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Campground Host

Website Bureau of Land Management

Job category:
Maintenance
Office
Compensation: RV Site Only
Hookups: Full (FHU)
Wi-Fi: Unknown
Pets OK?: Unknown

Job Description

DESCRIPTION

We are looking for friendly, customer-service focused campground hosts for Log Gulch Campground, located on picturesque Holter Lake near Wolf Creek, MT, between Helena and Great Falls. Log Gulch is an expanded amenity campground that includes large campsites, a boat ramp, a swimming beach, a group shelter and camping area, a fish cleaning station, and a dock system. The campground is open from May 1 to October 12, annually. Our busy season runs from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. The 72 overnight campsites are usually full during our busy season. The large, day use boat launch parking lot and swimming beach are also very popular. We use Recreation.gov to manage reservations at the campground.

What you need to know:

  • We ask that you commit to being with us from the beginning of May through the end of September.
  • You will work about four days per week.
  • The number of hours worked daily varies, but averages about 6 hours.
  • Your schedule would require that you work evenings, weekends, and holidays.
  • You must complete and pass a Federal Background Investigation with fingerprints.
  • You would serve as a friendly, professional, reliable, fair, and knowledgeable representative of the BLM and our campground.

The BLM will reimburse each volunteer $30 for each full day duty shift worked.

DUTIES

Campground Host duties include:

  • Ensuring that visitors are paying required fees
  • Educating visitors about campground regulations
  • Cleaning and stocking bathrooms
  • Cleaning fire pits, maintaining a fish cleaning station, and conducting litter patrols
  • Ensuring that the campground environment is safe and free of hazards
  • Providing assistance in the security and maintenance of BLM facilities, equipment, and tools.
QUALIFICATIONS

Volunteers must be able to perform light cleaning duties and operate a golf cart or walk about one mile each day. Volunteers must be friendly, patient, and be able to communicate effectively with visitors.

SKILLS
  • Boat Operation
  • Carpentry
  • Clerical/Office Machines
  • General Assistance
  • Hand Power Tools
  • Visitor Information
  • Working with People
WORK ENVIRONMENT

You will be working onsite at Log Gulch Campground on Holter Lake. You will have a pad to park your RV that includes full hook-ups. There are 2 paved volunteer camp pads, so we will have at least 2 separate volunteers allowing everyone to enjoy their days on and off.

JOB HAZARDS
  • Slip, trip, and fall hazards
BACKGROUND/REFERENCE CHECK REQUIRED
  • Yes

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