Assistant Director​/Outreach Coordinator

The Summer Camp is a nonprofit, residential summer camp for urban and rural girls ages 7-18 from low-income families and foster care, offering a safe, inclusive environment to build lifelong skills through fun, challenging, and educational experiences with positive role models. We celebrate the diversity of our campers and staff, and donor support provides a full campership for every girl, every summer.

The Assistant Director/Outreach Coordinator is a year-round role reporting to the Executive Director, full-time June-August, part-time (20 hrs/week) September-May. The role keeps families and campers connected between summers, supports staff recruitment and training, prepares for the season, and helps with the day-to-day running of camp. The AD must live on campus in Readfield, Maine, from June 1st - August 20th and work remotely in the off-season.

• Support staff and camper behavior management using a strengths-based approach
• Assist with daily camp operations: food service, program, supervision, transportation, and health care
• Coordinate camper and staff travel logistics
• Assist with Federal Food Program record-keeping

• Build session, bunk, and cabin lists each session, balancing cabin ages
• Facilitate mid-session camper evaluations and birthday cards
• Coordinate end-of-session "See Office" turnover
• Coordinate Katie, Joey & Poppy Award voting

• Run background checks on all summer staff via the camp's background check vendor and file completed records
• Run driver history (MVR) checks for staff who drive
• Maintain the staff phone list
• Build Outreach lists of incoming junior and senior high campers and counselors each session

• Maintain connections with staff, junior counselors, and CITs
• Communicate with Outreach campers year-round (mostly evenings and after school)
• Plan off-season gatherings, college tours, and leadership workshops for CITs and counselors
• Assist with reviewing camper applications
• Assist in hiring and training summer staff

• Prior camp, youth program, or leadership experience strongly preferred
• Strong organizational skills; comfortable with scheduling, records, and admin work
• Comfortable with basic office tools and Google Sheets
• Valid driver's license
• Genuine alignment with the mission and comfort with trauma-informed situations
• Able to work extended, irregular hours during camp, including evenings and overnights
• Willing to pass background checks and serve as a mandated reporter under Maine law
• Comfortable working independently and with camp leadership and counseling staff

$40,000 annually plus health insurance and two weeks paid vacation; full-time June-August, part-time (20 hrs/week) September-May, with housing provided June-August.