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.
Retail
Park Store Associate
Location: Greater Yellowstone National Park Area as Assigned
Status: Seasonal / Full-time / Non-Exempt
Position Dates: Hiring for summer season 2027. Flexible start and end dates based on store openings and closings. Seasonal position works no longer than 6 months. April/May through September/October 2027. Interior park stores operate in summer season, with Old Faithful’s last day of the summer season October 31, 2027. Gardiner/Mammoth stores operate year-round.
The Park Store Associate has 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.
Park Store Lead Associate
Location: Greater Yellowstone National Park Area as Assigned
Status: Seasonal (April through October) / Non-Exempt
Position Dates: Hiring for the summer season 2027, April/May through September/October. Seasonal position works no more than 6 months. Start and end dates flexible as stores open and close at various dates. Interior park stores operate during summer with Old Faithful store’s last day of summer season October 31, 2027. Gardiner/Mammoth stores operate year-round.
The Park Store Lead Associate plays a critical role in the field overseeing the active engagement, greeting, and recommendations to our customers. The Park Store Lead Associate is the “face” of Yellowstone Forever to our customers and visitors in our day-to-day Yellowstone Forever Park Store operations. As a brand ambassador, the Park Store Lead Associate must be a knowledge expert about Yellowstone Forever and our retail product, institute courses and instruction offerings, and our philanthropy efforts and supporter programs. Ensure that there is a continual effort to provide the highest quality visitor experience possible. Supports the Park Store Manager in executing the retail merchandising, marketing, and communication plans in assigned Park Stores and proactively look for ways to enhance the visitor experience. Success in this position requires an exceptional attitude and desire for proactive customer engagement, an unrelenting pursuit of excellence, and a drive for continual growth and improvement.
Park Store Manager
Location: Greater Yellowstone National Park Area, Wyoming/Montana
Status: Seasonal / Full-time / Non-Exempt
Position Dates: Hiring for summer season 2027, April/May through September/October. Seasonal position works no longer than 6 months. Flexible start and end dates in April/May as stores open through store closures in September-October, based on store location.
The Park Store Manager plays a critical role in overseeing day-to-day Yellowstone Forever Park Store operations in assigned stores at visitor centers and contact stations around the greater Yellowstone National Park area. The Park Store Manager oversees staff assigned to specific stores as defined by the Park Stores Operations Manager and is responsible for the daily execution of effective retail operations. To include training staff, scheduling staff, inventory management, daily/weekly/monthly reporting, store cleanliness and presentation, tracking and relaying key performance indicators (KPIs), and overseeing related systems, working to provide the highest quality visitor experience possible. Closely coordinating with the Park Stores Operations Manager and Retail Operations and Visual Merchandising Manager, the Park Store Manager is also responsible for executing the retail merchandising, marketing, and communication plans in their assigned Park Store and proactively looking for ways to enhance the visitor experience and developing recommendations to senior retail staff in the process. Additionally, the Park Store Manager will assist in training, coaching and developing Park Store Associates. Success in this position requires excellent supervisory skills and customer engagement, experience capturing and analyzing KPIs and managing core operational systems, unrelenting pursuit of excellence, and a drive for continual growth and improvement.
Warehouse Associate
Location: Greater Yellowstone National Park Area, Wyoming/Montana
Status: Seasonal / Full-time / Non-Exempt
Position Dates: Hiring for summer season 2027, March/April/May through October 31, 2027. Seasonal position will work no longer than 6 months. Flexible start and end dates but summer season ends October 31, 2027.
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 Associate plays a critical role in Yellowstone Forever’s operations and is responsible for performing an array of duties including; receiving and accounting for inventory, binning and transferring inventory, picking and packing inventory for delivery to stores, occasionally driving the delivery vehicles/truck, safely handling heavy boxes by hand, moving pallets within the warehouse and on and off of trucks using mechanized equipment. The Warehouse Associate must enjoy the physical challenges of this job, be detail oriented and accurate, have good communication skills, and maintain a positive attitude during very busy periods of seasonal operations.
Delivery Driver
Location: Gardiner, MT
Status: Seasonal / Full-time / Non-Exempt
Position Dates: Hiring for Summer 2027, starting April/May through Oct 31, 2027. Seasonal positions are for no longer than 6 months.
The Retail Warehouse team of YF is focused on delivering exceptional experiences in our stores both in the park and in surrounding areas. The Delivery Driver plays a critical role in Yellowstone Forever’s operations, working with other warehouse staff and park store associates to ship product from the warehouse to Yellowstone Forever Park Stores. The Delivery Driver must enjoy the physical challenges of this job, be detail oriented and accurate, have good communication skills, and maintain a positive attitude during very busy periods of seasonal operations.
Volunteer
Lamar Campus and Program Volunteer
Location: Lamar Buffalo Ranch, Yellowstone National Park
The Lamar Campus and Program Volunteer support YF programs and the Lamar Buffalo Ranch campus. The Lamar Buffalo Ranch is an off-grid campus on the national historic registry. It is located in Lamar Valley in Yellowstone National Park. The campus is a co-used site used by the National Park Service and Yellowstone Forever. It provides a location for adult students and youth groups to stay in comfortable lodging during their stay while participating in YF and NPS programs. The Park also has employees housed on site and runs stock, law enforcement, EMS, research and maintenance activities from the site.
Overlook Campus and Program Volunteer
Location: Gardiner, MT
The Overlook Campus and Program Volunteer supports YF Programs and the Yellowstone Overlook field campus. 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 participants and groups, orient them to Yellowstone Forever and the facility, maintain and clean campus facilities. Campus and Program Volunteers also provide linen service and basic maintenance services at the Yellowstone Overlook field campus. Weekly schedule depends upon Yellowstone Forever’s needs, the check-in and turnover needs on Campus, and program schedule.
Shuttle Driver Volunteer
Location: Bozeman, MT
The Shuttle Driver Volunteer plays a critical role in Yellowstone Forever’s operations, supporting program shuttles. This position welcomes students and chaperones, orients them to Yellowstone Forever, drives the 14-passenger mini-bus for shuttles between Bozeman and program and lodging locations in Yellowstone and the greater Yellowstone area. The ability to drive safely and responsibly is essential. Success in this position requires a welcoming demeanor, being a responsible and independent worker, and being able to assist with the needs of various participants.