Seasonal Employment Opportunities

The Merrimack Parks & Recreation is hiring Summer Camp Staff to work at Naticook Day Camp.  Do you love hiking, canoeing, arts & crafts, sports & games, swimming, nature and the great outdoors in general? Your friends say you are great with kids? Then maybe working at the Parks & Recreation Department is the job for you! Recreation jobs offer invaluable skill-building, leadership, training, and enrichment opportunities that can’t be found anywhere else!  

Positions are  40 hours per week unless otherwise specified and run from Mid June - Late August 2021.  The minimum age to apply is 18 for all positions except for Junior Camp Counselors, Lifeguards, and Water Safety Instructors, Archery Instructor and Youth Tennis Instructor, for which the minimum age is 16 years of age.  

Top 10 reason why working at camp is the best job in the world:  
10. You can wear shorts and a t-shirt to work every day
9. You get paid to jump in the lake and do a cannonball
8. Living in and being part of a community that truly loves and cares about you
7. S’mores are finest fresh from the fire and you get fed lunch every day
6. Earn valuable leadership skills that will benefit you in your professional life
5. You get to make the best friends of your life
4. Capture the flag should really be an Olympic Sport
3. You get to laugh everyday
2. The campers you work with think you’re cool before they even meet you
1. You get a chance to positively affect the lives of some amazing kids  

WATERFRONT LIFEGUARDS: (FULL TIME & PART TIME)

Lifeguards are responsible for safely managing the waterfront environment of the Summer Day

Camp Program swim area as well as the Town Beach on Lake Naticook. Applicants must at least 16 years of age and hold current Lifeguard Certification from the American Red Cross, YMCA, Boy Scouts

of America, Ellis and Associates or other national recognized certification. They must also hold a CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer or equivalent. 

Not currently certified? Become certified and work for us this summer and we will reimburse you 100% of the cost of the certification course.  Below are two local facilities offering courses

SEASONAL PARK MAINTAINER: 

Employee is responsible for a wide variety of maintenance and janitorial duties at Wasserman Park and the Naticook Summer Day Camp program. Employee of this classification will be required to operate and maintain various equipment used in the construction and maintenance of park buildings and facilities. Manual labor tasks incidental to all operations required. Work will be performed in various climatic conditions. The work will generally be performed outside of buildings. Proper physical conditioning for job performance required. Heavy lifting may be required. Applicant must be at least 18 years of age and have a good knowledge of safety precautions and standards; good knowledge of the operation of light

and heavy equipment; ability to operate equipment safely; and ability to work with the general

public. Carpentry skills a plus