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Apply to Join the City of Keene
Thank you for your interest in working with the City of Keene. Listings are updated promptly, and all City of Keene work opportunities are posted through Human Resources. Paid position vacancies are also posted internally in accordance with relevant collective bargaining agreements and City policy. If an application deadline is not listed, the position will remain open until filled.
Every opportunity with the City of Keene is a customer service opportunity. Our mission is to provide services and amenities that enhance quality of life, ensuring our city remains a vibrant, resilient place to live, work, and grow.
Current Career Opportunities
We invite all interested and qualified candidates to apply for employment opportunities. If you are an applicant with a disability and are unable to use our online tools to search and apply for jobs, please contact us by calling Darcy Newport, HR Director, at (603) 357-9858. (Please indicate the specific assistance you need.)
Help seasonally in Parks & Recreation
Summer seasonal positions related to parks, cemeteries, and recreation programs are usually recruited beginning in February. Winter seasonal positions for recreation programs are usually recruited beginning in late summer. For information about these types of positions, please visit our Current Job Opportunities page.
Summer Youth Training Program
The Summer Youth Training Program recruitment is for 14- and 15-year-old Keene residents. Recruitment usually begins in April, and the program depends on funding through the annual operating budget process, which concludes in June. For information about this training program, please visit Youth Services.
How our process works
To help ensure the safety of and services to our community, each selection process is thorough and deliberate so we can select the right employee for each opportunity―meaning the most qualified, effective, and safe candidate.
- Application materials are accepted by Human Resources (HR) until the deadline, at which time the opportunity will be unpublished. All applications are acknowledged by email.
- Application materials are sent to appropriate review team members for consideration.
- Initial candidates are selected for interview by the review team.
- Applicants not selected for interviews are notified by HR.
- Interviews are scheduled and conducted.
- The final candidate is determined, and reference checks are conducted.
- A recommendation to extend a conditional offer is forwarded to the City Manager. If approved, a conditional offer is made by the department.
- If accepted, a background check is conducted and appropriate exams or screenings are conducted.
- Criminal and driving records requests are processed through state agencies.
- Interviewed candidates not selected are notified.
- Depending on the position, a pre-employment drug test, physical examination, and/or psychological examination also may also be required. All records are safeguarded in accordance with applicable privacy laws.
- The department notifies the applicant to coordinate a start date.
Equal Opportunity
We treat all job applicants and employees with dignity and respect, providing a workplace that is free from discrimination, whether based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity or perceived gender nonconformity, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, political affiliation, disability, marital or family status, pregnancy, membership in an employee organization, or other non-merit factors or other characteristics protected by law.