2025 Summer Nature Camp Counselors

The Town of Brookline Recreation Department is seeking qualified, energetic, and compassionate candidates for full-time seasonal Camp Counselor positions for Nature Camp in Summer 2025. Nature Camp programs will run from from July 7, 2025 to August 22, 2025 at two locations in Brookline, MA.

Counselor positions are hired for either a 5-week session from the first day of training until August 1st, or an 8-week session from the first day of training (late June/early July) until August 22nd.

Counselors are required to attend mandatory training dates in late June/early July with specific training schedules to be determined. Some pre-training week assignments (concussion/51A awareness, etc.) are due prior to the first day of training. These assignments are mandatory.

All candidates will go through a background check through the Criminal and Sexual offender (CORI/SORI) database as required by the Town of Brookline's Health Department.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure effective group management and group safety during camp day
• Assist Nature Camp Director in leading nature-based/environmental lessons
• Assist Nature Camp Director with implementation of camp rules and regulations
• Inventory and clean all instructional materials and resources, including classroom space and vehicles used for camper transportation
• Foster a positive, welcoming, inclusive, supportive environment for all campers
• Maintain positive, effective communication with campers' caregivers as needed
• Transport campers to daily field trips in Brookline and beyond by operating 12-passenger van or 15-passenger minibus
• Assist Nature Camp Director with administering First Aid as needed or required
• Perform similar or related work as directed, required, or as situations dictate

Supervision:

Nature Camp Counselors report directly to their site's Nature Camp Director, who reports to Brookline Recreation's Environmental Educator.

Qualifications:

• Must be 16 years or older
• Commitment to June and July trainings and camp schedule in July and August required, according to assignment to either 5-week or 8-week session
• Certification in CPR and First Aid required; able to certify during mandatory training
• Driver's License strongly preferred; no CDL required
• Coursework or real-world experience in education, psychology, social work, hiking, ecology, biology, wildlife, and plant sciences preferred
• Previous camp counselor experience preferred
• Childcare experience preferred
• Strong interpersonal skills required; ability to work cooperatively and communicate well with others, verbally and in writing, including co-workers, children, and adults
• Organized, reliable, and conscientious
• Able to work independently, proactively, and as part of a team
• Ability to act professionally, appropriately, and to maintain confidentiality of records and other information

Pay is $18.00 per hour. Applications accepted through April 30, 2025. Positions will be filled on a rolling basis until April 30, 2025.

Employment dependent on successful completion and clearing of CORI/SORI.