Positions at Camp

Activity specialists play a dual role at camp. They work alongside General Counselors on a dormitory floor and have part-time responsibility for the well-being of those campers. Specifically, they help out in the bunk at morning clean-up, during rest hour, and in the evenings. In their other capacity, specialists teach or coach in their specific program area during activity periods. Activity Specialists are flexible, enthusiastic and well-organized people who can confidently instruct campers (ages 7-17).

Camp Sequoia’s focus on helping campers develop their social thinking skills is integrated into all aspects of the Activity Specialist’s role. We encourage our Activity Specialists to apply their experience to designing their own lessons based on the ability level of our campers. Activity Specialists receive extensive training and ongoing guidance from our Senior Staff. Each Activity Specialist has at least one period off each day, as well as time off as described above.

Our overnight staff members are responsible for ensuring that our campers and staff are supported during the overnight hours. Key duties include coordinating with on-call administrators and medical staff as needed for minor emergencies, completing and documenting rounds throughout the night and addressing camper and staff needs as they arise. The successful candidates in this role will have a strong work ethic, good decision making skills and a desire to be an integral part of a dynamic community. This role can either be a commuter or residential position for the six weeks that campers are in camp.

General Counselors are invaluable staff members whose role is to support their campers throughout the camp day. Because they spend their whole day with their division (group of same age campers), they really get to know their campers and are integral to building their camper’s self-confidence and social cognition skills. General Counselors assist, support and motivate campers throughout the day while participating in the division’s daily activities and weekly trips. Each General Counselor has at least one period off each day, as well as a rotating schedule for evenings off.

Whether an Activity Specialist or General Counselor, each member of our staff is a role model who shows patience, compassion, flexibility and enthusiasm for working with kids who need help developing their social skills and self-confidence.

Nurses at overnight camp serve a special purpose. Aside from providing medical care to our campers, communicating with camper’s parents and dispensing (pre-packaged) daily medications our nurses also provide T.L.C. to our campers. We highly value what our nurses bring to the Camp Sequoia experience and believe they are in integral part of our staff.

We are seeking a summer assistant director to augment our administrative team. This senior leadership role requires a college degree (Master’s preferred) and substantial experience working with kids and staff, ideally in a camp or school setting. This summer role has the potential for additional part-time year round work, but this is not required as a condition of employment. Please fill out the standard camp application and attach a letter of interest to brian@camp-sequoia.com. We have had substantial interest in this role and anticipate a hiring decision well in advance of our summer season.

This part time role involves generally around 18 hours per week (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) morning. The successful candidate will have attention to detail, the ability to work independently and value the ability to earn a meaningful salary during the summer, while still retaining a great deal of personal time outside of the Camp Sequoia experience.