Employment | Touch of Nature Outdoor Education Center | SIU

Employment at Touch of Nature

Touch of Nature Outdoor Education Center actively nurtures engagement and involvement, and promotes diversity and inclusiveness. If this sounds like you, join our team. We have opportunities for student employment listed here, and you can visit SIU Carbondale Jobs to see our full-time opportunities.

Student Employment Opportunities

Are you interested in joining the Touch of Nature team? Whether you are looking for an on-campus job or a graduate assistantship, Touch of Nature has a wide variety of experiences that are bound to meet your needs and help you achieve your goals. This is a place to learn and develop professional skills, meet new people, build your resume, and grow as a student within a positive, friendly, and supportive environment.

To apply, please submit the following materials via postal mail or email to ton@siu.edu.

• Student Employment Application
  
• Detailed student schedule from Salukinet
• Resume
• 3 professional references
• List of any relevant current certifications (CPR/AED, First Aid, etc).

You'll experience working with a diverse range of faculty, staff, and students who contribute to the climate of inclusivity. If you have experience with diverse communities, we encourage you to emphasize that in your cover letter.

Summer Employment Opportunities

Touch of Nature offers exciting and fun opportunities to work as camp counselors for our summer Edventure Camps and Camp Little Giant. These position includes staff housing on site, meals when programs are offered, and a monthly stipend.  Additionally, all trainings will be free of charge including Leave No Trace, Challenge Course, Rock Climbing, Facilitation, and Environmental Education. Additionally, we are seeking a Kitchen Assistant to help our culinary team provide quality meals to the campers of Camp Little Giant and EDventure Camps.

Kitchen Assistant: To assist the Food Service Manager and Cook in preparing and serving nutritious meals and in maintaining the cleanliness and sanitation of the kitchen and dishwashing area. For a full position description, click here.

Camp Little Giant: Camp Little Giant is an overnight camp where camp counselors are the primary caregivers for each camper.  The Counselor is responsible for planning, teaching, coordinating, and carrying out activities and guiding campers in their personal growth and daily living skills. For a full position description, click here.

EDventure Camps: EDventure Camp counselors supervise campers and ensures their safety, development, growth, skill achievement, and general well-being throughout the day. Camp counselors maintain a schedule for camp participants. Counselors facilitate and create lesson plans for daily activities. They organize and lead various small and large group activities. For a full position description, click here.

To apply, please submit your application via the forms below:

Kitchen Assistant Application

Camp Little Giant Application

EDventure Camps Application

Full-Time and Seasonal Employment

Touch of Nature offers short-term, seasonal employment from approximately April until October through Extra Help. Please visit SIU Carbondale Jobs for full-time employment opportunities at Touch of Nature.

• You'll experience working with a diverse range of faculty, staff and students who contribute to the climate of inclusivity. If you have experience with diverse communities, we encourage you to emphasize that in your cover letter.
• SIU Carbondale, member of the SIU System, is an anti-racist community that opposes racism, discrimination and inequity in any form, and embraces diversity, inclusion, equity, and justice for all people.