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.
Pelicans
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") annually.
Open Positions:
"Pelican" Seasonal Staff
Applications and Job Description
Please Note: Pelican applications for regular season positions are no longer being accepted, We are in the process of reviewing all the candidates and making assignments. Thank you. We will be accepting applications for End of Season Pelicans (mid-August through mid-September) beginning in June.
Pelican Boat Schedule Announced
6/7 arrivals are departing Portsmouth at 9:00
6/9 and 6/10 arrivals are departing Portsmouth at 10:30 on both days
Please plan on arriving 15 minutes before departure times.
Thank you.
Please note: All employees must present identification indicating their eligibility to work in the United States. Employment in prior years does not count. Appropriate identification is listed on the I-9 form starisland.org/working/paperwork/2009 If you are departing to Star Island Monday through Friday, you will be required to come to Star Island’s Portsmouth office 90 minutes prior to your boat departure in order to submit your completed I-9 form and show proof of work eligibility. If you are traveling to Star Island on a Saturday or Sunday, you will be required to do the same thing on island immediately upon your arrival. Star Island’s Island Clerk will process your paperwork.