The Camp Experience

It’s not just a summer job, it’s a life-changing experience

Each year, HKC brings on more than 200 aspiring leaders to augment our year-round staff and deliver the services that makes HKC run: staffing our 17 pools, grounds maintenance and janitorial services.

Whether part of our Aquatics or Maintenance team, each individual on our seasonal work force has a direct impact on the campers who are going through transformative experiences themselves.

The Camp Experience
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Work in Aquatics

As a part of the aquatics team, you are one of reasons that a favorite camper activity can happen. Campers gets to go swimming and have fun, and their parents have the comfort of knowing their child is safe. The trust and respect bestowed upon you is more than almost any other non-camp summer job.

As a Lifeguard

Spend your summer lifeguarding at the Henry Kaufmann Campgrounds
It’s not just saving lives!
It’s making sure that one of the favorite activities at camp can take place. It’s keeping everyone at the pools safe and healthy.
you become skilled in:

Lifeguards who work at HKC Rockland County and HKC Staten Island are also swim instructors;
each person teaching up to 50 campers each day.

Lifeguards who work at HKC Rockland County and HKC Staten Island are also swim instructors; each person teaching up to 50 campers each day.

As a swim instructor

You have the capacity to change a child’s life by ensuring they learn water safety. You can change yours by building important life skills:  

Lifeguards who work at HKC Rockland County and HKC Staten Island are also swim instructors;
each person teaching up to 50 campers each day.

Lifeguards who work at HKC Rockland County and HKC Staten Island are also swim instructors; each person teaching up to 50 campers each day.

Maintenance

Getting to spend the summer outdoors, our maintenance crew are the unsung heroes of camp. Trash collection, basic grounds upkeep and cleaning and stocking bathrooms may not be sexy, but if not done right, it can overshadow all the fun that happens at camp. Campers complain, parents get angry and pull their campers out, and the camps suffer. Our dedicated staff makes sure this doesn’t happen.

As part of maintenance you’ll build hands-on skills in: Basic landscaping, Basic plumbing, Basic carpentry

And soft-skills in: Decision making, Patience, Teamwork, Communication

WE LOVED OUR EMPLOYEES

Here’s what our employees said made their summers memorable

The Camp Experience

It’s not just a summer job, it’s a life-changing experience

Each year, HKC brings on more than 200 aspiring leaders to augment our year-round staff and deliver the services that makes HKC run: proving janitorial services and maintaining the grounds and staffing our 18 pools.

Whether part of our Aquatics or Maintenance team, each individual on our seasonal work force has a direct impact on the campers who are going through transformative experiences themselves.

Current available positions

Employment Opportunities

Maintenance Staff

Anna Sethesia
Development Head
Alexander Harvard
Project Manager
Laura Charette
Financial Manager
Matthew Taylor
Creative Director
Jessica Dover
Content Writer
Michal Ruheen
Web Designer
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