Job Description
Videographer
31st January 2017
Ages: 19+
Camp Suisse is looking for a creative and talented Videographer to join our seasonal team in the heart of the Swiss Alps. This is a fantastic opportunity to apply your storytelling skills to a vibrant, high-energy environment filled with unforgettable moments. Your role will be to capture the spirit and emotion of camp life through engaging, high-quality video content, from short social media clips to full-length promotional videos.
If you’re artistic, adaptable, and thrive in dynamic environments, this role offers a chance to create impactful work while enjoying the atmosphere of an international youth camp.
Location: The role is predominantly based at our main camp in Les Crosets, a stunning but remote mountain village in the Swiss Alps. Surrounded by breathtaking alpine scenery, Les Crosets offers the perfect environment for us to operate our camp, but has minimal local facilities in the summer. We also run camps in alternative locations, so you may be required to relocate for short periods to deliver your role elsewhere throughout the season.
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Group Leader
18th May 2015
Ages: 19+
The Group Leader is at the heart of every camper’s experience at Camp Suisse, whether during our school camps or our international summer camps. We’re looking for enthusiastic, fun, and hardworking individuals with a genuine desire to give each camper an unforgettable summer in the stunning Swiss Alps. As a Group Leader, you will bring a specialism to your role; either outdoor education (for both school and international camps) or languages (French, Spanish, English, or German, for the international camp only). Your role is to lead, inspire, and care for your campers, delivering safe, professional, and engaging activities while ensuring their well-being, safety, and enjoyment throughout their stay.
Location: The role is predominantly based at our main camp in Les Crosets, a stunning but remote mountain village in the Swiss Alps. Surrounded by breathtaking alpine scenery, Les Crosets offers the perfect environment for us to operate our camp, but has minimal local facilities in the summer. We also run camps in alternative locations, so you may be required to relocate for short periods to deliver your role elsewhere throughout the season.
Key Duties
1. Communication & Camper Support
- Act as the main point of contact for your campers, answering questions, providing reassurance, and escalating concerns where necessary (“if in doubt, check it out”).
- Attend daily morning and evening staff meetings with the Middle Management Team (MMT – Group Leader Manager, Program Manager, and Colour Group Supervisors) to review plans, give feedback, and discuss camper progress.
- Provide clear daily briefings to your campers so they’re prepared for each activity, excursion, and event.
- Communicate promptly with management regarding any concerns about camper safety, health, happiness, or the safety of an activity.
- Serve as a point of contact for parents and teachers regarding any camper in your care.
- Complete weekly self-appraisals of your performance and contribution to camp life.
- Offer feedback on the success and popularity of the activities and the campers’ enjoyment of different events.
2. Group Leadership & Activity Delivery
You’ll be responsible for a group of campers (6–12 depending on age) for the duration of their stay, mentoring, leading, and supporting them through every aspect of camp life. This includes:
- Leading your group with enthusiasm during meals, activities, and excursions.
- Delivering safe, professional, and great fun adventure, sport, and activity sessions in line with Camp Suisse plans and operational procedures.
- Delivering the Camp Suisse Ed-Venture Award to school groups.
- Leading excursions outside camp, ensuring safety, engagement, and enjoyment.
- Teaching progressive and engaging language lessons or outdoor education sessions (including bush craft, survival skills, and navigation) depending on your specialism.
- Designing and running ad hoc activity sessions tailored to age, ability, weather, and group needs, sometimes at short notice.
- Using effective group management techniques (e.g., buddy systems) to remain fully accountable for your campers at all times.
- Accurately reporting daily on each camper’s well-being and safety using company systems (e.g., Monday.com).
3. Participation & Teamwork
- Fully participate in pre-camp online training, on site staff induction and ongoing training.
- Support and take part in special camp events such as arrivals, departures, Olympics, and Prom.
- Assist with and support other activity sessions as required.
- Take responsibility for the proper use and return of all equipment.
- Help maintain the cleanliness of camp and its surroundings.
- Be an active, supportive, and positive member of the team, ready to help others and contribute to a friendly, inclusive atmosphere.
Personal requirements / characteristics:
It is vital you have a genuine passion for working with children and young adults. The ability to build a good rapport with campers is important. With such an amazing opportunity to work in the outdoors you should be excited by the prospect of a summer in the alps. With the outstanding range of activities on offer this will not be hard. The work is both extremely good fun and very rewarding. This is a very demanding role and therefore it is helpful if you thrive in a busy environment and enjoy the unique team environment a seasonal job offers. Above all you should be a team player who is kind, caring, and great fun! You should have an open mind and be tolerant of all cultures, races and languages. It is helpful if you have experience working with children, first aid training, coaching or teaching qualifications or experience, and are keen on sports and the outdoors.
Remuneration:
• Accommodation
• Three meals per day
• Entrance / admissions / equipment relating to all activities in which you participate
• Competitive salary
• Full in-house training
• Accident insurance
Language Teachers
Ages: 19+
Camp Suisse is looking for inspirational and passionate language teachers to join our international team in the stunning Swiss Alps this summer. We are currently recruiting teachers of English, French, Spanish, and German to deliver fun, interactive, and meaningful language classes to our campers. As a Language Teacher, you’ll be responsible for delivering the Camp Suisse language programme in a way that sparks enthusiasm, builds confidence, and supports real progress, as well as being involved in the wider camp experience through afternoon and evening activities.
If you’re an engaging, professional teacher who loves working with young people and brings energy both inside and outside the classroom, this could be the perfect summer adventure for you.
Location: The role is predominantly based at our main camp in Les Crosets, a stunning but remote mountain village in the Swiss Alps. Surrounded by breathtaking alpine scenery, Les Crosets offers the perfect environment for us to operate our camp, but has minimal local facilities in the summer. We also run camps in alternative locations, so you may be required to relocate for short periods to deliver your role elsewhere throughout the season.
Photographer
Ages: 19+
Camp Suisse is seeking a talented and creative Photographer to join our team for the season in the stunning Swiss Alps. This is a unique opportunity for a passionate visual storyteller to document the Camp Suisse experience and bring our programme to life through high-quality imagery. You’ll be responsible for capturing the spirit, energy, and emotion of camp life ,not just documenting events, but showcasing what makes Camp Suisse special.
This role is ideal for someone who is artistic, professional, and a great communicator, able to blend in with the flow of camp while capturing unforgettable moments with both discretion and creativity.
Location: The role is predominantly based at our main camp in Les Crosets, a stunning but remote mountain village in the Swiss Alps. Surrounded by breathtaking alpine scenery, Les Crosets offers the perfect environment for us to operate our camp, but has minimal local facilities in the summer. We also run camps in alternative locations, so you may be required to relocate for short periods to deliver your role elsewhere throughout the season.
Camp Manager
Ages: 25+
At the heart of every camper’s experience is the dedicated team that supports their wellbeing, comfort, and happiness. The Camp Manager plays a vital leadership role in ensuring the smooth and safe running of our residential camps in the beautiful Swiss Alps. We are looking for a confident, friendly, fun, and easy-going individual with a genuine interest in working with children and young people. You must be an experienced manager, a natural communicator, and a reliable problem-solver who thrives in a fast-paced, demanding environment. If you’re someone who brings out the best in others, we want to hear from you.
Location: The role is predominantly based at our main camp in Les Crosets, a stunning but remote mountain village in the Swiss Alps. Surrounded by breathtaking alpine scenery, Les Crosets offers the perfect environment for us to operate our camp, but has minimal local facilities in the summer. We also run camps in alternative locations, so you may be required to relocate for short periods to deliver your role elsewhere throughout the season.
Head Chef
Ages: 21+
An experienced chef required to head up the kitchen team at our lively kids’ summer camp. Camp Suisse is looking for a friendly, well-motivated, talented and experienced individual. You must be familiar with the kitchen environment and capable of working with a range of individuals. Camp life is busy with up to 200 mouths to feed, three times a day, therefore you must be able to work in a fast paced environment.
Catering Assistants / Kitchen Porters
Ages: 19+
Camp Suisse is looking for friendly, well-motivated individuals who enjoy working in a professional kitchen environment. As a Catering Assistant / Kitchen Porter, you’ll play an essential role in supporting the daily operations of a busy camp kitchen, ensuring cleanliness, efficiency, and a high standard of food service.
With a variety of responsibilities and a fast-paced environment, this role is perfect for individuals who are organised, proactive, and enjoy being part of a hardworking and friendly team. You will assist the kitchen team in delivering fresh, nutritious meals and keeping the kitchen running smoothly for both campers and staff.
Location: The role is predominantly based at our main camp in Les Crosets, a stunning but remote mountain village in the Swiss Alps. Surrounded by breathtaking alpine scenery, Les Crosets offers the perfect environment for us to operate our camp, but has minimal local facilities in the summer. We also run camps in alternative locations, so you may be required to relocate for short periods to deliver your role elsewhere throughout the season. (more…)
House Parent
Ages: 19+
We are looking for trustworthy, reliable individuals to look after the general well-being of our campers during non-program hours. You should be responsible, professional and organised with a positive attitude to work and a genuine interest in children and young people. The aim at Camp Suisse is to provide round the clock care to campers; the House Parent Team enable this to continue outside the hours of timetabled activities. The House Parent Team looks after dietary, hygiene medical and other pastoral issues as well as having responsibility for the safe management of the accommodation buildings. Above all, you should be a team player who is kind, caring, and easy going!
Activity Instructor (Mountain Bike Specialist)
Ages: 20+
Camp Suisse is looking for a good all-rounder to take care of its fleet of mountain bikes and to deliver outdoor activity sessions (including but not limited to mountain biking sessions) in support of its busy summer camp operations from May to August. We are looking for a capable, adaptable and presentable individual who is happy to join our busy international staff team.
Location: The role is predominantly based at our main camp in Les Crosets, a stunning but remote mountain village in the Swiss Alps. Surrounded by breathtaking alpine scenery, Les Crosets offers the perfect environment for us to operate our camp, but has minimal local facilities in the summer. We also run camps in alternative locations, so you may be required to relocate for short periods to deliver your role elsewhere throughout the season.
Key Duties:
- Maintenance, repair and servicing of mountain bikes
- Checks and repairs to equipment, facilities, activities equipment and safety kit
- Delivering mountain biking sessions, primarily skills and drills sessions on non-technical terrain
- Designing and delivering other outdoor activity sessions in an age-appropriate manner in line with the company’s activity framework
- Leading groups of kids in the outdoors
- Training and assisting other staff with outdoor education sessions
- Regular driving duties in line with program requirements
Points to note:
First Aid and outdoor industry qualifications are advantageous but not essential, e.g. CTC Mountain Biking. It is important that you are an effective team player alongside other camp staff and can represent the company in a professional manner. This role would suit a bike mechanic or someone with a specific interest in cycling or mountain biking. All of our biking sessions are for kids from low- to intermediate- ability level and on non-technical terrain. French language skills and driving license useful but not essential.
Remuneration:
- Accommodation
- Three meals per day
- Entrance / admissions / equipment relating to all activities in which you participate
- Competitive salary
- Full in-house training
- Accident Insurance
Chefs de Partie
Ages: 19+
Feeding up to 200 people three times a day in a busy, fast-paced camp environment requires a talented, adaptable, and passionate team of chefs. At Camp Suisse, we are looking for friendly, well-motivated chefs who take pride in producing simple, fresh food to a consistently high standard. You will work as part of a small, supportive kitchen team, led by the Head Chef, to deliver quality meals for children, young people, and staff in the beautiful Swiss Alps.
This role is ideal for experienced chefs who thrive in a dynamic kitchen, enjoy working with others, and can manage their own station with confidence and efficiency.
Location: The role is predominantly based at our main camp in Les Crosets, a stunning but remote mountain village in the Swiss Alps. Surrounded by breathtaking alpine scenery, Les Crosets offers the perfect environment for us to operate our camp, but has minimal local facilities in the summer. We also run camps in alternative locations, so you may be required to relocate for short periods to deliver your role elsewhere throughout the season.
