Counselors are responsible for ensuring that campers ages 7-18 have a fun and safe time at camp, while sharing with them the love of Christ in both word and deed. It’s one of the most fun and rewarding summer jobs there is!

Responsibilities include staying in a cabin with 7-10 campers and 1 co-counselor, doing activities with campers throughout the day, leading discussions based on chapel, participating in games and songs, doing support services like dishes and cleaning during your weeks on workstaff, and more. Come experience the power of the Gospel firsthand in the lives of kids from all over Southeast Alaska.

We have around 20 horses at Echo Ranch, and they are an important part of Echo Ranch’s goal to share the Gospel with youth and their families. As a wrangler, you will work under the mentorship of our Barn Manager and spend most of your days at the barn or on the back of a horse. Wranglers' responsibilities include riding and training the horses, leading trail rides for campers and staff, serving as camp counselors 1-2 times a summer, and keeping the barn and surrounding property tidy.

Horse experience is required.

Ministry can’t happen if our staff and campers aren’t fed, and we do our best to make the food at camp a highlight of the week! Kitchen Assistants assist the Head Cooks in preparing three meals per day that will feed anywhere from 50 to 240 people. Whether you enjoy baking desserts, trying new recipes, or chopping veggies, we have a task for you! Must be willing to be flexible, follow instructions, work diligently, learn new cooking skills, and work in harmony with the kitchen team. Cooks spend most of their mornings and afternoons in the kitchen, but we schedule shifts to give you time outside the kitchen as well.

Cooking experience is helpful, but not essential.

Whether you're skilled in one particular trade or a general handyman, we can use your help at camp. Camp facilities are always in need of general repairs and improvements, and we almost always have a new construction project in progress. We also have a fleet of vehicles including pick-up trucks, tractors, ATVs, golf carts, etc. If you’re a “gear head”, our staff Mechanic could use your help in maintenance and repair of these vehicles and operation of large machinery. Must be willing to learn, work diligently, try new skills, work alongside our other maintenance staff, and help out wherever needed.

Some experience is required.

If you are an adventurous nurse who loves kids, this might be the job for you! The camp nurse is responsible for distributing daily medications, maintaining the Health Station and first aid kits, being on-call at all hours for minor medical emergencies, and taking care of common health needs such as runny noses, twisted ankles, tummy aches, and scraped knees. Most of our nurses volunteer to serve for 1-3 weeks of the summer.

Requirements: Medical degree/certification (RN, LPN, NP, MD, etc) Must be able to become certified to practice in the state of Alaska (we can help you with this process).

Echo Ranch is 40 miles from town, but we have an “in-town” office in Auke Bay. All the mail, supplies, people, campers, counselors, and staff that come to camp flow through there.

Our small crew of in-town staff help with lots of vital tasks including: hosting guests and campers who need to stay overnight in town, picking up mail and orders placed by Echo Ranch staff, transporting people to and from the airport and ferry terminal, frequently driving to camp to pick up people, answering phone calls and passing along information to camp staff, maintaining the grounds of Echo Ranch’s Auke Bay properties, and being a friendly and professional presence at the town office.

Have you seen any of our camp highlight videos on Youtube? Or the camper photos we post on Instagram?These are valuable keepsakes for campers and parents and crucial resources for advertisement, and each summer we need volunteers dedicated to helping produce this content!

Media assistants work under the leaders of our communications department and spend most of their time filming or editing highlight videos and taking photos, but may also participate in other media projects or help with other areas of camp. If you have talent with a camera and a heart to serve Christ, come combine those callings in one of the most beautiful settings on Earth!

Experience in taking and independently editing videos and photos is required.