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Retreat Facilitator

Job Title: Retreat Facilitator

Join Our Team in the Heart of the Texas Hill Country
If you’re passionate about people, thrive in a Christ-centered community, and love the idea of working where adventure is part of everyday life, Camp Eagle could be your next great calling. As a Retreat Facilitator, you’ll be at the center of caring for staff, building a healthy workplace culture, and supporting a mission that changes lives through Outdoor Adventure, Authentic Relationships, and Biblical Truth. This isn’t just a job—it’s a chance to live, work, and serve in a place where your work has eternal impact.

About Us
Camp Eagle started in 1999. We are located in a truly wild and beautiful place in the hill country of Texas. Camp is blessed to steward 1,400 acres along the headwaters of the spring-fed Nueces River and is filled with limestone cliffs, woods, trails, and wildlife.

We are all about our Mission. We exist to:
Inspire Christ-like change through Outdoor Adventure, Authentic Relationships, and Biblical Truth.

Our Playbook and everything we do is built around this. It is woven into the daily fabric of our work here.
We operate year-round with multiple summer and retreat-season programs at our 1,000-bed facility.

Who We Are
Our remote location deepens our community. With roughly 100 people living on-site, co-workers become neighbors, and neighbors become friends. This is a missional community, and togetherness is very important to us. Our community is special, and it is a big part of why many of our staff serve here.

This also strengthens our culture, which is evident throughout this ministry and our community. A few things about our culture stand out.
We highly value a vibrant relationship with Christ and serving people out of the strength of that relationship. We’re not just a ministry; we love Jesus.
We know who we are, and we do our best to talk about that often to stay on the same page with the big picture.
Dreaming is in our DNA. We don’t pretend to know everything, so we often spend time dreaming up new solutions and opportunities. This is often true in individual jobs as well. If you love the freedom to find solutions and create opportunities, you’ll love that part of your job.
We tend to value mindset over skill set. If you enjoy collaborating and problem-solving together, you’ll fit right in.
Adventure gets us excited. Many of our staff always have the next adventure in the works or are ready to join one. Whether that’s camping, mountain biking, climbing, kayaking, hiking, exploring caves, fishing, traveling, or trying a new board game - most staff are down to join an adventure you’re cooking up.

What It’s Like To Work Here

On Our Best Days
We brainstorm. We’re coming up with new ideas, solving problems, and planning together.
We serve alongside each other. Often, we are dropping our normal jobs to do something different: pitching in to help each other. Those are the breaks between our normal work that bring us together.
We play together. We’re sharing a good meal, playing board games in the evenings, celebrating something, playing at the river, or camping at Big Bend.
We reconnect to why we are here. Whether we are jumping in on a summer staff training or helping with some programming, we have that touchstone to why we do this. We solve problems through the lens of our mission statement and playbook. We enjoy hearing about a ministry moment for how someone was inspired towards Christ-like change through camp.

On Our Not-So-Best Days
We get caught up in the “tyranny of the urgent”, especially during busy seasons. We self-inflict this by our desire to dream up new things to serve our guests. Sometimes this affects some staff more than others, which can be frustrating.
We can become siloed during a busy season.
We struggle for reconciliation. There’s a lot of beauty in a community that lives and works nearby, but it magnifies the need for healthy reconciliation.

JOB POSTING
The Retreat Facilitator is a frontline role, directly engaging with guests and representing Camp Eagle’s mission and purpose. As a Facilitator, you will serve as the face, hands, and feet of our ministry, ensuring that groups experience excellent hospitality, meaningful programming, and genuine connection.
This unique role works closely with a team of other Retreat Facilitators, as well as the Director of Retreats, a team of Retreat Hosts, and support staff, to provide an exceptional experience for guests. Groups primarily consist of youth from churches and schools, and facilitators play a vital role in making their time at camp impactful, safe, and memorable.

JOB DESCRIPTION
Title: Human Resource Coordinator
Department: Administration
Reports To: Director of Administration
Consults with: Programs and Operations Directors and their staff. Will collaborate with staff from Shared Services.

Overall Responsibility:
Retreat Facilitators live out Camp Eagle’s mission through direct interaction with guests. They are the face, hands, and feet of Camp Eagle and God’s purpose here. This unique position allows Retreat Facilitators to work together with Camp Eagle staff to fill a vital role. This is a service role. Facilitators do whatever is necessary to serve guests well, as instructed by the Director of Retreats and Retreat Hosts. You will be both evaluated and encouraged regularly. Your primary hiring is to serve at Camp Eagle as needed and to point guests and fellow staff to Christ as you do so. Facilitators are a highly valued part of the camp community. We want to hire and retain servant-hearted leaders who also know how to follow the many directions they will be given.

Key Areas of Responsibility (after training):
Provide Christ-centered hospitality, building relationships with guests and ensuring their needs are met.
Prepare, lead, facilitate, and participate in camp activities such as team-building, outdoor education sessions, outdoor adventure, and recreational programming for various groups.
Building relationships with guests and getting to know them.
Support Retreat Directors and Hosts by executing schedules, set-up, and group logistics. Running adventure activities, both high and low elements, and ensuring guest safety.
Assist in teaching, guiding, and mentoring youth through activities, discussions, and daily interactions.
Helping with projects, such as constructing program elements and manicuring grounds, or maintaining trails.
Help with basic operational tasks such as equipment prep, clean-up, retail, and facility readiness.
Embody and model servant leadership in all areas of guest interaction and staff teamwork.
Hosting groups as needed.

Other responsibilities may include:
A personal relationship with Jesus Christ and a passion for sharing His love through service.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage youth and adults.
Willingness to work in a physically active, outdoor environment.
Flexibility to serve in a variety of roles and complete tasks as needed.
Experience in camp ministry, outdoor adventure, youth leadership, or hospitality preferred (but not required).
Opportunities to work with other departments, according to skill set
Basic administrative tasks (scanning, cash counts, email/phone communications)

Qualifications and Expectations:
Must submit a current resumé that includes 3 references from an employer, a ministry
a leader who knows you well, and an adult friend. References may only come from non-family members.
Ideally, at least 21 years old to apply; have finished college, or have completed the Walkabout program at Camp Eagle.
Exceptions for those who show signs of deep maturity will be granted, but will be limited.
Excited by meeting and getting to know new people frequently.
Strong sense of hospitality and service.
Willingness to be held accountable to spiritual growth and be mentored (i.e., to have
freedom within the accountability of a loving community).
Ability to create energy in a group setting.
Ability to create a portion of a schedule for a group.
Strong sense of community and ability to get along with many staff within a small
Community.
Teachability and a learner attitude.
Strength in controlling emotions when tired or frustrated and continuing to be hospitable, smile, and treat guests with kindness.
Easily communicates with guests and group leaders in a professional manner
Work well with and relate to youth.
Applicants may reapply for a second year as a Retreat Facilitator, but will not be
considered for more than two seasons.

Benefits:
On-site housing, basic utilities, landline, and WiFi – provided in the staff housing area
Health Plan Option
401(k) retirement package after one year
Annual salary – received every other Friday
Meals – provided when working with a group
Paid vacation time
Training – CPR; Lifeguard training; group development; ServSafe; Camp Eagle ropes course training; ongoing required training specific to Camp Eagle retreats.

Other Duties of ALL Camp Eagle Staff:
Camp Eagle operates year-round. We have guests on the premises almost every day of the year. Serving guests is our number one priority, and therefore, ALL staff must participate in guest service in some capacity. Tasks may include cooking, cleaning, facilitating group activities, running retail locations, general maintenance of camp property, and work projects as needed. There are often groups here on weekends, and all staff members will be required to work most weekends as needed.

Work Context:
This job will be performed primarily on location at the Camp Eagle office.

Travel:
Working off-site will happen infrequently during marketing or training trips.
Physical Demands:
Ability to sit and stand for hours on end.
Ability to work on a laptop for hours on end.
Ability to drive around the camp property in a camp vehicle.
Ability to get around camp and perform job duties without the use of a camp vehicle.
Ability to infrequently work at height while checking up on staff on the high ropes activities.
Occasionally lift heavy objects with help from others.

Work Environment:
Will consistently work indoors and outdoors in all weather conditions due to the dual nature of this being an office job about half the time and an on-site physical job the other half.

Compensation:
Salary pay, on-site housing, Health Plan, 401(k) retirement package after one year of full-time status, and paid vacation time according to the time-off policy. Also, basic utilities and FMLA benefits, temporary guest housing, and periodic camp meals.

Disclaimer:
This Job Description is not intended to be complete. It is only intended to give a good idea of what this job will be like.

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Time:  Full-Time Seasonal
Salary:  Paid
Category:  Programming

Updated: 9/1/2025 7:04:42 PM