CAS Summer Camp Counselor

Are you enthusiastic about mentoring, teaching, and working with youth entering 6th through 12th grades? Would you enjoy contributing meaningfully to our CAS Summer Camps program? We are hiring Summer Camp Counselors enthusiastic about the fine arts, humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. Preference will be given to students in the College of the Arts and Sciences and those with experience mentoring, teaching, and working with youth and with summer camps. If this sounds like you, please apply to join the CAS Summer Camps program. Our UAA College of Arts and Sciences 2024 summer camps were so popular we're doubling our offerings in 2025. Camps run through the month of June with each week having multiple camps for youth to choose from. We are hiring Summer Camp Counselors excited to engage youth entering grades 6th through 12th on our beautiful UAA Anchorage Campus.

To thrive in this position, candidates will be energetic, patient, creative, communicative self-starters who are passionate about mentoring, teaching and working with youth. We seek UAA students who are committed to rolling up their sleeves, and contributing meaningfully to the synthesis, understanding, and communication of shared knowledge between UAA faculty, community experts, and camp youth.

Minimum Qualifications:

To be eligible for student employment, applicant must:
a) Be enrolled in the University of Alaska system with a minimum of six credit hours in the current semester (Summer 2025) of employment, or the intent to enroll in six credit hours during the Fall 2025 semester.
b) Have at least a 2.0 cumulative grade point average (GPA) or higher.
c) Must successfully pass a background check and complete 20 hours of required paid training.
d) Preference will be given to students in the UAA College of Arts and Sciences and those with experience mentoring, teaching and working with youth and summer camps.

Position Details:

This position is located on the University of Alaska Anchorage campus in Anchorage, Alaska. This is a full-time, temporary, Student Worker position. Pay is $18.00 per hour. Employment is for 40 hours per week for one camp (plus training time), occurring from mid-May to the end of June. If you would like to work for more than one week of camp please indicate this in your application. This recruitment is open to undergraduate students only. 

This is a pooled position. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until a sufficient number of successful candidates are identified. 

☎️If you have any questions regarding this position, please contact Matt Burgoon, College of Arts & Sciences, Communications & Events Coordinator, at msburgoon@alaska.edu or 907-786-0817.

The University of Alaska (UA) is responsible for providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities throughout the applicant screening process. If you need assistance in completing this application or during any phase of the interview process, please contact UA Human Resources by phone at 907-450-8200.

UA is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer, educational institution and provider and prohibits illegal discrimination against any individual: www.alaska.edu/nondiscrimination.

The successful applicant is required to complete a background check. Any offer of employment is contingent on the background check.

Your application for employment with the University of Alaska is subject to public disclosure under the Alaska Public Records Act.

All employees at the University of Alaska are expected to uphold the highest standards of ethics and professionalism when conducting or engaged in university business.

*Each university within the University of Alaska system publishes an Annual Security and Fire Safety Report which contains information regarding campus safety and security including topics such as: campus law enforcement authority; crime reporting policies; campus alerts (Timely Warnings and Emergency Notifications); fire safety policies and procedures; programs to prevent dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking; the procedures the University will follow when one of these crimes is reported; and other matters of importance related to security on campus. The report also contains information about crime statistics for the three most recent calendar years concerning reported crimes that occurred on campus; in On-Campus Student Housing Facilities; in Noncampus buildings or property owned or controlled by the University or a recognized student organization; and on public property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from, the campus.  The report also contains fire statistics for any fires occurring in an On-Campus Student Housing Facility during the three most recent calendar years.  

Access to the reports is available at:

UAA: (Addresses Anchorage campus, Aviation Technology Complex, JBER - Elmendorf Extension, JBER - Richardson Extension, Kenai Peninsula College - Kachemak Bay campus, Kenai Peninsula College - Kenai River campus, Kodiak College, Kodiak High School Extension, Matanuska-Susitna College, Prince William Sound College, and Prince William Sound College - Cordova Extension) Online: https://www.uaa.alaska.edu/students/safety. Request a paper copy in person: UAA Police Department Office at Room 114 of Eugene Short Hall on the Anchorage campus / UAA Dean of Students Office at Room 122 of Rasmuson Hall on the Anchorage campus. Request a paper copy by mail: 907-786-1120 or police@uaa.alaska.edu / 907-786-1214 or uaa_deanofstudents@alaska.edu. 

UAF: (Addresses Fairbanks Campus, Bristol Bay Campus, Chukchi Campus, Community and Technical College, Kasitsna Bay Campus, Seward Marine Center, Tok Campus, Kuskokwim Campus, and Northwest Campus) Online: https://www.uaf.edu/orca/files/ASFSR.pdf. Request a paper copy in person: UAF Office of Rights, Compliance and Accountability on the 3rd Floor of Constitution Hall. Request a paper copy by mail: 907-474-7300 or uaf-orca@alaska.edu.

UAS: (Addresses the Juneau Auke Bay Campus, Juneau Technical Education Center, Sitka Campus, & Ketchikan Campus) Online: https://uas.alaska.edu/equity-and-compliance/docs/clery/UAS_ASFSR.pdf. Request a paper copy in person: Hendrickson Building, Suite 202 on the Juneau campus. Request a paper copy by mail: 907-796-6371 or emailing uas.clery@alaska.edu.