Company Overview

American Village camps were created for French youth in 1994. Our English-immersion camps create a positive environment where it is fun, natural & necessary to use English. The majority of our camps are American-themed. We have some British-themed camps as well.

We hire North American, British, and French counselors for periods of 4 to 8 weeks between the months of February & October at a variety of locations across France. American Village Camps are owned and managed by Nacel France, and belong to the Go&Live corporate group. The Go&Live group promotes learning in France through active participation, cultural exchange and linguistic immersion.

The Camps

Our villages are scattered across France, in rural countryside areas, from Normandy to the Côte d’Azur.

Counselors work in small teams of anywhere from 6 to 15 adults. There is always one village director who manages the team, lives on site, and is bilingual French/English. Counselors live at camp, in shared housing with other counselors. The composition of the counselor team depends on the season; in the spring there are only anglophone counselors. In the summer 1/3 of the team is French, the rest are anglophones. Our teams can be quite multi-cultural and friendships are easily made in a camp setting.

The work environment is collaborative, creative, organised, and multi-cultural!

It is important that all applicants take into consideration :

-       That teamwork skills are of utmost importance for this job

-       The absolute necessity of having communication skills when working in a multi-cultural work environment.

-       That we promote cultural understanding and collaboration, not American dominance.

-       The rigorous residential camp schedule, where we are responsible for campers all day long!

-       Helping children learn and grow is a rewarding employment experience and also, a lot of fun!

You can learn more about our teams on our recruitment American Village website.