Recreation Technician

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Please remember to attach the required Resume listed in this announcement. Applications missing the requested documents will be considered incomplete and may not progress further in the process. Documents not requested will not be considered in the recruitment process. The State Application is not a substitute for a Resume. This position closes at 11:59 PM Mountain Time on March 26, 2025. You must apply through the State of Montana Career site.

Identity of applicants who become finalists may be released to the public if the Department deems it necessary.  Employees who exceed 1,040 hours in a calendar year are also provided health, dental and life insurance. Other benefits include retirement, paid vacation, sick and holidays.   This position may be covered by a VEBA (Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association). 

A successful applicant will be subject to a background investigation. 

Women and minorities are under-represented in this job category and are encouraged to apply.

Special Information:

This position assists the recreation manager and recreation ranger at state parks, and fishing access sites, within defined geographic areas in FWP Region 2 (west-central Montana). This requires planning for and working at various recreation sites within the Bitterroot District. The recreation technician may work and travel in some instances in poor weather and travel conditions. Patrols can require extended periods of driving park trucks. This position will require a willingness to work periodically during irregular hours, weekends, and holidays. The position is a 32-hour work week, full-time permanent positions within Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks, Parks and Outdoor Recreation Division. This position will be based at Travelers' Rest State Park in Lalo

(about 8 miles south of Missoula) located in the beautiful Bitterroot Valley. Montana Fish Wildlife and Park lands in the Bitterroot are approximately twenty Fishing Access Sites and three State Parks, including one National Historic Landmark and one National Register site. Travelers' Rest State Park includes a visitor center.

This is a seasonal worker position with an anticipated season usually lasting mid-May through late September. Start and end dates can be weather dependent. The schedule for these positions will be full time daily with midweeks off as weekend staffing is required. Weekend, evening, and holiday work is required. The incumbents will be expected to work independently, often doing physical labor in adverse weather conditions. Good physical condition is essential.

This position is based out of Travelers' Rest State Park in Lolo, Montana, just south of Missoula. Work will be throughout the Bitterroot Valley including Painted Rocks State Park, Fort Owen State Park and fishing access sites along the Bitterroot River.

Job Duties:

The Recreation Technician is a frontline position that provides general operational support of a variety of recreational offerings at state parks, fishing access sites, and along river corridors. Duties include monitoring recreation sites by foot or vehicle, maintaining extensive public contact, assisting with interpretive and educational programs, collecting and processing fees and visitation data, assisting with the web-based reservation system, occasional front desk shifts at the visitor center and carrying out light-duty maintenance duties.