Volunteer
Job Description
FROM: https://www.volunteer.gov/s/volunteer-opportunity/a093d000000kdZUAAY/campground-hostjedadiah-smith-campgroundredwood-national-and-state-parks
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ADDRESS: Redwood National and State Parks; 1111 Second Street; Crescent City, California 95531
DEPT: National Park Service
DATES: 4/1/2023 – 9/30/2023
DESCRIPTION:
Campground hosts are needed from early April, ideally spending at least 6 consecutive months volunteering in the park with a minimum of 3 consecutive months. 32+ hours of service time per week. Duties include visitor and fee collection services, maintaining a safe environment for both coworkers and visitors, and some light maintenance. RV/trailer site is provided includes water, electricity, and sewer. Please no RVs longer than 25 feet and trailers longer than 21 feet.
Redwood National and State Parks is seeking enthusiastic volunteer campground hosts for Summer 2023. Campground hosts perform a variety of duties including light maintenance, selling firewood, reporting safety concerns, and providing park information to visitors. Camp hosts are needed starting on April 1, 2023 and will work 32+ hours/week, with days off to explore. It is required for camp hosts to have their own RV or trailer to qualify for this position.
Visitor and Fee Collection Services
1. At the beginning of the workday, camp hosts collect self-registration/fee envelopes from the ‘iron ranger’, which is used by campers who arrived the night before after the fee booth was closed for the evening. They then travel through the campground checking for occupied campsites that may not have registered and paid the previous evening. They report these sites to kiosk employees.
2. Remove and collect expired laminated reservation cards from site marker posts and return them to the fee kiosk.
3. Walk through the campground greeting and assisting visitors, answering questions and explaining regulations, which apply to them. Help visitors in understanding how to store food and other odorous items, and what they should do if encountering wildlife, including bears.
4. Be familiar with park recreational opportunities, interpretive ranger programs, scenic drives, local points of interest and the location of services that might be requested by campers such as towing, groceries, tourist attractions, and local events.
5. Sell firewood and fire starters.
6. Secure found items, document lost or found items.
7. Offer public assistance in the use of self-registration system, if requested.
Safety and Park Regulations
1. Report emergencies via park radio immediately to dispatch/law enforcement.
2. Notify kiosk and/or law enforcement ranger of possible park violations.
3. Be observant for activities within the campground requiring immediate attention – ranging from a tree-limb needing to be trimmed, bees, stopped-up toilets, or problem campers.
4. Inform rangers of any type of wildlife incidents.
Schedule and Campground Coverage
1. Host is expected to work most weekends and all holidays during their term. However, the supervisor will work with you to accommodate your needs, as possible, for variances in schedule.
2. Camp hosts are to be available for regular duty in mornings or evenings, depending on need.
3. Camp hosts are expected to help respond to campground emergencies by communicating them to park dispatch or law enforcement.
Maintenance Services Assistance
1. Camp hosts may perform light maintenance work around the campground such as litter pickup, cleaning out fire rings, cleaning picnic tables, or removing fallen limbs.
2. Check restrooms and notify maintenance of problems.
Applicants should have a strong desire and willingness to work in a busy campground, be able to get along with others in a team setting, and able to work outdoors. Applicants must be reliable and willing to seriously commit to their agreed upon schedule. Being able to lift up to 50 lbs. is desired. Applicants need to have a valid driver’s license, as well as their own RV to stay in.
- Drivers License
- General Assistance
- Visitor Information
- Working with People
Applicants will be working outdoors primarily performing campground roves/checks and light maintenance. Some work will occasionally be done inside of the small kiosk for this campground. Weather is typically quite nice during the summer; it can be quite foggy on the coast with mild temperatures.