Jobs

Temporary Employment

Temporary and seasonal jobs are available at most state parks and recreation areas, with varying durations of employment to include more opportunities during our peak season. A variety of opportunities are available, including park attendants, lifeguards, office assistants, naturalists, maintenance workers, and grounds keepers.

All seasonal positions at William B. Umstead State Park are listed below. If none are listed, there are no seasonal positions available. Please check the top of the park's web pages for a green alert that lists which job applications are currently being accepted by park staff. If there is no green alert, that means the park has no vacancies; visit our general Jobs page to find currently open positions at other state parks.

Seasonal Positions Available

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Position Description

This is manual work involved in the upkeep of highways, grounds, buildings, and equipment. Positions perform a variety of physical labor tasks requiring some knowledge and experience in their particular work assignments. Duties performed are below the semi-skilled or sub-journey level. Work is performed with only general supervision in repetitive and routine assignments and may be closely supervised when assisting higher level trades workers in performing more complex work. 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities 
  • Basic knowledge of the application of trade skills to the duties assigned 
  • Skill in the use and care of equipment and tools used in performing work assignments 
  • Ability to follow oral work assignments 
  • Physical strength is sufficient to move relatively heavy objects and to work at heavy manual tasks for considerable periods of time
Minimum Education and Experience

Education and/or experience in the performance of a variety of manual tasks that is directly related to the job and consistent with accepted practices of the trade equivalent to one year of experience.

N.C. State Government Paper Application for Employment

All applicants for a seasonal position at North Carolina State Parks need to fill out a N.C. State Government Paper Application for Employment (PD-107). Click here to visit the website for N.C. Office of Human Resources to download a copy of the application. Completed applications can be emailed, dropped off or mailed to the park.

Submit Completed Application

Permanent Employment

All permanent job listings are posted through the North Carolina Office of State Human Resources Online Job Application System.

Please note that most permanent employment opportunities have a very short posting period of only a few days. As such, permanent employment opportunities are not posted in this page.

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