FIND YOUR PLACE AT THE Y… BE A CAMP COUNSELOR THIS SUMMER.
Summer camp…adventure, friends, and fun. The Y invites you to join us for an amazing summer that is so much more than a job.
Position: Camp Counselor Pay Rate: $18.50-$19.50
The YMCA of Metropolitan Washington is currently hiring Summer Camp Counselors. Working at the Y, you will create exciting and impactful experiences for campers, build connections with your peers and Y professionals, expand your leadership skills, and have fun! This is a seasonal position for the months of June through July 2025.
KIPP DC Camp Site Locations:
- Webb Campus: 1375 Mt. Olivet Rd. NE
- Smilow Campus: 5300 Blaine St. NE
- Wheeler Campus: 3301 Wheeler Rd. SE
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 8:00am-4:30pm
- Tuesday, Thursday: 8:00am-5:00pm
- Create a place for campers to have fun, learn, explore, and make new friends
- Lead a group of campers in the Y camp program
- Assist team members with planning events
- Promote good personal relationships
- Plan and lead activities
- Support a safe and healthy environment for all campers
- Interact with the campers at all times, participating in activities alongside the campers
- Assist with and participate in all camp-wide activities and special events
- Support the program goals of the Y
- Participate in staff trainings and meetings as required
- Be able to work from the week before camp begins for training to the end of the final week of the season
- High school graduate
- 18 years of age
- Willing to participate in training to obtain CPR and First Aid Certification
- Clear the local jurisdiction requirements for criminal background and/or fingerprinting
- Meet the county/state licensing requirements
- Prior experience in supervision of children or one season’s experience as a junior counselor or have completed the CIT program
- Skilled in teaching a variety of crafts, songs, stories, games, sports, aquatics and related camp activities
- Able to effectively communicate with children and parents
- Must be able to stand or sit for prolonged periods of time
- Must be physically active to play games and sports with the children
- Must be able to pick-up at least 35 pounds
- Must have visual acuity to observe all children
- Documentation of physical examination and TB skin test
- Competitive compensation
- Free Y membership
- 403(b) savings plan
- Exciting and collaborative work environment
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