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Welcome to Riverlea

Working at camp offers invaluable skill-building, leadership, training and enrichment opportunities that can’t be found anywhere else! It is a hard, fun, silly and unique experience. You will spend your time working alongside other amazing counselors and volunteers in a supportive community.

We are looking for people who love working with kids, enjoy spending time in the outdoors and want to be creative in teaching and working in a community. As part of our team, you will work with other exciting, talented, and fun-loving people to celebrate each camper for who they are.

Why Work At Camp?

Being a counselor is an incredibly rewarding experience. You will develop and hone skills and habits that are applicable to every line of work, including

  • Leadership, communication, and instruction skills
  • Creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills
  • Discipline and reliability
  • Collaboration, sacrifice, and general team-orientation
  • Commitment to other people and to a group goal
  • Program development
  • and much more. 

Moreover, you’ll learn about yourself and grow as a person by extending your circle of comfort and developing your skill-set for addressing a variety of challenges. If that’s not enough, just think of the new friends you’ll make! Ask anyone who has worked at a summer camp, and they’ll tell you that some of their best friends were co-counselors. What’s not to love?

What Skills Does it Take?

Counselors lead and assist in small and large group activities, supervise campers’ participation in structured and unstructured activities, plan lessons, demonstrate sensitivity to the needs of the campers, interact appropriately with campers, model responsible behavior, and use positive behavior-management techniques. We look for staff who have and want to work on:

  • Strength & Endurance
  • Dedication
  • Creative
  • Hard-Working
  • Enthusiastic
  • Patient
  • Self-Discipline
  • Fun

Availability & Requirements

Click on job titles to see the job descriptions.

Orc/Counselor-In-Training Manager

Counselor

First Aid Manager

Camp Lodge Manager

Spring Break Camp Counselor 

Position will be filled fast, so apply as early as possible!

Spring Break: Staff must be available to work 8:45am-4:15pm every weekday from March 18th – April 5th, 2024. If not available for all 3 weeks, please let us know, we are open for people to work 1-3 weeks. In addition to the regular camp hours staff are expected to work training March 16th 9am-3pm, and the evening end-of-camp cleanup on April 5th. If you have any questions or would like more information, please email our Program Director at Programdirector@campriverlea.com.

Summer: Staff must be available to work 8:45am-4:15pm every weekday from June 3rd – August 2nd, 2024. All staff must be at least 16 years old by the start of camp, and counselors can apply to specialize in one of the activity departments or to be a general counselor who specializes in working with specific age groups. In addition to the regular camp hours staff are expected to work at the Open House June 8th, the extended day programs and overnight stays, and the evening end-of-camp cleanup on August 2nd. If you have any questions or would like more information, please email our Program Director at Programdirector@campriverlea.com.

If you are under 16, check out our volunteer opportunities!

If you are not available all summer reach out and we can talk about the flexibility!

Camp Riverlea does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, disability, gender, or sexual orientation.



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