Make Real Change
We’re Hiring Changemakers
We know that young people are natural leaders and community builders, but segregation limits their potential.
We work to unite young people of diverse backgrounds, develop community-building skills, and empower them to lead.
To make that possible, we assemble a team of youth development rockstars. We’re always looking for new rockstars to join our team: self-aware, kind, and courageous relationship builders.
Join our team and work to empower our young people to build a more diverse, equitable, and loving Milwaukee!
FAQs
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We provide youth development programs that foster relationships across lines of difference while developing equitable leadership skills, and we have tons of fun while we’re at it!
Project Kindred brings together campers in grades 5th-12th from all across Milwaukee for an impactful summer camp experience.
Join our team to experience the power of summer camp at the Central Wisconsin Environmental Station.
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The center of the Project Kindred experience is the cabin. Each cabin has one adult Experiential Youth Educator and eight youth participants. The Experiential Youth Educator serves as a group leader and facilitates campers’ growth through their time at camp. We have seen again and again that educators, school social workers, after school program leaders, and other youth development professionals make great counselors, which has us seeking high-performing youth development professionals each summer.
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Our Experiential Youth Educators have a wide range of backgrounds. There is no single profile of a Project Kindred counselor, though all successful counselors:
Proactively create physical and emotional safety
Demonstrate a sense of self-awareness
Contribute to positive team culture
Builds rapport with youth
Has a passion for youth work
Is receptive to feedback
Creates inclusive spaces
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Work with young people to build relationships and foster personal discovery
Learn and grow with a small group of youth development rockstars from Milwaukee!
Grow your youth development skills.
Through training and real-time experience, bring new skills from camp back to your classroom and community.
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Lead and facilitate camp programs
Work with a diverse group of fellow Milwaukee young people and staff
Design and lead an activity that aligns with your interests
Leverage naturally occurring learning opportunities to facilitate group growth in areas of cultural awareness, positive identity, and social skills.
Enjoy your time at a beautiful camp!
We DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY
We strive to become the preeminent model for diverse and equitable, youth-led leadership programs. That means we need to do things differently.
We’re looking for dreamers, visionaries, and implementors who are willing to rethink what they know about youth development and education, and imagine a more just, equitable, and loving approach:
We practice anti-adultism. We work to remove unnecessary adult power over young people. Young people are empowered constantly.
We work collaboratively. We’re looking for people who are willing to roll up their sleeves and get involved in the development and implementation of our programs.
We’re still figuring this out. We don’t have all of the answers, but we’re committed to the journey.
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SALARY
Counselors earn a competitive salary, and all food, transportation, and lodging costs are covered. Counselors earn $600 a week for training and camp.
DATES
Mandatory Training Dates:
June 6th & 7th, 2024 (in Milwaukee)
June 10th - 13th, 2024 (at CWES)
Summer Sessions (Apply for one or both)
Session 1: June 16th - June 21st, 2024
Session 2: June 23rd - June 28th, 2024
HOW TO APPLY
The counselor role is a fully paid employment position with all of the expectations of a job. An interview and background check are part of the employment process. Apply here: https://tinyurl.com/mtfvw5fr
WHAT IF I WANT MORE INFO?
Please take a look at the full Job Description, or just email Mario, our Program Manager, at mario@projectkindredmke.org.