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MESSH Posted December 19, 2025

Camper Care Specialist

Eden Village West

Description

Eden Village West is hiring a Camper Care Specialist for Summer 2026! This is a residential position starting on June 8th and ending July 30st. The Camper Care Specialist will work closely with our counselors, other camper care specialists, and leadership to support the needs of all campers.

About Eden Village West
Eden Village West is an organic farm-to-table residential Jewish camp in Sonoma County, California with a 6-week overnight summer program. Our 3rd-11th grade campers enjoy farming, wilderness and homesteading skills, culinary arts, music and sports as they become empowered to promote a more environmentally sustainable, socially just, and spiritually connected world for all.
Responsibilities
The Camper Care specialist is responsible for:
● Maintaining regular contact with parents during camp
● Preparing camper profiles for bunk counselors before the start of each session
● Regular communication with bunk counselors during each session
● Listening. Listening to staff. Listening to parents. Listening to campers
● Creating, distributing, collecting, and reviewing camper check-in forms
● Daily check-ins with leadership team to ensure the successful operation of summer camp
● Eden Village West has a very small staff. This position requires flexibility and a willingness to occasionally take on responsibilities outside the Camper Care’s immediate job description

Why you’ll love it!
● Experience a deep community with a vibrant staff of 75 young people from all over the world! Our community values skills sharing, spiritual growth, and inclusivity.
● You’ll enjoy three kosher, organic, locally sourced meals a day.
● We have a secret staff lounge that is stocked with awesome staff snacks, and a not-so-secret not-so-little FARM full of fresh off the vine snacks! We’re munching on farm fresh treats all summer long.
● You get to hang out with goats!
● We have staff fun activities that take place 2-3 times a week, facilitated by your fellow staff members!
● You’ll inspire kids to be more playful, kind, caring, joyful, and grateful- changing their lives and changing the world!

Compensation

$4,000 + Rm&brd

Requirements

Requirements ● Live in residence at camp in Healdsburg, California during staff training, summer camp, and post camp wrap-up (June 8th - July 30st) ● Excellent communication skills ● Be enthusiastic, excited 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 ● Experience as a teacher, parent, or social work / psychology background preferred ● The person in this role is expected to stay at camp the entire season, attend staff training and live on site at Eden Village West for the 8 week summer season ● Prior experience as a supervisor, or clearly ready to step into a leadership/supervisory role with counselors who may be their peers outside of camp ● Able and willing to accept supervision and guidance. ● Able to put the needs of the campers and staff before the needs of self. ● Able to manage their own time, schedule, and tasks with flexible and willingness to go with the flow

How to Apply

Visit www.edenvillagewest.org/staff to learn more and apply. Questions? Reach out to Brad Cohen, Executive Camp Director, brad@edenvillagewest.org or call our office at 510.560.5610 anytime.

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