Join Our Team
Grow Your Skills, Lead in Nature
At the Pine Project, we offer immersive outdoor education jobs that will inspire you, challenge you, and prepare you for your future. Pine offers staff skills and experience that create dynamic leaders in teaching, social work, early childhood education, and any field where building connections, leadership, and creativity matter.
We are committed to promoting equity, inclusion, and diversity within our workplace and greater community, and we especially encourage applications from members of equity-deserving groups, particularly people from racialized backgrounds.
Why Work With Us?
Our staff don’t just teach kids about nature — they become mentors, leaders, and lifelong learners. Working at the Pine Project means:
- ✓ Amazing workplace culture: Our classroom is the forest, the river, and the open sky. Our staff are an incredible community of learners, mentors, and connection experts. Put it together and you get an amazing place to work and grow all summer long.
- ✓ Making a meaningful impact: Help kids build strong connections, grow their confidence, and develop strength they never knew they had — all while learning alongside them.
- ✓ Gain leadership & teaching experience: Develop skills in facilitation, mentorship, and experiential education, and build real-world experience for careers in teaching, social work, youth development, or any field where creativity and leadership matter.
- ✓ Build practical skills: Learn about nature in ways that will change how you interact with the world.
Who We’re Looking For
We welcome passionate, adaptable, and curious individuals who:
- ✓ Love working with kids and helping them grow
- ✓ Are eager to learn and develop new outdoor skills
- ✓ Thrive in a team-focused, high-energy environment
- ✓ Believe in the power of nature to inspire, heal, and teach
- ✓ Want a hands-on, real-world experience that prepares them for their future
Current Job Opportunities
We offer a wide range of outdoor roles — from day camps and outdoor school to overnight camp — with occasional administrative positions that help support the Pine Project’s mission behind the scenes.
Explore the positions below and find the right fit for you!
Summer Day Camps Operations Coordinator
The Operations Coordinator is a crucial role within our summer camp team. This position is geared towards someone who loves the outdoors and enjoys working with children, but also appreciates being behind the scenes. Operations Coordinators are involved in both leading nature connection programming for campers aged 4 to 15 as well as maintaining a safe environment for campers and staff including managing equipment and driving a company vehicle. Operations Coordinators work to embody respect, gratitude, awareness, life-long learning, and resilience, in alignment with our core values.
Apply by January 23rd, 2026 to be considered for this round of applications.
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Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
View full job description here.
Summer Day Camp Counsellor
Calling all creative, caring, and curious nature lovers and educators! We're looking for Counsellors to join our 2026 Summer Day Camps team in Toronto's East and West ends. Get outside this summer and connect kids to the magic and mystery of nature. Working as part of an enthusiastic and fun-loving team, you will mentor campers, develop your own naturalist knowledge, and support a safe and welcoming space for all. This is the perfect opportunity to spend your summer outside, connecting with your local parks and making a difference for kids!
Apply by January 23rd, 2026 to be considered for this round of applications.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
View full job description here.
Summer Day Camp Inclusion Coordinator
The Pine Project is seeking Inclusion Coordinators/Counsellors for our 2026 Summer Day Camps in Toronto’s East and West ends! The Inclusion Coordinator/Counsellor works with program teams to maintain safe environments for participants who need additional support, promote health and well-being, build relationships, plan programs, apply intervention strategies, and communicate with the team in the field and office as necessary.
This position involves working outside to provide 1:1 support for kids. When 1:1 support is not required, this position will take on the responsibilities of a Counsellor. Naturalist knowledge, experience working with children with disabilities, and experience working in the outdoors are key elements of the role. Pine staff work to embody respect, gratitude, awareness, life-long learning, and resilience, in alignment with our core values.
Apply by January 23rd, 2026 to be considered for this round of applications.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
View full job description here.
Summer Camp Backcountry Instructor
The Pine Project is seeking Instructors to join our Red Wolf Overnight Wilderness Camp team. Unlike many overnight camps, Red Wolf Overnight Wilderness Camp takes place in a backcountry setting, with campers and staff living in tents, cooking over open fires, and living in harmony with the land. This is an exciting opportunity for individuals with outdoor education experience, particularly backcountry and adventure-programming experience. Working under the supervision of the Camp Manager, Red Wolf Camp Instructors are responsible for a variety of different areas of camp life including running games and activities in a backcountry setting, as well as preparing meals and supporting campers in learning how to live off the land.
Please send your application to work@pineproject.org. Applications will be assessed on a rolling basis. Please apply as soon as possible!
View full job description here.
Red Wolf Food Assistant
The Pine Project is seeking a backcountry food assistant to join our Red Wolf Overnight Wilderness Camp staff team. Reporting to the Red Wolf Food Coordinator, the Food Assistant will be responsible for providing assistance to the Food Coordinator to oversee the process of ensuring food is provided to staff and campers at Red Wolf. Unlike many overnight camps, the entirety of Red Wolf Overnight Wilderness Camp takes place in a backcountry setting, with campers and staff living in tents, cooking for themselves over open fires, and living in harmony with the land. As such, this role is critical to ensuring the success of our camp. The Food Assistant would live on site in a lodge setting for the duration of the contract. If applicants have the ability to commute back and forth, staying on site is not necessary.
Please send your application to work@pineproject.org. Applications will be assessed on a rolling basis. Please apply as soon as possible!
View full job description here.
