Camp Walt Whitman
Camp Walt Whitman
Looking for great counselors and instructors to staff an amazing summer camp in New Hampshire! Not only a great job opportunity but a chance to be around great people and kids in a beautiful part of New England. Our 2024 Dates: June 5th - August 9th.
Piermont, NH immersed in the White Mountains
- Location
- New Hampshire
- Season
- Summer
- Staff size
- 200
- Housing
- Whether included in the compensation package or provided at a cost, housing is provided for staff.
- Meals
- Provided
- Cell phone service
- None
- Internet access
- Good
About Camp Walt Whitman
From the moment you arrive on the shores of Lake Armington you will be surrounded by New Hampshire's beautiful White Mountains and by an amazing group of people. Each summer over 200 staff members from across the globe converge and form some of the best friends of their life. Last year, our staff came to us from 40 states and over 25 countries. Staff comes back to camp summer after summer because of the people.
Working at camp is demanding; the hours are long and the responsibility is tremendous. However, the rewards are priceless. Staff members at Walt Whitman truly make a positive impact on the lives of our campers. Our staff, which is amongst the best in the camping industry, have a passion for working with children and enjoy sharing their knowledge and experience.
Days are filled with exciting activities. Imagine playing basketball, baseball, hockey or field hockey, painting watercolors or throwing a clay pot, flying down the zip line at the ropes course, or serving and volleying on our tennis courts with a great group of kids, all in one day. A day at camp is a blast!
You will challenge yourself on hikes and waterskiing, but you will also have the opportunity to accomplish your personal goals. We want you to gain a wealth of new experiences. Travel throughout New England; gain valuable work experience. We feel that if you have the summer of your life our campers will too, and they will remember you for a lifetime!
The Employee Experience
Our staff strive to impact children, be a part of a community, and grow themselves.
Ideal Candidate
Each of these positions requires different skill sets but all of the staff members at Camp Walt Whitman have great interpersonal skills, the ability to connect with campers and staff, flexibility, and a hard-working attitude. The rewards of summer at CWW cannot be summed up in any write-up of any length; they are memory-making, life-altering, growth-inducing parts of life that will stay with you forever. If you want to be a part of a growing family that has been changing kids lives since 1948, please apply!
Room and Board
Most staff live in cabins with campers, meals are included.
Employee Perks
The summer of a lifetime with friends you will never forget and kids who will learn and grow from you as much as you will from them.
We will also work with you to provide internship credits through your University.
Any and all certifications and trainings that are required for employment with CWW will be provided during orientation.
Getting Here and Getting Around
We are close to Boston and offer transportation to and from Logan Airport. Our Camp is located in the beautiful White Mountains of New Hampshire and offers amazing hikes, days off, and overnights as well as a comprehensive athletic program. There are many college towns near us for nights out and a great social environment. If you have a car to bring to camp, we have parking for you, and if not, it is very easy to get rides on nights out or days off.
For Fun
See above but also we have a staff lounge for evening events such as dodge ball tournaments, trivia nights, open mic nights, and under the lights intramural leagues with other camps in the area. Many towns nearby have restaurants and there is even a county fair that is in town for a few weeks every summer!
Current Job Openings
- You'll be partnered with a co-counselor.
- Our ratios are 1 adult to 5 kiddos.
- Swimming Pool
- Beached Lake Front
- Cribs 1, 2, 3
- Water Trampoline
- Stand Up Paddle Boards
- Sailing
- Kayaks
- A Pontoon Boat
- Hiking Leaders (21+): You could be leading day hikes - upwards of hiking 6 days a week and racking up a lot of mileage throughout the summer in the beautiful White Mountains of New Hampshire.
- Backpacking Leaders (21+): You'd be responsible of ensuring that the trip with our campers is awesome! It's awesome when everyone is safe, prepared, and aware of what's happening. You'll be able to lead 3–5-day trips with small groups of campers.
- Ropes Instructors: Our ropes team works on our zipline, climbing wall, high ropes, low ropes, and our ariel course. You'd teach kids how to properly belay, the correct way to use equipment, and how to conquer their fears.
- Bike Trip Leader: We have a really cool program that is allows our oldest kids to take day trips out of camp, as well as 4–5-day bike trips to the coast of Maine or to Burlington, VT. As a biking leader you'd be ensuring the kids are safe on the roads, escorting them to their daily destinations - so you'd be riding too, which is cool, and helping teach basic bike mechanics and road safety.
Cabin Counselor
Join our residential team! Cabin counselors are responsible for mentoring and guiding our campers through the summer. As a cabin counselor, you get to participate in all the activities at camp along side your kids. You get hands on experience of leading, teaching, and team working. Be part of an incredible summer with us at Camp Walt Whitman. You'll make an impact, be in a gorgeous setting, make incredible friends, and push yourself.
Living expenses and a travel stipend are covered by camp.
Nature Instructor
Do you love spending your time outside? Why not spend your summer in the wilderness of New Hampshire at Camp Walt Whitman!
Our Nature Instructor is such a cool position! You get to spend the summer teaching our kids about the joys and wonders of the outdoors! From frog catching, survival skills, plant and animal life cycles, to building environments for critters to live in and so much more! If you love working with kids who are stoked about getting outside, getting dirty and having fun while having a space to learn something new, this is a fantastic position for you!
Our Nature program is part of our CampCraft program - which is the rest of the outdoor adventure programs at CWW. Our nature program has unlimited possibilities and is tailored to our instructors interests.
Our nature instructor will go to a 5 day training in New Hampshire - June 11 - 15th to learn more about the environment in New Hampshire as well as pre lesson plans with other Nature Instructors attending.
Waterfont Staff
Do you love the water and can't think of a better summer than spending it overlooking a beautiful lake? We're looking for waterfront staff to keep our kiddos safe in the water as well as teaching swimming lessons. As a member of the waterfront team, you'd have on-site lifeguard training, ongoing training throughout the summer, and a Waterfront Director who wants to help you be successful at camp. Our waterfront consists of:
Everyone dreams of a summer in the sun and on the lake, why not make it a reality?
Ropes Instructor
Our Ropes Instructors oversees the operation and safety standards of our ropes elements at CWW which includes high ropes, low ropes, zip line, climbing wall, and aerial adventure course.
Our ropes team is part of the larger outdoor adventure team which includes hiking, backpacking, camping, biking, and ropes. As a ropes instructor at CWW, you'll be part of a 5 person ropes specific team.
Experience managing as well as experience with climbing, ropes courses, or adventure equipment is preferred.
Training provided at camp will include Mountain Leadership School, Wilderness First Aid Certification, High 5 safety training, aerial adventure training.
Arrival date is June 5th - to start training on June 6th.
Outdoor Adventure: Hiking & Camping Specialist
At CWW we have one of the most extensive Outdoor Adventure Programs of Camps in the Northeast. We know and value the challenges that outdoor adventure can give to our campers, and we LOVE IT! From hiking to backpacking trips in the White Mountains. To Rock climbing and our aerial adventure course. Bike Trips to Overnights we have it all. As a member of the Campcraft team, you'd be Wilderness First Aid Certified at camp, go through an outdoor leadership training with our Director of Campcraft, and gain SO many hands-on experiences! We know the value of working at camp to grow and develop yourself while sharing your passion for the outdoors with kids and we'd love to have adventurers who are ready to lead exciting moments join us.
What our Campcraft Positions are:
Cooking Instructor/Specialist
As a member of our cooking team at camp - you'd be teaching our campers how to be safe, creative, and have fun in the kitchen. You'd be leading classes with our campers daily to show them that cooking, baking and whipping stuff up in the kitchen is awesome.
Waterski/Wake Sports Instructor
Have experience Waterskiing, Wakeboarding, and knee boarding? Do you love being on the water and want to spend your summer on a beautiful lake in New Hampshire? Well, this is the place for you! Our Wake Sports team is on the water teaching our kids how to get up on skis and boards while being towed by our ski boats.
Bike Trip Leader
Our oldest kids at camp have the opportunity to go on 4-5 day biking trips to either Maine or Vermont. As a member of the biking team, you'd be leading these trips of 10-12 kids. You'll be riding along the routes, keeping the kids safe and engaged during their rides.
Camp Craft Quarter Master
The Quarter Master position is a unique opportunity to help facilitate outdoor adventure for all of camp! You're ensuring that everything needed for any hikes, backpacking trips, biking trips, or overnights have everything that's needed to have a killer trip. You're a logistics and organizational magician. With this position being a member of our Camp Craft team, you'd be able to jump on hikes and help on the ropes course throughout the summer as well. If you love the outdoors and want to help make incredible trips possible for every kiddo at camp, this is the position for you.
Office Staff
Our office is the heart of camp and we need great people helping it run. If you're looking for a new place to be in the summer but you're also not the biggest "nature" person, look no future. The office position is a great balance of getting parents of campers in tough with their kids, helping campers jump on phone calls, keeping camp organized, and being the place that has all the answers all the time.
As a member of the office team, you'd be able to be a member of a small team making the office operate while also still making those cool, camp connections with kids and staff. You'll be living in a cabin with 10-12 kiddos and 2 other staff members. Plus, all the staff come in and out of the office all day, wanting to talk to you, so really the office is the central point at camp where everyone should want to be.
Contact Info
- Lisa Johnson
- Lisa@campwalt.com
- (914) 339-9934
- www.campwalt.com
