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Cabin & Trip Leaders

You are the reason kids come back. You’re at the center of their experience, at the heart of the whole organization. You make magic on a daily basis, you build connections and relationships. You work with and care for young people, you play and laugh, you hold the space and set the tone. You’re a song leader, a bedtime storyteller, a shoulder to cry on, a conflict mediator, a raucous game player.

Cabin and Trip Leaders provide high-quality outdoor educational and recreational experiences, grounded in the core Quaker values of Simplicity, Peace, Integrity, Community, Equality, and Stewardship.

BYM Camps believes that a truly diverse community makes us stronger, wiser, and more resilient. As such we actively seek and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and identities in areas including, but not limited to: race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, class, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ability. We welcome questions and open discussion about this commitment throughout the application process.

Camp Counselor
Trip Leader, Teen Adventure

Pay starts at $350 a week.

Job Responsibilities Include:

  • Leading Activities
  • Modeling Behavior
  • Teamwork & Communication
  • Showing Respect to Others
  • Actively Engaging in Community
  • Centering Youth
  • Safeguarding Health & Wellness
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Health & Wellness Team

You protect us and hold it all together. Everyone will look to you and lean on you, to help us overcome everything from an upset stomach to a hiking injury. You handle the chaos with clarity and grace, caring for our spirits as well as our bodies.

Come be one of the most trusted staff members at Catoctin, Opequon, Shiloh, or Teen Adventure. You help us stay healthy and safe and deal with the many surprises that happen during a summer at camp.

An ideal member of the Health & Wellness Team is either a Physician, a Nurse, or an EMT and can dedicate at least two weeks to being at camp. You can live on-site or commute each day.

Health & Wellness Manager

Pay starts at $750 a week, depending on qualifications and experience.

Job Responsibilities Include:

  • Managing and Administering Medications
  • Tracking Wellness Center Visit Information
  • Communicating with Families and Staff
  • Assembling and Maintaining First-Aid Kits
  • Building Relationships and Trust
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Culinary Team

You fill us up. The kitchen is where everything is made possible, and your wholesome, healthy, made-from-scratch meals sustain our entire camp community. You’ll be a part of the team that makes meals happen for all of camp, either as a Kitchen Manager, a Kitchen Assistant, or a Work Grant volunteer.

An ideal Culinary Team member has food handling experience and is able to work with a diverse and multi-generational group in a fast-paced and physical environment.

Kitchen Manager

Kitchen Apprentice

Pay starts at $500 a week, depending on role and experience.

Job Responsibilities Include:

  • Preparing Meals for Campers & Staff
  • Teamwork & Collaboration
  • Safe Food Handling
  • Maintaining Cleanliness
  • Planning and Purchasing for Meals
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Leader-in-Training

You are excited to spend time with campers, to give back and prioritize them, to dip your toes into working at camp, to grow as a leader and as a person. You help set a fun and inviting tone at camp, and make sure that no campers are feeling left out. You’re flexible, adventurous, and creative, responding to camper needs, weather events, and scheduling adjustments with a positive and collaborative mindset.

Leaders-in-Training (LITs) learn techniques to make a fun, safe, and rewarding experience for campers. They jump in, help out, and respond well to feedback.

Leader-in-Training

Compensation is $300/week, plus room and board.

Job Responsibilities Include:

  • Learning to Lead Activities
  • Modeling Behavior
  • Teamwork & Communication
  • Showing Respect to Others
  • Actively Engaging in Community
  • Centering Campers
  • Safeguarding Health & Wellness
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Leadership & Specialist Positions

The campers and families of BYM Camps benefit from strong leadership staff and passionate specialized staff who bring their unique talents to camp. We re-build our leadership teams and re-design our specialist positions each summer to meet the needs of campers and staff, so available positions vary from year to year.

Please see below for any positions that we are actively hiring for, please forward them along to anyone who might be interested, and please apply if that interested person is you!

In Camp Staff Leader
Trip Manager at Teen Adventure
MESH Director
MESH Coordinator 
Health & Wellness Manager

Returning Staff

2025 (and earlier) BYM Camps Staff! We want to hear from you!

If you want to return for Summer 2026, fill out the returning staff application ASAP! Deadlines for returning staff to apply vary by camp, so reach out to your camp’s director for specific information, and we will start hiring new staff members in January and February. If we haven’t heard from you by then, please reach out! Feel free to call / text / email (301-658-1948, info@bymcamps.org) anytime, or to get in touch directly with your camp’s director.

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Summer 2026 Dates for Staff:

  • Sunday, June 14th – Staff training begins
  • Saturday, June 27th – Campers arrive at Catoctin, Opequon, Shiloh, & Teen Adventure
  • Sunday, July 19th – Last Day of Campers at Teen Adventure
  • Thursday, July 23rd – Post-Camp ends at Teen Adventure
  • Sunday, August 9th – Last Day of Campers at Catoctin, Opequon, & Shiloh
  • Thursday, August 13th – Post-Camp ends at Catoctin, Opequon, & Shiloh

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