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Burnsville, NC
RESPONSIBLITIES:
About FIND Outdoors:
FIND is a 50+-year-old nonprofit located in Pisgah Forest, NC who provides all people with educational, recreational and interpretive opportunities. FIND Outdoors serves over 1 million visitors each year with over 275 educational and recreational programs, special events, and tours, and manages 15 recreation areas, education and camping facilities in North Carolina, Kentucky, and Georgia. In addition, FIND offers our visitors forest-related gifts, educational resources and provides partnership opportunities for the health of our forests and safety of our forest users on public and private lands.
FIND Outdoors is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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About the Opportunity:
Campground ManagerBurnsville, NC
RESPONSIBLITIES:
- Register guest and collect fees (where applicable). Provide interaction with the public to ensure exceptional experiences at all times.
- Act as support to the Site Manager in areas of public contact and security.
- Resolution of visitor complaints.
- Perform routine safety inspections and patrols.
- Assists with weekly inspection and reports any safety hazards to the Site Manager.
- Perform routine bathroom cleaning daily to FIND standards, identifying hazards, removing graffiti, washing/treating all signage, tables, and boardwalks.
- Emptying recycling containers and collecting trash from receptacles and grounds.
- Removal of ashes/wood/litter in fire rings.
- Rake/clean campsites and other site facilities and grounds.
- Perform any duties required to maintain operational integrity.
- Maintaining vehicular access, parking lots, and walkways and ensuring they are free of vegetation and pot holes.
- Participation in regular site meetings.
- Mowing and/or weed eating responsibilities, as assigned by Site Manager/Campground Operations Manager.
- Other related duties as assigned by the Site Manager or Campground Operations Manager.
- Strong customer service skills.
- Ability to work effectively as both part of a team and independently.
- Ability to meet the public and communicate effectively both in person and on the telephone, providing information regarding services and/or programs.
- Ability to coordinate several projects simultaneously within a strict time frame.
- Ability to walk up to 1/2 mile daily and lift twenty (20) lbs.
- Ability to move, lift and utilize handheld gas powered grounds keeping equipment.
- Ability to see and hear in to order to safely drive a golf cart.
- Possess camping trailer or motor home in good condition
Schedule & Compensation: Campground Hosts will work 24 hours (3 days a week) and receive a full hookup campsite and $185/weekly stipend. This is a temporary position for the 2026 season. The season will run from mid-September through the end of October- subject to the USFS operating schedule. Successful 2026 hosts will have preference for 2027 season positions.
About FIND Outdoors:
FIND is a 50+-year-old nonprofit located in Pisgah Forest, NC who provides all people with educational, recreational and interpretive opportunities. FIND Outdoors serves over 1 million visitors each year with over 275 educational and recreational programs, special events, and tours, and manages 15 recreation areas, education and camping facilities in North Carolina, Kentucky, and Georgia. In addition, FIND offers our visitors forest-related gifts, educational resources and provides partnership opportunities for the health of our forests and safety of our forest users on public and private lands.
FIND Outdoors is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.