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Seasonal Park Employee

Iowa Department of Natural Resources
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Job Opportunity - Seasonal Park Employee

  • Position: The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is seeking seasonal park employees to help serve customers and maintain several Iowa state parks across the state for the 2025 recreation season.
  • Appointment: Start and end dates are flexible but the typical season runs May through October.
  • Job Description: Seasonal Park Employees are positions of great importance helping to maintain a pleasant, safe recreational environment for the public at designated state parks and recreation areas across Iowa. Seasonal Park
    Employees play an integral part in enhancing the visitor experience for those who come to the park.
  • Salary Range: $12.50 - $15.00

Duties*:
 - Assist visitors by providing park information

 - Check campsites, cabins, shelters, and lodge reservations

 - Mow and trim grass, repair trails

 - Clean comfort stations and shower buildings

 - Maintain and repair facilities

 - Maintain and operate equipment

 - Operate power tools Natural resource management (prairie restoration and invasive species removal)
*Duties vary by location. For park specific job duties reach out to the individual park office.
 

Minimum Qualification Requirements:
Applicants must be at least 18 years of age and possess a valid driver’s vehicle license.
Preferred Skills:
1. Skills, knowledge, and/or experience associated with general park maintenance tasks (equipment operation,
construction, painting, plumbing, carpentry, janitorial).
2. Ability to work as a team and keep on task during times of little to no supervision.
3. Customer relations skills to assist park visitors with various information requests.
To apply
To apply, e-mail cover letter and resume to your preferred location/s using the “CONTACT” links in the list below.
Include times available for interviewing.
Positions open until filled.

 

TO APPLY:  e-mail cover letter and resume to your preferred location/s using the “CONTACT” links in the list below.

 

PARK CITY PHONE CONTACT:
Backbone in Dundee - (563) 924-2527 Backbone@dnr.iowa.gov
Beeds Lake in Hampton - (641) 456-2047 Beeds_Lake@dnr.iowa.gov
Big Creek in Polk City - (515) 984-6473 Big_Creek@dnr.iowa.gov
Elk Rock in Knoxville - (641) 842-6008 Elk_Rock@dnr.iowa.gov
Geode in Danville - (319) 392-4601 Geode@dnr.iowa.gov
George Wyth in Waterloo - (319) 232-5505 George_Wyth@dnr.iowa.gov
Gullpoint State Complex in Milford - tim.richey@dnr.iowa.gov

Honey Creek Park in Moravia - (641) 724-3739 Honey_Creek@dnr.iowa.gov
Lake Ahquabi in Indianola - (515) 961-7101 Lake_Ahquabi@dnr.iowa.gov
Lake Anita in Anita - (712) 762-3564 Lake_Anita@dnr.iowa.gov
Lake Macbride in Solon - (319) 624-2200 Lake_Macbride@dnr.iowa.gov
Lake Manawa in Council Bluffs - (712) 366-0220 Lake_Manawa@dnr.iowa.gov
Lake Wapello in Drakesville - (641) 722-3371 Lake_Wapello@dnr.iowa.gov
Ledges in Madrid - (515) 432-1852 Ledges@dnr.iowa.gov
Lewis & Clark in Onawa - (712) 423-2829 Lewis_and_Clark@dnr.iowa.gov
Maquoketa Caves in Maquoketa - (563) 652-5833 Maquoketa@dnr.iowa.gov
Pine Lake in Eldora - (641) 858-5832 Pine_Lake@dnr.iowa.gov
Springbrook in Guthrie Center - (641) 747-3591 Springbrook@dnr.iowa.gov
Union Grove in Gladbrook - (641) 473-2556 Union_Grove@dnr.iowa.gov
Walnut Woods in West Des Moines - (515) 285-4502 Walnut_Woods@dnr.iowa.gov
Wapsipinicon in Anamosa - (319) 462-2761 Wapsipinicon@dnr.iowa.gov