Camp Robindel

Updates: Hiring for Summer 2021

Hiring:

To further the mission of Camp Robindel by living with and caring for children in an assigned age group and instructing in an assigned department area (Ropes & Archery). To facilitate and encourage campers on the ropes course, archery range, giant-swing, and aqua-zip. To lead and assist group activities both on the course and on the ground and to maintain communication and teamwork to ensure safety of the campers and the staff.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Flexibility

• Follow-through

• Creativity

• Patience

• Compassion

• Honesty.

Experience in climbing or facilitating groups is a plus. Must be willing to learn new skills, operate with high concentration and communication at all times.

Additional Information About Camp Robindel

We create community. For more than 70 years, campers and staff have been spending their summers at Camp Robindel on the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee and telling their friends what a difference it has made in their lives. We love creating something that literally changes people’s lives.

Robindel (or CR as we are also known) is seasonal, and so we have the opportunity each year to find people who demonstrate extraordinary potential to add to our team. Our CR team comes together each June bringing all the energy, passion and thoughtfulness needed to create a positive environment for ourselves and the campers. We facilitate conflict, engage peers and campers to embrace growth opportunities, and practice living the best version of ourselves each day in order to step into the person we want to be. 

What We Do

Many people think being a camp counselor is about making sure kids have fun. We want campers to have a fantastic experience at camp and that of course includes having fun. Our activities and camp programming provide opportunities for teaching campers about independence, collaboration, contributing to a community, personal accomplishment and building a sense of belonging. The activities are a means to this end. 

We understand kids can learn to swim, do art projects or even ride a horse at home. At camp, they do not have adults hovering to “fix” any problems that arise or push them in a specific direction. Of course, camp is not absent of conflict or challenges. Camp is our opportunity to teach and model the skills necessary for campers to make their own decision and solve problems. We create a community where kids learn to advocate for themselves, manage both positive and negative emotions, and live out the values their family has instilled. Camp provides the opportunity for campers to strengthen their emotional intelligence skills so they can become thoughtful members of not only the CR community but humankind as well.