Camp Host - Bishop Big Pine

ExplorUS; Bishop (CA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

ExplorUS is seeking a Camp Host for the 2025 season in Bishop Creek, California. The successful candidate will support outdoor recreation by providing excellent customer service and maintaining pristine campground facilities. Responsibilities include facility cleaning, fee collection, and ensuring a quality experience for visitors. Ideal candidates enjoy working outdoors and possess strong customer service and communication skills. This position may require flexible work hours and the ability to lift up to 20 pounds.

Qualifications

• Enjoys working in an environment of extensive public contact.
• Willingness to clean and sanitize facilities with various agents.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and follow instructions.

Responsibilities

• Provide excellent customer service to visitors.
• Maintain facilities and grounds across the campground.
• Collect fees and register campers.

Skills

Customer service skills

Cleaning and sanitation skills

Verbal and written communication skills

Recordkeeping and money handling

Job description

Title: Camp Host

Inyo Forest Hospitality LLC, Inyo - Bishop Creek Big Pine- Working at Bishop Creek and Big Pine in the Inyo National Forest offers the opportunity to support outdoor recreation in two of the Eastern Sierra’s most scenic and popular areas. Seeking talented associates for the 2025 season to provide outstanding support to our campers and visitors while helping to ensure the preservation of these pristine natural environments. This is a rewarding position for those who love the outdoors, offering stunning mountain views and a close-knit community of nature enthusiasts.

Positions: Camp Host, Lead Host, Site Manager, Maintenance Technician

Reports To: General Manager

Department: Operations

Summary: The Campground Host position is frequently filled by two people but may be an individual role in certain locations. The primary objective is to provide a quality recreational experience for visitors within areas operated by the Company. The Campground Host will implement nearly all operational tasks required within their assigned campground or area.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates courteousness and displays a helpful attitude to all visitors; provides excellent customer service by educating the public on the rules and regulations of the recreation area.
• Performs certain administrative tasks, including basic recordkeeping and fee collection.
• Maintains facilities and grounds, including cleaning, sanitizing and stocking of restrooms, emptying trash containers and replacing the liners, cleaning roadways and trails, cleaning campsites, picnic tables, fire rings, grills, and disposing of ashes.
• Rakes and grooms sites and public areas, maintains a litter‑free facility, picks up micro‑trash such as bottle caps and cigarette butts, maintains outlying areas such as trails, outposts, and rental cabins.
• Maintains a good working relationship with fellow employees, governmental agency representatives, and the visiting public.
• Registers campers, collects fees, and sells certain retail items such as firewood, ice, and concession goods.
• Processes revenues and fee collection data using Company approved forms and procedures.
• Familiar with local points of interest, nearby facilities, and local rules and regulations.
• Reports problems and any unsafe or hazardous conditions as they are discovered.

Requirements

• Strong customer service skills; enjoys working in an environment of extensive public contact.
• Basic manual labour abilities, including an ability and willingness to clean and sanitize facilities with a variety of cleaning agents and chemicals.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Basic recordkeeping experience, including money handling.
• Must be able to work with minimal supervision and be able to learn quickly and follow instructions accurately.
• Willing to work a flexible work schedule, including regular evenings, weekends and holidays.
• Able to lift 20 pounds on a frequent basis.
• The ability to move safely over rough and uneven terrain.
• The ability to work in extreme weather.
• Able to tow own RV (where applicable) in and out of campgrounds in emergency situations.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.