Weekend Camp Operations Assistant-Camp Bette Perot-Palestine, TX

Job Description

Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title:

Weekend Camp Operations Assistant

Reports To:

Camp Director

Status:

Seasonal

Location:

Camp Bette Perot

Last Updated:

September 17, 2026

About Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas:

Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas (GSNETX) offers amazing opportunities for talented, forward-thinking individuals who share our vision of helping girls and young women change the world for the better.

Here's your opportunity to enhance your career while making a difference in girls’ lives and in the world. At Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas, you can build a rewarding career in everything from working hands-on with girls, to accounting, human resources and project management, to marketing, research—and more.

About Camp Bette Per

Camp Bette Perot, our equestrian camp near Palestine, TX, offers sleepaway camp for girls ages 7-16.  We serve approximately 140 campers per week from a variety of racial/ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. Campers come to camp independently and are cared for by Counselors.

Operations Assistant works early June to end of July 2027.

Job Summary:

The Weekend Camp Operations Assistant supports Camp Bette Perot operations during the weekend between camp sessions. This position arrives Friday to assist with camper and staff checkout, remains onsite through the weekend, and leaves Sunday morning. Responsibilities include assisting with weekend transportation needs, driving international staff to approved cultural events and activities, organizing the camp office and operational materials, and preparing supplies and resources for counselors and leadership staff for the upcoming camp week.

The Weekend Camp Operations Assistant helps ensure that camp is organized, prepared, and ready for the next session while providing reliable support to camp leadership and staff throughout the weekend.

Benefits:

Summer camp changes lives for the better! Join an amazing community where you will make new friends, develop personal and professional skills, engage your body and your mind in an outdoor environment, overcome challenges, and be the best version of yourself, plus have tons of fun! As part of a team mentoring, teaching, and helping, you get to make an incredible impact on staff and campers, who remember the sense of belonging, friendship, growth, and magic of summer camp for their entire lives.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Champion a positive, inclusive, caring, safe, and fun camp environment and promote the values of the Girl Scout Promise and Law
• Assist with weekly program operations as needed
• Assist with coordination of response for any emergencies that arise
• Practice all safety standards on camp property
• Other duties related to weekly program operations as assigned

Minimum requirements:

• Organized, participant-focused, and safety conscious
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism
• Excited about working with youth and young adults of all ages and with variable needs
• Willingness to work indoors and to be active outdoors all day in variable weather conditions (heat, humidity, rain, wind) and to walk extensively around camp
• Willingness to role model respect, positivity, smiling, cheerfulness, kindness, patience, honesty, inclusion, good mental hygiene, and accountability and to self-regulate emotions respectfully in a variety of circumstances
• Willingness to listen to, learn from, and cooperate with others
• Ability to work long hours all day and all week with occasional need to respond to emergencies overnight 
• Ability to complete full term (all weeks) of camp agreement
• At least 25+ years old
• Must hold a valid drivers’ license and meet GSNETX driving record & automobile insurance requirements

Preferred qualifications:

• Professional work experience serving youth or young adults preferred
• Experience attending summer camp or going camping

Must abstain from:

• Use of tobacco products, herbal intoxicants (CBD, THC, gummies, etc.), vaping and electronic cigarettes, alcohol, illegal drugs, firearms, and fireworks while on camp property or while on duty, plus abstain from possessing on camp property and from returning to camp under the influence of any such substances
• Use of explicit language or harmful language
• Volatile expressions of emotion
• Romantic or sexual activity on camp, no public display of affection
• Wearing clothing that features alcohol, drugs, or harmful topics or language
• Sharing or discussing private, adult issues with campers
• Using (engaging with) cell phone while on duty (Counselor phones can be kept in administrative building and used during scheduled staff break time away from campers, plus we have a radio system for camp communication and emergencies)

If you are interested in this position, please apply through the link below.

Our organization’s cultural values:

• We are relevant.
• We strive for equity.
• We put our stakeholders first.
• We collaborate to get the best results.
• We own our work.

Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas is an equal opportunity employer and supports a diverse, inclusive work environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected characteristics, including race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or age.