Counselor - Summer Adventure Camp

SUMMER ADVENTURE CAMP COUNSELOR

Spend your summer in a fun, rewarding way by working with elementary school aged youth in our Camp Fire Alaska Summer Adventure Camp!  This day camp program operates Monday – Friday in five school & community center locations throughout Anchorage and Eagle River. 

As a Camp Counselor you’ll gain valuable professional experience managing small groups of youth, supporting and promoting quality youth development programming, relationship building (with campers, staff, parents, etc.), and providing a stable fun and caring learning environment that will foster the campers’ ability to achieve our company’s promise; that every child will have the opportunity to find their spark, lift their voice, and discover who they are!  Be part of the team that actively assists the youth that will shape the world!

Camp Counselor

Pay: $18.03/hour 

Schedule: Shifts Monday - Friday between the hours of 7:30am - 5:30pm

Summer Camp Dates: May 26, 2026 - August 7, 2026

A Counselor is primarily responsible for the minute-to-minute supervision of a group of campers while working with other counselors and specialists to participate in and facilitate a variety of camp activities. 

Qualifications:

• Minimum Age Requirement: 16 years old to meet licensing regulations


• Ability to transport self to work and to the Camp Fire office for trainings.


• Current Adult and Pediatric CPR/AED/ First Aid Certification from a nationally recognized provider, required *American Red Cross preferred
  

YOU MAY REQUEST A COPY OF THE FULL JOB DESCRIPTION BY EMAILING HR AT [email protected]. 

 Some email correspondence may go to your junk/spam folder. Please be sure to check your junk/spam folder regarding correspondence from Camp Fire Alaska.  Thank you!

*All applicants who are offered employment with Camp Fire Alaska will be subjected to reference checks and a criminal history check through the Alaska Background Check Program. Offers of employment are contingent on successful completion of both the reference checks and criminal history check in accordance with Municipality of Anchorage Child Care Licensing regulations. 

Camp Fire Alaska Inclusion Statement:

Camp Fire believes in the dignity and the intrinsic worth of every human being. We welcome, affirm, and support young people and adults of all abilities and disabilities, experiences, races, ethnicities, socio-economic backgrounds, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, citizenship or immigration status, religion and non-religion, and any other category people use to define themselves or others.