Camp Aide

NON-CAREER PART TIME/SEASONAL

May 2026 to October 2026

Under immediate supervision, assist staff with delivering recreation programs and activities; perform cleaning and light maintenance of recreational equipment and facilities such as the dining hall, restrooms, and common areas; provide customer service for guests; and process sales transactions at the camp store.

Employees in this classification are non-career. Incumbents can work up to 1040 hours per year.

Immediate supervision is provided by a higher-level position. Camp Aides do not supervise.

The following duties are typical for this classification. Incumbents may not perform all the listed duties and/or may be required to perform related duties as needed.

• Greet camp participants.
• Assist with the delivery of programs and events for camp participants.
• Interact positively with elementary aged youth, adolescents, and adults.
• Set up, serve food, and wash dishes.
• Perform minor repairs to cabins, facilities, and grounds.
• Perform light maintenance of camp including cleaning and maintaining common areas, equipment, restrooms, facilities, camp store, camp grounds, and dining hall.
• Operate custodial equipment, such as brooms, mops, vacuum cleaners, etc.
• Operate cash register, collect, and count money.
• Maintain camp store inventory.
• Learn and follow routines required by camp schedule to meet the needs of the kitchen, dining hall, camp store, camp lobby, and other camp operations.
• Follow all staff policies and procedures.
• Respond to public inquiries in a professional manner; provide information within the area of assignment.

• Principles of customer service.

• Assist with and participate in recreational activities and programs.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees and camp participants.
• Operate custodial equipment.
• Basic mathematical principles.
• Understand and carry out oral and written instructions.
• Read and speak the English language at a level necessary for efficient job performance.

None required.

No experience required.

• Must be at least 16 years old by time of appointment.
• All students under the age of 18 must have a work permit prior to first day of work.

If considered for appointment, candidates must:

• Pass a physical exam and a criminal background check.
• Pass a tuberculosis screening test.

Successful candidates must participate in a mandatory staff training that is typically conducted in late May or early June of each year.

Successful candidates must provide their own transportation to the Camp Sacramento site.

Please note, the City of Sacramento's preferred method of communication with applicants is via e-mail. As such, please ensure you verify the e-mail address on your application, and check your e-mail frequently, including your spam and junk folders. All e-mail notifications can also be accessed through the  applicant inbox.

Work duties require the ability to exert physical effort, typically involving walking, bending, stooping, and standing for extended periods of time on hard surfaces; and, lifting and carrying materials and objects weighing up to 50 pounds.

Employees must be able to work outside in various types of weather, terrains, and elevations; exposed to cold weather conditions.

Camp Sacramento is situated in the Eldorado National Forest located in Twin Bridges, California. Employees are required to reside at Camp Sacramento May to August, with the possibility to extend through September. Employees in this position are required to work weekend and night shifts.

• Application: (Pass/Fail) – All applicants must complete and submit online a City of Sacramento employment application by the final filing deadline;
• Employment applications must be submitted online; paper applications will not be accepted.
• Employment applications will be considered incomplete and will be disqualified:
• If applicants do not list current and past job-related experience in the duties area of the "Work Experience"…