Summer Camp 2027 Position of Interest: Division Leader
Division Leader Position at Summer Camps
Division leader positions at summer camps are critical leadership roles that sit between senior staff and the front-line counselor team. As a division leader (sometimes called a unit head, age-group head, or team leader), you oversee a specific age group of campers and the counselors who care for them. Whether you’re leading the youngest division at a traditional sleepaway camp or the senior division at a large co-ed residential camp, this role blends staff management, programming, and camper care into a uniquely demanding and rewarding summer.
As a division leader at an overnight camp, you’ll mentor and supervise counselors, plan programming, manage camper experience, support parent communication, and serve as a key link to camp leadership. You’ll handle conflict resolution, behavior coaching, and personnel issues across your division. Many co-ed residential camps consider this the most influential staff role on the floor — and one of the strongest career steps toward camp director.
The position is typically a full-summer commitment with on-site housing, meals, and laundry included. Prior camp counselor experience is essential, along with classroom teaching, youth development, or coaching backgrounds. Many residential camps require at least one full summer as a senior counselor before promoting to division leader. Strong communication, decision-making, and crisis management skills matter most.
If you’re an experienced camp pro looking for your next leadership step, this is one of the most rewarding senior positions you’ll find. Apply for division leader positions at summer camps to spend your summer leading staff, shaping camper experience, and growing toward camp director-track roles at sleepaway camps.
A division leader oversees a specific age group of campers and the counselors who care for them. You’ll mentor staff, plan programming, manage camper experience, and serve as a key link to senior leadership at the sleepaway camp throughout the summer.
Prior camp counselor experience is essential, along with classroom teaching, youth development, or coaching backgrounds. Many residential camps require at least one full summer as a senior counselor before promoting to division leader.
Yes — it’s one of the most common paths into camp leadership. Many senior leaders and directors at residential camps got their start as division leaders before stepping into program direction or assistant director roles over the summer camp seasons that followed.
Pay is competitive and commensurate with leadership experience and the size of the division. Overnight camps include room, board, and laundry alongside salary, which makes the overall summer camp package meaningfully more valuable.
Division structures vary. Most sleepaway camps split the camper population into 3–5 divisions by age, ranging from rising 2nd graders to rising 11th graders. Division leaders usually oversee 30–80 campers and 6–15 counselors at a co-ed residential camp.
Currently there is nothing available for the position: Division Leader for summer 2027. Please check back later!
