Beam Camp is a summer camp in Strafford, NH that focuses on skill-building, collaborative challenge, responsibility, and mentorship. Campers ages 9-17 collaborate on a spectacular
project, which helps kids explore what it means to make things with their own bodies and brains and how that kind of creativity is relevant and applicable to everything in our lives. At Beam Camp, we transform ideas into artifacts and personal achievement into community success. We also have a lot of fun.

The centerpiece of the program is the Big Project. Each summer, Beam commissions a unique large-scale collaborative endeavor, ranging from the conceptual to the structural, built by self-directed camper teams with on-call support from staff.

Beam Camp has two lakes and sits within a 750 acre conservation reserve of mountain and forest. Among Beam’s resources are a well-equipped fabrication woodshop and metal shop, digital lab, art/ceramics studio, basketball court, two large athletic fields, and an outdoor fire pit.

The core of the Summer Camp Counselor’s job is caring for, managing, and leading their cabin of 10-12 kids with a co-Counselor. Counselors work to ensure the safety and well-being of their campers through constant communication with campers and staff, providing structure for their cabin, and creating a supportive and respectful atmosphere in the cabin. Counselors also help their Campers maintain a clean living environment and healthy personal habits. Beyond the cabin, we ask Counselors to think and act as “lead learners.” Beam Camp is an opportunity for all of us to grow, Campers and Staff alike. By creating an atmosphere in which we are open to experimenting, learning, and making the occasional mistake, we provide the

Campers with a safe space in which they can challenge themselves. In order to be open to learning, we are not just watching Campers, but engaging in the activities with the Campers.

Counselors participate in most Program areas, either as leaders, collaborators, or in a supportive role. Program areas include Independent Work in our Guilds (self-directed projects
by campers supported and guided by staff), Community Work (cooking, cleaning, and maintenance), the Big Project (our session-long ambitious undertaking), Domains (subject-specifc workshops), Pulse (swimming, sports and active play), and After Dinner (a daily post-dinner event when campers perform, play/invent a game, have campfires, and more). While the Counselor can always expect to be actively participating, they needn’t have preexisting skill in these areas but any relevant experience is a plus. To highlight and support each individual staff members’ talents, skills, and interests, Counselors will be designated to one of three programmatic “focuses” for the summer which will dictate what they spend the majority of their time working on:

• Instruction (focusing on craft, problem solving, and teaching) – primarily based in the shops supporting Independent Work, Domains, and occasionally building the Big Project.
• Programming (focusing on event planning, engagement, and theatrics) – primarily planning After Dinners, helping to plan Theme Days, coordinating skits and camp gags, and occasionally building the Big Project.
• Community (focusing on the abilities and interests of how campers get involved in the community)- Community counselors work with our Community Engagement Director to engage campers in 535 workshops, Pulse, camp documentation, community care and occasionally building the Big Project.

If you are interested in this role, please fill out this application: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/544bfec3e4b048f0ef5f1cbb/t/675b19a80a380036cd5ee7b6/1734023592154/Bunk+Counselor+Job+Description+2025.pdf