Employment Opportunities
The 2010 summer at The Colorado Mountain Ranch blends camp tradition with a proactive future. We offer ten weeks of children's programs from June 1-August 15, which includes a pre-season week of staff training. From May through September we will also be busy with construction projects, regulation compliance, updating the log Lodge and building ropes course elements. Throughout this time, we will also be attending to every detail for mountain wedding ceremonies and receptions, other mountain events and parties, group horseback rides, and facilitating Challenge groups on the ropes course and mountainboarding course. It will be a busy and diverse summer!
Our newest Programs are Frolf!, Earth!, and
Water! Focus Camps. Frolf! is Frisbee golf,
also known as Disc Golf. We have a nine-hole course, each hole
with two tees from different directions through the forest
and meadows, thus making 18 holes in all. The Earth!
program features experiences in sustainable living, such as
daily recycling, using alternative power such as wind and solar
energy systems, experimenting with small-scale agricultural
such as organic gardening and use of cold frames, construction
using renewable resources, and exploring the benefits of
various methods of transportation. New for 2010, the
Water! Focus Camp is open to ages 7-15. Our lifguards
will coach campers as they practice swim strokes, style,
strength, and safety at local Boulder swimming pools ar at
nearby lakes and streams. One day each week will be boating
Day where Campers will canoe, lake kayak and sail.7-15.
Our staff is instrumental in creating and implementing every aspect of Ranch programs, activities, construction projects, food service, facility use and maintenance. We are looking for a few high-spirited, multi-talented and skilled people to join our team and help with all aspects of the overall operations of The Ranch.
Dates and Benefits. Staff applicants must be at least 18, have a high school diploma, and be able to commit to residential work at The Ranch from June 1 to August 15, which includes the weeks of our children's programs and the staff training week. Wranglers arrive May 31, and bus driver trainees arrive May 26. The staff arrival date is non-negotiable. Applicants will be considered for times contiguous with the these dates, from May 18 through October 1, 2008. We work 6 days and 4-5 evenings each week. Salaries range from $150 to $250 per week plus room and board. There is no transportation allowance. Staff members live at The Ranch in separate male and female bunkhouse-style dormitory cabins. In addition to salary and room and board, staff receive laundry service, leadership training, future personnel references, and the opportunity to make good friends and to be a creator and contributor in a cooperative, active, outdoor mountain community serving others.
Qualities we look for in our staff include a positive
attitude, enthusiasm, upbeat personality, good judgment and
reliability. Flexibility and adaptability to changing priorities
are necessary. Our staff must be personable, highly energetic,
safety-minded, honest, sincere and willing to work hard for rewards
beyond financial gain. Staff must stay physically and mentally
active and alert. We embrace a Native American philosophy of
respect for self, others, nature and stewardship of the Earth.
Everyone helps with daily support crews, general maintenance,
construction and other work projects. Our clientele expect
confident personal presentation and a neat and clean appearance.
Be ready to commit to making you, your coworkers, and The Ranch successful in providing a rewarding mountain experience for yourself and others.
Job Descriptions
Children's Activity Instructors - Teach instructional progressions in relation to each child's ability and development in the following areas: Western Horseback Riding (Wrangler); Mountainboarding; Arts and Crafts; Archery; Swimming (Lifeguard, WSI, Lifeguard Trainer); Canoeing, Lake Kayaking, Sailing; Ropes Course (Initiatives, Team-building and Challenges); Gymnastics and Trampoline; Frisbee (Disc) Golf; Outdoor Living Skills, Nature Immersion, Camping, Hiking, Tracking, Native American Indian Lore, Sustainability, Teen Leadership.
Wranglers - Teach Western riding, bridling, saddling, horse and animal care, breeds and colors; lead instructional and trail rides and games on horses; feed and care for all animals and keep corrals, barn and tack clean and serviceable.
Children's Group Counselors - Lead and guide groups, work closely with individual children and group dynamics, and lead and assist with programs.
Office - Public and staff relations, discipline, health care, accounting, telephone and computer.
Drivers - Transport clientele in vans and busses.
Kitchen Manager and Head Chef - Serves regular well-balanced meals to staff and gourmet meals for wedding receptions. Also: plans menus, orders supplies, manages schedules and works along with other kitchen and dining room workers.
Kitchen Assistants - Help with cooking, food prep, buffet management, table setting, serving, dish and pan washing, overall set-up, clean-up and maintenance of the dining room, kitchen and food storage areas.
Maintenance - General upkeep of all systems -- mechanical, electrical, automotive, plumbing, animals and repair. Loading, hauling, landscaping, fencing, set-up and cleanup.
Construction - Carpentry, sheetrock, doors, windows, roofing, welding.
To Apply...
If you are interested in joining our great group of workers for the summer, please download and print the following:
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Staff Application Package
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Reference Form
- Complete and return the Application to us by fax or U.S. Mail.
- Contact those who are familiar with your work with children, other work abilities and character. Ask them (we need at least two references) to call us, email us, and/or download, print, complete and return the reference forms by fax or US mail.
- You will need to call us for a telephone interview and to check on the status of your application.