Seasonal: Summer Staff Positions 2022

Why work at Summer Camp?

• Make Lifelong Friends
  
• Form Leadership Skills
• Live Out Your Faith

Spend an unforgettable, life-changing summer serving in a Christian community with Camp Perkins! Summer Camp Staff positions are rewarding and challenging in ways that will engage you spiritually, mentally, emotionally, and physically. There is no other job like it. Consider a summer of service engaging children and families in life-changing ways.

Staff Training for summer staff begins ~May 30, 2022. Summer staff duties are complete on ~August 15, 2022. Program staff must also attend program staff training beginning ~May 22, 2022. All staff will receive CPR/AED and First Aid training and may have the opportunity to attend an American Red Cross Waterfront Lifeguarding course and Wilderness First Aid with WMI of NOLS. Salaries start at ~$300/week for counselors and program staff and ~$275 for Camp Assistant positions. Salary increases are given for past experience at Camp Perkins or NLOMA partner camps. 
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College Age or older candidates: to fill out a candidate profile, please visit www.nloma.org and complete an on-line form. We partner with the National Lutheran Outdoor Ministry Association (NLOMA) for a process called joint recruitment. Joint recruitment places your application in the hands of 19 Lutheran Camps across the country! If you desire, you may indicate Camp Perkins, ID, as your first choice camp on the NLOMA application.
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Available positions include:

• Head Cook
• Counselors
• Kitchen Camp Assistants
• Photo & Social Media Camp Assistant
• Maintenance Camp Assistant
• General Camp Assistant
• Housekeeping Camp Assistants
• Day Camp Coordinators*
• Summer Program Facilitators*
• Ridges Backpacking Counselors*

*Program Staff Positions​

Seasonal: 2022 Summer Staff High School Age Applicants 

High School students are invited to apply for any of the Camp Assistant positions listed above! This is a great opportunity to enhance your leadership skills while working along with our college age staff. Much of the CAs time is spent in the needed behind the scenes work in the kitchen, housekeeping, and maintenance to be sure that each camper has an amazing experience at camp. Salaries start at ~$275/week for the summer for High School age staff.

To apply for employment at Camp Perkins as a High School student, please download and complete the Camp Assistant Application. Preferred application submission date: February 10.

Seasonal: Hospitality Assistants (August 2022)

Camp Perkins hires 2-3 college age or older individuals for fall, winter and spring seasonal employment. Length of employment can be variable. Hospitality Assistants work with the day-to-day operations of the camp during the fall, winter, and spring seasons and help to make guests as comfortable as possible. Responsibilities include housekeeping and food service, in addition to some maintenance, office, and program assistance as needed. This position requires flexibility and adaptability, and the ability to be a team player, a self-starter, and to function as a servant-leader. Benefits include full room and board on site, and a salary of $250-300 per week.
Hospitality Assistant Position Description
Hospitality Assistant Application