Specialty Camp Counselor - Summer

Description

Camp Lincoln is now hiring for the 2026 camp season (June-Aug)!!

Working at Camp Lincoln will be one of the most life-impacting jobs of your life! Embarking in a summer at Camp Lincoln is much more than a job; you will build lasting friendships, make a difference in kids’ lives, develop critical personal and professional skills that will be assets in your future career, and you will make memories that’ll last a life time.

Our staff team has a rich history of being a welcoming and positive community, where we encourage all to be their authentic selves - Join our team for an unforgettable summer!

Effectively lead and participate in the Camp Lincoln community. Specialty Camp Counselor are models of leadership who lead by example, follow the staff pledge and live in accordance with the Core Values – Honesty, Caring, Respect and Responsibility.

Specialty Camp Counselors are able to take advantage of opportunities that safely enrich the lives of their campers while on-site and off-site. They are specifically responsible for a group of campers and making sure they are gaining an experience that is enriching and in line with program goals and expectations. Specialty Camp Counselors are responsible for working with their Unite Leader to acquire necessary supplies and maintaining an appropriate inventory of supplies for successful program delivery.

If going off-site, Specialty Camp Counselor are responsible for maintaining their vehicles with an appropriate level of understanding and communicating quickly any issues that may develop and follow-through to make sure safety is priority.

Specialty Camp Counselors seek every opportunity to create a safe community that is free of bullying and ridicule. Camp is a place for personal growth, leadership development and community enhancement for all participants. Every camper’s self-confidence is enhanced because of the leadership and example set by their counselor through games, fair dispute resolution, consistent expectations, friendship building and positive reinforcement.

• Mission, Values and Behavior:
• Understands and models The Y’s mission and values
• Develops and embraces a shared vision
• Focus on creating positive social & community change through the development of meaningful programs and services
• Models the mission and values of The Y in all written and verbal interactions with peers, co-workers, staff, members and the community

• Deliberate in establishing positive relationships with internal and external members and partners
• Connect relationship building to all that you do at The Y
• Makes members and community needs paramount and does everything in his/her power to engage and partner with members and community to exceed expectations
• Create a team atmosphere by identifying common goals, sharing information encouraging cooperation and keeping others informed of decisions impacting others
• Makes member and community needs paramount and does everything in his/her power to engage and partner with members and community to exceed expectations

• Applies positive “can-do” approach to work, accepts full responsibility for own actions and responds openly and appropriately to people of different backgrounds
• Uses a variety of clear and consistent communication methods to keep all informed and responds to internal and external requests in a timely and appropriate fashion
• Responds openly & appropriately to people of different backgrounds & abilities
• Foster a healthy, safe work environment
• Ability to see the “big picture”, long term focus in decision making
• Responds in a timely & appropriate fashion to camper, parent, co-worker and supervisor requests

• Motivates others to achieve results and provides clear and timely direction to others
• Takes initiative, maximizes productivity, is proactive on the job and consistently leads efforts to positive results.
• Provide staff, co-workers and volunteers with feedback, coaching, guidance and support.
• Encourages, supports and models curiosity, creativity, innovation and calculated risk-taking of others.
• Models healthy behaviors
• Values other…