General Camp Counselor
General Camp Counselor (Half Season)
LOCATION:
Camp Togowoods outside of Wasilla, AK
WAGES/PAY:
$385/week plus food and lodging
EXPERIENCE:
No experience required
START DATE:
July 4th through August 14th, 2023
Each summer, the Girl Scouts of Alaska camp team from across the U.S. works together toward one common mission — to help every girl who attends camp develop courage, confidence, and character to make the world a better place.
Most summer staff will serve as Counselors. You'll work with a staff partner to plan and deliver outdoor activities to a group of 8-12 girls and supervise all aspects of your campers' day. Depending on the camp, common activities include canoeing, kayaking, hiking, environmental education, arts and crafts, trying the climbing tower, team building, and STEM programming. Now hiring at this camp:
• Camp Togowoods is located along the shores of Three Mile Lake in Wasilla, AK. Residential camp positions include Cooks and Counselors in these areas: General, Waterfront/Boating, Climbing Wall Program, Art Program, Health Program and Kitchen.
For this camp and position, compensation starts at $385/week plus food and lodging. All staff also receive a $650 travel stipend which is evenly split between each paycheck. Like with regular pay, taxes, social security and Medicare are taken from travel stipends.
Applicants must make a commitment for the full dates of employment, be at least 18 years old, possess excellent character, exert enthusiasm, patience, and understanding, work from a place of positivity, and are solution-oriented. Half season positions for Camp Togowoods counselors are available. To apply, fill out the online application (3 professional reference contacts are necessary). Interviews will be conducted by phone.
You can find information about all our camp programs at: https://www.girlscoutsalaska.org/en/camps/summer-job-opportunities.html
Working at any of our camps is an extraordinary life-changing adventure for you and for the campers you work with. Our camps build girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place. To accomplish this we demand excellence from our staff including that they: put the needs of others ahead of their own wants, communicate directly and honestly (even when it is hard and uncomfortable), engage fully with campers and the camp experience, work tirelessly and enthusiastically until the job is done and consistently follow through on commitments to campers, co-workers, and directors.
If you're passionate about changing the world and positively impacting a child's life, aren't afraid of hard work, and want a job that is fun, exciting and energizing then we look forward to receiving your application.
How to Apply
Here are the steps to becoming a camp team member with Girl Scouts of Alaska…
- Read through the sections of the website that relate to summer camp so you know what camp is all about and what to expect starting here: https://www.girlscoutsalaska.org/en/camps/summer-job-opportunities.html
- Completely fill out the online application (including 3 professional reference contacts). There is only one application regardless of which camp interests you.
- This is the most important part of the process. Interviews are conducted by phone. Again, there is only one interview regardless of which camp interests you After the interview, we’ll let you know within two weeks whether we’d like you to join our camp team.
- Sign and return the hiring paperwork. After we get a verbal commitment from you, we’ll send you a written hire letter. We take this commitment very seriously. For the protection of our camps and our campers, we run background checks on every person we offer a job to. If we receive negative results on the background check or a job reference after we receive your signed contract, we reserve the right to rescind the job offer.
Contact Info
- Amanda Block
- ablock@girlscoutsalaska.org
- (907) 273-0316
- www.girlscoutsalaska.org
