Overnight Camp Jobs

NOW HIRING: Expedition Coordinator · Overnight · Summer 2027

As our Expedition Coordinator for Rangers and Outdoor Adventure Overnight, you run a week that is part residential camp and part expedition. Your team lives at a base camp at Camp Trackers and heads out from it. Some days you hike, paddle, climb or navigate at a new site and come home for dinner. Other trips stay out overnight. By Friday, your students can make camp, cook outdoors and run part of the trip themselves.

You lead a team of Guides and a group of students in Grades 6–12, counting our LITs and MITs. Rangers leans into wilderness survival, archery and tracking. Outdoor Adventure leans into hiking, paddling, climbing and orienteering. Both are taught the Trackers way, with real standards and serious fun.

Who You Are

You have led groups in the backcountry and made your own calls about weather, water and terrain. You can plan a trip from the map to the final headcount, and the best part of a trip for you is watching a student read the map and get the group there.

Maybe you guided for another overnight program and want to teach deeper skills. Maybe you came up through search and rescue, the military or years of your own trips. What matters to us is what you can do in the field and how well you pass it on.

Skills & Experience

• Backcountry leadership: 2+ years leading youth or adult groups on overnight trips, with your own trip planning and field decisions behind you
• Technical skill: Strength in hiking and navigation, paddling or rock climbing, plus a working base in shelter, fire and camp craft
• Medical training: Wilderness First Responder, or a plan to earn one before summer
• Teaching: You can break a skill into steps and coach students until they own it

Climbing, paddling and swiftwater training all help. In the end, we hire on what we see you do.

What You’re Responsible For

• Safety: Keep every student safe and found on the trail, on the water, on the rock and in camp at night. Hold supervision, ratios and field standards, and make early calls when conditions change.
• Operations: Plan routes, food, water, gear and transport for each trip, with a backup plan ready. Run base camp so the team can dry out, resupply and reset between trips.
• Stewardship: Keep students fed, rested and warm. Care for gear and campsites, and leave every site better than you found it.
• Leadership: Coach your Guides in the field, model strong instruction, and talk with families clearly at check-in and pick-up.

Students Run the Trip

By Friday, students should be doing the real work of the expedition. They plan the day, set up camp, cook and keep track of each other. You set the standard and hand it to them a piece at a time.

Schedule & Program Structure

• Teaching Weeks: June 14 – August 20, 2027, Monday to Friday
• Check-In & Pick-Up: Monday 10:30 AM and Friday 12:15 PM in NE Portland, with transport to and from Sandy
• Training Required for Placement:
  • First Year - Trackers 101: May 26–28, 2027 (evenings, 4:30–8:30 PM)
  • Overnight Training (Sandy): June 1–4, 2027
  • Coordinator Training (Sandy): June 5–6, 2027
  • All Staff - Trackers 102 (Sandy): June 8–11, 2027
• Overnight Camps: Multi-day leadership, including overnight supervision and on-call time during the week. Weekends are off.

Pay & Compensation

• Position Type: Salaried, exempt seasonal leadership role
• Weekly Pay (Summer 2027):
  • Overnight Camps: $1,040–$1,256 per week
• Weekly pay is set within the above range based on approved add-ons. View Pay Rubric →
• Training Pay: Training is paid at local minimum wage; add-ons do not apply during training

This is a salaried, exempt leadership role with a fixed weekly rate (not hourly timekeeping).

Physical Readiness

This is a hands-on role. Reasonable accommodations may be available for qualified individuals.

• Lift, carry and pack up to 50 lbs; hike 10–20 miles in a day across uneven, off-trail terrain while supervising youth
• Live and work outdoors for five days and four nights in heat, cold, rain and wind; operate in heat index up to 104°F and AQI 69–150 with modified activity as needed
• Sleep in camp with your team and respond to student needs during the night
• Ride transport with students via van or bus as assigned

Required Certifications

• CPR & First Aid
• Wilderness First Responder (or earned before summer)
• Emergency allergy response training
• Mandated Reporter Training (Oregon; 18+)

Additional Requirements

• Background check + references
• Valid driver’s license held 2+ years (for driving assignments)
• Complete required Trackers trainings (paid)
• A Plus: CDL Class B with Passenger Endorsement (21+, clean MVR for the past 3 years)

How to Apply

Apply early and choose the overnight role in your application. Qualified applicants may be placed on an on-deck list for upcoming openings. Employment is at-will, and this posting is not a contract.

Mutual Fit Period: All new hires, including seasonal transitions, begin with a 90-day mutual fit period for onboarding, training, feedback, and clear shared expectations.

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NOW HIRING: LARP Coordinator · Overnight · Summer 2027

As our LARP Coordinator, you run Realms Village, a fantasy world that runs all week at Camp Trackers. There is no out-of-game. Students create characters, join parties and live inside a village of themed tents, sets, trading posts and a meal house. Even the cook stays in character, running an inn where weary travelers come in after a day of questing.

The story is about the forest. Quests send students out to build a shelter that holds through the night, carry a coal from a bow drill, or follow a track until they know the animal that made it. Standing in the village comes from what you can do and what you give your party. There are no points to collect.

Who You Are

You have a working bushcraft practice, and you have built worlds people step into. Maybe that was LARP, theater, a haunt, a faire or a game that ran for years. You can hold a character while you count heads and watch the weather, and you treat the forest as the subject of the story.

Realms Village is new for 2027, and the right LARP Coordinator will help shape where it goes.

Skills & Experience

• Bushcraft: Fire by friction, shelter, knots, tracking and wild plants are part of your life, and you can teach them until a student can do them alone
• World building: 2+ years designing or running immersive experiences, such as LARP, theater, haunts, faires or long-running games
• Youth leadership: 2+ years leading youth or teams, ideally overnight
• Facilitation: You can run a scene, read a group and redirect a student without breaking the world

What You’re Responsible For

• Safety: Keep every student safe and found in a game that keeps going day and night. Hold supervision, ratios, combat and field standards while your team stays in character.
• Operations: Plan the week's quests, characters, merchants and village economy before students arrive, and keep the story moving through every meal, quest and night.
• Stewardship: Care for the land the village sits on and keep sets and gear in good shape. Make sure students eat, rest and stay warm.
• Leadership: Coach Guides to teach real skills inside the story, give clear feedback, and talk with families clearly at check-in and pick-up.

Skill Before Status

In Realms Village, a student earns standing by showing what they can do and how they serve their party. You set that standard, build quests that test real competence, and give students roles that make the village run.

Schedule & Program Structure

• Teaching Weeks: June 14 – August 20, 2027, Monday to Friday
• Check-In & Pick-Up: Monday 10:30 AM and Friday 12:15 PM in NE Portland, with transport to and from Sandy
• Training Required for Placement:
  • First Year - Trackers 101: May 26–28, 2027 (evenings, 4:30–8:30 PM)
  • Overnight Training (Sandy): June 1–4, 2027
  • Coordinator Training (Sandy): June 5–6, 2027
  • All Staff - Trackers 102 (Sandy): June 8–11, 2027
• Overnight Camps: The village stays at Camp Trackers all week. Multi-day leadership, including overnight supervision and on-call time during the week. Weekends are off.

Pay & Compensation

• Position Type: Salaried, exempt seasonal leadership role
• Weekly Pay (Summer 2027):
  • Overnight Camps: $1,040–$1,256 per week
• Weekly pay is set within the above range based on approved add-ons. View Pay Rubric →
• Training Pay: Training is paid at local minimum wage; add-ons do not apply during training

This is a salaried, exempt leadership role with a fixed weekly rate (not hourly timekeeping).

Physical Readiness

This is a hands-on role. Reasonable accommodations may be available for qualified individuals.

• Lift, carry and move up to 50 lbs of gear, sets and props; build and strike village sets
• Live and work outdoors for five days and four nights in heat, cold, rain and wind; operate in heat index up to 104°F and AQI 69–150 with modified activity as needed
• Move through forest terrain on quests and supervise foam combat and archery
• Sleep in camp with your team and respond to student needs during the night

Required Certifications

• CPR & First Aid
• Emergency allergy response training
• Mandated Reporter Training (Oregon; 18+)

Additional Requirements

• Background check + references
• Valid driver’s license held 2+ years (for driving assignments)
• Complete required Trackers trainings (paid)
• A Plus: Wilderness First Aid or Wilderness First Responder

How to Apply

Apply early and choose the overnight role in your application. Qualified applicants may be placed on an on-deck list for upcoming openings. Employment is at-will, and this posting is not a contract.

Mutual Fit Period: All new hires, including seasonal transitions, begin with a 90-day mutual fit period for onboarding, training, feedback, and clear shared expectations.

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NOW HIRING: Outdoor Camp Chef · Overnight · Summer 2027

Our Outdoor Camp Chef is an educator first. You run the primitive kitchen for Realms Village at Camp Trackers, and students work beside you to make the meals the whole village shares.

Every student takes a turn on a kitchen crew. They learn knife work, how to build and hold a cooking fire, and how to get a hot meal out on time. They also learn that a community eats well because people showed up early, kept the fire going and washed the pots. The kitchen is also the village inn, so you cook and serve in character.

Who You Are

You have run a kitchen that had to feed a crowd on time, whether that was a restaurant, catering, a camp or a field kitchen. You like teaching, and you have the patience to let students chop the onions even when it takes three times as long. Cooking over fire and in the rain already suits you, or you want it to.

Skills & Experience

• Food service: 2+ years in a restaurant, catering, camp kitchen or field kitchen, ideally leading a line or a crew
• Menu planning: You can plan a week of meals for a large group, order and track supplies, and work within a budget
• Food safety: You handle allergies, dietary needs and safe storage carefully, including in a primitive setting
• Teaching: You can break kitchen skills into steps and coach youth through them

What You’re Responsible For

• Safety: Keep food safe, track every allergy and dietary need, and hold knife and fire standards in the kitchen.
• Operations: Plan menus, order and stock supplies, and time meals to the village schedule and the week's story.
• Stewardship: Feed people well, keep the kitchen clean and organized, and cut waste.
• Leadership: Lead student kitchen crews each day and work closely with the LARP Coordinator and their Guides.

Students Cook for the Camp

The kitchen is a classroom. Students on kitchen crew take real responsibility for real meals, and the whole village depends on them. You set the standard and hand them the work.

Schedule & Program Structure

• Teaching Weeks: June 14 – August 20, 2027, Monday to Friday
• Training Required for Placement:
  • First Year - Trackers 101: May 26–28, 2027 (evenings, 4:30–8:30 PM)
  • Overnight Training (Sandy): June 1–4, 2027
  • All Staff - Trackers 102 (Sandy): June 8–11, 2027
• Overnight Camps: You stay at Camp Trackers Monday to Friday. Weekends are off.

Pay & Compensation

• Position Type: Salaried seasonal role
• Weekly Pay (Summer 2027): $1,040–$1,256 per week, the same range as our overnight Coordinators
• Weekly pay is set within the above range based on approved add-ons. View Pay Rubric →
• Training Pay: Training is paid at local minimum wage; add-ons do not apply during training

Physical Readiness

This is a hands-on role. Reasonable accommodations may be available for qualified individuals.

• Lift, carry and move up to 50 lbs of food, water and kitchen gear
• Stand and work for long stretches in an outdoor kitchen, around open fire and heat
• Work outdoors for five days in heat, cold, rain and wind; operate in heat index up to 104°F and AQI 69–150 with modified activity as needed
• Stay at camp during the week

Required Certifications

• Food Handler’s Permit
• CPR & First Aid
• Emergency allergy response training
• Mandated Reporter Training (Oregon; 18+)

Additional Requirements

• Background check + references
• Complete required Trackers trainings (paid)

How to Apply

Apply early and choose Outdoor Camp Chef in your application. Qualified applicants may be placed on an on-deck list for upcoming openings. Employment is at-will, and this posting is not a contract.

Mutual Fit Period: All new hires, including seasonal transitions, begin with a 90-day mutual fit period for onboarding, training, feedback, and clear shared expectations.

Apply now