Overview
Dates: May 22-August 9, 2025
Salary: $5100, more based on rotations and certifications
Tawonga is hiring wilderness leaders for summer 2025! Live, work, and play in a vibrant community in the mountains. Food and lodging are provided at our amazing location on the Tuolumne River just outside of Yosemite National Park. In this unique role, you will:
-Guide 1-2 night backpacking trips in Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California.
-Facilitate groups of youth on our challenge course.
-Run nature education programming in our garden, on-site river, and forest.
-Engage campers with natural history, ecology, and Indigenous history and culture.
-Co-lead multi-week teen travel adventures involving climbing, rafting, hiking, camping, backpacking, and surfing.
-Be part of a community and larger network of incredible outdoor educators!
Qualifications:
All wilderness leaders must be 21+ with current lifeguard certification (LGT) and Wilderness First Responder certification (WFR) as well as a safe driving record. If you do not possess these certifications, Tawonga will help cover the costs of obtaining them before the job start date. Experience with children and prior experience backpacking are essential. Experience with rock climbing and belaying, natural history and environmental education are preferred but not required.
About Camp Tawonga
Camp Tawonga is a residential children’s summer camp located outside Yosemite National Park, established in 1925. The campers range in age from 7-17. The Camp Tawonga Staff is a community of almost 200 dedicated individuals, working together to create a vital Jewish community where children thrive. This outstanding team includes people from many backgrounds, histories and traditions. Camp Tawonga’s mission is to foster positive self-image for campers, create a cooperative community, teach children to live in partnership with nature, and offer children a positive experience of spirituality.
