Summer High School Internship
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Camp Urban Adamah offers campers a taste of organic farm life through fun and dynamic hands-on programs at our urban farm. Our programs are designed to create a space for children to thrive and express their natural curiosity and passion, all within a vibrant, loving, and inclusive Jewish community. This summer, Camp Urban Adamah is offering seven weeks of programming for children entering 1 – 5 grade that feature hands-on projects and activities exploring themes that integrate nature-connection, farm-to-food-making, crafts, sustainability, community-building, and Jewish values.
Camp Urban Adamah is created by our experienced and talented group of Camp Urban Adamah Counselors who build loving, inspiring, memorable, and transformative experiences for children. Our counselors ensure that children of different ages can have wonderful experiences both as part of a large group, and in smaller age-based groups.
Camp Urban Adamah is created by our experienced and talented group of Camp Urban Adamah Counselors who build loving, inspiring, memorable, and transformative experiences for children. Our counselors ensure that children of different ages can have wonderful experiences both as part of a large group, and in smaller age-based groups.
About The Role
The High School Internship is a unique opportunity to get hands-on job experience working with children on a farm. Interns receive high quality training and mentorship to learn to be great camp counselors. The internship offers a direct path to becoming a counselor down the road.
RESPONSIBILITIES
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Group Support: The Camp Counselors and Unit Heads are responsible for creating group culture and for making sure that all of the campers have a good experience. The Intern’s role is to work at a 1:1 level with the campers to help this happen.
- Program / Activity Support: The Camp Counselors and Unit Heads create the programming and the Interns support by helping them run it and to inspire the campers to have a great experience. At the beginning of the summer the interns will only be asked to support the programming. As the summer continues they will be offered support in creating their own programming with the campers!
- Mentorship: The interns will receive mentorship and training from the Camp Director, camper care coordinator, and from their head counselors.
- Safety: All Camp staff ensure that camp is a safe environment for children as well as other staff. Staff make sure that all children are accounted for and within the delineated premises from drop-off to pick-up time. Staff keep a birds-eye-view of potential hazards around the farm, help children use tools safely, are available to administer basic first aid, and support emergency protocols and procedures.
About You
The ideal candidate should have experience with farm and garden-based education and/or Jewish education. Generally, we want teammates who are kind, enthusiastic, good listeners, willing to try new things, generous, willing to be silly, flexible, creative, caring, and able to maintain a positive team attitude throughout a full work day. Jewish background / knowledge is not necessary, rather a desire to explore and share Jewish environmental wisdom and spirituality.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS OF THE POSITION
The physical demands listed below are representative of those that must be met by an employee in this position. Some accommodations may be made to enable people with disabilities to succeed in the role:
PHYSICAL DEMANDS OF THE POSITION
The physical demands listed below are representative of those that must be met by an employee in this position. Some accommodations may be made to enable people with disabilities to succeed in the role:
- Typing, writing, reading, hearing, and speaking
- Standing and walking for several hours, as well as sitting, squatting, crawling, climbing, and lifting up to 40 lbs.
Additional Details
DATES & TIMES
- Required On-Site Staff Training & Site Setup: June 4, 5 and 6 | 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
- It’s imperative we have staff on-site to review the procedures in-person at camp.
- Camp: Session 1 (June 9-20), Session 2 (June 23-July 3), Session 3 (July 7-25), and Session 4 (July 28-August 8), Session 5 (August 11–15)
- The camp day is from 8:00 am – 4:00 pm, which includes the camper hours (9:00 am - 3:00 pm) and set-up, clean-up, daily debrief, and prep time. Staff time includes a 30-minute mid-day break.
- The camp day is from 8:00 am – 4:00 pm, which includes the camper hours (9:00 am - 3:00 pm) and set-up, clean-up, daily debrief, and prep time. Staff time includes a 30-minute mid-day break.
- Partial Summers: Interns may be accepted for a partial summer for a minimum period of 1 month. Candidates who can work the whole summer will be preferred.
Application Details
We deeply value the diversity of insight, perspective, and experience brought by people from diverse backgrounds. This includes Black, Indigenous, Latino, and Asian people, LGBTQ, and gender non-conforming people, and people with disabilities, Black Jews, Jews of Color, Sephardi and Mizrachi Jews. We also welcome applications from people of diverse religious, spiritual, and cultural backgrounds. We affirmatively seek to advance the principles of equal employment opportunity.
APPLICATION SUBMISSION
Please respond to the following short questions. Bullet pointed lists are welcome as responses to the short questions, if preferred by the applicant (maximum 200 words for each).
All applications are due by March 1, 2024 and will be considered on a rolling basis until all positions are filled. If you have any questions about applying please contact the Camp and Educational Programs Manager, Zev Bennett at zev@urbanadamah.org
APPLICATION SUBMISSION
Please respond to the following short questions. Bullet pointed lists are welcome as responses to the short questions, if preferred by the applicant (maximum 200 words for each).
- Please share how you personally relate to Urban Adamah’s mission.
- Please describe your experience working with children, and what makes you excited to work in summer camp.
All applications are due by March 1, 2024 and will be considered on a rolling basis until all positions are filled. If you have any questions about applying please contact the Camp and Educational Programs Manager, Zev Bennett at zev@urbanadamah.org
Application Closed
We are no longer accepting applications for this position.