If you are looking for a fun summer job, an intimate and personal work setting where you get to be an active participant in the camp community, and valuable experience instructing kids and adults in the special skills that you have, then Medomak Camp for Families might be the right place for you.

We are looking for counselors with a mindfulness of sustainability and a desire to teach, who are self-motivated, outgoing and adventurous. The camp setting requires people who are flexible, enthusiastic, active, hard-working, while also considerate of safety. We hire counselors to teach activities (including lifeguards) to our campers and to take active roles in all areas of camp life. Family Camp is a little different from your typical residential summer camp.

At family camp, kids come with their parents, so there is no need for counselors to bunk with the campers. Counselors live with each other and therefore have a little extra space and privacy than most camps offer.

Family camp is a great way to work outdoors, doing the things you love. Working with adults also provides you with great networking opportunities as our family campers work in all sorts of fields – science, law, web start-ups…etc. from all across the country. Families choose Medomak for a variety of reasons – they are looking for an outdoorsy vacation, parents want to relive the fun of their camp days, the children are too young to go to sleepaway camp alone, they want something all-inclusive…whatever the reason, our goal is to provide a memorable and fun experience.

We encourage you to check out our website and get a feel for our camp. We also highly encourage you to explore as many camps as you can in order to find the right one for you. Being a camp counselor is an extremely rewarding job and something we encourage everyone to try at least once. You’ll be glad that you did.

Responsibilities Include:

• Playing guitar and singing on a daily/nightly bases
• Teaching & leading group singing and all musical activities
• Leading music related activates during the day for children and adults (self planned)
• Being responsible for leading a nightly campfire with campers
• Create special music programs to enhance campers experience at camp

A song leader should have high energy and bring charisma to Medomak camp and its campers, and should also bring that to the staff as a part of the Medomak staff community. The song leader should be comfortable and creative in the ways songs are taught at the nightly campfire, and should embrace flexibility. The nature of camp is that it is free flowing - so comfort in flexibility and adaptability to last minute changes is important in this position.

Requirements:

• Being proficient in guitar and be able to learn songs in a timely manner
• Be able to perform/sing/speak in front of an audience
• Bring high energy and a positive attitude to the campers
• Come to camp ready to play “camp songs” like “Leaving on a Jet Plane” “Closing Time” and other classic songs that are appropriate to all ages
• Comfortable in attaining leadership

Medomak Camp of Washington, Maine is a summer camp for the entire family. For one week, families sleep in our cozy cabins at night and during the day they do yoga, swim, hike, learn archery, do arts & crafts, play sports, canoe, kayak and relax. We are the only full-season, non-religious family camp in the country to be accredited by the American Camp Association (ACA)