal and collective resilience. We are values-led, land-rooted, and committed to building structures that can last.

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Having recently received our nonprofit status, we are entering a new season of growth and are seeking a grant writer to help steward funding relationships with clarity, integrity, and long-term vision.

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Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced, values-aligned Grant Writer to support the sustainability and growth of the Temple of Belonging through aligned funding. This role is ideal for someone who understands both the technical requirements of grant writing and the deeper work of translating relational, community-rooted offerings into fundable language without diluting their essence.

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The Grant Writer will work closely with the Founder and core leadership team to identify opportunities, articulate impact, and build a coherent grant pipeline that supports programming, scholarships, operations, and long-term stability.

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Key Responsibilities

  • Research and identify grant opportunities aligned with our mission, including foundations, government grants, and private funders

  • Write compelling grant proposals, letters of inquiry, and supporting narratives

  • Translate our programs into clear goals, measurable outcomes, and impact statements

  • Collaborate with leadership to gather budgets, timelines, and program details

  • Track grant deadlines, submissions, reporting requirements, and renewal opportunities

  • Support grant reporting and stewardship to maintain strong funder relationships

  • Assist in developing a long-term funding strategy rather than one-off submissions

  • Help articulate a consistent, fundable narrative for the organization as it grows

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Qualifications

  • Demonstrated experience writing successful grant proposals 

  • Familiarity with nonprofit funding landscapes, particularly in wellness, public health, arts, environmental justice, women’s programs, or education

  • Strong research and organizational skills

  • Ability to work with both data and story

  • Comfort working with grassroots, emergent, and nontraditional organizations

  • Clear, grounded writing style with attention to integrity and tone

  • Self-directed and reliable with the ability to manage multiple deadlines

  • Alignment with values of belonging, collaboration, and community care

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Nice to Have

  • Experience working with newly formed nonprofits

  • Familiarity with bioregional, eco-somatic, or community wellness models

  • Understanding of DEIA-informed funding language and reporting

  • Experience with public health or preventative care frameworks

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Compensation Structure

This role is compensated through a hybrid model that honors both steady labor and successful outcomes.

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We offer:

  • A $500 monthly retainer to support ongoing research, relationship-building, strategic alignment, and grant pipeline development

  • Per-grant success fees for secured grants, paid at the following rates:

    • $2,000 for grants awarded between $10,000–$50,000

    • $4,000 for grants awarded between $50,000–$150,000

    • $6,000+ for grants awarded above $150,000, depending on complexity and scope

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This structure reflects our commitment to:

  • Paying for the real, ongoing labor of grant writing and strategy

  • Incentivizing long-term partnership rather than transactional submissions

  • Maintaining ethical, transparent compensation practices aligned with nonprofit standards

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All terms, scope, and timelines will be clearly outlined in a written agreement and may evolve as the organization grows.

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What We Offer

  • Purpose-driven work with a respected, growing community organization

  • Flexible schedule and remote work

  • Collaborative relationship with leadership rooted in trust and transparency

  • Opportunity to help shape the funding foundation of a long-term, mission-driven nonprofit

  • Compensation that honors skill, labor, and experience

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Potential Growth Opportunity 

  • Integrate grant writer onto non profit board and expand into grant management

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How to Apply

Please send:

  • A brief introduction or cover letter

  • Relevant grant writing experience or examples (links or excerpts welcome)

  • Any initial thoughts or questions about funding opportunities for this type of work

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