Application Process
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Here you’ll find some answers about the application process. We are excited to learn more about you!
Here are the steps to follow.
The basic qualifications for all positions include:
- Minimum of 19+ for Counselors (Exception for 18 years olds who have completed our LIT program) 21+ for Expedition Leaders, and 24+ for Mentors, but we are more interested in your experiences than your age in most cases
- A strong desire to work with children and/or teenagers
- Be comfortable and work effectively in an outdoor setting
- Walk up to five miles each day
- Lift and carry up to fifty (50) pounds
- Make decisions in high-stress situations
- Function and thrive in a community with very little personal space
- Live and work with other people up to twenty-four (24) hours a day
All applications begin online. You will create an account with CampInTouch, and from there you will be prompted to begin a staff application.
Remember that your answers to our application questions are how we get a sense of who you are.
- Are you a thoughtful, interesting individual?
- Do you care about our mission?
- Will you take the time to do a job thoroughly and with attention to detail?
The more thoughtful, detailed, and error-free your application, the more likely we are to offer you an interview.
3 are needed
As part of our online application, you will submit the contact information for three professional or academic references. (No family members or family friends, please.) Once you submit your application, our online system will send a survey to your references for them to fill out. You are also welcome to have them reach out to us directly by leaving a voicemail or providing a recommendation via email. More detailed instructions can be found in your application.
Once we receive your completed application, we will contact you within two weeks if we would like to schedule an interview. Sometimes, you’ll hear from us more quickly - it depends on the time of year.
If you are offered an interview, we will direct you to more information about life at GRP and provide scheduling instructions. We conduct most interviews online using Google Hangouts.
Mentors: If you are applying to work as a Mentor/environmental educator, we have a two-interview process. The first will be a general “get to know you” and the second will be focused more intently on your teaching and facilitation.
After your interview, we will let you know within one week what our next steps will be. For any position, we may ask for a second interview, place you on our waitlist, or deliberate and make a decision. We can only make job offers once we have heard from all three of an applicant’s professional or academic references. Be sure to follow up with references directly to ensure we receive their input in a timely manner.
We have created a staff specific website to navigate all the details of a GRP job. Please check it out here.
For more information and specifics on pay, please visit workatgrp.org
Haven’t heard from us?
We review hundreds of staff applications per year. We appreciate your patience as we work slowly and methodically to put together the right team for our campers. If you would like an update on your application status, please email Executive Director, .
Returning Staff
Yay! Return, return, return to GRP. Here is what you need to do.
Online Application
Staff from our most recent season have access to our Returner Reapplication and should complete that in lieu of the CampInTouch application. If you’ve taken a break for a year or two and wish to return (how exciting!), please follow the steps below:
First, head to your CampInTouch account and complete an application. This tells our system to move you from “alumni” to “applied” status, which is important for keeping track of your application, our emails to you, etc. Don’t worry. The process is simpler for veteran GRP staff.
All we ask is that you update your contact info and provide us with a snapshot of what you’ve been up to and why you’d like to return.
References
Please add ONE updated reference rather than three.
Interview
Once we have your application, we will send you an email to set up an interview. We can’t wait to catch up! You will typically hear a decision from us within a week of your interview.