Putnam Camp offers a limited number of full-time paid positions each summer. Applicants should complete the application materials at this link. Please send a completed application, resumé, and the names and telephone numbers of two work-related references. We will give first consideration to applicants who are available the entire season.
Responsibilities include collaboration with the manager and preparation of three course dinners six nights a week for 20-50 guests and staff. The cook will be expected to use fresh ingredients and to prepare both meat and vegetarian meals. The cook will also assist with tracking supplies and keeping the walk-in refrigerator organized. Experience is not required, though it helps. Training provided for a person with some knowledge and the right instincts! Applicants must be at least 18 years of age. Pay $600-700 per week, depending on experience, plus gratuities. Room and board provided. Summer season: late June to September 1.
Responsibilities include preparing baked goods, oatmeal, granola, fresh fruit, and eggs to order, and some items for trail lunches, as well as one weekly cookout dinner and laundry duties -- washing and folding of all Camp linens. Salary $350 a week plus room and board. Six days a week. (Laundry duties can be done in the afternoon or evening, if preferable.)
The Maintenance Assistant works on various projects throughout the summer in the upkeep of the historic property of Putnam Camp. The Maintenance Assistant’s duties include routine tasks -- carpentry, gardening, lawn mowing, cutting/chopping firewood, and painting or staining. Applicants must have a driver’s license, as the maintenance helper frequently drives the Camp pick-up truck. It is desirable for applicants to have some skills with hand tools and previous experience working with others to complete a common goal. The job has a fairly predictable schedule -- 8:30 to 4:30 -- with occasional evening responsibilities. The Maintenance Assistant works closely with one of the Managers to plan and complete projects at camp. Applicants must be at least 18 years of age.
Tasks are rotated among four people and include serving dinner, preparing cabins for guests (cleaning cabins and bathrooms, making beds), assisting in breakfast, cleaning up after meals, and cleaning public areas (the Stoop, porches and bathrooms). The Chorepeople (in rotation) will be asked to spend an hour each day helping in the kitchen -- chopping, stirring, washing vegetables, and assisting the Cooks. Choreps will also assist in the Laundry Room on a rotating basis. During slow times, everyone helps with such tasks as doing errands, weeding the gardens, and light maintenance, and the entire staff works as a team to get the work done during the busiest times. Applicants must be at least 16 years of age.