- Wages/Pay
- $3,500.00 - $5,500.00 / season
- Experience Level
- Some experience required
- Job Start Date
- Jun 20, 2026
This Is Not Your Average Job.
If you’re looking for a summer filled with adventure, leadership, and real impact, then this is your sign.
Camp Thunderbird is hiring a Horseback Instructor!
đź“Ť Located in Bemidji, Minnesota
Thunderbird is where traditional summer camp meets outdoor adventure. Our program builds confidence and independence in kids 8-14 through our 20+ activities. We are a “learn-to-ride” program, and we teach our campers from the ground up to build their confidence and experience.
Do you remember your first time on a horse? How did it shape your life?
This is your opportunity to provide a core experience to kids this summer. At Thunderbird, you’ll guide confidence development, transform riding skills, and nurture our campers’ love for horseback.
This could be you:
Four hours a day: work in a small staff team with three other co-instructors to coach basic and intermediate riding techniques to campers aged 8-14. Be a part of a team of four staff who care for and manage the well-being of our horses, cleaning, feeding, grooming, and riding each day. In the evenings, help out with fun, silly, memory-building programs. Be a part of our community built on 80 years of camp life. Our 100+ staff team is dedicated and connected from day one.
Our instructors are more than just instructors; they’re family.
So, why Thunderbird?
Leadership experiences.
Work outside every day – in the stunning Northwoods of Minnesota.
Develop your teaching, training, and management skills.
Join a tight-knit and well-connected staff team. Gain friends for life.
Access to 80 years of our extensive Alumni network database.
Internship opportunities.
Develop the next chapter for campers who have grown up in our community. They’re ready for more responsibility, challenge, and leadership. Our Horseback program teaches patience, compassion, and dedication. Give the gift of horseback this summer and apply now.
Dates: May 25th- August 7th APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED ON A ROLLING BASIS. OPEN POSITION AVAILABLE!
Apply now: https://www.camptbird.com/staff/apply
Contact Info
- Camp Thunderbird for Girls
- fun@camptbird.com
- (314) 647-3168
- www.camptbird.com
Camp Thunderbird for Girls
Join Camp Thunderbird, where you’ll inspire campers to have fun, tackle challenges, embrace the outdoors, and gain skills from 30+ activities offered daily. While rooted in tradition, we give staff chances to grow—traveling the U.S. and Canada, backpacking, exploring, and building a lifelong community to call home.
- Location
- Minnesota
- Season
- Summer
- Staff size
- 175
- Housing
- Whether included in the compensation package or provided at a cost, housing is provided for staff.
- Housing details
- Trip Leaders live in cabins with 6-10 campers, but enjoy a separate living space. All of our cabins have electricity and their own bathroom. Three shower houses are located across camp. Staff without cabin responsibilities live in communal buildings in either individual or shared rooms, bathrooms and showers. Internet is available in designated areas and phone reception is readily available.
- Family housing available
- Yes
- Single occupancy housing available
- Yes
- Pet friendly
- No
- Meals
- Provided
- Cell phone service
- Yes, most carriers
- Internet access
- Good
