Summer Camp Counselor

2024 Summer Camp – Camp Counselor – Camp Dean

Locations: Camp Dean, Big Rock, IL This position is required to live on-site at camp.

Job Duration: Summer – May 28 – August 5, 2024

Salary: $500/week

Application Deadline: Open until filled.

Camp Counselors are responsible for working with campers to identify and plan for their individual objectives for attending camp with the expectation of providing an exciting, fun, and memorable experience for all

campers.

Responsibilities:

• Supervise all assigned aspects of campers’ day including morning activities, cabin clean-up, mealtimes, rest hours, evening activities, getting ready for bed and after-hours duties as assigned.
• Teach camping skills and appreciation of the out-of-doors as well as themed program activities.
• Work in a team with other counselors, program staff, and assistance staff around camp.
• Guide activities and experiences in the unit through use of girl-leader planning and the Girl Scout Leadership Experience.
• Support and strengthen courage, confidence, and character in all campers and staff.
• Assist in unit housekeeping, sanitation, care of supplies and equipment.
• Assist with the responsibility for the health and safety of the campers, including providing first aid and ensuring campers maintain good personal hygiene.
• Assist with records, reports, and inventories as requested by Unit Leader.
• Live in a unit near campers.
• Identifies and responds to environmental and other hazards related to camp activities.
• Assist in the opening and closing of camp as directed.
• Take precautions to ensure personal health.
• Attend and participate in staff meetings on time and in uniform.
• Be a role model for campers in words, deeds, and actions.
• Provide a thrilling and safe atmosphere for campers to explore, learn, and create while developing personally.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Must be at least 18 years old.
• Must live on-site Sundays through Fridays, with 3 Saturdays working during summer season.
• Experience working with children preferred.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to maneuver through camp without assistance and carry up to 50 pounds.
• Integrity, good character, good judgment.
• Desire and ability to work with children, peers, and adults in an outdoors setting.
• Ability to place needs of campers above own.
• Girl Scout experience preferred.

Ready to join our crew? Apply HERE. Please include the title of the position and location when applying. For more information, visit our website at www.girlscoutsni.org/careers.

Who are we? We are Girl Scouts. Girl Scout membership is open to all members who accept the Girl Scout Promise and Law. Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois commit to doing all we can, using our collective power, to help create the change in our communities that is long overdue. We will do our part to dismantle systemic racism. We recognize that this is far from easy or fast work, but we are Girl Scouts—we believe in sisterhood, justice, and fairness—so we are in it for the long haul.

We will value you! In recruiting for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that you bring in terms of education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, color, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.