This Washington County Minnesota job guide highlights credible employment pathways across local government, healthcare, education, public safety, and state and local workforce resources serving Woodbury, Stillwater, Cottage Grove, Forest Lake, and communities throughout the county.
Job-volume badges: A “10+ jobs” badge means that ten or more openings were observed during the most recent review. These badges can help identify employers that may be more likely to have current opportunities, but they do not guarantee that the same number of jobs is still available.
This Washington County Minnesota job guide highlights credible employment pathways across local government, healthcare, education, public safety, and state and local workforce resources serving Woodbury, Stillwater, Cottage Grove, Forest Lake, and communities throughout the county.
Job-volume badges: A “10+ jobs” badge means that ten or more openings were observed during the most recent review. These badges can help identify employers that may be more likely to have current opportunities, but they do not guarantee that the same number of jobs is still available.
Washington County recruits across public health, community services, public works, libraries, property records, parks, information technology, finance, public safety, and administration. Its NEOGOV system is the central source for county openings, including professional, technical, seasonal, and public-service roles.
Cottage Grove employs staff in public works, parks and recreation, community development, administration, utilities, police, fire, and other local services. The city’s employment page and application system cover regular, seasonal, part-time, and public-safety opportunities.
Stillwater is the Washington County seat and operates municipal services in public works, parks, planning, administration, utilities, police, fire, and community development. Human Resources provides official employment information and links applicants to the city’s current job postings.
Woodbury supports one of the east metro’s largest communities through public safety, public works, parks and recreation, planning, engineering, administration, utilities, and community services. The city’s employment page directs applicants to current municipal vacancies and hiring information.
Lakeview Hospital in Stillwater is part of HealthPartners and provides hospital and specialty services to the St. Croix Valley. Careers include nursing, emergency and surgical care, imaging, laboratory, rehabilitation, pharmacy, patient support, administration, and operational roles.
M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital in Woodbury serves the east metro with hospital and specialty services. Career opportunities across M Health Fairview include nursing, emergency and surgical care, diagnostics, pharmacy, rehabilitation, behavioral health, patient support, administration, and technical roles.
Shriners Children’s Twin Cities operates its specialty pediatric care center in Woodbury after relocating from Minneapolis. Careers support pediatric orthopedics and rehabilitation through nursing, therapy, clinical services, patient support, administration, and other roles within the Shriners Children’s system.
South Washington County Schools serves Cottage Grove, Woodbury, Newport, St. Paul Park, and surrounding areas through a large K-12 system. Careers include teachers, specialists, paraprofessionals, nutrition, transportation, facilities, technology, substitutes, activities, student services, and district administration.
Stillwater Area Public Schools serves communities across the St. Croix Valley through elementary, middle, high school, early learning, and specialized programs. Employment spans teaching, special education, paraprofessional work, nutrition, transportation, facilities, substitutes, technology, and administration.
Forest Lake Area Schools serves northern Washington County and nearby communities with K-12, early learning, community education, and specialized programs. The district recruits educators, student-support professionals, paraprofessionals, food service, transportation, facilities, substitutes, technology staff, and administrators.
The Washington County Sheriff’s Office provides patrol, jail, investigations, court security, emergency communications, and other countywide public-safety services. Its recruiting resources connect candidates with patrol, corrections, communications, and professional-service openings through the county employment system.
Minnesota’s executive-branch employment portal combines current state vacancies with information on benefits, internships, career paths, application procedures, and accommodations. Washington County residents can use it to reach state agencies in the east metro and across Minnesota.
MNCityJobs from the League of Minnesota Cities offers a statewide municipal hiring board. It helps Washington County applicants compare city careers outside the county, including administration, engineering, planning, public works, parks, utilities, communications, police, and fire.
MinnesotaWorks is a public, no-fee job database integrated with Minnesota’s CareerForce system. It gives Washington County job seekers statewide employer listings plus résumé, saved-search, and employment-resource tools that complement the local government and institutional links in this guide.
Minnesota Judicial Branch employment includes district-court operations and statewide functions in law, administration, technology, finance, research, records, and interpreting. The official court career board provides a single application destination for openings throughout the judicial system.
Washington County Workforce Development connects residents with career counseling, job-search assistance, training, youth programs, and services for dislocated workers and employers. Its Woodbury-based team participates in the CareerForce system and focuses directly on east-metro workforce needs.
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