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.
Institute
Field Educator (Seasonal)
Location: Gardiner, MT
Seasonal / Full-Time / Non-Exempt
*Summer season is end of April through September
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
Delivery Driver (Seasonal)
Location: Gardiner, MT
March/April through October (Flexible start date)
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.
Warehouse Associate (Seasonal)
Location: Gardiner, MT
March / April through October (Flexible start date)
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.
Park Store Associate (Seasonal)
Location: Greater Yellowstone National Park Area as Assigned, Wyoming/Montana
Full-Time / Seasonal / Non-Exempt
Dates: Positions available for Spring 2025 thru Fall 2025 have a start date range from April/May and end date range of Sept/Oct/Nov 2025. Stores have varied seasonal open and close dates.
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.
Retail Store Manager (Seasonal)
Location: Greater Yellowstone National Park Area, Wyoming/Montana
Full-Time / Seasonal (April – October) / Non-Exempt
The Retail 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 Retail Store Manager oversees staff assigned to specific stores as defined by the Retail Operations and Visual Merchandising Manager and is responsible for the daily execution of effective retail operations, including: training staff, inventory management, daily/weekly/monthly reporting, store cleanliness and presentation, tracking and relaying key performance indicators (KPIs), overseeing related systems, and working to provide the highest quality visitor experience possible. The Retail Store Manager, in close coordination with the Retail Operations and Visual Merchandising Manager, is also responsible for executing the retail merchandising, marketing, and communication plans in their assigned Park Store(s) and proactively looking for ways to enhance the visitor experience and developing recommendations to senior retail staff. Additionally, the Retail Store Manager will assist in training, and developing Park Store Associates. Success in this position requires excellent supervisory skills and customer engagement, experience capturing and analyzing KPIs, managing core retail operations systems, unrelenting pursuit of excellence, and a drive for continual growth and improvement.
Retail Store Assistant Manager (Seasonal)
Location: Greater Yellowstone National Park Area as Assigned, Wyoming/Montana
Full-Time / Seasonal (April – October) / Non-Exempt
The Retail Store Assistant Manager plays a critical role in the field overseeing the active engagement, greeting, and recommendations to our customers. The Assistant (Asst.) Manager 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 Asst. Manager 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. Closely coordinate with the Retail Store Manager in executing the retail merchandising, marketing, and communication plans in assigned Park Stores and proactively looking 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.
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.