Summer Camp Counselor

We are seeking enthusiastic and energetic individuals to join our summer music camp team as camp counselors. Connect with the Middlebury community in a unique way, spend time outdoors, inspire children with your enthusiasm, learn from college students, play music, be silly, take chances, develop new skills. Help MCMC facilitate a summer music camp of your dreams while significantly impacting children’s lives.

The Middlebury Community Music Center summer camp counselor position is an opportunity to be an essential part of a dynamic, experiential music program for kids, ranging from ages 4-18, over the course of the summer, Monday - Friday, 9am-3pm from June 19 until August 25. Camp counselors play an essential day-to-day role in supporting our summer campers, the camp director and other staff. On the ground responsibilities include lively engagement in the daily programming, mentorship and emotional support to campers, and modeling important safety guidelines. Other responsibilities may include capturing digital media for storytelling and marketing purposes and event support for final camp performances.

You are someone who:

• Is a high school student, recent high school graduate or college student
• Loves working and connecting with children of different ages
• Enjoys meeting new people
• Appreciates a challenge
• Possesses self-initiative and self-motivation 
• Has strong problem solving skills
• Has an outgoing, optimistic and energetic attitude 
• Enjoys working as a team and has the desire to build community relationships (think sports teams or musical theater involvement)
• Has organizational astuteness (Do you organize your bookshelf by color? Do you like a clean room?)
• Has strong leadership skills (think team captain or the lead of the high school musical)
• Has improvisational skills (How quickly can you come up with a team building game for campers to play at lunchtime?)
• Has a willingness to follow processes and directives from management and camp directors
• Has excellent preparation and reporting skills (do you like making lists?)
• Has strong customer service and hospitality skills (friendly attitude, eye contact, a willingness to help others)
• Has outstanding written and verbal communication skills
• Has social media experience or an interest in documentation and content collection
• Has some visual and creative skills (Do you like to build things, paint or draw, make friendship bracelets?)
• Has enthusiasm for the arts, music and/or education

If you are excited about this opportunity at the Middlebury Community Music Center, submit your application today, and join us for an incredible summer in Middlebury! Applications are due Friday, April 18th.  If you have a resume and letter of interest please also send that along with your application.

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