Maine Appalachian Trail Club (MATC)

2023 Seasonal Positions (both paid and volunteer)

UPDATES: Hiring! All positions require compliance with a COVID-19 safety plan, which includes showing proof of vaccination. Sorry, no pets allowed.

Hiring:

MATC’s Maine Trail Crew will be comprised of a mix of paid staff and volunteers (a team of up to 8) working to reconstruct the footpath in backcountry locations along the Appalachian Trail. The Trail Crew will build stone steps, waterbars, retaining walls, and other erosion control structures. Advanced training with stone cutting, stonework, rigging systems will be taught. Project locations will vary along remote section of the Appalachian Trail. Days off housing will be at Lake George Regional Park in Skowhegan, Maine. Food, some camping gear, as well as transportation to project sites will be provided if.

To Apply: submit a letter, resume and references by email (indicate which position you are applying for in the subject line) to matcjobs@matc.org. Preference will be given to those applying by 1/31/23. MATC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Appalachian Trail Ridgerunners will greet, register, and educate hikers. Ridgerunners will impart backcountry camping and hiking knowledge, skills, and ethics focusing on youth groups and distance backpackers. For example: where to camp, how to protect water sources, ford a stream, and minimize fire impacts. Ridgerunners will provide education about rare alpine plants and steward summits and ridgelines. They will manage and provide light maintenance at campsites.

Ridgerunner Sites: Gulf Hagas Preserve, Bigelow and Saddleback Mountains

Schedule: May 20 through October 15, 2023, 40 hrs./week, all weekends, and holidays

Pay rate: $16.50 to 18.00 per hour

Housing stipend: $2,000 for the season will be provided to offset day-off housing costs

Housing/Food/Transportation: Ridgerunners will camp at backcountry sites during workdays and some gear will be provided. Food and day-off housing will be on your own. Personal transportation is required to get to trail heads.

To Apply: submit a letter, resume and references by email (indicate which position you are applying for in the subject line) to matcjobs@matc.org. Preference will be given to those applying by 1/31/22. MATC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

The Maine Trail Crew Leader, Assistant Leader, Crew Members  will rebuild degraded sections of the Appalachian Trail. The Crew will build stone stairs, stepping-stones, waterbars, retaining walls, and relocations. Advanced training with stonework and rigging systems will be taught. Project locations will vary along remote sections of the Appalachian Trail and will include: Kennebec River-south, Fourth Mountain, Namakanta Stream, Wood Rat's Spring, and the Hunt Trail on Katahdin. Days off housing will be at Lake George Regional Park in Skowhegan, Maine. Food, tools, camping gear, as well as transportation to project sites will be provided. 

The Crew Leaders will train and supervise this hybrid Crew composed of both paid and volunteer members. They will ensure safe and sanitary conditions at campsites and work sites, transport crews safely, and respond appropriately to emergency situations.

The Trail Crew Coordinator will support the field Crew. He or she will help set-up and take-down crew operations, go on pre-season site visits, plan camping, trail work, and pack ins. The Crew Coordinator will recruit, support, train, and transport volunteers. He/she will plan and prepare backcountry and basecamp meals, purchase food, help to organize equipment, ensure health and safety measures are adhered to, participate at job sites, pack ins and pack outs as needed, and trouble-shoot problems.

Additional Information About Maine Appalachian Trail Club:

The Maine Appalachian Trail Club is a nonprofit organization where volunteers and trail enthusiasts build, maintain, and protect a wild and beautiful section of the Appalachian Trail. A mission we’ve been carrying out since 1935. Visit MATC at www.matc.org.