Job Description
Discover Lake Heron Retreat, a small Christian campground. Enjoy beautiful scenery, abundant wildlife, and great fishing and boating on a quiet 10 acre lake.
Lake Heron Retreat is seeking a friendly, reliable couple to help maintain our small campground and welcome guests. We are a private Christian campground located on a 10 acre lake in PA. We will consider commitments for the full 6-month season, or for 3 months. We seek volunteer single/couple to be campground hosts, ***providing your own on-site RV/camper***.
Compensation – FHU RV campsite. Wooded site, water, sewer, 30 & 50 amp electric (up to $150/mo electric use waived), trash, (no cable or wi-fi),
With your resume, please include a photo of camper/motorhome, and the following details: type (RV/trailer/fifth-wheel), make/model/year, length, and #pullouts.
Pets are welcome, on a leash when outdoors.
Responsibilities
Job Duties include cleaning bathrooms, privies, cabins, grounds keeping, enforcing rules, bundling firewood, filling firewood boxes, and reading electric & water meters. More details below.
- Adhere to Lake Heron Conservancy mission and Christian standards and represent the nonprofit in your actions and through spoken and written words.
- Inspect and clean campsites after guest departure (tidy/inspect cabins, picnic tables, fire rings, remove litter, etc.)
- Guest check-in at their campsites
- Enforce campground rules, as needed
- Clean bathrooms and privies, restock toilet paper, soap, etc.
- Clean and store boats after guest departure
- Note needed repairs/maintenance during other activities
- Help campers if they have a problem
- Trail maintenance
- Plan and implement seasonal volunteer work days
- Cooperate/coordinate with other campground hosts
- If skills and/or physical ability allow: a) Mowing, b) minor repairs (plumbing, carpentry, painting), c) operate wood splitter, d) bundle firewood, e) distribute firewood bundles to storage lockers at each camping area
Schedule
Work schedule is approximately 3-4 hours per day, 4-5 days per week, primarily Thursday-Sunday with weekends and holidays being a requirement.
Volunteer position is seasonal, late-April through the end of October. Three-month options run approximately Apr 26 to Jul 31, and Jul 26 to Nov 3, which provides overlap for training/orientation.
The campground is busiest on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Anticipated on-site weekly schedule totals about 15-20 hours:
- Friday – available ~10a – 7p (prep all sites for Fri 2p arrivals, and greet guests)
- Saturday – 2 hrs, flexible time
- Sunday – 2 hrs, ~1p – 3:30p (prep all sites after 1p checkouts)
- Tuesday to Thursday – 2-6 hrs total, flexible time
Learn more at https://lakeheron.com and https://lakeheron.com/conservancy