Employers and host programs in Rhode Island

US Fish and Wildlife Service

2027 RV caretaker at Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge · South Kingstown / South County

RV caretaker · Grounds and trail maintenance · Visitor services

Rechecked Oct 10, 2026: Recruitment open.

The official FWS notice recruits one or two RV volunteers for Trustom Pond in 2027. Work centres on mowing, trimming and grounds upkeep, with restroom cleaning, trail safety, visitor service and occasional wildlife assistance. This is the clearest documented resident work-camping route found in Rhode Island. The notice supplies a recruitment window ending May 1, 2027 and a seasonal assignment; it also places material restrictions on participation. A campsite is specified, but utility hookups are not described and must not be assumed. RI03

• Pay: Unpaid volunteer service; no-cost RV site.
• Housing or RV: Own RV required; no-cost site; hookups not specified; dogs prohibited.
• Hours and duties: 32 hours over four days per volunteer, including some weekends/holidays.
• Season or dates: Listed assignment May 1–October 1, 2027; narrative allows April/May–September/October flexibility. Recruitment July 24, 2026–May 1, 2027.
• Who can apply: US citizenship, training and security clearance required.
• How to apply: Use the Volunteer.gov application linked from the FWS notice, or email qualifications and availability to the refuge complex.
• Still to confirm: Confirm remaining spaces, exact dates, RV dimensions and utilities before accepting.

Place guide: Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge

US Fish and Wildlife Service [email protected]

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Rhode Island Zoological Society

Roger Williams Park Zoo special-event parking · Providence

Event parking attendant · Visitor direction · Traffic and crowd assistance

Rechecked Oct 10, 2026: Still listed under Current Job Openings; not a host role.

The Zoo’s careers page lists Special Events Parking Lot Attendant among current openings, supported by a 2026 job description. The role guides drivers and visitors, handles parking equipment and assists crowd movement for zoo events. October–December evening shifts support the autumn and holiday light shows, making this relevant beyond the usual summer camping season. The City of Providence owns the zoo, while the Rhode Island Zoological Society manages it and recruits staff. Pay and employee accommodation were not specified in the checked role description. RI15 RI16

• Hours and duties: Autumn: principally 5pm–10pm, minimum four shifts/week including Friday or Saturday; most hours June–early January.
• Season or dates: 2026 recruitment; autumn/holiday season extends to early January.
• Who can apply: Customer-service experience, background check and flexible outdoor/event availability.
• How to apply: Send application, résumé and interest letter to the zoo recruitment contact; role PDF also requests salary requirements.
• Still to confirm: Confirm remaining autumn shifts, hourly pay and the exact final work date.

Place guide: Roger Williams Park Zoo

Roger Williams Park Zoo [email protected] 401-785-3510 ext. 131

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Rose Island Lighthouse and Fort Hamilton Trust

2027 island guide and island steward · Rose Island, Newport harbour

Island guide · Island steward · Boat captain

Rechecked Oct 10, 2026: Early-interest call for 2027; no dates.

The Trust’s branded careers page invites early expressions of interest for the 2027 season. Guides lead tours, orient overnight guests and assist with property care; stewards handle guest-room turnovers, public spaces, restrooms and supplies on the island. Boat-captain recruitment is also advertised separately. This is paid lighthouse and heritage hospitality work, distinct from purchasing an overnight lighthouse experience. The accessible page is hosted on the organisation’s Squarespace site; its canonical careers URL did not retrieve, so applicants should reconfirm the forthcoming intake through the published careers address. RI05

• Pay: Guide and steward: $20/hour; boat captain: $30/hour.
• Housing or RV: Employee accommodation not promised.
• Hours and duties: Part-time seasonal; weekend availability relevant.
• Season or dates: Early interest invited for 2027.
• How to apply: Email résumé and brief cover letter to [email protected].
• Still to confirm: Request the role-specific 2027 description, transport arrangements, hours and any accommodation costs.

Place guide: Rose Island Lighthouse

Rose Island Lighthouse and Fort Hamilton Trust [email protected] 401-847-4242

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Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management

State parks, beaches and campgrounds · Statewide; coastal sites and inland George Washington area

Campground attendant · Recreation clerk · Park naturalist · Facilities staff

DEM recruits seasonal staff through the state application system, with managers reviewing candidate pools during spring. Its remit includes campsites, beaches, historic places, bike paths and boat access, so searches should include recreation clerks and naturalists as well as campground attendants. The parks page remains labelled for the 2026 season; it is a recruitment channel rather than proof of an unfilled October job. No resident volunteer host programme or employee RV benefit was established in the checked material. RI01 RI02

• Hours and duties: Most seasonal staff work weekends and holidays; roles can last up to six months.
• Season or dates: Peak staffing May–October; most spring recruitment starts May/June.
• Who can apply: Normally age 16+, unless a position specifies otherwise.
• How to apply: Create a profile and search DEM at https://apply.ri.gov; use the parks employment page for programme information.
• Still to confirm: Watch for 2027 campground attendant and recreation classifications; confirm location and any residential arrangement in the individual offer.

Rhode Island State Parks 401-667-6200

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Audubon Society of Rhode Island

Weekend Naturalist and Visitor Services Representative · Nature Center and Aquarium, Bristol

Visitor services · Weekend naturalist · Nature-centre attendant

Audubon’s employer-hosted description combines admissions and gift-shop transactions with visitor information, nature interpretation, guided walks and occasional animal care. It is a close match for a day-use host with education interests. The role is part-time and funding-dependent, with an application address and published hourly wage. Because the PDF supplies no dependable closing date, it is retained as a standing recruitment lead rather than a confirmed unfilled vacancy. The ordinary public-facing work does not carry a stated RV site or residential benefit. RI11

• Pay: $17/hour; part-time, no benefits.
• Hours and duties: At least one Saturday/Sunday 9am–5pm day weekly, including one unpaid meal hour; additional holiday work possible.
• Season or dates: Season not specified
• Who can apply: Relevant degree or study, teaching experience, valid licence and reliable transport.
• How to apply: Email one PDF with cover letter and résumé; subject Weekend Naturalist and Visitor Services Representative.
• Still to confirm: Confirm the position is still recruiting, its funded duration and available weekend hours.

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Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council

Seasonal River Rangers · Providence–Johnston urban Greenway

River ranger · Park and trail maintenance · Visitor ambassador

A July 14, 2026 employer notice recruits seasonal River Rangers through late November. Staff maintain the seven-mile Greenway, restore natural areas, help volunteer projects and act as friendly ambassadors in parks including Merino, Donigian and Riverside. The role is paid landscape and public-space stewardship, directly relevant to host readers comfortable with maintenance work. The dated article remains accessible but does not confirm whether all positions have since been filled; use it as a near-term recruitment enquiry and a future-season employer lead. RI14

• Pay: Starting $19/hour.
• Hours and duties: 40 hours/week, usually Monday–Friday 7am–3:30pm; occasional evening/weekend work.
• Season or dates: Posted July 14, 2026; work through late November 2026.
• Who can apply: Valid licence, clean driving record, background check and outdoor work capability.
• How to apply: Email application and résumé to Tyler Sylvester.
• Still to confirm: Confirm whether a remaining 2026 position exists or request the next-season hiring schedule.

Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council [email protected] 401-861-9046

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US Fish and Wildlife Service

Rhode Island refuge complex local volunteers and partner internships · Five Rhode Island refuges and Providence urban partnership

Visitor-centre volunteer · Trail steward · Environmental education · Partner maintenance fellow

The refuge complex separately recruits people for trail maintenance, education and front-desk work through its general involvement page. It also identifies paid opportunities delivered with partners, including a MobilizeGreen maintenance and infrastructure fellowship and shorebird or visitor-service internships. These channels broaden the search beyond RV caretaking, but the page is not a dated announcement that a particular paid placement remains open. Local volunteers should apply through the complex; prospective fellows need the partner’s own recruitment notice and eligibility terms. RI04

• Pay: Ordinary volunteers unpaid; partner internships/fellowships described as paid, amounts not stated.
• Season or dates: Season not specified
• How to apply: Use the FWS volunteer application or visit the refuge visitor centre; follow each partner link for paid recruitment.
• Still to confirm: Separate paid partner openings from local volunteer assignments and verify the actual duty station; do not transfer Trustom Pond RV benefits.

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Preservation Society of Newport County

Historic landscape and event volunteering · Newport Mansions

Landscape volunteer · Special-event volunteer

The Society provides a separate, clearly documented volunteer route for maintaining historic landscapes and helping at events such as the Newport Flower Show and seasonal mansion celebrations. Individuals and groups can use the linked volunteer registration system or contact the volunteer office. This is appropriate for readers interested in heritage-site stewardship and event hosting without a residential arrangement. It does not establish paid guide work, a free campsite or a resident caretaker placement; those would require a different, explicit agreement with the organisation. RI08

• Season or dates: Season not specified
• How to apply: Use the Volunteer button on the official page or contact the volunteer office.
• Still to confirm: Ask for the next orientation, available landscape/event shifts and minimum commitment.

Preservation Society of Newport County [email protected] 401-847-1000 ext. 126

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Audubon Society of Rhode Island

Nature centre and refuge volunteering · Bristol visitor centre and wider refuge network

Visitor welcome · Trail maintenance · Event volunteer

Audubon’s volunteer programme includes welcoming visitors, helping special events and supporting trails and conservation projects. Its Bristol Nature Center and Aquarium supplies a specific visitor-service base, while refuge work can extend the search inland. New applicants use the linked volunteer-management portal or contact the volunteer coordinator. The page reports that internships are not currently available, so those should not be advertised as openings. Volunteering here is a local service route, with no published accommodation exchange or general permission to camp on refuge land. RI12

• Season or dates: Season not specified
• How to apply: Complete the new-volunteer application in the linked Bloomerang portal or email the volunteer team.
• Still to confirm: Request a named refuge or visitor-centre assignment, orientation date and regular shift requirement.

Audubon Society of Rhode Island [email protected] 401-949-5454 ext. 3024

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Coggeshall Farm Museum / Old Sturbridge Village

Historic farm volunteering and employment contact · Bristol

Farm and garden volunteer · Historic interpretation · Event assistance

Coggeshall’s official recruitment page describes volunteers supporting historical gardens, animals, fences and barns, guiding visitors and school groups, demonstrating farm activities and assisting events. It also identifies Old Sturbridge Village as its human-resources and talent-acquisition contact, an important cross-state operator relationship. No specific paid Coggeshall vacancy was visible in the checked listing. The page explicitly excludes housing and relocation assistance, so farm-based work here should not be presented as a resident caretaker exchange. Volunteers have their own application and museum contact route. RI13

• Housing or RV: No housing or relocation assistance provided.
• Season or dates: Season not specified
• How to apply: Use the museum volunteer form or [email protected]; employment questions separately to [email protected].
• Still to confirm: Confirm the next volunteer intake and consult [email protected] only for actual paid roles.

Place guide: Coggeshall Farm Museum

Coggeshall Farm Museum [email protected]

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National Park Service

Old Slater Mill volunteer programme · Pawtucket / Blackstone River Valley

Visitor-desk volunteer · Heritage-event volunteer · Maintenance volunteer

Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park explicitly seeks volunteers to staff Old Slater Mill’s front desk, assist events and help the maintenance crew. This gives the northern urban and industrial-heritage corridor a concrete host-style route beyond beaches and campgrounds. The park’s work page also invites internship enquiries, but no current paid job was shown and internship compensation is not stated. Its volunteer text was last updated in November 2024, so the sensible next step is to confirm current orientation and assignments with the named park ranger. RI19

• Season or dates: Season not specified
• How to apply: Contact Ranger Mark Mello using the email link on the park’s Work With Us page or the park phone.
• Still to confirm: Confirm Old Slater Mill visitor-desk shifts and whether there is any minimum seasonal commitment.

Place guide: Old Slater Mill

National Park Service 401-725-8638

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Preservation Society of Newport County

Newport Mansions employment · Newport and associated historic properties

Seasonal heritage-site staff · Visitor-service recruitment prospect

The Preservation Society runs a substantial historic-property employment programme with full-time, regular part-time and seasonal categories. Its official explanation ties the main visitor season to April through mid-October, followed by a smaller late-October to year-end period. It links directly to its Paylocity application system, but individual job descriptions could not be read in that system during this research. This is therefore a verified employer channel, not certification of a particular guide or admissions vacancy. Residential research fellowships must not be treated as housing for ordinary seasonal staff. RI07

• Season or dates: Main season early April–mid-October; secondary season late October–year-end.
• How to apply: Follow Join Our Team Today from the official careers page to the employer’s Paylocity board.
• Still to confirm: Read the individual visitor-service, security, garden or property-care advert before listing it as a vacancy.

Preservation Society of Newport County 401-847-1000

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Town of Portsmouth

Sandy Point Beach summer recreation staffing · Portsmouth / Aquidneck Island

Gate attendant · After-hours beach attendant · Beach manager

Portsmouth’s official 2026 recruitment sheet includes gate and after-hours beach attendants at Sandy Point Beach. Duties combine entrance-fee collection, sticker checks and keeping the beach and bathhouse clean. A separate beach-manager role oversees staff and the swimming, restroom and picnic facilities. These are useful municipal equivalents to day-use hosts, recruited by the town rather than a campground concessionaire. The advertised summer has passed; the sheet establishes role types and the HR route, with no verified 2027 intake or accommodation benefit. RI06

• Hours and duties: Attendant roles: 15–30 hours/week, potentially weekends.
• Season or dates: Summer 2026; historical.
• Who can apply: Attendant applicants age 16+.
• How to apply: Town application form through Portsmouth’s website; submit to HR.
• Still to confirm: Check the town’s 2027 summer recruitment sheet for attendant and manager vacancies and pay.

Place guide: Sandy Point Beach

Town of Portsmouth [email protected]

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Norman Bird Sanctuary

Summer camp teacher naturalists · Middletown / east Aquidneck Island

Teacher naturalist · Outdoor education staff

The sanctuary’s 2026 job description documents paid seasonal naturalists teaching children, planning outdoor activities, managing group safety and supervising assistant naturalists. It gives exact summer dates and a published starting wage, making this a useful future recruitment lead for people with education or interpretation skills. The current careers page did not list this summer role as open. The sanctuary’s accommodation and visitor facilities are not evidence that staff housing accompanies the job, and no such benefit was stated in the checked recruitment sheet. RI09 RI10

• Pay: 2026 starting rate $18/hour, experience/position dependent.
• Hours and duties: Monday–Friday 8am–4pm; five training days included.
• Season or dates: June 12–August 14, 2026; historical.
• Who can apply: Age 18 by June 1, 2026; background checks; relevant experience with children.
• How to apply: Employer Paylocity application linked in the PDF; programme questions to the camp office.
• Still to confirm: Watch the sanctuary’s careers page for the next summer naturalist intake.

Norman Bird Sanctuary [email protected]

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City of East Providence

Looff Carousel concession stand; awardee Joe’s Snack Shack · Crescent Park, Riverside

Concession operator · Park attraction service business

The city’s official procurement record identifies a concession opportunity beside the historic Looff Carousel at Crescent Park and names Joe’s Snack Shack as the awardee. The competition closed March 31, 2026. This establishes a real municipal recreation concession and a named business lead; it is neither an open tender nor evidence that the city employs the concession staff. Future operating terms belong in the city’s procurement record, while any individual jobs would need confirmation from the award holder through an independently verified hiring channel. RI17

• Season or dates: RFQ EP25/26-08; closed March 31, 2026.
• How to apply: Monitor East Providence RFP listings; contract questions to Procurement, carousel operations questions to the Carousel Commission.
• Still to confirm: Verify award duration and the concessionaire’s current public recruitment contact before treating it as an employer vacancy.

City of East Providence [email protected]

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City of Providence, Department of Parks

Waterplace Park gondola and dock concessions · Downtown Providence

Dock concession operator · Water-recreation business

Providence’s official RFP sought an operator for gondolas and dock activities at Waterplace Park. It describes an intended five-year lease beginning January 2, 2026, with two possible extensions, and assigns personnel recruitment, training and dock maintenance to the operator. This is a marina-adjacent recreation business route with commercial obligations, not a city-paid host job. Bids were opened in December 2025, and the award was not verified in this research. The incumbent must therefore be established from the award record before any employer attribution. RI18

• Pay: Operator pays rent: first-year minimum $12,000, with 3% annual increases; not a wage.
• Season or dates: Bid opening December 15, 2025; intended initial term from January 2, 2026.
• How to apply: Consult Providence purchasing records and future solicitations; Parks supplies specifications.
• Still to confirm: Obtain the award/lease record, identify the actual operator and confirm future procurement dates.

Place guide: Waterplace Park

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Block Island Maritime Institute

Marine educator internships and Fishing Academy supervision · Block Island

Marine educator · Aquarium visitor services · Fishing programme supervisor

BIMI’s detailed 2026 recruitment retained on its website establishes paid marine-education and visitor-service roles with materially different housing terms. Full-time educators welcomed aquarium visitors, cared for exhibits and helped programmes; the Fishing Academy supervisor also managed outdoor activities and equipment. The page explicitly says no positions are currently available and summer applications are closed. This is therefore a strong next-cycle residential employer lead, not an opening. Applicants should match the exact role because the part-time educator appointment expressly excluded housing. RI20

• Pay: 2026 full-time educator $16.50/hour; Fishing Academy supervisor $20/hour.
• Housing or RV: Full-time roles included housing; outside employment triggered half-share housing charges. Part-time educator: no housing.
• Hours and duties: Full-time generally 35–40 hours/week.
• Season or dates: June–August 2026; closed. First-round application date was January 15, 2026.
• How to apply: Next-cycle enquiries via the published recruitment address; application materials historically included résumé, transcripts, cover letter and references.
• Still to confirm: Watch for 2027 recruitment and request current housing, outside-work and ferry/transport terms.

Block Island Maritime Institute [email protected] 401-500-3501

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