Jobs
Would you like to work on behalf of Yellowstone, surrounded by trails, wildlife, and spectacular natural wonders? Maybe you’ve always dreamed of spending a summer in Yellowstone National Park? Yellowstone Forever is looking for talented and dedicated new members for our team! Join us in our mission to create opportunities for all people to experience, enhance, and preserve Yellowstone forever.
Facilities
Maintenance Manager
Location: Gardiner, MT
Full-Time / Hourly / Non-Exempt
The Maintenance and Construction Manager plays a critical role in YF’s operations by working as an integral part of our Facilities team leading operational, preventative, and cyclic maintenance activities and construction projects. The work to maintain and improve YF’s properties and facility systems ensures the safety and comfort of people using the facilities, including offices, housing, retail areas, campus infrastructure, and all other YF owned/operated infrastructure. This position is primarily responsible for the care, maintenance, and improvement of building components and systems, as well as major projects requiring skilled carpentry, painting, plumbing, and electrical and HVAC work. Leading and accomplishing the work will involve working independently, leading other facilities staff and volunteers, and/or obtaining and overseeing the services of contractors and subcontractors. This position reports to the Facilities and Sustainability Director and in their absence serves as the Acting Director for the Facilities Department. Success in this position requires a broad range of trades skills, the ability to formulate both short- and long-term facility maintenance plans, the ability to adapt to and manage emergent and/or emergency facility maintenance needs and projects, rigorous attention to detail, excellent organizational skills, the ability to write accurate scopes of work for contracts, project management, and the ability to collaborate within the Facilities Department and across the organization.
Human Resources
Payroll Assistant
Location: Bozeman, MT
Full-Time / Non-Exempt / Hybrid
The Payroll Assistant plays a critical role in Yellowstone Forever’s operations, working to process employees’ paychecks by collecting their payroll data and timesheets. Their duties include verifying employees’ work hours and payment through the payroll system, issuing deductions, earnings and other statements to employees and updating payroll records regularly.
Information Technology
IT Service Desk Technician
Location: Bozeman, MT
Full-Time / Non-Exempt
The IT Service Desk Technician will be a highly motivated individual who pays attention to detail and has a strong desire to learn new things. Reporting directly to the IT Director, and working closely with the Systems Administrator, this position will provide first-line endpoint and application support to Yellowstone Forever staff, triage IT tickets, follow established IT procedures to assist with deployment and maintenance of YF technologies, and aid with IT research projects and testing. Working primarily in Bozeman, the position may require some travel to Gardiner and Yellowstone National Park.
Institute
Education Assistant
Location: Gardiner, MT
Seasonal / Non-Exempt
The Education Assistant plays a critical role in Yellowstone Forever’s mission creating opportunities for all people to experience Yellowstone. Reporting to the Education Operations Manager, this role is instrumental in coordinating administrative tasks essential for the smooth functioning of educational programs.
This position works closely with the education management team, to ensure the smooth execution of program logistics and exceptional customer satisfaction. Responsibilities include coordinating program registrations, tracking program materials, coordinating administrative documentation, and offering program support through various communication channels. Additionally, the Education Assistant serves as a backup field educator as needed, preparing and delivering engaging programs to diverse learners, fostering connections to the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
Field Educator – Winter/Seasonal
Location: Gardiner, MT
Seasonal / Full-Time / Non-Exempt
Seasonal Field Educators are part of a dedicated educational staff committed to connecting learners from across the world to the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem through delivery of exceptional education experiences. They are knowledgeable about Yellowstone’s natural, geologic, and cultural history and are experienced outdoor leaders who create a comfortable learning environment while keeping learners safe on programs.
Retail
Park Store Associate – Fall/Winter/Seasonal
Location: Greater Yellowstone National Park Area as Assigned. Locations available for winter positions: Mammoth Hot Springs Visitor Center Store/Gardiner, MT Park Store & Old Faithful Visitor Education Center.
Full-Time / Seasonal / Non-Exempt
The Park Store Associate is a critical role in the daily operation of Yellowstone Forever Park stores at visitor centers and contact stations throughout the Greater Yellowstone National Park Area. The associate represents “the face” of the organization by working on the front lines and often in partnership with naturalist rangers from the National Park Service. Associates assist and engage visitors with purchases of educational products, explain our supporter program and recruit new members, and help answer visitor questions about Yellowstone National Park. Success in this position requires outstanding visitor/customer service skills and a passion for Yellowstone National Park and its preservation and sharing that passion with others.
Warehouse & Retail Assistant
Location: Gardiner, MT
Full-Time / Non-Exempt
The Retail team of YF is focused on delivering exceptional experiences in our stores both in the park and in surrounding areas and on our e-commerce site. The Warehouse and Retail Assistant plays a critical role in Yellowstone Forever’s warehouse and retail operations, and is responsible for performing an array of duties including, receiving and accounting for inventory using inventory management software, binning and transferring inventory, picking and packing inventory for delivery to stores, driving the delivery truck, safely handling heavy boxes by hand, moving pallets within the warehouse and on and off of trucks using mechanized equipment, and assisting with other retail operations including purchase order reconciliation and store operations. The Warehouse and Retail Assistant must enjoy the physical challenges of this job, be detail oriented and accurate, have good computer and communication skills, and maintain a positive attitude during very busy periods of seasonal operations.
Volunteer
Campus and Program Volunteer
Location: Lamar Buffalo Ranch, Yellowstone National Park or Yellowstone Overlook Field Campus, Gardiner, MT
Employment Type: Volunteer
The Campus and Program Volunteer supports the YF Institute field seminars and Yellowstone Overlook field campus. Each YF Institute field seminar is supported by one of our Campus and Program Volunteers. Field seminars are based at the Lamar Buffalo Ranch field campus, the Yellowstone Forever classrooms in Gardiner, or another location in the park. The Yellowstone Overlook field campus is based in Gardiner and provides a location for adult students and youth groups to stay in comfortable lodging during their stay while participating in YF programs. Campus and Program Volunteers welcome and host students, orient them to Yellowstone Forever and the facility, assist instructors in logistical aspects of courses, drive the 14-passenger mini-bus for all field trips, assist in risk management in the field, and maintain and clean campus facilities. Campus and Program Volunteers also provide linen service and basic maintenance services at the Yellowstone Overlook field campus. Success in this position requires a welcoming demeanor, being a responsible and independent worker and being able to assist with the needs of various students. Depending upon the needs of Yellowstone Forever, Campus and Program Volunteers may spend more time or less on certain duties.