Working: Seasonal

Seasonal | Volunteering | Year Round

The Star Island Corporation, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization with offices based in Portsmouth, NH, seeks qualified candidates for the positions listed below.

Star Island Corporation owns and operates Star Island in the Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire. The island is ten miles from mainland New Hampshire and is operated as a seasonal religious and educational conference facility. The Corporation generates and manages all its own utilities (water, waste, power) and operates its own first aid station. The island has 34 buildings including numerous historic hotel and guest housing buildings as well as utility buildings and meeting spaces. The Corporation also operates a transportation system for both guests and staff that comprises Corporation-owned and staffed boats as well as contracted ferry and boat resources. The Corporation employs 9 year-round staff people and between 100 and 120 seasonal staff people ("Pelicans", largely college-aged) annually.

Open Positions:

Deckhand

Job Listing

Application Deadline May 18, 2008

"Pelican" Seasonal Staff

Full Job Description

Application Deadline January 13, 2008
(Applications accepted after this date on an as-needed basis)
Seasonal Staff Selection Criteria and Hiring Process

Deckhand Job Listing

Part-time, summer work for energetic person with an interest in spending a good amount of time out-of-doors and on the water. The deckhand works 27 hrs/wk out of Portsmouth harbor and is responsible for assisting the boat captain with operation of a charter boat and the handling of freight and passengers. Job runs June 9th to mid-September and requires working Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Must be reliable and capable of lifting and moving large packages; must be comfortable working on the ocean and inland harbors. $10/hr. compensation.

Application deadline is May 18, 2008.

For more information contact . Applications by email are preferred.

Attn: Deckhand
Star Island Corporation
10 Vaughan Mall, Suite 8
Portsmouth, NH 03801

Star Island is an equal opportunity employer.