Summer Camp Instructor/ Nature Mentor Job at Living Earth School, Afton, VA

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  • Living Earth School
  • Afton, VA

Job Description

The Instructors of camp are responsible for providing instruction, supervision and team support during program days. They design lessons and take the lead on activities throughout the day, sometimes managing groups on their own, and sometimes with team members. Instructors report any problems or injuries to their Coordinator, participate in meetings and help out wherever possible.

The summer camp season runs June 6th through August 13th, with a week of training and optional week off mid-season. If you need housing, you are invited to stay at one of our Staff Camp locations. Here there are individual tent spaces, shared outdoor covered kitchen, shower, and toilet amenities as well as the comradery of living beside your coworkers. If you have experience working outside, are least 20 years of age, outgoing, fun, positive, responsible, a team player, open communicator, and passionate in connecting kids to nature, please consider joining us!

After interviewing, we may offer you an Assistant, Co- or Lead-Instructor position.

For full job descriptions and application, please visit our Jobs page. Email  kelly@livingearthva.com with any questions.

Special Benefits

Special Benefits

  • swim in a river every day!
  • individual training in survival and mentoring skills!
  • work with a variety of energetic and passionate folks!
  • opportunity to go on a canoe or backpacking expedition!

Requirements

Minimum Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree or an equivalent amount of training and/or work experience
  • Current CPR/First Aid/AED certification
  • Experience and passion for working with children
  • Naturalist and survival skills
  • 18 years or older

Why work here

Get back to your roots and learn the philosophy of living close to nature, wilderness survival, and nurture your connection to the earth. We will explore the surrounding forests and streams as we build natural shelters, make fires without matches, and prepare wild plants for food. We hire folks that are outgoing, fun, positive minded, responsible, competent, personal growth oriented, team players, open communicators and ready to dive into the adventure of camp and make the most of it.

This is not your ordinary camp experience. Each team member is trained in how to be an effective nature mentor and gets coaching as they practice survival skills. Our aim is to see the light in each person, camper or staff, and help inspire their passions and gifts. If you're ready to grow and learn a lot about yourself, how to be an effective mentor, and to deepen your connection with the earth, then please get in touch with us.

Despite the difficulties of the times, we successfully ran camps in 2020, 2021 as well as year-round programming. We feel we have found a rhythm with our COVID policies which allow the kids to still be kids, outside & together.

Job Tags

Work experience placement, Summer work, Seasonal work, Outdoor,

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