Inspire Behavioral Learning: Vegan Nature Camp Counselor Employment: Now Hiring!

Jobs & Volunteer Opportunities
City:
Oakland
Ages:
Young Adults, Adults

Hiring Now: Nature Camp Counselor in Oakland for Fall 2024!

Are you looking for a fun outdoor nature camp teaching job for elementary school age children? Do you love inspiring kids to learn and child-centered learning, allowing children the freedom to explore their interests? Do you love hiking, nature, the outdoors, and hands-on learning? Inspire Behavioral Learning, LLC has an opening for nature camp counselor employment in Call of the Wild Camp this fall! Join us in leading the next generation of environmental stewards and vegan-friendly nature lovers as a Nature Camp Counselor.

Inspire's outdoor day camps make learning fun for kids in grades K-5, who connect with nature, hike, read, write, explore, learn, and play in forests of the Bay Area. Nature camp staff lead children ages 5-10 in nature exploration, environmental education, outdoor play, and nature-inspired art, reading, and nature journaling. Inspire's outdoor educators use emergent curriculum and experiential learning to open a wondrous door to the great outdoors as our living classroom in forests.

Fall Camp Schedule: November 25-27, Monday-Wednesday, 8:25 AM-4:35 PM, planned location at Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park in Oakland.

Qualifications:

  • The #1 quality in all of Inspire's employees is a passion for both teaching and learning, for the best educators are the best learners.
  • At least 1 year experience teaching in K-5 level camps or equivalent experience.
  • You are an adult (age 18+) with a minimum of a high school diploma.
  • Experience hiking trails of moderate difficulty on hilly and uneven terrain up to approximately 6 miles a day.
  • Must already possess unexpired CPR and First Aid certification.
  • Must already possess a valid CA driver's license and your own reliable transportation to forest sites in Oakland.
  • Demonstrate a fun and engaging leadership style with high energy, creativity, adaptability, spontaneity, dynamism, and positivity.
  • Eco-conscious skills with a demonstrable love of nature and the outdoors, life sciences, biology, environmental science, outdoor education, or environmental education.
  • Health-conscious skills with a demonstrable love of active and healthy living.
  • Enthusiasm for making education relevant to children's lives.
  • You are vegan, not just as a diet but as an ethical philosophy and lifestyle advocating for cruelty-free, positive alternatives to unnecessary animal exploitation in all forms, including food, clothing, recreation, entertainment, household products, and for the environment.
  • See the full job description on Inspire's website for all qualifications.

Compensation: $19-22/hr DOE 

Classification: Non-exempt employee; seasonal; temporary. Successful hires may be invited to return for future seasons (camps are held in spring and summer, too!).

Learn more and APPLY today!

We look forward to connecting with you!

Contact
Kelly Knowles
kellyk [at] inspirebehavior.com