We welcome positive people who enjoy being outdoors and interacting with people.
Employment Opportunities
We have completed our hirings for the 2025 summer. Please check back in late February/early March to apply for the 2026 summer.
Volunteer Opportunities
Volunteer Park Maintenance Assistant
Clean up county parks alongside our Park Rangers and earn a free one-year parking pass after volunteering 50 hours, and two free nights* of camping after 100 hours for your effort! We match your skills, interests, and availability with needed tasks at our 16 parks such as picking up litter, removing invasive species, basic grounds keeping, trail maintenance, mowing, and weed eating.
Volunteers will be provided with gear and free parking while volunteering. Your volunteer supervisor will discuss maintenance tasks with you before scheduling onsite work to determine whether any modifications are necessary, depending on your abilities and comfort level.
Apply for volunteer park maintenance assistant.
Questions? Call the County Parks volunteer recruitment line at 503-742-4414 or email bguthrie@clackamas.us.
*Offer not valid on holiday weekends.
Volunteer Park Host at Barton, Feyrer, Hebb, and Metzler Parks
We accept applications for Volunteer Park Hosts year-round. Park Hosts greet and inform campers, answer phones, collect fees, sell firewood and ice, and help staff care for the park in exchange for a full RV hookup site and use of laundry facilities. Park hosts live on-site for 1-3 months (depending on experience), May through September. Some hosts stay on over the winter months to help with park maintenance projects. Hosts serve customers at Barton, Feyrer, Hebb, and Metzler Parks.