Trip Leader and Adventure Staff

Trip Leader & Adventure Staff are at the heart of the Chewonki experience. This dual-role position combines leading youth on transformative wilderness trips with instructing adventure-based programming at camp. You’ll be a mentor, educator, risk manager, and cheerleader—modeling kindness, empathy, and enthusiasm while creating safe, challenging, and deeply impactful experiences. 
 

Essential Responsibilities:

• Plan and prepare for assigned trips; this includes:

  • Finalize itinerary, potential resupply dates, and all other logistics.

  • Pack food and gear appropriate for discipline and duration of trip.

  • Familiarize self with potential evacuation locations and scenarios.

  • Connect with campers prior to departure to prepare them for their trip. This may include:

    • Teaching outdoor living skills.

    • Leading watercraft lessons.

    • Facilitating community building activities, including low and/or high ropes elements.

• While leading assigned trips, effectively implement the following:

  • Hold the risk management and group management for the duration of the trip.

  • Teach applicable technical and interpersonal skills.

  • Professionally represent Chewonki while in the field. 

  • Hold responsibility for physical, mental and emotional wellbeing of participants; this includes:

    • Develop healthy and appropriate relationships with participants.

    • Manage risk and maintain the safety of participants.

    • Provide direct supervision of participants as assigned.

• Develop a positive co-leader dynamic between other Trip Leader and Adventure Staff and/or Cabin Leaders.

• Support other camp programs when not in the field by assisting with equipment repair, food stocking, teaching watercraft lessons, driving, or other tasks as needed. 

• Maintain professional presentation and communication with participants and their families, co-workers, and the public.

• Residential Responsibilities: This is a residential position. On-site shared housing is provided as part of the role and is available only while you are actively employed. Housing ends when employment concludes.