Beam Camp – Summer Camp Counselor Position

Company: Beam Camp (http://www.beamcamp.org)

Position: Summer Camp Counselor

Dates of Employment: 6/21/25 – 8/11/25

Location: Strafford, NH

Salary: $3,095 (food and housing included)

Beam Camp is a summer camp in Strafford, NH that focuses on skill-building, collaborative

challenge, responsibility, and mentorship. Campers ages 9-17 collaborate on a spectacular

project, which helps kids explore what it means to make things with their own bodies and

brains and how that kind of creativity is relevant and applicable to everything in our lives. At

Beam Camp, we transform ideas into artifacts and personal achievement into community

success. We also have a lot of fun.

The centerpiece of the program is the Big Project. Each summer, Beam commissions a unique

large-scale collaborative endeavor, ranging from the conceptual to the structural, built by

self-directed camper teams with on-call support from staff.

Beam Camp has two lakes and sits within a 750 acre conservation reserve of mountain and

forest. Among Beam’s resources are a well-equipped fabrication woodshop and metal shop,

digital lab, art/ceramics studio, basketball court, two large athletic fields, and an outdoor fire

pit.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The core of the Summer Camp Counselor’s job is caring for, managing, and leading their cabin

of 10-12 kids with a co-Counselor. Counselors work to ensure the safety and well-being of their

campers through constant communication with campers and staff, providing structure for their

cabin, and creating a supportive and respectful atmosphere in the cabin. Counselors also help

their Campers maintain a clean living environment and healthy personal habits.

Beyond the cabin, we ask Counselors to think and act as “lead learners.

” Beam Camp is an opportunity for all of us to grow, Campers and Staff alike. By creating an atmosphere in which

we are open to experimenting, learning, and making the occasional mistake, we provide the

Campers with a safe space in which they can challenge themselves. In order to be open to

learning, we are not just watching Campers, but engaging in the activities with the Campers.

Counselors participate in most Program areas, either as leaders, collaborators, or in a

supportive role. Program areas include Independent Work in our Guilds (self-directed projects

by campers supported and guided by staff), Community Work (cooking, cleaning, and

maintenance), the Big Project (our session-long ambitious undertaking), Domains

(subject-specific workshops), Pulse (swimming, sports and active play), and After Dinner (aBrooklyn Office: 718-855-7600

60 Sackett St, Brooklyn NY 11231

Camp Office: 603-269-2326

55 Boy Scout Road, Strafford NH 03884

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daily post-dinner event when campers perform, play/invent a game, have campfires, and

more). While the Counselor can always expect to be actively participating, they needn’t have

preexisting skill in these areas but any relevant experience is a plus.

To highlight and support each individual staff members’ talents, skills, and interests,

Counselors will be designated to one of three programmatic “focuses” for the summer which

will dictate what they spend the majority of their time working on:

● Instruction (focusing on craft, problem solving, and teaching) – primarily based in the

shops supporting Independent Work, Domains, and occasionally building the Big

Project.

● Programming (focusing on event planning, engagement, and theatrics) – primarily

planning After Dinners, helping to plan Theme Days, coordinating skits and camp gags,

and occasionally building the Big Project.

● Community (focusing on the abilities and interests of how campers get involved in the

community)- Community counselors work with our Community Engagement Director to

engage campers in 535 workshops, Pulse, camp documentation, community care and

occasionally building the Big Project.

Prior to camp, Counselors are expected to participate in a 7-day staff week, where the staff will

work together to open and prepare the campus for Campers to arrive. The week is a

combination of technical and professional training alongside some manual labor. Staff will be

trained on how to engage with all our shop spaces and their tools, as well as many group

activities and conversations centered around child growth and development. Examples of

some of the training, activities, and conversations that we have during this time include:

● Trauma Informed Practice Training

● Mental Health First Aid Training

● Supporting the Whole Camper Talk and Roleplay

● Self Care Discussion

● First Aid/CPR Training

● Optional Lifeguard Certification

● Race and Identity Talk

Beyond these conversations, reopening a camp can be hard physical work. This week will

include a lot of lifting heavy things, moving furniture, and cleaning.

QUALIFICATIONS

● We welcome all applications, from those with extensive professional experience

working with children to those whose experience is caring for family members and

neighbors (although prior experience is a plus!).

● Applicants must be 21+.

● Beam Counselors are passionate about the things they invest time in, caring, curious,

playful, eager to share, and have an interest in working with children. Our mostBrooklyn Office: 718-855-7600

60 Sackett St, Brooklyn NY 11231

Camp Office: 603-269-2326

55 Boy Scout Road, Strafford NH 03884

C/O Human Resources

successful Counselors are open to new experiences — social, creative, and work-related

— and have the energy and focus to sustain themselves through a month of intense

physical and emotional work and constant social interaction. Counselors have one day

off per week, a two-hour break during the day, and every other night off (after lights out

for Campers). Living in the woods at a sleep away camp can be difficult to adjust to at

first. The hours are long, and this role does not afford much personal time and space

outside of your days/evenings off and breaks. Providing the best possible and most

productive experience for our Campers is as creatively, physically, and emotionally

demanding as it rewarding; Counselors need to be able to manage the stress (and ask

for the help needed) that accompanies this mission. Just as you will be there to support

your campers through this adjustment period, we will be there to support you.

● Working at Beam Camp is an opportunity for all of us to grow, Campers and Staff alike,

and to feel a circular investment within your job. We train and support you in getting the

most out of your time at camp, and you bring your all to make camp the best place it

can be because you are there. By creating this atmosphere in which we are open to

experimenting, learning, and making the occasional mistake, we provide the Campers

with a safe space in which they can challenge themselves.

HOW TO APPLY:

Complete our Counselor application form on our Beam Camp hiring page.  Click here!