Summer Camp 2025 - Troop Adventure Camp Positions (Libbey & Stonybrook) - Girl Scouts of Western Ohio

Girl Scouts of Western Ohio is seeking individuals to work with us, running our summer camps for the 2025 season!

Camp Libbey - Nestled along the strikingly beautiful banks of the Maumee River, Camp Libbey is located just outside Defiance, Ohio. Camp Libbey Camp Libbey has offered a variety of camping experiences since 1936. With almost 600 acres of fields, forests, and ravines, Camp Libbey is a great place to start your outdoor adventure! Our camp offers a variety of positions that support the girls in their daily adventures such as hiking, archery, creek paddling, and enjoying the climbing wall or taking a ride down our waterslide before a dip in the swimming pool! 
Camp Stonybrook - Beautiful Camp Stonybrook is located in Waynesville, Ohio. Camp Stonybrook, which opened its doors to campers and outdoor lovers over 75 years ago, sits on a sprawling campus that spans over 300 acres and boasts the largest swimming pool in our whole council at 13 feet deep with a high diving board that guests love!

Our summer camp season begins in late May and runs through early August, and we provide a full training and onboarding program for all staff in preparation to effectively lead and participate in summer programming with our girls! Our ideal candidates must love the outdoors, have experience working with kids, demonstrate excellent customer service and can work within a team environment. If you want to have an awesome and rewarding summer empowering and building girls of courage, confidence, and character, we would love for you to join us!!

Get to know Girl Scouts:
Girl Scouts of Western Ohio is part of the preeminent leadership development organization for girls, with more than 1.7 million girls and 750,000 adults. With programs from coast to coast and across the globe, Girl Scouts offers every girl a chance to practice a lifetime of leadership, adventure, and success.  We build girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place! Girl Scouts of Western Ohio offers Troop Adventure Camp opportunities at Camp Libbey in Defiance, Ohio and Camp Stonybrook in Waynesville, Ohio.   

Why you should work at camp:
Working at camp can be a fun life changing experience but it is also a great place to build a variety of skills that future employers are looking for. Skills you’ll develop at camp this summer include conflict resolution, interpersonal skills, creativity, and problem solving, management skills, time management and prioritization, plus valuable experience working directly with children.

What you’ll do:
As staff, you’ll spend six weeks providing programming for Troop Adventure Camp (TAC) at Camp Stonybrook in Waynesville, OH, and a week and a half at Camp Libbey in Defiance, OH. TAC is a progressive camping experience where troops choose their activities and adventures, including making crafts, hiking, swimming, creeking, outdoor living skills, building teamwork, archery, nature activities or working on badge or Girl Scout Journey activities.


Open Positions Available for Camp (Camp Libbey and Camp Stonybrook)

Assistant Camp Director - (1 Opening) $90/day
Staff Director - (1 Opening) $80/day
Teen Leadership Director - (1 Opening) $80/day
Adventure Challenge Educator - (2 Openings) $73/day
Arts and Crafts Specialist - (1 Opening) $73/day
Nature Specialist - (1 Opening) $73/day
Outdoor Living Skills Specialist - (1 Opening) $73/day
Archery and Sports Specialist - (1 Opening) $73/day
Waterfront Specialist - (3 Openings) $73/day

POSITION TYPE/EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK
Our Day Camp staff positions are full-time throughout camp season. The days of work are primarily Monday through Friday, but evening or occasional weekend hours may be required, as well as a Thursday night overnight. Hours of work will vary and depend on support needs across camp. Typical shift hours are between 7:30am – 5:30pm.
Our Overnight Camp staff positions are full-time throughout camp season. The days of work are primarily Sunday through Friday. Staff are expected to stay overnight throughout the summer. Staff receive a two-hour break Monday - Thursday. Staff will have housing and food provided during working hours.

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE 

• High School Diploma or General Education Diploma
• Experience in youth programming.
• Must enjoy and be comfortable with working outdoors with youth.
• For roles that require onsite living – must be comfortable with and able to live onsite 24/7 during camp season.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

PERKS

• Ability to build your skills and grow your career
• Supportive environment for learning and development
• Flexibility for work/life balance
• Work with a fun team
• Learn and participate in cool summer activities!
• Enjoy a casual dress code

Plus, we work to maintain the best environment for our employees where people can learn and grow with the company. We strive to provide a collaborative, creative environment where everyone feels encouraged to contribute to our processes, decisions, planning, and culture.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB)

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. GSWO is an EEO/Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran employer.