Spy Camp Training Assistant

Recruitment for 2025 has been completed, please check back in January to apply for Summer 2026.

Training Assistants (TAs) join the Museum’s Spy Camp staff for the coolest day camp experience in town! TAs work side-by-side with Spy Camp Training Officers (aka counselors) in leading recruits (campers ages 9-12) through a variety of exciting outdoor and indoor missions around the streets of DC.

Training Assistants will earn 80 volunteer hours. 

Responsibilities

• Assist Spy Camp counselors by engaging with a group of 8 recruits (aka campers) as they participate in workshops, mini-lectures, and missions both inside and outside the Museum building.
• Prepare workshop materials, assist with clean up, and assist camp counselors as needed throughout the program to ensure camp runs smoothly.
• Assist with morning and afternoon carpool line and camper check in and check out.

Requirements

• High energy, excellent verbal skills, and a flair for the dramatic.
• Enjoy working with children.
• Responsible and autonomous – arrive to Spy Camp on time each day and stay focused on volunteer duties.
• Must attend an onsite training July 10, 2025, 4:00-8:00 PM at the Museum.
• Must attend both weeks of camp (July 14-18 and July 21-25) from 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM each day.

If you have any questions, please email Youth Education Manager Jamie Panzarella at spycamp@spymuseum.org.