Field Staff

At Overland, we run hiking, backpacking, service, and language trips for students in 4th-12th grades. Our goal for all trips is the same, we want students to get outside, step out of their comfort zones, and learn about the beauty and promise of the world beyond themselves. We hire students finishing their first year of college to join our Field Staff. This is a dynamic role with a varying daily schedule that could include assisting with trips and in the office, organizing gear, shuttling groups in 15-passenger vans, meeting groups in the field, and filling in wherever necessary. Field Staff members live together in a house in Williamstown, MA during the summer, for a tight-knit community through shared tasks and meals, and have no living expenses during the summer. Members of Field Staff typically lead one or more weeks of a New England based introductory trip. Field Staffers are adaptable, good at problem solving, and enthusiastic team players. They get hands on experience with what it’s like to be a trip leader at Overland, and often times work as a trip leader the summer after sophomore year.