We’re hiring for roles across Oatlands, and with our partners, offering opportunities to grow your skills in public history, education, horticulture, visitor services, preservation, events, and nonprofit operations! Whether you’re just starting out or bringing years of experience, Oatlands is a place to learn, contribute, and help shape the future of a nationally significant historic site.
Join a collaborative, mission-driven team committed to preserving an extraordinary place, telling inclusive and complex histories, and welcoming people of all ages and backgrounds to engage with the past in ways that matter today.
Seasonal Grounds Technician
Posted: 3/1/2026
The Grounds Technician will help maintain the integrity and overall appearance of the grounds at Oatlands, in accordance with preservation standards appropriate for a National Historic Landmark and National Trust Historic Site. Carry out grounds maintenance tasks according to prescribed schedules and seasonal needs. Identify need for any non-routine landscape maintenance or repairs and report needs to Buildings and Grounds Supervisor to determine appropriate procedures with regard to historic preservation guidelines and standards. Ensure that all grounds and plantings are maintained and presented to the highest professional landscape and horticultural standards, balancing the needs of historic preservation, education, interpretation and visitor safety.
Duties:
Routinely assess longer term maintenance needs of the landscape and grounds before system failure or material loss and flag for supervisor.
Help ensure security of the site and safety for visitors and staff, through daily building and grounds checks.
Handle custodial duties, including cleaning the porches, ensuring garbage and recycling pick up, and caring for public restrooms, plus light carpentry, painting, and regular seasonal tasks such as cleaning gutters and down spouts.
Provide routine and seasonal maintenance of the historic landscape, including lawns, gardens, trees, pathways, fences, lily/fish pond, and cemetery. This includes such tasks as mowing, raking, leaf blowing, mulching, fertilizing, weeding, pruning, edging, planting, and watering as needed.
(Please download and review PDF document below for full job details and duties)
PDF DOWNLOAD HERE: Seasonal-Grounds-Technician
Seasonal Education Associate
Posted: 2/3/2026
The primary responsibilities of this position are conducting school programs for K-12 students and leading guided visits of the historic mansion for the 2026 Season.
The school groups will include students from public schools, private schools, home school groups, and Scouts. Group sizes will range from approximately 10 to 150 students. Oatlands school programs meet the social sciences (mainly history) Standards of Learning and tell the full history of Oatlands. Content may also include science SOLs related to the environment, agriculture, horticulture, and climate. Education programs may be done on-site at Oatlands and include the one-room schoolhouse or in-school to multiple classes. The Seasonal Education Associate will learn and conduct Oatlands’ existing lesson plans but may be required to assist with the development of new curriculum. The position is required to assist with the Extreme Journey at Oatlands Summer Camp in July and early August. The position will work closely with and may be directly supervised by the full-time Education Associate.
Tours will interpret the full history of the site, engaging visitors through dialogic interpretation with expertise and professionalism. The tours should be dynamic, memorable experiences that connect the public with the diverse narratives of the site – its people, buildings, gardens, grounds, and larger acreage. Visitors can and will include those who are area residents and familiar with the site as well as those who have never visited. Audiences can and will encompass both adults, youth, family units, and group tours. Shared values and a high degree of cultural competency are a must for this position.
This position is part-time from March through December. The position must work a minimum of one Sunday per month and be available each week as necessary for school programs and tours.
(Please download and review PDF document below for full job details and duties)
PDF DOWNLOAD HERE: Seasonal Education Associate PDF
Journey Through Hallowed Ground position on Indeed: https://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=journey+through+hallowed+ground&l=Purcellville%2C+VA&from=searchOnHP&vjk=bcb08ec62ce7f3fc
