Clemson University’s Youth Learning Institute
4-H Summer Camp Job Description

Title:4-H Summer Camp Counselor 
Work Dates: May 22 – August 7, 2026
Location: Camp Bob Cooper, Summerton, SC

Description:
4-H summer camps provide an opportunity to experience new and exciting activities; including 
climbing wall, archery, canoeing, and many others offered in a safe, supervised environment where 
campers can explore new areas of interest with encouragement from trained counselors and staff. 
Counselors lead, instruct, and supervise campers in all areas of summer camp programming. The 
camp is run out of Camp Bob Cooper in Summerton, SC directly on Lake Marion about an hour and 
half from Charleston, SC. You can look at our camp by going to our website at 
http://4hsummer.camp

Principal Duties:
• Assist in teaching all components of the summer camp program including canoeing,
teams’ course, high ropes, climbing wall, recreation, arts and crafts, swimming, tubing, 
paintball, and archery (training provided).
• Lead campers in daily program classes and activities (wake-up, flagpole, meals, 
campfire, and wrap-up).
• Become actively involved in all program activities, leading and participating in evening 
recreational and instructional times as scheduled.
• Assist with routine cleanup.
• Train in a specialty area to assist as needed with rental group responsibilities.
• Set-up, maintain, and break down the site and programareas.
• Perform directsupervision of children while involved in classes and activities.
• Perform camp counselor duties including staying with and attending to campers over night 
while they are at camp.
• Perform dutiesthat are required by Camp Leadership.
Qualifications:
• Must have a High School Degree.
• Working toward college degree.
• Experience working with youth preferred, but not required.
• Must have the patience, understanding, flexibility, and energy to work and live with campers 
andstaff.
• Must demonstrate teaching skills and the ability to implement creative “hands-on” teaching
methods.
• Must be willing to sacrifice, adapt, and work hard as part of a team pursuing one common 
goal and objective.
Salary: $475-$525 per week plus lodging and meals during camp 
Contact: If you are interested in the position please send your resume and three references to Megan 
Griffith at mg5@clemson.edu.
Please have resume and references submitted by March 1st


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on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status or genetic information