Outdoor Department Head

Posted by Camps Airy & Louise on 04/28/2025

Job Basics

Industry Sector: Outdoor

Job Categories: Camp Staff & Counselors, Management - Team, Outdoor Education

Company Type: Recreation, Service

State: MD

City: Thurmont

Country: United States

Required Experience: 3 - 5 years

Job Type: Seasonal Full Time

Salary: 5000-8000 per season

Required to Relocate:

Required to Travel:

Employee May Telecommute: No

Job Seeker Must Live Within:

Job Description & Requirements

Camps Airy & Louise are brother-sister single-gender camps located in Thurmont, MD and Cascade, MD. Every summer, we host campers ages 7-17, who participate in a diverse range of activities.

 

Camps Airy & Louise also employ a diverse range of staff members, from around America, the UK, Europe, and Israel. Past counselors describe the job as challenging, yet extremely rewarding. You get to meet people from all over the world, and make a huge positive impact on the lives of your campers. Kids at camp get the opportunity to learn about new cultures, develop new skills, and make friends for life.

 

An Outdoors Counselor provides a safe, engaging, and fun environment in which campers participate in challenging outdoor activities, develop their confidence personally and as part of a team, and learn about many aspects of outdoor adventure to instill an appreciation of the outdoors.

 

Outdoors counselors may lead camping trips, mountain biking programs, ropes course programs, team building exercises, outdoor cooking, wilderness survival, fire building, navigation, rockclimbing, and much more. Outdoors counselors arrive at camp 2 weeks early, to train for leading these activities, and to bond as a team.

 

The main responsibilities of an Outdoors Counselor are:

• Ensuring camper supervision and safety at all times

• Helping to develop and facilitate activities in the outdoors department

• Collaborating with team members to maintain high quality of programming and camper care

• Maintaining and caring for outdoors equipment

• Serving as role model to all campers and staff, with a positive attitude, good work ethic, and appropriate behavior

 

All camp staff live on site, at one of our beautiful camps, for the duration of the position (June 8 - August 10). Room and board are provided. Regularly scheduled time off throughout the summer.

 

Preferred Qualifications and Experience:

• Experience leading outdoors activities

• Experience working with kids

• Experience with ropes course facilitation

• Ability to communicate with and lead groups of campers of various ages

 

To learn more about our camps, or about the job, check out our website: https://www.airylouise.org/join-our-staff/

 

Please send any questions to zac@airylouise.org. To apply, please email zac@airylouise.org a copy of your resume, with a cover letter, or message explaining why you'd like to work at camp. You can also apply directly on our website.

 

About Camps Airy & Louise

We are two, brother-sister camps. Camp Airy for Boys and Camp Louise for Girls, located in Thurmont, MD and Cascade, MD. For over 100 years campers ages 7-17 have spent their summers with us, growing as individuals, gaining confidence, and making life-long friends. We offer activities in many recreational areas, including sports, arts, swimming, outdoor adventure and more! We employ a diverse group of staff, with varying backgrounds, from all over the world to lead these activities and lead our camper groups. Our staff get to make a significant positive impact on the lives of our kids and teens.