Summer Camp Junior Crew Member

Northeast Texas, Inc.; Palestine (TX); On-site; USD 15,000 - 22,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Meals provided during camp sessions

Housing (if applicable)

Job summary

Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas is seeking a Junior Crew Member for Camp Bette Perot in Palestine, TX. This four-week leadership and camp-operations program develops skills in teamwork, responsibility, and positive role-modeling for youth in a dynamic outdoor setting.

Participants live in camp housing, assist staff, and participate in activities, meals provided, and gain valuable experience for future leadership roles in service-oriented organizations.

Qualifications

• Must be 16–18 years old.
• Willingness to live in camp setting with exposure to wildlife.
• Able to work long hours outdoors in varying weather and environments.

Responsibilities

• Champion a positive, inclusive, safe, and fun camp environment.
• Participate in camp program activities and administration including meals, activities, and staff trainings.
• Participate in camp cleaning and facility care duties including toilets/restrooms.
• Facilitate positive group relationships and resolve conflicts constructively.
• Assist in care of campsite facilities, equipment, and supplies, managing resources wisely.
• Practice camp safety standards and emergency procedures.

Skills

Leadership

Teamwork

Communication

Safety awareness

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

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Camp and Outdoor Leaders Camp Bette Perot, Palestine, TX, US

Job Title:

Junior Crew Member

Reports To:

Camp Director

Status:

Seasonal

About Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas:

Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas (GSNETX) offers amazing opportunities for talented, forward-thinking individuals who share our vision of helping girls and young women change the world for the better.

Here's your opportunity to enhance your career while making a difference in girls' lives and in the world. At Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas, you can build a rewarding career in everything from working hands-on with girls, accounting, human resources and project management, marketing, research—and more.

Camp Bette Perot, our equestrian camp, offers a sleepaway camp for girls ages 7-16. We serve approximately 150 campers per week from a variety of racial/ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. Camp community life includes group living, shared meals, daily activities, kapers (chores), and rest. Campers come to camp independently and are cared for by Counselors. Camp is located 20 minutes from the small town of Palestine and 2 hours from the large city of Dallas.

The Counselor work season runs from the beginning of June to the end of July.

Job Summary

Junior Crew is a four-week leadership and camp operations program designed for returning Laird campers who have successfully completed CIT 1 and CIT 2. The program bridges the gap between CIT 2 and future counselor opportunities by providing participants with practical experience in camp operations, teamwork, communication, responsibility, and leadership.

Junior Crew Members participate in a structured leadership-development and camp operations program. They learn how camp operates behind the scenes, support camp staff and activity leaders, contribute to camp traditions and morale, and explore what it means to be a positive role model at camp.

Junior Crew Members rotate through different areas of camp operations and participate in structured lessons, staff-shadowing opportunities, special projects, and camp traditions.

The program may operate as a June or July three-week session.

Junior Crew members live together in a dedicated Junior Crew cabin during the program.

This position reports to the Junior Crew Leader and the Camp Director. They also work in coordination with Unit Leaders, Activity Leaders, and other camp operations staff.

Summer camp changes lives for the better! Join an amazing community where you will make new friends, develop personal and professional skills, engage your body and your mind in an outdoor environment, overcome challenges, and be the best version of yourself, plus have tons of fun! As part of a team mentoring, teaching, and helping, you get to make an incredible impact on staff and campers, who remember the sense of belonging, friendship, growth, and magic of summer camp for their entire lives. All positions include meals when camp is in session, housing (if applicable), plus invaluable work experience that prepares you to succeed in future careers.

Primary responsibilities include

• Champion a positive, inclusive, caring, safe, and fun camp environment and promote the values of the Girl Scout Promise and Law, including serving as a positive role model for youth in language, dress, culture of inclusion, behavior, and attitude
• Participate in camp program activities and administration, including meals, activities, rest, free time, kapers (chores), staff trainings and meetings, planning and preparation, and cleanup
• Participate in assigned camp cleaning and facility care duties, including cleaning toilets and restrooms
• Facilitate positive group relationships, including addressing conflict in constructive ways
• Advocate for camper and staff confidence, responsibility, challenge seeking, teamwork, learning, goal setting, relationship skills, coping strategies, and opportunities for personal and group success
• Adhere to camp schedule and direct campers and self to assigned spaces on time
• Assist in care of campsite facilities, equipment, and supplies, including managing resources wisely
• Practice all camp safety standards and emergency procedures and uphold them with others
• Work independently and as part of a team to meet camp program and operation needs and to implement solutions to problems that arise
• Participate in staff trainings and meetings as requested
• Ability to live, eat, teach, and play respectfully and fruitfully with diverse staff and campers all day, with limited privacy and personal time
• Attend required staff training June 6th–11th, regardless of whether the Junior Crew Member is registered for the June or July three-week Junior Crew session
• Must be 16–18 years old
• Willingness to live in camp setting with exposure to wildlife, including bugs, spiders, and snakes
• Willingness to be active outdoors all day in variable weather conditions (high heat over 100°F/38°C, high humidity, rain, wind, possible tornadoes) and to walk extensively around camp
• Willingness to role model respect, positivity, smiling, cheerfulness, kindness, patience, honesty, inclusion, good mental hygiene, and accountability and to self-regulate emotions respectfully in a variety of circumstances
• Willingness to listen to, learn from, and cooperate with others
• Willingness to embrace a simple living environment while staying on camp
• Ability to work long hours all day and all week (staff get personal breaktime each day)
• Commitment to the full Junior Crew session (3 weeks in either June or July)
• Demonstrate and promote a climate of courtesy, respect and professionalism to coworkers, the volunteers served by this council, and others with whom this job puts them in contact
• Attendance is an essential job requirement defined as having regular, consistent, reliable, punctual and predictable attendance including the ability to work regular hours and shifts, before and after hours, and on weekends, when required
• Must complete and pass a criminal background check
• This position requires female staff in accordance with privacy and supervision standards under the Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ) exception for youth in single-gender cabin and restroom settings.
• Returning Laird camper, successfully completed CIT 1 and CIT 2.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience attending summer camp or going camping
• Current certifications appreciated in any of the following: first aid and CPR, lifeguarding, ropes course, archery, or fishing

Must abstain from:

• Use of tobacco products, herbal intoxicants (CBD, THC, gummies, etc.), vaping and electronic cigarettes, alcohol, illegal drugs, firearms, and fireworks while on camp property or while on duty, plus abstain from possessing on camp property and from returning to camp under the influence of any such substances
• Use of explicit language or harmful language
• Volatile expressions of emotion
• Romantic or sexual activity on camp, no public display of affection
• Wearing clothing that features alcohol, drugs, or harmful topics or language
• Sharing or discussing private, adult issues with campers
• Using (engaging with) cell phone while on duty (Counselor phones can be kept in administrative building and used during scheduled staff break time away from campers, plus we have a radio system for camp communication and emergencies)

Our organization’s cultural values:

• We are relevant.
• We strive for equity.
• We put our stakeholders first.
• We collaborate to get the best results.
• We own our work.

Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas is an equal opportunity employer and supports a diverse, inclusive work environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected characteristics, including race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or age.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Use of hands or fingers to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. Ability to reach with hands and arms, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Ability to work both indoors and outdoors. Significant sitting, standing, physical activity, and ability to walk extensively around a large camp property (1,300 acres). Must be able to withstand prolonged work hours. Must be able to thrive in an environment with regular exposure to large groups of youth and high noise levels. Ability to lift and carry and/or move up to 45 pounds.