Clerical & Administrative Officers coordinate corporate services for parks, including financial and budget services, employee timekeeping, accounts payable and record-keeping services.

Park District Managers & Park Operations Supervisors oversee operations and supervise staff in each provincial park, while also coordinating infrastructure projects, contract management, and resource protection activities. These positions ensure provincial parks are a safe and enjoyable place for the public to visit.

Program Specialists & Park Planners develop and implement policies for operations and resource management, park design and development, cottage and commercial services. Program specialists also work with special interest groups, Indigenous communities and other stakeholders to deliver park management objectives and special initiatives.

Park Activity Coordinators supervise park attendants and manage campground operations, and coordinate special event permits for activities like weddings, gatherings, community events, or sporting events. Park Activity Coordinators assist with resource management and cottage lot inspections.

Park Interpreters prepare and deliver guided experiences to inspire stewardship of the park’s natural features, culture, and history. Programming includes trail walks and site tours, campfire talks, amphitheatre presentations, roving trailheads and recreation areas, as well as leading school programs. Senior Park Interpreters not only deliver programming, but also provide a leadership role in training, coaching, and mentoring seasonal interpreters, manage our visitor centres and museums, develop signs and educational materials, and assist with resource management.

Tradespersons build and maintain park infrastructure and equipment. Career opportunities include journeyperson carpenters, electricians, mechanics and plumbers (including the operation of water treatment and waste handling facilities).

Equipment operators run equipment to build and maintain park landscapes, trails, roads, campsites, and other recreation areas. Equipment includes specialized mowers, ATVs, tractors, garbage packers, snow trail groomers, skid steers, loaders, excavators and graders.

Park Attendants deliver visitor services at campgrounds, such as selling vehicle permits, registering campers, and providing information to visitors. Positions are stationed in campground offices and entrance gates, and may perform minor maintenance and janitorial duties in parks.

Park attendants play a vital role in delivering customer service to campers and visitors. These front-line staff must have strong communication skills, be familiar with park regulations, and be comfortable handling cash and collecting payments.

Seasonal experience as a park attendant will help you find a career in park operations, administration and finance, or tourism and recreation management.

Park interpreters provide guided experiences to inspire stewardship of the park’s natural features, culture and history. Programming includes trail walks and site tours, campfire talks, amphitheatre presentations, roving trailheads and recreation areas, as well as leading school programs. Park interpreters also operate our visitor centres and museums.

Park interpreters require strong communication skills to deliver public presentations, an interest in and knowledge of Manitoba’s natural and cultural heritage, and an ability to interact with visitors of all ages.

Seasonal experience as a park interpreter will help you find a career in interpretation at parks and museums; environmental sciences and natural resource management; education; communications; or tourism and recreation management.

Maintaining and operating parks takes a team of dedicated professionals working in a variety of roles.

Labourers perform general maintenance tasks such as landscaping, campsite, beach and picnic area clean-up, refuse pickup, assisting with construction projects, janitorial duties at washrooms, and clearing trails and backcountry routes.

Operators run equipment for maintenance activities: mowers, tractors, backhoes, loaders, trail groomers, off-road vehicles and garbage trucks.

Trades Helpers are responsible for repairs, projects and preventative maintenance on park infrastructure, including carpentry, plumbing and electrical work. They may also be involved with the operation of water treatment and waste handling facilities

Seasonal experience as a labourer, operator or trades helper will help you find a career in park operations, journeyperson trades, or as an equipment operator.

The Manitoba Parks Green Team program provides young Manitobans the opportunity to work outdoors in our wonderful provincial parks, gain valuable work experience and helps them save for schooling and other opportunities.

Youth may work on general park maintenance (painting, grass trimming, campsite and beach cleaning), park interpretive programming, environmental projects or general office assistance.

Intended for youth aged 16-29, Green Team positions are an opportunity to work alongside and learn from park professionals, expose youth to future career paths, and develop their employable skills.

Learn more about the Green Team program here.