Belle Vie Farm is hiring an additional summer camp counselor for 2024. This position will be for approximately 4 weeks during July and likely other days throughout the summer. Our camp is located on a 34-acre farm with an 1800-square foot air-conditioned facility complete with art studio/makerspace. Our farm is just 2 miles from downtown Carrboro and Chapel Hill. We offer camps for ages 3-5 and 6-11. We offer part-time positions (8am-1pm) Monday through Friday. You can learn more about our farm and summer camps at https://www.belleviefarm.org/summer-camp.
Counselor to staff ratio is 6 or 7:1 for the 3-5 age group. We offer tons of support for our counselors and have high-quality supplies on hand for you to create an awesome camper experience. Bring your own ideas or use ours (we have more than 100 "PlayShop" activities for you to offer our campers).
Counselors for the 3-5 age group must have AT LEAST one year direct experience working specifically with preschool students in a GROUP setting. While we completely respect the challenging and wonderful work of people who work for single families, working with a group of young children requires a very different skill-set. You should be adept at helping young children transition during the morning drop-off, handling the rhythm of a four-hour day in a group setting, helping children potty (including some diaper changes), and implementing activities in a group setting (two counselors with 12-14 children with acrylic paint is very different than a couple of children with paint!!). We love to have lots of fun at our camps, so please have lots of energy and a generally positive demeanor. No one at our farm does much sitting around:) We do some wild fun all summer long - ice cream making, water play (no swimming pools though), hanging with the farm animals, LOTS of art, soap making, hay rides, gem mining, and lots more!
If this sounds like a great summer to you, send your resume to Shelley!
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: $20.00 per hour
Expected hours: 25 per week
Schedule:
Work Location: In person