Jobs

Thank you for your interest in employment at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area. The National Park Service seeks students, professionals and other qualified individuals from numerous academic disciplines and trades for a wide variety of internship, seasonal and permanent positions available nation-wide. We encourage all interested and qualified persons to apply for jobs. You must be a United States citizen to be eligible for consideration for employment. Certain jobs may also have age and physical qualifications.

 

 

Youth Opportunities

Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area offers summer employment opportunities for youth and young adults.

Youth Conservation Corps (YCC), intended for ages 15 through 18, employs youth from a variety of backgrounds into full time jobs at various National Park units throughout the country. Most are non-residential programs and work generally lasts 8 to 10 weeks.

2024 Season

The application period is currently open. Applications must be submitted by April 12, 2024. Download an application, fill it out, and email it to the contact listed on the opportunities page. Note: you cannot attach the application if you simply click on the contact for Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area. Email it to [e-mail], but replace firstname and lastname with the contact's first and last names.

For more information about participating in YCC at Lake Roosevelt or if you're having trouble submitting your application, contact the park.

 

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Federal Employment

Federal agencies fill jobs in several ways. Not all jobs are open to external applicants. Agencies can: promote an employee; hire an employee who wants to transfer from another agency; reinstate a former Federal employee; or request the names of applicants from an OPM register.

If you are pursuing your first Federal Government position, the best source of information is the job announcement. It will explain what the job duties are, what experience or education is necessary to qualify, the pay, and where to send your application. For more help with your application, visit USAJOBS, the Federal Government's one-stop source for Federal jobs and employment information, or call 1-478-757-3000 or TDD 1-478-744-2299.

Seasonal or Temporary Employment

The summer season for Lake Roosevelt is generally from May until the mid-September each year. Some positions may start and end earlier or later. Government rental housing may be available for many seasonal positions. Uniforms are required; however, employees receive uniform allowances. Work schedules may include weekends and holidays. Typical seasonal jobs include Visitor Use Assistants (fee collectors), Park Rangers Interpretation, Archeologists, Natural Resource Specialists, Laborers, Maintenance Workers, and Park Rangers Law Enforcement.

Application Tips

• We look at all of your experience and education so be sure to include any volunteer work you do. Ensure that you give the month and year you began and ended each job and make sure you put in the amount of hours per week you worked. We are required to perform qualifications based on a 40-hour week and any part of that would be pro-rated towards experience requirements.
• Make sure you list your relevant experience. Add additional pages if needed. There is no "appropriate" amount of time to go back in your experience. Do not include extraneous materials. Read the vacancy announcement and provide what is requested.

The National Park Service is an Equal Opportunity employer. Selections for positions are on the basis of merit, fitness, and qualifications without regard to race, sex, color, creed, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, non-disqualifying handicap conditions, or any other non-merit factors.

 

Current Job Opportunities

Some positions below are for multiple locations. To be considered for a job at Lake Roosevelt, make sure to check the following locations on your application: Coulee Dam, Davenport, Wilbur, and Kettle Falls.

Positions below are open to the public. For internal positions, please check USAJOBS.