Congratulations on your o er to join our Summer 2026 Top Sta team! We are grateful for the di erence you made as a Summer Sta member and hope you will continue your time at camp by stepping into this leadership opportunity. Our Top Sta compensation is highly competitive, with the potential to earn up to $6,000. Please review the details below.
JUST SO YOU KNOW...
We strongly encourage our Top Sta to work at least 3 sessions and to attend Sta Orientation, which is essential to your success in this role. The more sessions you serve, the greater ownership and impact you will have within your specific area of camp.
MANAGEMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
CARING FOR SUMMER STAFF
We’re a smaller, close-knit team — working together each day to support and encourage one another. Whether you’re serving alongside familiar faces or meeting new people who will quickly feel like family, you’ll build lasting bonds that extend far beyond the summer. As a member of Top Sta , you’ll continually be in awe of how the Lord works through the people around you.
Get to know our Directors and learn from their years of experience and wisdom! Throughout the summer, you’ll join meetings with Top Sta and Permanent Sta to gain meaningful insight into how camp operates behind the scenes.
Time o for Top Sta looks a little di erent than for Summer Sta — you’ll get the entire day o instead of just lunch to lunch! Plus, you’ll have additional opportunities to enjoy mornings or nights o throughout the summer.
Embrace this opportunity to truly live out an “It’s not about me” summer. Use this time to develop your gifts to their fullest potential and look for ways to serve others through them. In doing so, you’re living out an act of both love and obedience.
Most importantly, being a Top Sta will allow you to grow in your faith and lean fully on the Lord. You will be tested and stretched throughout the summer, yet in a way that pushes you to realize that you cannot do this life on your own. As you grow in your faith, you will get to invest in both the campers and Summer Sta in your area.
INVEST IN CAMP OZARK,
Learn to thrive in a fast-paced environment that will translate directly to your future career. The Top Sta role is better than any internship out there because you will gain hands-on experience and develop valuable leadership skills. Building a strong work ethic and learning to handle a variety of responsibilities will set you apart with future employers. The Top Sta role will challenge you — long days, many di erent responsibilities, and leading many people. As you work hard, you will be surrounded by amazing teammates and supported by a strong, experienced leadership team.
Professional Development is important and will lead to more opportunities within career fields. Add this unique opportunity to your resume and use it to help build your future!
What can I include on my resume?
Organizational Skills and Time Management - balancing many assignments, schedules & expectations simultanouesly
Cross-Training - trained in many areas of camp, leads to collaboration, knowing the ins and outs
Camper & Sta Managementoverseeing campers and sta in a program area and POD
Conflict Resolution
Professional Networking
Travel Logistics - facilitating bus travel between sessions
Flexibility and Problem Solvinglearning how adjust and make things happen when things do not go as planned
Standard of Excellence
Autonomy - taking ownership of assigned role, learning to be creative, making own decisions
INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Camp Ozark o ers a wide range of internship opportunities designed to support your professional and personal development. We are flexible and committed to aligning your internship experience with your individual interests and career goals. Whether you seek leadership experience, exposure to specific areas of camp operations, or the development of new skills, we welcome the opportunity to discuss your objectives and will do our best to tailor an internship that is both meaningful and impactful. If the need to get an internship is holding you back, LET US HELP YOU!
“As a Top sta I learned that I can do more than I thought I could even when it’s challenging. I learned that His mercies are new every morning and that serving kids and watching them try new things is the greatest blessing.”
- Georgia Brandt, Summer 2025 Top Sta
“Having the opportunity to be on the Top Sta team this past summer has been such an awesome opportunity! I truly believe it is a blessing for any person to do this job and an amazing opportunity to not only serve and bring others closer to the Lord but to also strengthen your own relationship with the Lord!” Wess Kennedy, Summer 2025 Top Sta
“Top sta taught me that the Lord uses behind the scenes ministry in awesome ways! Every detail that goes into pouring into these kids matters & seeing them impacted is something I will take with me for life!”
