Jewishcamp is hiring: Music Specialist in Town of Eden

Eden Village’s Music Specialists are the backbone of our camp culture. From morning meditative song circles to exuberant Friday night oneg and every after-meal blessing and song session, you’ll be bringing our community together through music. At Eden Village, we don’t listen to any recorded music- we make it all ourselves! You’ll spend your days teaching campers new instruments, how to write songs, form bands, and perform for each other. You’ll make every day at camp a dance party!

Eden Village camp is a non-profit overnight camp rooted in the Jewish vision of creating a more environmentally sustainable, socially just, and spiritually connected world. We’re dedicated to providing campers with an incredible summer experience while empowering them to promote a vibrant future for themselves, their communities, and the planet. Learn more here!

All staff at Eden Village, regardless of their job, should expect to support the running of camp in a variety of ways that are not outlined here. As a community working collectively to keep 200 children safe and happy, each summer is full of unexpected blessings and challenges. We rely on our staff member’s flexibility to meet those challenges.

Expectations:

• Prepare and teach 3-4 programs a day for campers age 8-16 on songwriting, guitar, ukulele, drums, making a band, and more. You are coming into years of pre‑written lesson plans with the ability to tinker and personalize.
• Lead after‑meal blessings and song sessions 2 times a day every day.
• Support in leading Friday night oneg (song session) and Havdalah.
• Manage setup and breakdown of sound systems for all music moments throughout the summer.
• Keep the music room clean and organized. Manage instrument library check in and out systems.
• Flexible and able to go with the flow as challenges arise
• Community‑minded with an emphasis on intentional Jewish community experience
• Excited to work at a summer camp with kids of all ages
• Attend and support evening programming as needed

Why you’ll love it!

• Experience deep community with a vibrant staff of 120 young people from all over the world! Our community values skills sharing, spiritual growth, and inclusivity.
• You’ll enjoy three kosher, organic, locally sourced meals a day.
• We have a secret little room just for staff snack…and a not‑so‑secret not‑so‑little FARM full of fresh off the vine snacks! We’re munching on cherry tomatoes, blueberries, raspberries, cucumbers, peaches, cherries, carrots, and so much more all summer long.
• You get to hang out with goats!
• We have staff fun activities in the evenings and staff‑only swim a few times a week.
• You’ll inspire kids to be more playful, kind, caring, joyful, and grateful – changing their lives and changing the world!

Important Things to Know About Working at Eden Village:

• We are a pluralistic community, and we expect all staff to be able to live and work with kindness and respect with people from different backgrounds, political ideologies, religious and gender identities, etc, than themselves.
• Our food is amazing! We eat mostly vegetarian food at Eden Village. We serve meat once per week and fish twice per week. Staff are not permitted to bring takeout or outside food into camp.
• All staff receive at least 2.5 hours off per day.
• All staff receive days off. Specialist educators receive a 40‑hour day off 6 times during the 8 weeks of camp. All other staff receive one 25‑hour day off per week.
• All staff are responsible for their travel to and from camp (unless you are coming with an international agency that books your travel for you). We are not able to host staff on site before or after your contracted start and end date.
• We hire staff from Israel, North America, South America, Europe, and all over the world.
• There is no smoking or vaping allowed on site.
• All staff must be back in their bunks by midnight every night.

Compensation

$2,300

Requirements

• Live on site at Eden Village Camp for the 9 week summer season
• Prior experience as an educator
• Able to teach guitar, ukulele, drums, niggunim, and song writing
• Able to lead and engage large groups in singing.
• Must love being organized and ready to caretake a space used by 250+ community members.
• Work well on a team and be open to direction from your supervisor.
• Specialists must be at least 18 years old, and are expected to stay at camp the entire season and attend staff training.

How to Apply

Email aliza@edenvillagecamp.org to apply.