Sport Management Summer Internship @ Camp Lokanda - PAID
We welcome you to the ultimate summer internship and job experience! Camp Lokanda is excited to offer this immersive Sport Management Internship as part of our Summer Camp Counselor position. You will be coaching teams and leading instructional activity periods for our campers, working with people from around the world and getting to fully enjoy our beautiful outdoor facilities. Join our camp family for an unforgettable summer that will help you build essential life skills.
Goals:
- Build upon the knowledge of your sport and strengthen your coaching skills.
- Understand logistics in tournament play, transportation, programming and coordination within the organization and working with other camps.
- Experience the impact camp has on youth development.
- Understand the responsibility, importance and impact of the camp counselor role.
- Strengthen teamwork and communication skills as a member of our large international staff.
- Get connected with professionals in the field through our global network.
Internship Overview: As a Sport Management Intern, you will be considered an Activity Specialist in your associated sport or discipline. You will be assigned a mentor, working closely with our Athletic, Program and Tournament Directors on tournament scheduling, coaching strategies, and managing equipment inventory, etc. You will also coach teams of your own and work directly with many department heads in all land and water sports. Interns in the past have kept journals, written essays or made a video documentary about their experience.
We are looking for experienced, enthusiastic and diligent instructors for many of our activity areas. If you play the sport in school, this is a great way to stay engaged and share your passion with our campers.
Some of the sports we offer:
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Boating
- Dance
- Flag Football
- Golf
- Gymnastics
- Hockey - Roller & Street
- Lacrosse
- Fitness
- Pickleball
- Soccer
- Softball
- Swimming (Includes Lifeguard Certification Class!)
- Tennis
- Waterski
- Yoga
Daily Responsibilities:
Working at camp is not your typical job/internship. You are living and working at the same place in a community lifestyle for 8 weeks. Your primary role will be working with the campers as a counselor, living in a bunk with campers and other co-counselors. A counselor is always directly responsible for the safety of the campers they are supervising. You report directly to the Campus Leaders and together supervise the campers’ daily schedule and general life at camp.
During activity periods, Activity Specialists are at their designated area teaching groups of 15-30 campers at a time. Groups are organized by gender and age. A typical day has six 50 minute activity periods. You are responsible for instructing different levels and abilities, from beginners to experienced, working with Department Heads and Program directors to execute lesson plans. You will be directly involved with the curriculum planning, participant engagement and execution of a successful program related to your sport. Our Activity Specialists are responsible for coaching games and playing in tournaments with other camps. This is a great opportunity for developing professionals to get hands-on coaching and teaching experience with a wide variety of ages and abilities.
When you are not at your specialty, you will be with your assigned group as a general counselor. You can read more about camp life in our company profile page. Further expectations will be discussed during the interview and are reviewed in the Staff Handbook and during Staff Training onsite prior to the start of Camp.
Check out the rest of our Handshake Profile for more details and requirements for this position.
Interested? Complete our application and we will then set up a Zoom Interview.