Position Description:

Host Site is:

• Gore Creek, #17

Amenities:

• Water: No
• Sewer: Vault
• Electricity: No
• Satellite: No
  

Anticipated Dates of Employment are:

• May 15th - October 5th

Anticipated Weekly Hours are:

• 20-25 hrs./ week (hours may be split by a couple).

Assigned Facilities:

• Gore Creek CG, 25 sites, 4 vaults

Elevation Range of Facilities:

• 8,300 - 10,000

Overview of the Position:

Our hosts are a guest's first point of contact when they arrive at a facility. They greet the public, assist them with questions, finding a site, or providing guidance about the forest and local area. A Host's goal is to provide excellent, memorable customer service during a guest's use of a facility.

Prior to a guest's arrival, the Host prepares the facility, sites, and amenities for the clean, operable, and safe use. This entails cleaning, landscaping, inspection, and maintenance of the grounds, sites, restrooms, amenities, and additional facilities. A short list of examples of hosts maintenance and landscaping duties may include painting buildings, repairing picnic tables, walking the entire length of the campgrounds assigned as part of the daily inspection, mowing, trimming, clearing brush and weeding.

During a guest's visit, a Host continues cleaning, landscaping, inspection, and maintenance as well as additionally collects fees, fulfills reservations, upholds rules, and sells approved items.

When a guest leaves, the Host promptly attends to the site and makes it ready for the next guest. Additional duties and projects are assigned by managers as needs arise.

Cleaning and maintenance duties will account for at least 50%- 75% of a host's scheduled work hours.

TOOLS USED

Common tools used to complete a Camp Host's duties may include

Cleaning tools: Toilet brush, toilet plunger, scrub brush, paint brush, various cleaning products and chemicals.

Maintenance tools: Ladders, hammers, screw drivers, levels, various wrenches and rachets, various common powered saws and hand saws. Powered drills and screw drivers are also commonly used.

Painting and staining tools: paint brushes, paint rollers, staining brushes, masking tape, drop cloths, scrapers, various paints and varnishes, and chemical paint remover.

Landscaping tools: Various lawn mowers (push mower, rider mower, Zero-turn mower), loppers, shears, powered edger's, hand saws and chainsaws.

Personal Protection Equipment will be provided. Depending on the task, these may include, Non-latex cleaning gloves, leather gloves, eye and/ or face protection, ear protection, aprons, and chaps.

SKILLS / ABILITIES NEEDED TO BE A SUCCESSFUL HOST

Customer Service and Smiling skills

Leadership and Communication skills to effectively influence and educate guests while treating them with kindness and respect.

Problem solving and conflict resolution skills.

Ability to bend over, turn side to side, and kneel to clean toilets, bathrooms, and fire pits.

Ability to safely climb and work on a ladder.

Cash-handling and cash reconciliation skills.

Basic Computer operation skills and experience.

Email and electronic spreadsheet skills and experience.

Driving skills

Time Management skills.

Schedule

The employment schedule in this area is stated below. These are approximate seasonal employment dates. Weather, conditions and closures may affect this schedule as well as final job assignments. The manager will contact hosts with updates to the employment schedule.

Additional Information: Job Advertisement:

Location: The campground has 25 sites including 16 back-in sites and 8 walk-in tent sites. There are four double vault toilets and bear-resistant food lockers in the campground. Parking spurs for campsites are up to 35 feet long. Site #17 is a dedicated host site with a septic vault. There is no water or electric at this site, but there is cellular service. The Gore Creek campground is located at the end of the paved Bighorn Road in East Vail along Gore Creek in a forested setting near the boundary of the Eagle's Nest Wilderness. This is the closest campground to the town of Vail, CO and there are several trailheads outside the campground into the Eagles Nest Wilderness; all wilderness regulations must be observed when traveling in the wilderness (foot and horse travel only). The campground is also located at the west end of the Vail Pass/Ten Mile Canyon National Recreation Trail open to foot traffic and bicycles. This recreation is heavily used by cyclists and for organized events.