Full job description
Camp Season – Summer 2026
Job Summary
Performs a variety of housekeeping duties for a camp; cleans restrooms, offices, and other camp facilities; washes, stores, and distributes linens; ensures the neatness and cleanliness of the camp facilities daily.
Essential Functions
- Cleans camp facilities and offices; collects, washes, folds, stores, and distributes linens; ensures the accountability of linens.
- Maintains staff laundry schedule on rotation and daily laundering of staff laundry.
- Washes all dining room linens after each meal and ensures they are restocked.
- Washes the camper’s laundry and returns it to the counselor.
- Cleans and sanitizes bathrooms; cleans sinks and toilets, polishes mirrors, and replenishes supplies.
- Sweeps, vacuums, mops, and waxes floors; sweeps sidewalks.
- Cleans windows, dusts, and polishes furniture and fixtures.
- Keeps personal living quarters neat, clean, and ready for inspection.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Physical Requirements
- Ability to meet attendance requirements.
- Ability to read, write, and communicate the English language.
- Ability to exert the physical energy required to perform housekeeping and minor maintenance work.
- Some physical requirements of the Camp Housekeeping/Laundress position include endurance, including climbing, standing, bending, stooping, and stretching.
- Eye-hand coordination and manual dexterity are required to manipulate housekeeping/laundress equipment and perform related activities.
- Requires a normal range of hearing and eyesight to record, prepare, and communicate appropriate camper activities/programs, and the ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
Working Conditions
- Have a willingness to live in a camp setting and to work irregular hours, delivering a program at the facility available.
- Operate with daily exposure to the sun, heat, and varying environmental conditions.

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