Residential Camp Counselor

Seeds of Peace Camp; Maine; On-site; USD 2,500 - 3,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing and meals included

Professional training

Access to 100 lakeside acres

Job summary

A girls' wilderness summer camp in Maine is seeking passionate women to join our counselor team. As a counselor, you'll live side-by-side with campers, teaching activities and building trust. We're looking for compassionate individuals devoted to helping girls at risk. Responsibilities include participating in professional training and supporting young girls. Housing and meals are provided, making this an extraordinary summer experience.

Qualifications

• Genuine devotion to helping girls at risk.
• Emotional intelligence and compassion to spare.
• Ability to pass a professional background check.

Responsibilities

• Live side-by-side with campers, teaching activities.
• Build trust and become a role model.
• Participate in professional training sessions.

Skills

Devotion to helping young girls at risk

Compassion and understanding

Positive social and emotional health

Grit to face challenges

Ability to work among a diverse peer group

Job description

Your Most Meaningful Summer Starts Here

Trade your routine for 100 acres of Maine wilderness and a summer that actually changes lives — including yours.

We're a girls' wilderness summer camp on the shores of Lovejoy Pond in Readfield, Maine, and we're looking for passionate, compassionate women to join our counselor team this summer. Our campers are young girls navigating real challenges, and our counselors are the grounded, caring humans who show them a different path. Some staff are alumnae while others grew up in foster care and bring lived understanding no textbook can teach. Together, they create something extraordinary.

What You'll Do

Live side-by-side with your campers in wooden cabins with the youngest girls or canvas tents on wooden platforms with older ones, teaching activities, building trust, and becoming the kind of role model you maybe wish you'd had. It's real, it's raw, and it's incredibly rewarding.

What You Get

• Housing and meals included for the full season
• Professional training June 12–20 (Red Cross CPR & First Aid, Children's Mental Health, Driver Safety, and more)
• 100 lakeside acres as your office
• A team of 35 women who are in it for all the right reasons
• The kind of summer you'll talk about for the rest of your life

What We're Looking For

You don't need a perfect resume; you need the right heart. We hire from a wide range of backgrounds because our campers deserve to see themselves in the people who support them. We're looking for women who have a genuine devotion to helping girls at risk, emotional intelligence and compassion to spare, positive social and emotional health, and the grit to face challenges head-on. Ability to pass a background check required.

• Devotion to helping young girls at risk
• Ability to express compassion, understanding, and encouragement of others
• Positive social and emotional health
• Willingness to face and overcome challenges
• Ability to work among a diverse peer group
• Successful completion of a professional background check

Professional Training (June 12–20)

• American Red Cross CPR and First Aid
• Maintaining Safety
• Behavior Modification Strategies
• Children’s Mental Health and Development
• Driver Safety

Apply if you're ready to show up fully — for yourself and for the girls who need you most.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.