Work where the forest meets the sea
Find your place at Camp Ocean Pines
Our team helps people of all ages connect, explore, and grow. Whether your work happens in a cabin, kitchen, classroom, or out on the trail, you help make Camp safe, welcoming, and ready for the next adventure.
Operations Jobs
Facilities, housekeeping, kitchen, and the practical work that keeps Camp running.
Facilities Housekeeping Lead
- Part-time
- Year-round
- About 20 hours/week
- $19.50–$22/hour
Help lead Camp’s year-round housekeeping work and keep cabins and shared spaces clean, organized, and welcoming for campers, schools, families, workshop guests, and community groups.
- Lead cabin turnovers and scheduled detailed and deep cleaning
- Help coordinate other staff assigned to housekeeping
- Maintain cleaning supplies, paper products, laundry, lost and found, and storage areas
- Use cleaning products, equipment, and Camp’s utility cart safely
Typical schedule: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, with some flexibility based on Camp’s schedule. Relevant housekeeping, commercial cleaning, custodial, or similar experience is preferred.
Outdoor Education & Year-Round Programs
Environmental education, group leadership, and meaningful experiences in the outdoors.
Naturalist — Winter & Spring 2027
Application update: Thank you for the overwhelming response! Our first round of application acceptance is now complete. We are still accepting applications for possible consideration if openings remain, but we cannot guarantee that new applications will be reviewed or receive a response.
- Seasonal
- $19–$21/hour
- Typically 30–40 hours/week
- On-site housing provided
Get excited about tide pools, forest discoveries, and helping kids connect with the outdoors? Join our winter and spring educator team in Cambria and turn curiosity into hands-on learning for visiting school groups.
- Teach groups of about 10–18 students, typically in grades 3–8
- Lead activities such as marine science, tide pooling, target sports, and team building
- Lead evening programs and some mealtimes, and help care for Camp’s animals
- Work with fellow naturalists to keep programs safe, welcoming, and engaging
Season: January 13–May 28, 2027. Applicants must be available for the full season. Hours vary with programming and may include overtime. Meals are provided when programming is in session, with food and kitchen access between programs.
Qualifications & additional details
Applicants must be at least 18 and bring experience in youth development, outdoor education, classroom teaching, or engaging low-income students and students of color. Strong communication, flexibility, teamwork, and sound safety judgment are important.
Current First Aid/CPR and California Food Handler certifications are required before starting, along with successful completion of required background screening and Live Scan fingerprinting.
Helpful backgrounds include science, education, or equivalent life experience; trauma-informed and culturally responsive teaching; Spanish or other language skills; and residential outdoor education. You do not need every preferred qualification to apply.
Housing is shared on-site accommodation. Work includes outdoor activities in varied weather, animal care, cleaning program spaces, and occasional help in other departments. Camp provides reasonable accommodations.
Questions about this role? Contact Channing, our Director of Year-Round Programming, at channing@campoceanpines.org.
Summer Camp Jobs
Counseling, activity leadership, healthcare, kitchen, and summer support roles.
Summer staff bring the energy, care, and creativity that make Camp Ocean Pines a place campers remember for years.
Summer 2027 positions will be posted soon. Check back for job descriptions, dates, and application details.
You do not need to check every box to belong here.
We welcome applicants with different backgrounds, cultures, identities, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. No candidate brings every possible skill, so please do not let one missing qualification keep you from applying.
Camp Ocean Pines considers qualified applicants without unlawful discrimination and provides reasonable accommodations in the application and employment process.
Apply to work at Camp
Complete the application form below. If you have a question or need an accommodation to apply, contact info@campoceanpines.org.