Summer Camp Naturalist

Camp naturalists use available resources, prior knowledge, and new ideas to create a lesson plan for their group each camp week. They provide support and leadership opportunities to assistant camp naturalists and Leaders-In-Training (“LITs,” who are teenage volunteers at camp), while ensuring the safety of everyone in the group. Prior experience with children (ideally informal or outdoor education experience) and a growth-oriented mindset are crucial for camp naturalist applicants. This position is a daily blend of education, camp fun, and mentorship.

Benefits of the position

• Learn and/or gain experience in the following 21st-century skills that are desirable for all jobs you will ever have: critical thinking, creativity, communication, leadership, problem solving, and adaptability.
• Form connections with peers that outlast the summer.
• Professional development through sessions at the beginning and throughout the season on a variety of topics aimed at helping you to develop as a whole person
• Possible internship credit
• Spend your summer outside in nature.
• Learn techniques for how to be present and immersed in the moment.
• Obtain 2-year certifications in First Aid, AED, CPR and Epi-Pens.
• Gain confidence through growth that you should take with you everywhere.

Gimme the details, please!

• You will work 47–50 hours each week.
  • Gear for yourself and activities is carried on you (in your backpack or provided pack basket) and is likely to weigh 10–15 lbs.
• Pay is $11.50/hour for the first 40 hours worked per week. Hours above 40 earn time and a half. Over the course of the summer, this translates to about $4,800 before taxes.
• Housing may be available for out-of-the-area applicants. (There are a few rooms available; they are filled on need and a first-hire basis.)
• Training: Monday–Friday, typically 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., for the first two full weeks in June.
  • Training will include certification in First Aid, CPR, AED, and Epi-Pens. (Certification in advance of training is not needed.)
• Camp week hours worked: Monday, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.; Tuesday–Thursday, 8:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.; Friday, 8:00 a.m.–11:30 p.m.; Saturday (having likely stayed overnight via camping on-site and only three times a summer), 6:00–9:00 a.m.
• It is ideal if someone can commit to the entire June 2–August 2, 2025, time frame.