Jobs and Employment - Shaffer's High Sierra Summer Camps

Counselors and Activity Specialists

Overview

Shaffer's High Sierra Camp offers children 8 to 17 a traditional summer camp experience but with a focus on noncompetitive wilderness adventure activities in California's splendid Tahoe National Forest. (Go to our Home page to read more.) We're positioned somewhere between a posh traditional camp and a wilderness survival camp.

This year, we'll need about 16 counselors and activity specialists. Because our Camp is small with about 70 or fewer campers per week, our counselors double as activity specialists and activity specialists also act as counselors. Versatility is a virtue and you are likely to be asked to facilitate more than one activity area.

Openings

As of Feb 4, 2012, we have two openings for women counselors, and five openings for male counselors. If applying, you must have experience and/or certifications in one or more of our activity areas:

Archery
Drama
Guitar
Mountain Biking
Mountain Boarding
Outdoor Living Skills
Ropes Course
Rock Climbing
Waterfront - Pool
Waterfront - Lakes - Kayaking and/or Paddle Boarding

Training

All counselors and activity specialists go through an intense six to seven days of training immediately before camp begins (June 24 - July 1), where we cover everything you need to know from clinics on how to conduct a particular activity to behavior management. First aid and CPR certification is not given at Camp, and you must have those certifications in hand before arriving.

Dates

Staff training begins June 24, 2012. We then operate 7 weeks of children's camp, from July 1 through August 18, 2012.

Pay

Salaries begin at $300 per week, and may be slightly higher, depending on experience and certifications. Program staff get paid for the training period, and we do not deduct for room or board.