Short-Term Worker - Cemetery

Are you looking for meaningful work outdoors this summer, where every day makes a difference? Join the City of Bozeman is now hiring Cemetery Short-Term Workers to help care for a beautiful, peaceful space that serves our community year-round. In this hands‑on role, you’ll work outdoors maintaining cemetery grounds, supporting funeral services, and ensuring visitors experience a respectful, well‑kept environment.

Bargaining Unit: Not Represented

Fair Labor Standards Act Status: Non‑Exempt

Work Week: Monday through Friday 7:00am – 3:00pm. Full‑Time, 40 hours/week.

Length of Season: Ideally late April - end of August 2026, with flexibility on either side depending on availability.

Assignment Details: Not to exceed 90 working days or 520 hours, whichever comes first.

• Maintains cemetery grounds including mowing, fertilizing, raking leaves and pine needles, trimming hedges, bushes, and trees, and watering as directed.
• Performs irrigation tasks, including irrigating large areas of developed cemetery lands, connecting sprinkler heads, moving and setting up sprinkler lines and hoses.
• Loads and hauls organic material to a compost pile.
• Assists year‑round Cemetery staff with the funeral process, including digging, settling, compacting, sodding, and hand watering.
• Utilizes City vehicles including pickup trucks, water trucks, and other Cemetery equipment.
• Operates a variety of hand and power tools in a safe manner.
• Interacts with the public and responds to questions and comments in a courteous and timely manner, including referring citizens to designated personnel.
• Communicates and coordinates regularly with appropriate others to maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of interdepartmental operations and activities.
• Performs other directly related duties as assigned.

• High School Diploma or GED by employment start date.
• This position requires operation of a company vehicle; candidates must be 18 years of age or older and meet all company driving eligibility requirements.
• Some related landscaping or maintenance experience is preferred but not required.
• Offers for employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of the conditional offer process including, but not limited to, a driving record history check, criminal background check, thorough reference checks, and a general internet search.

• Ability to understand and follow oral and/or written policies, procedures, and instructions.
• Ability to communicate effectively with others, both orally and in writing, using both technical and non‑technical language.
• Ability to work outdoors for extended periods of times with exposure to varying weather conditions.
• Ability and willingness to quickly learn and put to use new skills and knowledge brought about by rapidly changing information and/or technology.
• Demonstrates integrity, ingenuity and inventiveness in the performance of assigned tasks.
• Consistently performs assignments in accordance with the City’s Core Values of Integrity, Leadership, Service and Teamwork.