Cooking and Nutrition Instructor (Paid Internship)
Love working with kids? Looking to gain experience in counseling? Excited to help teach athletes basic cooking skills? Look no further!
Location: East Otis, Massachusetts
Compensation: $250-$300/week (Commensurate based on experience)
Dates: Approximately early-June to early August
Benefits: Travel stipend, comfortable housing, healthy meals, access to camp facilities
Camp Description: The Berkshire Soccer Academy is a private overnight soccer camp for girls. We offer an elite training experience for girls, ages 10-16, in a traditional camp setting on a private lake in the Berkshires.
Scope of Work: The Cooking and Nutrition Instructor will plan, prepare, and teach one-hour classes to 5-20 campers 2-3 times per day; manage and organize all materials; and enforce camp rules and standards. A typical day may begin as early as 7:00AM and end as late as 10:00APM. This includes 1 day off for every 6 working days and regularly scheduled breaks throughout the workday. The Cooking and Nutrition Instructor will live in a cabin with 8-12 campers as their Cabin Counselor alongside 1-2 other counselors. All elective staff members will be responsible for working together to plan and run special camp events.
Job Qualifications based on our Service Standards:
- Must have extensive experience and a passion for cooking
- Previous experience teaching Cooking is a plus.
- Must be prepared to live in a rugged mountain setting with simple accommodations and limited access to phone/internet.
- Past summer camp experience, a plus.