Summer Staff

All Zajac Ranch staff members must:

• Be camper-focused with a professional attitude.
• Be at least 18 years of age.
• Be able to facilitate an empowering organized program through encouragement and support.
• Have leadership and communication skills.
• Have experience with outdoor recreation/camp activities.
• Be willing and able to work in a physically and mentally demanding environment on a daily basis.
• Have a friendly, caring personality.
• Be effectively able manage self-care.
• Be able to apply behaviour management techniques (as covered in staff training) to ensure a caring, positive, and fun experience for all campers.
• Provide original Criminal Record Check and valid First Aid Certificate

We are looking for facilitators to run our high ropes program this summer! As the high ropes facilitator, you will typically run high ropes for different families in the morning whereas in the afternoon you and the rest of staff will facilitate all camp activities together (eg: swimming). On day camps you will be instructing high ropes both in the morning and the afternoon for a total of 4 activity periods. Day camps happen sporadically during the summer. In general, you will also assist with meals, sometimes in the kitchen and sometimes serving the families. In addition, you will help facilitate campfires and games in the evening. Though course specific high ropes training will be provided before the start of camp, we will give priority to applicants with previous experience in high ropes, whether on a professional capacity or as a hobby. You are required to be available from Fri-Sun each weekend and occasionally on Mondays. 

Please do not apply unless you have a valid lifeguard certificate. 

We are looking for a lifeguard to join our team this summer! As a lifeguard certified facilitator, you will be allocated to water activities during most activity periods. This does not necessarily mean you will be lifeguarding, for example if the groups go on a canoe trip, you would be asked to go on that trip which also involves helping groups getting ready and getting in and out of the canoes. When there are no water activities going on, you will help other staff run other things (eg: an all camp theme afternoon). In the evenings, you will help run fun games and campfires. You will also assist with meals, sometimes in the kitchen and sometimes serving the families. Our camp lifeguards do the same variety of things as our general facilitators, but are mostly allocated to water activities during activity times. You are required to be available from Fri-Sun each weekend and occasionally on Mondays

• Read the General Qualifications to see if you are the kind of fabulous person we are looking for.
• Take a look at the Job Descriptions and decide which is best suited for you
• Fully complete the online application online
• Participate in an interview
• Pack your bags and head to the Zajac Ranch for Children for an awesome summer!

Staff training starts mid-June and the summer season ends at the end of August. Your exact employment dates will be included in your offer letter.

Yes! Every year we have a number of Rangers, Wranglers, Kitchen Staff and Maintenance Staff who volunteer their time for anything from a few days to a few weeks. Contact us for more details and to discuss your availability.

You must be 18 or over to work or volunteer as a counsellor at the Zajac Ranch for Children. However, you can still apply to the Kitchen or Maintenance Staff. Sixteen and 17 year-olds interested in volunteering as counsellors should check out our Leadership in Training and Counsellor in Training programs, where you can develop your leadership skills and help our counsellors with camp activities like campfires.

In many ways, working at the Zajac Ranch for Children is like working at any summer camp; camp staff deal with homesickness, disputes between campers, minor cuts and bruises, and a lot of fun activities, however, there are extra things to be aware of when your campers have serious and chronic illnesses and disabilities. We provide over a week of staff training, covering emergency procedures, safety, and behaviour management.

Before each camp session, the Camp Director and Nursing Director will tell you all about the campers you’re about to meet. They’ll let you know the challenges the campers face, the most common issues with mobility, communication, or behaviour, and how to deal with them.

Best of all, you’re not alone! The Assistant Camp Director and Camp Director are there to help, with daily staff meetings to give you advice and support. Plus, for any medical issues, there’s a 24 hour on-site Medical Centre staffed by volunteer doctors and nurses. You don’t need to be an expert on special needs, just a empathetic, caring and patient person who loves kids and summer camp!