Overview
Adventure Instructor at Adventure camp in Maine! (Training + Paid travel) Jobs in Monmouth, ME at Camp Cobbossee
Adventure Instructor / Cabin Counselor
– Camp Cobbossee for Boys –
Monmouth, Maine
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THE JOB
Cobbossee is a 4-week, 2-session sleepaway summer camp in Maine. The dates for this position run from June 5th to August 10th, 2026. For more on what summer camping actually is, see the very bottom of this document!
Check out our short Adventure trailer here: https://vimeo.com/250981045
You do not have to have copious Adventure experience to apply for this role. You do need to be male and college-aged to be considered for this position as WE HAVE FILLED OUR FEMALE ROLES FOR SUMMER 2026.
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Cobbossee is looking for a few talented and motivated Adventure Instructors / Counselors to join the Adventure team this summer! This involves specializing in Climbing, Archery or Mountain Biking. We provide resume boosting training courses which will give you skills and experiences you can speak about in your future job interviews! If you have experience enjoying taking part in or teaching any of these activities, this could be the job for you this summer.
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The Cobbossee Adventure team runs alongside the Sport & Waterfront programs of Cobbossee. It is here our boys Climb, Bike and Shoot all summer long, developing their mental resilience and adventure knowledge through personal and group experiences. That’s right, you’ll work with a diverse team of Adventure loving staff like yourself training to professional safety and instruction standards.
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Climbing: If you haven’t got experience teaching these activities, don’t worry! We offer a three-day certification course in belaying and then provide an extra three days training on our adventure course as a team. This means you only have to learn the basics and build upon them. If you are new to climbing, this job will take those basics and build you up to a proficient instructor!
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Archery: We also have a third party instructor take you through a USA Archery Level 1 qualification training course to ensure safe range and group management before you get to practice with your colleagues understanding Cobbossee’s Adventure curriculum.
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The Adventure Team is made up of six ropes staff, three mountain bikers and two archers. We are a unit who operate all of the adventure activities at camp under the Head and Assistant Heads of Adventure. We train on how to instruct and manage all of these activities so you can be proficient and safe.
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Alongside the activity role in the day a Climbing Instructor/Counselor lives in a bunk with (and cares for!) a set of campers and works at their activity area during the day, teaching their passion to a range of age groups and skill sets. This position is also responsible for the upkeep of the equipment, inter-camp competitions and generally contributing to a strong team. You want to belong to an amazing crew and do good work all summer? The Adventure team is for you.
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THE BENEFITS
Ever wanted to see New England? Well, in addition to your salary and bonus, Cobbossee will provide you with a travel stipend so you can get out to Maine without spending your own money.
Room and board is also provided, so you won’t spend any of your own money all summer on living expenses (the food is famously good at Cobbossee. No, really, it is).
Further, days off and nights out are spent with other adventurous folks like you. Our counselors make lifelong friends at Cobbossee. Many return year-to-year.
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OTHER POSSIBLE BENEFITS
We can configure your employment this summer as job training, an internship, or just a really great summer job. Our director, Josh Holland, is a former academic and can make sure your experience is converted into internship credit if that’s what you want. If you are in any child-centered major (teaching, education, coaching) or any sports-related field (sports management, kinesiology, movement, physical-education), this experience can be one of the best paid internships you can find.
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THE BOTTOM LINE
“Summer jobs” are often seen as throwaway jobs. Not here. This job is going to challenge you. You are going to give of yourself, have an absolute blast, develop strong friendships with your peers, and really make a difference in young people’s lives.
You should come work at Cobbossee because we are one of the best. We develop counselors like we develop campers. You will change for the better. It will truly be the summer of your life.
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WHAT TO DO NEXT
You should immediately head to https://www.campcobbossee.com/experience/#work and apply online. Our Staffing Directors will be in touch very quickly.
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For anyone not familiar with the huge world of sleepaway camps in New England, it works as follows:
All over the northeast each summer, families send their boys and girls up to New England to spend anywhere from a couple weeks to the entire summer at a sleepaway camp. Sometimes people who are not from the east coast see this as a strange choice, maybe even a mean choice! “Don’t they like their kids?” the question goes. Of course they do. They love their children and it’s hard for them to be away from them for the time they are at camp. But parents sacrifice time with their kids in the summer because summer camp is really good for young children. Camp (especially longer-term camps of four-to-eight weeks) teaches children independence, self-reliance, and confidence through the teaching of new skills, improving at sports, and living away from home. It isn’t always easy. But it is worth it! Crucial to this process are you, the counselor. You become like a family member to the campers in your cabin. In fact, you will find yourself developing really fast yourself, just so you can be the best counselor and instructor possible for your kids! It is rewarding, challenging, and transformative work to care for campers.
Job Types: Temporary, Internship, Contract, Full-time
Pay: $1,000.00 – $1,200.00 per month
Benefits:
- Professional development assistance
- Relocation assistance
Experience:
- Archery: 1 year (Preferred)
- Climbing: 1 year (Preferred)
Ability to Relocate:
- Monmouth, ME 04259: Relocate with an employer provided relocation package (Required)
Work Location: In person
Title: Adventure Instructor at Adventure camp in Maine! (Training + Paid travel)
Company: Camp Cobbossee
Location: Monmouth, ME
