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Current Openings

  • Position Type: Full-time and part-time seasonal positions, April 21st - October 17th, 2025.
    Location: Carbondale, Colorado - RFOV office and surrounding field locations
    Compensation: $23-25/hour, commensurate with experience
    Position Description: The Field Instructor is responsible for assisting with the preparation, logistics and implementation of RFOV’s field-based volunteer and youth programs, and Trail Crew program. This position requires excellent group facilitation and leadership skills; independence and accountability in decision-making; organizational skills in logistics and time management; building positive relationships with project partners, volunteers, and students; and a proven ability to educate, lead, and motivate people in backcountry and front-country settings. This position is approximately 20% administrative and 80% field based during the project season (April-October).

    See full job description here.

  • Position Title: Trail Crew Member
    Position Type: Full-time seasonal position, April 28 - October 3, 2025.
    Location: Field-based; The RFOV office is in Carbondale, CO, and the RFOV service area extends from Independence Pass to Parachute, Marble to Glenwood Canyon.
    Compensation Hourly, $21-$24/hour, commensurate with experience.
    Position Description: The Trail Crew Member is responsible for working with a crew of 2-3 individuals as well as volunteer groups on both frontcountry and backcountry trail and restoration projects. Approximately half of the season will be spent in the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness Area, with the other half of the season focusing on other frontcountry and backcountry projects throughout our service area. This position requires the desire and ability to live and work in a backcountry setting for up to eight days–responding professionally to fluid conditions and crew dynamics within various frontcountry/backcountry worksites, the ability to assess and manage risks, and excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

    See full job description here