Operations Team

Job Details

Job Location
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Bette Perot - Palestine, TX Position Type
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Seasonal Salary Range
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Undisclosed Job Category
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Nonprofit - Social Services

Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas (GSNETX) offers amazing opportunities for talented, forward‑thinking individuals who share our vision of helping girls and young women change the world for the better.

Here’s your opportunity to enhance your career while making a difference in girls’ lives and in the world. At Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas, you can build a rewarding career in everything from working hands‑on with girls, to accounting, human resources and project management, to marketing, research—and more.

Camp Bette Perot, our equestrian camp, offers sleepaway camp for girls ages 7‑16. We serve approximately 150 campers per week from a variety of racial/ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. Camp community life includes group living, shared meals, daily activities, kapers(chores), and rest. Campers come to camp independently and are cared for by Counselors. Camp is located 20 minutes from the small town of Palestine and 2 hours from the large city of Dallas.

Operations work season runs end of May to end of July 2026. The workweek is typically 10 hours per day for 6 days per week.

The Operations team reports to the Camp Director and is responsible for supporting an effective summer camp program for campers and staff by filling up water coolers, re‑stocking sanitary and paper goods, operating and stocking the Trading Post, ensuring program supplies are stocked and in good condition, and assisting with duties in the kitchen. Other duties will include cleaning, sanitizing, and generally maintaining order in camp bathrooms, cabins, and other spaces.

This team serves as positive role models, cooperative teammates, and helpful problem solvers. This position will also be responsible for relaying any property needs to the Camp Director. Paid staff training is provided at the beginning of the summer. The Operations team has the option to live onsite in group accommodations during work, or any staff who live nearby to camp can commute to work each day.

Summer camp changes lives for the better! Join an amazing community where you will make new friends, develop personal and professional skills, engage your body and your mind in an outdoor environment, overcome challenges, and be the best version of yourself, plus have tons of fun! As part of a team mentoring, teaching, and helping, you get to make an incredible impact on staff and campers, who remember the sense of belonging, friendship, growth, and magic of summer camp for their entire lives.

All positions include meals when camp is in session, housing (if applicable), paid training and certifications (if applicable), plus invaluable work experience that prepares you to succeed in future careers.

• Champion a positive, inclusive, caring, safe, and fun camp environment and promote the values of the Girl Scout Promise and Law, including serving as a positive role model for youth in language, dress, culture of inclusion, behavior, and attitude

• Perform physical work cleaning, sanitizing, stocking, and tidying in bathrooms, living spaces, and common spaces, completing tasks on schedule as designated by supervisor

• Perform physical work maintaining campgrounds, such as picking up trash

• Assist in care of campsite facilities, equipment, and supplies, including managing resources wisely

• Assist in the kitchen with cooking, cleaning, and stocking food orders

• Operating and re‑stocking the Trading Post

• Fill water coolers for activity areas and re‑fill when needed

• Practice all camp safety standards, including sanitation and hygiene, and emergency procedures and uphold them with others

• Work independently and as part of a team to meet camp program and operation needs and to implement solutions to problems that arise

• Participate in staff trainings and meetings as requested

• Ability to live, eat, teach, and play respectfully and fruitfully with diverse staff and campers all day, with limited privacy…