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Summer Program Lead Facilitator

4/7/2026

The Lead Facilitator will manage daily program activities and facilitate hands-on learning experiences across various DreamLab studios. They are responsible for maintaining group dynamics, ensuring a safe and inclusive environment, and collaborating with the broader team to deliver high-quality programs.

Salary

22 - 25 USD

Working Hours

35 hours/week

Company Size

51-200 employees

Language

English

Visa Sponsorship

About The Company

While some people still think of us as just cookies, badges, campfires, and friendship bracelets, Girl Scouts are so much more. Girl Scouts are groundbreakers, big thinkers, and role models. Girl Scouts design robots, start garage bands, and improve their communities—and yes, they sell the best cookies on the planet. When she's a Girl Scout, she’s also a G.I.R.L. (Go-getter, Innovator, Risk-taker, Leader)™. G: Go-getter – She’s bold, honest, and determined to succeed. Goal oriented and ambitious, she’s also a life-long learner who believes no challenge is too difficult! I: Innovator – Thinking outside the box is her specialty, so she’s always looking for a creative way to take action. She definitely knows how to get things done. R: Risk-taker – Courageous and strong, she’s keen to try new things and to embrace the unfamiliar. She’s ready to step up and break the mold if that’s what it takes. L: Leader – She’s confident, responsible, and committed to changing the world for the better—and she’s happiest when others join her in taking the lead! These are the traits that define girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place. This is the Girl Scout DNA. We're 2.6 million strong—1.8 million girls and 800,000 adults who believe in the power of every G.I.R.L. to change the world. We’re the preeminent leadership development organization for girls. And with programs from coast to coast and across the globe, Girl Scouts offers every girl a chance to practice a lifetime of leadership, adventure, and success.

About the Role

Description

The Girl Scout mission is to build girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place. Behind every Girl Scout and volunteer is a team of local staff ready to help them earn that next badge, embark on a camping adventure, or organize an impactful service project. We are Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey (GSNNJ) serving girls in grades K-12 in Bergen, Morris, Passaic, Sussex and northern Warren counties. We bring the Girl Scout Leadership Experience to 19,000 girls and 10,200 adult members. GSNNJ is excited for the upcoming opening of its’ very own DreamLab.

The DreamLab is designed to become a bold, imaginative hub for sisterhood — a space where ideas ignite, friendships flourish, and limitless possibilities come to life. This dynamic new experience center will offer Girl Scouts a whole new and meaningful way to explore our four pillars — STEM, Life Skills, Entrepreneurship, and Outdoors. DreamLab will provide an innovative, hands-on learning environment where girls explore STEM, creativity, and entrepreneurship through real-world experiences. Designed as a dynamic makerspace and discovery hub, DreamLab offers programs including summer camps, workshops, field trips, and badge-based learning experiences.

DreamLab Summer Programs will run from July 6 through August 21 and are structured as a series of themed, week-long studio experiences for girls in grades K–12 .

Each week, participants dive into a specific focus area while building skills, friendships, and confidence through hands-on, project-based learning. We are seeking a strong, versatile Lead Facilitator to support all DreamLab programs and ensure a high-quality experience across all program areas.

Schedule:

Partial part of June: upto 20 hours/week (training + preparation)
July 6 – August 21: Monday–Friday during program hours (approx. 30–35 hrs/week)

What You’ll Do

Lead daily program activities across multiple studios
Facilitate hands-on learning experiences across DreamLab Summer Program
Manage group dynamics and ensure a safe, inclusive environment
Support daily program flow, transitions, and participant engagement
Collaborate with facilitators and other leads. Our staff are part of a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team and may work across different programs and age groups throughout the summer.
Other duties as assigned

Requirements

Strong experience working with youth
Excellent group management skills
Flexible and team-oriented
Ability to develop and deliver fun and engaging weekly lessons plans
Ability to lead groups and facilitate hands-on learning

Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey is an Equal Opportunity Employer, drug-free workplace, and complies with ADA regulations as applicable.

Key Skills

Youth developmentGroup managementFacilitationLesson planningSTEM educationProject-based learningTeam collaborationCommunicationInclusive leadershipProgram management