Activity Specialist Assistant, Camp Grossman, Summer Day Camp

Do you love working with children and want to spend your summer in a fun and beautiful day camp setting? Camp Grossman is hiring Activity Specialist Assistants for Summer 2025! Join us in creating joyful, memorable experiences for campers by supporting a wide variety of exciting activities, including (but not limited to):
Arts & Crafts, Archery, Boating, Ceramics, Climbing Wall, Cooking, Gymnastics, Jewelry Making, Mountain Biking, Ropes Course, Sewing and more. As an Assistant, you don't need prior teaching experience or advanced skills in group management. While the Specialists bring teaching and group management experience, as an Assistant, you bring curiosity, energy, enthusiasm for the activity area, and a readiness to learn and support.

Together, you create engaging, memorable experiences for our campers!

Are you ready to make this summer unforgettable? Camp Grossman offers Free Bus Transportation* from over 30 communities in and around the Greater Boston area, making it easy for you to join us for an incredible experience! Apply now with our team! JCC Greater Boston is deeply committed to valuing and celebrating the uniqueness of each constituent. We welcome staff and participants from diverse backgrounds.

While being proudly Jewish, we strive in every way to provide an open and welcoming setting for all, irrespective of personal practices, beliefs, or background. We are guided by JCC Greater Boston’s core values - Belonging, Joyfulness, Collaboration, and Transformation - which resonate with many who do not identify as Jewish.

Primary responsibilities include, and are not limited to:

• Assist Specialist in leading creative, safe and engaging age-appropriate activities for all assigned campers with varying interest levels and abilities
• Co-create a community which fosters mutual respect and welcomes the diversity/uniqueness of each person
• Assist Specialist in teaching and developing skills necessary to complete the planned project
• Assist Specialist with the management of supplies, set up, and clean up
• Work in partnership with peers and Camp Leadership to provide a happy, safe, and memorable summer for the children
• Join all staff in the parking lot in the morning and afternoon to welcome the safe arrival and departure of campers
• Role will also include assisting in activities or helping with a Family Day or Night, evening activity (for campers spending the night), or cookout, one or two evenings (after regular camp hours) or Sunday throughout the course of the summer

Standard staff expectations include and are not limited to:

• Actively create a welcoming dynamic that contributes to an environment where everyone is valued and respected
• Actively participate as an essential team member and attend all staff meetings during or after camp as required
• Support JCC Greater Boston’s mission, vision, and values of belonging, joyfulness, collaboration, and transformation, including through role modeling
• Enthusiastically represent the organization, modeling excellence and achievement
• Complete all staff payroll and onboarding on time and before Orientation begins.
• Complete all pre-camp asynchronous on-line training modules and attend all pre-camp in-person orientation sessions
• Other duties as assigned

This is a great chance to join JCC Greater Boston's respected and valued, people-orientated workplace of diverse community services providers, which is rapidly growing!

JOB DETAILS:
We are an outdoor camp, located on beautiful, wooded property in Dover, MA. This is an hourly position, Monday - Friday, for the camp season*. The regular Camp day begins when you arrive at Camp (typically between 8:45 and 9:15) and ends  addition, most staff are expected to attend 3 or 4 staff meetings on Monday afternoons at Camp and/or evenings at JCC Greater Boston.

Activity Specialist Assistants also work one Sunday and/or 1 or 2 additional evenings (dinner provided!) over the course of the summer- either assisting in their activity or assisting with a Family Day or Night or cookout, depending on their position in camp. Offering great perks, including JCC Health & Fitness center access, a supportive, vibrant in-person work environment, and…