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Positions Available:

Cabin Leader
A Cabin Leader assists a Cabin Counselor with a cabin group with day-to-day activities. This is an excellent opportunity to begin your camp work experience and learn a great deal about resident camping.

Qualifications: 16-18 years olds, experience at summer camp or working with kids preferred. Exceptional team attitude is a must.

Dates: Staff Training: June 23-27; Camp June 29 – August 15           
              Leaders are off Fridays after 1pm, all day Saturday, and Sunday until 2pm.

Pay: This is a volunteer position, room and board are included.

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Kitchen Assistants
Kitchen Helper assists the Cook with a meal preparations and clean-up. This is an excellent opportunity to begin your camp work experience and learn a great deal about resident camping.

Qualifications: 16-18 years olds. Exceptional team attitude is a must.

Dates: Staff Training: June 23-27; Camp June 29 – August 15           
              Leaders are off Fridays after 1pm, all Saturdays, and Sunday until 2pm.

Pay: This is a volunteer position, room and board are included.

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Cabin Counselor
The heart of every camp! Our Cabin Counselors are primarily responsible for a cabin group throughout the camp week. A Cabin Counselor supervises and encourages campers and Cabin Leaders throughout the day, during activities, meals and at night. Cabin Counselors bring excitement and energy to camp every week. If you are highly energetic, love kids, and are always ready to laugh. This is your position!

Qualifications: 18 years or older. One year of college preferred. Experience working with youth and/or equivalent education is necessary. Positive and encouraging attitude a must and ability to be a positive role model required.

Dates: Staff Training: June 23-27; Camp June 29 – August 15             
             Counselors are off Fridays after 6pm, and all Saturday

Pay: $330 - 390 a week, room and board included

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Camp Program Director
High energy position that is primarily responsible for weekly camp schedules. Encourage campers, leaders and counselors throughout daily activities, meals and at night. Plan evening activities with Director through values based skits, songs, stories that bring an excitement and energy to camp. If you are highly energetic, organized love the outdoors, and are always ready to laugh. This is your position!

Qualifications: 20 years or older. Experience working in summer residential programs preferred but not necessary. Flexibility, maturity and the ability to be self-motivated and work with minimum supervision. Positive and encouraging attitude and promote character core values throughout all program areas.

Dates: Staff/Planning Training: June 2-27; Camp June 29 – August 15             
             Off Fridays after 6pm, and all Saturdays

Pay: $390 - $420 a week, room and board included

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Cook
Live in the mountains and plan, order and cook 3 daily meals for 80-100 people and supervise volunteer kitchen staff.

Qualifications: High school graduate or equivalent and 2 years related cooking experience. Must have the ability to be self-motivated and work with minimum supervision. Positive and encouraging attitude and promote character core values.

Dates: Staff/Planning Training: June 2-27; Camp June 29 – August 15             
             Off Fridays after 1pm, and all Saturdays

Pay: $400 - 450 a week, room and board included

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Camp Director
Looking for warm days and cool nights then this position is for you. General administrative duties include staff recruitment, selection, training, supervision, recognition, and fiscal management of respective department, promotion, marketing, program development for a seven week summer resident camp of 64 campers weekly in the Sierra National Forest near Donner Lake.

Qualifications: 24 years or older. Experience working in summer residential programs is necessary. Positive and encouraging attitude and promote character core values throughout all program areas.

Dates: Staff/Planning Training: April 7-August 22; Camp June 29 – August 15

Pay: $510-600 a week, room and board included during camp sessions

Bear Valley Resident Camp:
10425 Bowman Lake Road
Alta, CA 95701

Bear Valley Resident Camp is located 80 miles northeast of Sacramento just off Interstate 80 & Hwy. 20 along the Pioneer Trail and near Emigrant Gap. 

The map to your left is an interactive map of our location.  For driving directions, please click here. 

  Welcome to the job listing page for Bear Valley Resident Camp.  Below is a listing of open positions for our summer 2008 resident camp.  If you are interested in applying, please download an application along with an
application supplement.

Please return your completed applications to:
JR Springer
2021 W Street
Sacramento, CA 95818
or through fax at (916) 452-7724.

If you have any questions, please contact JR Springer at (916) 452-9622 ext. 102