Job Description:

Ramapo Country Day Camp is a 35-acre site located on the Bergen/Rockland County border near the towns of Ridgewood, Woodcliff Lake, Upper Saddle River, Montvale, and Suffern. We are easily accessible by The Garden State Parkway (exit 172), Rt 17 (Saddle River/Woodcliff Lk exit), I-287, The Palisades Pkwy, The NY State Thruway (exit 14B), and Rt 59.


Transportation is provided for all NY City staff (paid position). Buses meet in Manhattan.


Our campers range in age from 3 to 12 (Nursery to Seventh Grade) and they participate in activities ranging from Art, swim, all sports, theater, rock climbing, zip lines, go carts, and archery to pioneering, nature, horseback riding, hands-on-science, and rocketry. Our campers come from all over Bergen County and Manhattan (NYC).


Our staff is made up of teachers (specialists) from Bergen, Passaic, Rockland County and New York City Schools who run our activity areas. College students work as counselors accompanying each group of campers and assisting our teachers. We also hire 25 international teachers from such countries as: Australia, New Zealand, Spain, Holland, Finland, England, and others.


Most of our staff commute in or work as paid bus supervisors on our local or city buses.


Camp Dates: June 29th to August 21st
Monday to Friday 9:00 to 4:00
Camp closed Fri. July 3rd


Camp is a great place to work with other people who share your love of camp, being a positive role model for kids, or even ability to connect with people.


Whether you are looking to gain experience for your resume, practice the valuable people skills all employers are looking for, gain experience with a specific age group of children, or just a fun, challenging, positive and rewarding summer experince we have what you are looking for.


If you are planning to be an educator or coach camp is also a great place to practice your crafts, gain valuable experience for your resume, and the classroom experience all school systems are looking for. We have a lot of teachers, school administrators (principals, vice principals, directors of curriculum, etc) on staff. You never know where a connection or conversation will lead you and what doors get opened.


We have worked hard to create a facility and staff-working environment that is enjoyable, creative, positive, and perfect for the summer. You will enjoy coming to work each day. Many of our teachers return each year, but we are always welcome new energetic people. We are looking for people who see working at camp as something they "get to do" not "have to do".


We welcome any questions you may have, and we invite you to come out meet us and see our facility. Call or e-mail Brian, Paul H, or Jenn for more information and a staff brochure at (201) 444-7144 or Brian@ramapocamp.com, AussiePaul@ramapocamp.com, or Jenn@Ramapocamp.com


You can APPLY ONLINE, get a visual of Ramapo, and read more about the employment opportunities we have at: www.ramapocampstaff.com

Job Requirements:

We are currently interviewing college students and 2009 HS grads for cousnelor positions at our summer day camp.


Candidates must be available to work the full camp season and attend training dates in June.


Camp Dates:
June 29th to August 21st
Mon - Fri
Camp is closed Fri. July 3rd


*Please call or e-mail us for training dates.


Interviews are held here at the camp during the week (AM/PM/Evenings) and on most weekend.


At Ramapo we hire people who smile a lot, are positive people, have a contagious enthusiasm, have great people skills, love working with children, care about their job performance, and who see working at camp as something "they get to do" not "have to do". You will be surrounded by people who share these qualities.

How To Apply:

Please call/e-mail us for an application. You can also apply online on our website: www.ramapocampstaff.com


Interviews are held here at the camp -during the week (AM/PM/Evenings) and on most weekends.


Counselors are college students or 2009 graduating HS seniors.


To be a specialist you must be a teacher or college grad.


Swim staff - mostly teachers, college grads, and college juniors/seniors with a swim background. We do provided American Red Cross Lifeguard Training, CPR, and First-Aid certifcations on our grounds free to our staff.


Outdoor Adventure Staff - Teachers, Coaches, Phys Educ, college grads. --- belay training (rockwall/ high & low elements), initiative game training, and zipline/ giant swing


Camp Dates: June 29th - August 21st
Mon - Fri
Camp closed July 3rd (Fri.)

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