Being a Cabin Leader at Camp Timber-lee is a hands-on leadership experience that goes far beyond a typical summer job. You’ll build meaningful, lasting relationships with campers and fellow staff, develop real-world leadership and communication skills, and grow personally and spiritually along the way. All of it happens in a close-knit, supportive community where your work truly matters and the impact lasts long after summer ends.
What a Cabin Leader Does
Cabin Leaders are the foundation of the camper experience at Timber-lee.
Cabin Leaders are responsible for the day-to-day care, leadership, and support of campers. You’re the consistent adult in their week—the one who helps campers feel welcome, included, and confident as they try new things and build friendships.
This role is a mix of:
- Leading and supervising a cabin group
- Creating a positive, safe, and fun environment
- Supporting campers socially, emotionally, and spiritually
- Working closely with other staff and camp leadership
Cabin Leaders play a major role in shaping the overall camp experience.
Be the person they remember.
Cabin Leaders are the heartbeat of camp. You’re the one campers wake up with, laugh with, open up to, and trust. Years from now, when they talk about “that one summer,” there’s a good chance they’re talking about you.
As a Cabin Leader, your job isn’t to be perfect—it’s to be present. You set the tone in the mornings with conversations that matter. You jump into the chaos and laughter of the day. At night, you sit on bunks during cabin talks, answering real questions and creating space for moments that stick. And in the late hours, you’re there for homesick campers, deep conversations, and the kind of community that only forms when people do life together.
This role will stretch you—in the best way. You’ll grow in confidence, leadership, and faith as you learn how to care for others, handle responsibility, and show up even when you’re tired. You’ll be trained, supported, and surrounded by a staff that feels more like family than coworkers. You’re never doing this alone.
You don’t need years of experience.
You don’t need to have leadership figured out.
You don’t need to have faith all dialed in.
You just need to be open, willing, and ready to say yes to something meaningful.
This could be the summer that shapes you as much as it shapes your campers.
And honestly? You’d be really good at this.
You’ll build confidence that actually lasts.
As a Cabin Leader, confidence doesn’t come from having all the answers. It comes from showing up every day for your campers. From learning how to listen. From realizing you can handle responsibility, hard conversations, and meaningful moments—even when you’re tired or unsure.
You’ll start to notice what you’re good at. You’ll become more aware of where you still need to grow. And through training, support, and daily life at camp, you’ll learn how to lead from who you are—not who you think you’re supposed to be.
This role isn’t “churchy.” It’s real life, real relationships, and faith woven naturally into everyday moments. You’ll see what it looks like to live out faith in community—not just hear about it in a room.
You’ll make friends you won’t want to lose.
Late-night cabin talks. Staff huddles that turn into laughter. Problems solved together. Prayers you didn’t plan on sharing. Community at Timber Lee doesn’t just happen—it’s built, day by day, in the middle of real life.
As a Cabin Leader, you’re surrounded by people who are in it with you. The kind of community that makes the hard days easier, the good days better, and the whole summer more meaningful. You don’t just work together—you grow together.
And by the end of the summer, you’ll realize something surprising:
These aren’t just camp friends.
They’re people you’ll carry with you long after camp ends.
