We hire staff and cooks for the months of June and July.
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Staff: We hire 8-10 high school/college-aged staff for the months of June and July to help make our camps run smoothly. If you are interested in employment for the upcoming summer season, we’d love to have you apply. Pay is a daily rate of $60/day plus room and board and use of camp facilities/activities. $75/day plus room and board for those willing to be certified to serve as lifeguards. (We pay for the certification.)
Job Description: Though camp schedule fluctuates somewhat, the following is the basic schedule. At 7am, staff reports to the dining hall to help prepare for breakfast and eat. Staff serves breakfast, breaks off to clean different camping areas (bathrooms, pools, pavilion, etc.), then attends a mandatory meeting/Bible study session. Staff then returns to the dining hall to help prepare for lunch and to eat. Staff serves lunch, then breaks off to man different activity stations such as the pool, mini-golf, archery, canteen, mowing, etc. Staff is free after their activities are run until they return to the dining hall to help prepare for dinner and eat. Staff serves dinner and then is off for the night around 6pm. After that, the staff is allowed to do as they please around campus (go swimming, hiking, chill in their cabin, go to the staff room to play games, raid the staff snack fridge, etc.) unless there is a night swim or night canteen, then the staff that mans those stations will be on duty for a little longer. Staff under 18 are not allowed to go off the property unless they are returning home, have parental permission, or are with a director. For those under 18, the directors take them into town Tuesday and Thursday, and if they don’t go home on weekends, the directors will take them places during the weekend if desired. Staff area asked to work weekend camps if possible, especially the lifeguards. If staff has family vacation, retreats, etc. that they’d like to attend, we’ll work around the absences, but realize that there are only 8 weeks of camp, if you’re gone the majority of the time, then camp staff is likely not a position you should apply for. We have fun and grow to be like family!
Job Qualifications: Staff should possess a good worth ethic, good attitude, and integrity. They should get along with others, be willing to learn how to do things properly, and like the outdoors no matter the weather. They should not be a habitual complainer, adverse to doing menial chores, getting dirty, or glued/addicted to their phones/electronics.
Bonus skills that are not required but would be an asset to camp and therefore should be noted in your application: Strong swimming ability/lifeguard experience, familiarity with the sport of archery and shooting range protocol, excellent housekeeping skills, mowing experience, service job experience, the ability to tally purchases and count back change without a calculator.
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Cook and cook’s assistant: (2023 cook positions have been filled) We hire a cook and an assistant cook for the months of June and July. (Cook comes in at the end of May to train and prepare.) Cook’s pay is $15/hour (need to manage time well enough to do everything needed in 40 hours/week) plus private room and board along with access to camp facilities/activities. Cook’s assistant if under 18 is paid the same as a staff lifeguard. If over 18, we’ll negotiate an hourly wage based on experience.
Job Description: Though camp schedule fluctuates somewhat, the following is the basic schedule. Around 5am, you’ll start breakfast and will serve campers along with the staff, then you’ll clean the kitchen and take inventory, not only for shopping, but what you need to have thawed and preparing for future meals during the week. Then you’ll prepare lunch, which you’ll serve along with the staff, and then you’ll clean, meal plan for next week’s camp, make grocery lists, and prepare dinner which the staff will serve. (Staff will serve and clean up after dinner, so the cook can leave) You will be cooking for up to 200 at once. You will be preparing recipes that are tried and true that are made week after week. Though the directors are open to menu changes, you’re not responsible for coming up with menus from scratch. We can train you on large-scale cooking if you’ve not cooked for large groups before.
The cook’s assistant comes in after breakfast and stays until dinner is cleaned up, assisting with the cooking, being instructed by the cook.
Job Qualifications: The cook and cook’s assistant should possess a good worth ethic, good attitude, and integrity.
The cook should be punctually reliable and able to organize their day to meet deadlines without oversight. The cook should have good time management skills and the ability to multi-task and plan ahead. The cook should have adequate math skills to assist them in multiplying serving sizes to meet each camp’s food needs. The cook should have the ability to keep things clean, tidy, organized, and ready to pass the health department’s surprise drop-in inspections. Though we can train you to cook our recipes, cooking experience is a plus.
The cook’s assistant should have knowledge of cooking, be willing to take direction from the cook, and help the cook pay attention to inventory, meal prep deadlines, and food prep details.