Work With Us!
Scroll down this page to see all the jobs we have available for Summer 2024!
You can click on any job title to see specific responsibilities, additional duties, summer dates, and salary ranges for that job. In addition to the duties listed for each job, every counselor on camp will be assigned one or two secondary duties, listed at the very bottom of this page.
Buck’s Rock Camp is proud to offer resources and opportunities for working artists who are interested in teaching in a safe, inclusive, non-competitive, and accessible art-making environment. Our organization contracts with dozens of individuals each season to represent a variety of artistic disciplines and cultures. We are proud to say that our staff represents a variety of races, sexual orientations, abilities, gender identities, gender expressions, ages, and national origins.
Buck’s Rock is committed in policy, principle, and practice to maintaining an environment that prohibits discriminatory behavior and provides equal opportunity for all persons. Buck’s Rock does not discriminate against applicants on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, age, marital status, national origin, ancestry, present or past history of mental or physical disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, and any other class of individuals protected from discrimination under state or federal law.
Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (CHRO), and The Connecticut Fair Employment Practices Act (CFEPA), it is the policy of Buck’s Rock Camp to provide reasonable accommodation when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with a disability, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship. The policy regarding requests for reasonable accommodation applies to all aspects of employment, including the application process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact us today at info@bucksrockcamp.org, by telephone at (860) 354-5030, or by mail at 59 Buck’s Rock Rd, New Milford, CT 06776
US-based applicants (new or returning) interested in working with us are greatly encouraged to express interest by clicking on any of the “Apply Now!” buttons below. We cannot wait to hear from you!
INTERNATIONAL STAFF
If you are hoping to join us for Summer 2023, please follow the instructions below:
Returning International Staff:
If you came through Camp Leaders the last time you worked at Buck’s Rock, please use this link (campleaders.com), log back into your profile, update your information, and indicate that you would like to return to Buck’s Rock Camp.
If you have already worked at Buck’s Rock before, but you camp through a different agency, please use this link (campleaders.com) to create a profile and indicate that you are interested in returning to Buck’s Rock Camp.
New International Staff:
If you are interested in working at Buck’s Rock, you are from a country outside of the US, and you are finding this independently from an agency, please follow this link (https://www.americancampco.com), create a profile, and indicate that you are interested in working at Buck’s Rock Camp.
Camper Support Positions
Support Positions
Visual Arts Positions
Book Arts
Filmmaking
Metals & Jewelry
Publications
Performing Arts Positions
Set Design
Outdoor Activities Positions
Other Positions
CORE DUTIES:
These vitally important jobs are critical to the smooth operations of camp. You will be assigned these duties prior to the camper’s arrival. No-shows or not finding coverage, will be viewed as not doing your job and you may be subject to termination.
Guidance/CIT Assist (GA/CITA): Guidance Assist is a secondary duty assigned to certain staff members prior to the arrival of campers in June. Guidance/CIT Assists work in auxiliary to Guidance/CIT Counselors, providing coverage at bunks or in designated areas roughly from the hours of 6:30pm to 10:30pm, for Guidance Assist, or 10:30pm to midnight, for CIT Assist, to allow for time off for regularly assigned staff. At times, GA's and CITA's may be tasked with remote responsibilities like overnight duty or trips afield from camp. With few exceptions, staff are assigned one secondary duty per summer only.
Line Duty (LD): Line Duty is a secondary duty tasked with securing and organizing lines of community members as they wait for meals multiple times daily. Working with coordinating staff, staff with Line Duty supervise the ebb and flow of campers and staff into the dining space, paying close attention to mitigate cutting, disperse crowding, and generally keep a reasonable flow of entry to the serving line. With few exceptions, staff are assigned one secondary duty per summer only.
Safety Crew (SC): The primary role of the Safety Crew, one possible secondary duty at camp, is to ensure the safety and security of all campers and staff on camp premises by making nightly rounds. The Safety Crew will meet with the coordinating staff and directors during pre-camp orientation for basic training and periodically throughout the summer to address safety and security concerns as needed. Most Safety Crew members are on duty from 8:00 p.m. until the put-to-bed routine is completed, roughly between 10:00 and 11:00 p.m. nightly. A late-shift Safety Crew member is also on duty each night, active from the put-to-bed gong until 1:30 a.m. Each Safety Crew member is given a set schedule consisting of two or three shifts per week, which will be arranged during the initial Safety Crew meeting during pre-camp. From time to time, additional coverage may be requested by the Directors that may include duty outside of normal Safety Crew hours. With few exceptions, staff are assigned one secondary duty per summer only.
Safety Crew is also on Trunk and Traffic Crew
Trunk & Traffic (T&T): Trunk & Traffic works under the supervision and organization of directorial staff and camp's Logistics Coordinator. Staff tasked with this secondary duty see to the organized and timely delivery of campers' bags and effects from their cars to assigned bunk spaces at the beginning of each session, as well as reversing the order to arrange for bags to end up with the right families and the right cars at the end of each session. Staff work together to sort and secure luggage while working with a camp driver to effect.
Support Assist (SA): This secondary duty is responsible for aiding in ongoing work in support areas on camp, including the kitchen, grounds, office, and housekeeping. Support Assists apply themselves to work at key moments during daytime hours, typically during meals, to help alleviate the stresses of work in support areas while breaking down any stigmas of or biases toward non-instructional work at Buck's Rock. With few exceptions, staff are assigned one secondary duty per summer only.
Other Opportunities
Click on the headings below to see more information
Pre-Camp/Post-Camp: Join us for extra weeks before and/or after the camp season to open up and then close up our facilities! Paid on a weekly rate separate from the salary you receive for your in-season work.
Visiting Artist or Contributors: Can’t join us for the whole summer? Come as a Visiting Artist or Contributor for a short time! Rates vary based on workshop length and content. Click to find out more!