Summer Intern
Are you a college or high school student ready to demonstrate your skills in a job that helps you gain great experience? Love working with and having an impact on kids? Want the best summer job? Ever?
Galileo would not function without Summer Interns. Their ability to switch focus from week to week, day to day, hour to hour and sometimes minute to minute is critical to the successful operation of camp. This role requires a positive, solution-oriented attitude, initiative, flexibility, and exceptional service mentality. Learn more about this role and working at Galileo in our jobs video gallery.
We value divergent thinkers who bring various experiences and viewpoints to the table at Galileo. We strongly encourage members of underrepresented groups and people of diverse backgrounds to apply.
Core Requirements
- Commitment to educational programming for children
- Flexibility to meet changing work needs and demands
- Strong organization skills and attention to detail
- Ability to communicate clearly, maturely and compassionately with families
- Ability to maintain an excellent work ethic, a high level of energy and exceptional enthusiasm all day, every day, for the duration of the summer
Required Experience & Education
- Upper-level high school student, college student, college graduate, or equivalent experience
- Demonstrated leadership experience
- Experience working with kids or in a camp setting a plus
- Sixteen years old by your camp’s first day of operation, with a work permit valid through August 2020 if under 18
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Support all aspects of camp, especially behind-the-scenes camp operations and programming. Please note, most Summer Interns spent the vast majority of their time on operations and administrative tasks, as opposed to hands- on work with campers
- Support morning and afternoon extended care program including check-in, check-out, and leading camper activities
- Support set-up of, contribute to, and participate in daily opening and closing ceremonies, all-camp activities, and snack/lunch supervision and programming
Benefits
- Summer Interns are compensated at a regular hourly rate of $9.50-16.00 per hour
- Staff will be compensated at a different hourly rate (training rate) for 2-12 hours of online training to be completed before camp, and for 2 days on-site setup/training
- Summer staff positions are temporary, seasonal positions and do not include health benefits or paid vacation time
- Overtime will be paid at 1.5x the regular hourly rate in accordance with state and federal requirements
- Payroll is processed weekly; payments will be issued and paystubs made available the Friday after each camp week
- Free and/or significant camp discounts (exact details contingent on location)