Join our funny little team of 6 in an off grid luxury lodge. Housing included!

Starts June 12, 2026 and runs through September 19, 2026, with a possible 30 day extension.

Seeking a Full Time Housekeeper/Coffee Fairy for the privately owned and prestigious Half Moon Bar Lodge on the Rogue River in Oregon. Come explore one of the original eight Wild and Scenic Rivers, and join our small team of 6. We serve small exclusive groups that are adventuring in the Rogue River Canyon. 

You will work closely with the whole lodge team in coordinating and executing lodge operations to ensure a unique and immersive experience for our guests. This may include assisting in the Garden, Kitchen and Guest Services roles. This is a Homestead style lodge where we grow a lot of our food and make almost everything from scratch. 

This position is responsible for maintaining the cleanliness, comfort, and welcoming atmosphere of the lodge while ensuring guests start each day with fresh coffee and attentive hospitality. The Housekeeper/Coffee Fairy prepares and serves morning coffee, cleans guest rooms and bathrooms, changes linens, manages laundry, restocks supplies, and keeps common areas tidy and inviting.

As part of a small lodge team, the role contributes directly to the guest experience by ensuring accommodations are clean, organized, and ready for arriving visitors. The position involves regular physical activity, including lifting laundry, making beds, cleaning rooms, and moving throughout the property. It also includes noticing and reporting maintenance needs, maintaining housekeeping supplies, and helping the lodge operate smoothly on a day-to-day basis.

More than simply cleaning rooms, the Housekeeper/Coffee Fairy helps create the warm, personal atmosphere that guests remember. By combining housekeeping duties with morning coffee service and friendly hospitality, the role plays an important part in making every guest's stay comfortable, relaxing, and enjoyable.

We are a non smoking, drug free property. If you need to smoke or vape all day you are not a good fit. If you need to smoke weed or eat edibles all day you are not a good fit. If you are trying to get clean and sober, we applaud and support you, but do it somewhere else. 

What You'll Do

• Clean and prepare guest rooms and bathrooms

• Change linens and restock amenities

• Maintain lodge common areas to a high standard

• Prepare and deliver fresh morning coffee for guests

• Assist with laundry and housekeeping organization

• Report maintenance or safety concerns

• Help create a warm, welcoming atmosphere for every guest

What We're Looking For

• Reliable and self-motivated

• Friendly, positive attitude

• Attention to detail and cleanliness

• Ability to work independently and as part of a small team

• Comfortable with a physically active role

• Hospitality, housekeeping, or customer service experience is required

Why You'll Love It

• Work in one of Oregon's most beautiful wilderness settings

• Be part of a close-knit, supportive team

• Spend your days surrounded by river views, wildlife, and outdoor adventure

• Opportunity to build hospitality experience in a unique lodge environment

COMPENSATION:

Starting pay is $20.00 an hour, direct deposited on a biweekly basis. Meals and lodging are provided at $15.00 per day cost to you. If you work through the last day of the season, it will be refunded as a bonus. Staff usually eats the same food as the guests, unless we beg the kitchen for more variety. Then you can be creative and surprise us. 

Team members live on the property in staff housing, as there are no roads to the lodge. Staff rooms are mostly private, have new pillowtop mattresses, soft linens and fluffy pillows. Each room has an amazing view and is clean and comfortable. The rooms have 24 hour electricity and excellent Wi-Fi. The bathroom is shared with up to 5 other staff. 

We rely on our jet boat for staff transportation in and out of the property. There is ample parking at the attended boat ramp, we leave all our vehicles there.

Our workday is long and days off are few, as is common with seasonal lodging positions, but we schedule at least one day off per week. Depending on guest load, you may get two days off. 

LODGE CULTURE:

Half Moon Bar Lodge is a beautiful place to live and a great place to get away from the hustle and bustle of the world for a few months. You'll spend lots of time outdoors and learn what it takes to bring the off-grid experience with a luxury twist to our guests. 

We have world class fishing, hiking, trails, disc golf, stand up paddle boards and a million places for a hammock, hot afternoons often finding us at the swimming hole, so there is lots to do with your free time. On days off you can access the famous Rogue River Trail, its just across the river. We also have some of the best dark skies in the US for stargazing from our airstrip. Personal garden plots are available for you to cultivate non invasive vegetables and flowers. 

Half Moon Bar Lodge staff are one big semi-functional family. Living and working together cultivates an environment that encourages honesty, accountability, a sense of belonging, and loads of fun. We admit mistakes and call each other out when needed; this is one of our core values, and we find it works well. 

There is no cell service, but we have Star link satellite internet to stay in touch with the outside world. It is darn fast. Fast enough to stream in HD or to Video Chat/FaceTime with loved ones. 

No pets, we have the world's greatest Lodge dog named Roma; she is a little bit famous. However you can not bring your pets nor can guests bring pets. We love all animals, but especially our resident herd of deer. They are used to Roma, but disappear for days when other dogs come on property. 

LOGISTICS:

From Gold Beach, OR it’s about an hour drive to Foster Bar where you meet the Half Moon Bar Lodge jet boat, which will take you the rest of the way. We rely on our jet boat for staff transportation in and out of the property. There is ample parking at Foster Bar, we leave all of our vehicles there.

You are responsible for reaching Foster Bar on time for your scheduled jet boat and will stay through the season with the exception of previously scheduled weeks off or emergencies. 

We are an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state or local law.