Employment

 ***Currently, seasonal fire positions receive an ADDITIONAL 50% base pay retention bonus.  See last page of  the WWNF FOrest Service Job Announcements link below for more information.

• Forest Service Job Announcements

  

  See seasonal fire jobs for 2025. Positions are separated by location.

  Click here to see announcments

• Eastern Oregon Job Board for Natural Resources

  

  Listing of job opportunities in eastern Oregon. You can also find helpful links if you need help with a resume, find local and state jobs, and even find housing, rentals, or RV parks.

  Click here to visit the job board

• Eastern Oregon Workforce Board

  

  To connect eastern Oregon employers, individuals, and communities to address shared workforce challenges and leverage opportunities collaboratively.

  Click here to visit the workforce board

All Current Job Opportunities

All Posted Open Positions

Visit USAJOBS.gov to see all current availble positions on and around the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest.

Note that many of the job postings are "Multiple Locations." These are positions that are posted across the nation. To see what locations have available position, scroll down (look in the right column if on a PC) and click on “Show more locations.” 

Here are some helpful webinars

"Navigating USAJOBS"..."How to Write a Federal Resume”..."Tips for Job Seekers"..."Seasonal Hiring"

How much does a Government Job pay?

Click here to see the GS pay scale: Rest of U.S. Locality Area - General Schedule

What are Steps? What is the education GS equivlent? What is Locality Pay*? General Schedule Overview

Transitioning from military service? Here is a rough estimate of GS to Military pay equivlance**: Army Ranks to Civilian GS Paygrades

*All of Wallowa-Whitman National Forest fall under the Rest of U.S. Locality.

**Pay equivlance does not traslate perfectly accurate to things like workload, responcabilities or leadership positions in the civilian workplace.

Interested in job opportunities with our neighboring National Forests?

• Malheur National Forest employment
• Umatilla National Forest employment

Forest Service Employment

Welcome to the Great Outdoors! The Forest Service offer a variety of employment opportunities (both paid and unpaid) ranging from student programs to volunteer programs, and full time employment for men and women with skills in several hundred areas. It's all here, starting with who we are and what we do.

For almost a century, since 1905, USDA Forest Service employees have been on the front line of conservation, intelligent resource utilization, and wildland management. Today, there is more excitement, greater challenge, and more career variety than ever before available to people who join the Nation's premier forest management agency. Managing 51 thousand square miles of the most magnificent lands in our nation is a great responsibility. Managing it in ways that are most effective for the land, water, air, wildlife, and people of America is our mission.

The USDA Forest Service is constantly moving forward. Our fundamental responsibility is still sound and scientific focus on stewardship and sustainability of the land, water and communities, but how that is delivered to the public is changing. Exciting advances in science and technology, communications, national and global priorities, and public expectations are opening new vistas for Forest Service employees.

Much of our work today involves collaboration with other Federal and State agencies, local communities, private and tribal landowners, university research centers, and international organizations.

We are a nationwide organization of more than 30,000 people engaged in hundreds of specific occupations, including Foresters, Biologists, Engineers, Teachers, Firefighters, Accountants, Computer Specialists, Law Enforcement, Public Affairs Specialists, Recreation Specialists, Geographic Information Specialists, and more. Most Forest Service employees focus on managing and improving our Nation's forests and grasslands. Some employees focus on Forest and Range research, others focus on human resource development in Job Corps Centers, and others focus on state and private forestry coordination. This may sound simple, but it's not. It takes men and women in several hundred disciplines working in coordinated teamwork nationwide.

To keep our employees at the top of their profession, we provide world-class training supported by the latest technologies. Career development is ensured through continuing training and career-related education opportunities, both within our organization and through external educational institutions.