Camp Host

Anticipated Weekly Hours are: 30-35 hrs./ week (hours may be split by a couple).

The host site associated with this position is:

Southshore, #1

Water: Yes

Sewer: Yes

Electricity: Yes

Facilities in this area are in this elevation range: 1,500’ – 2,400’

• Our hosts are a guest’s first point of contact when they arrive at a facility. They greet the public, assist them with questions, finding a site, or providing guidance about the forest and local area. A Host’s goal is to provide excellent, memorable customer service during a guest’s use of a facility.

• Prior to a guest’s arrival, the Host prepares the facility, sites, and amenities for the clean, operable, and safe use. This entails cleaning, landscaping, inspection, and maintenance of the grounds, sites, restrooms, amenities, and additional facilities. A short list of examples of hosts maintenance and landscaping duties may include painting buildings, repairing picnic tables, walking the entire length of the campgrounds assigned as part of the daily inspection, mowing, trimming, clearing brush and weeding.

• During a guest’s visit, a Host continues cleaning, landscaping, inspection, and maintenance as well as additionally collects fees, fulfills reservations, upholds rules, and sells approved items.

• When a guest leaves, the Host promptly attends to the site and makes it ready for the next guest. Additional duties and projects are assigned by managers as needs arise.

• Cleaning and maintenance duties will account for at least 50%- 75% of a host’s scheduled work hours.

TOOLS USED

Common tools used to complete a Camp Host’s duties may include

• Cleaning tools: Toilet brush, toilet plunger, scrub brush, paint brush, various cleaning products and chemicals.

• Maintenance tools: Ladders, hammers, screw drivers, levels, various wrenches and rachets, various common powered saws and hand saws. Powered drills and screw drivers are also commonly used.

• Painting and staining tools: paint brushes, paint rollers, staining brushes, masking tape, drop cloths, scrapers, various paints and varnishes, and chemical paint remover.

• Landscaping tools: Various lawn mowers (push mower, rider mower, Zero-turn mower), loppers, shears, powered edger’s, hand saws and chainsaws.

• Personal Protection Equipment will be provided. Depending on the task, these may include, non-latex cleaning gloves, leather gloves, eye and/ or face protection, ear protection, aprons, and chaps.

SKILLS / ABILITIES NEEDED TO BE A SUCCESSFUL HOST

• Customer Service and Smiling skills

• Leadership and Communication skills to effectively influence and educate guests while treating them with kindness and respect.

• Problem solving and conflict resolution skills.

• Ability to bend over, turn side to side, and kneel to clean toilets, bathrooms, and fire pits.

• Ability to safely climb and work on a ladder.

• Cash-handling and cash reconciliation skills.

• Basic Computer operation skills and experience.

• Email and electronic spreadsheet skills and experience.

• Driving skills

• Time Management skills.

Location

The Willamette National Forest is in the western half of Oregon. Within the Cascade Mountain Range, this area is south of Portland, OR and east of Salem, OR. The Detroit area is located in the northern part of the forest, just west of the majestic slopes of Mount Jefferson along the Santiam River and surrounding Detroit Lake. Hwy 22 is a good navigation reference as is runs east and west from Salem, OR and then turns north and south right before it reaches Mt Jefferson

Schedule

The employment schedule in this area is stated below. These are approximate seasonal employment dates. Weather, conditions and closures may affect this schedule as well as final job assignments. The manager will contact hosts with updates to the employment schedule.

• Anticipated Dates of Employment are: 05/15/23- 09/22/23

Assigned Facilities

• Southshore, 35 Sites, 4 Restrooms