This Montgomery County Virginia job guide highlights credible employment pathways across local government, healthcare, education, public safety, and state and local workforce resources serving Blacksburg, Christiansburg, Radford, 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 Montgomery County Virginia job guide highlights credible employment pathways across local government, healthcare, education, public safety, and state and local workforce resources serving Blacksburg, Christiansburg, Radford, 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.
Montgomery County government serves the New River Valley communities surrounding Blacksburg and Christiansburg through planning, municipal infrastructure, recreation, and human-service functions, courts, finance, and administrative operations. Work opportunities span county administration and planning.
Blacksburg is Montgomery County’s largest town and home to Virginia Tech, operating municipal services in public works, transit, planning, parks, housing, technology, finance, and administration. Professional paths cover planning, recreation, and housing.
Christiansburg is the Montgomery County seat and a major New River Valley employment center, providing public works, utilities, planning, parks, recreation, finance, and administrative services. The career range includes planning and recreation.
Radford is an independent city adjoining Montgomery County, with municipal operations in public works, utilities, planning, parks, recreation, finance, community services, and administration. Career functions include public works, planning, recreation, and finance.
LewisGale Hospital Montgomery is an HCA Virginia acute-care hospital in Blacksburg providing emergency, surgical, cardiovascular, women’s, diagnostic, inpatient, and outpatient services. Career fields include laboratory, pharmacy, rehabilitation, patient services, and hospital operations.
Carilion New River Valley Medical Center in Christiansburg combines acute hospital care with emergency, surgical, behavioral-health, imaging, rehabilitation, and specialty services within Carilion Clinic. Roles extend across behavioral health, imaging, and laboratory.
New River Valley Community Services is the public behavioral-health and developmental-services provider for Montgomery County and neighboring localities, with crisis, substance-use, developmental, prevention, and community-support programs. Career areas include counseling and nursing.
Montgomery County Public Schools supports Blacksburg, Christiansburg, and surrounding communities through K-12 schools plus technical and career, special-education, pupil transportation and food services, maintenance services and instructional technology, and student-support programs.
Virginia Tech is a major public research university in Blacksburg, with academic colleges, laboratories, extension programs, athletics, learner services, technology, facilities, dining, and extensive campus operations. Employment areas include research and extension.
New River Community College serves the region with transfer, workforce-oriented, workforce, college-credit high-school, and continuing education programs supported by advising, technology, facilities, and college operations. Workforce opportunities include advising and workforce programs.
Radford University is a public university in the adjoining independent City of Radford, with academic colleges, pupil support, athletics, libraries, technology, facilities, and campus administration. Employment areas include athletics and library services.
Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine operates its Virginia campus in Blacksburg, providing medical education, biomedical research, clinical training, pupil support, and administrative support. Related careers span medical education and faculty roles.
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office handles county law enforcement, courts, and corrections through patrol operations and criminal casework, jail management, court security, civil document service, and community services. Employment functions cover investigations and corrections.
Blacksburg Police serves a university-centered town through patrol operations and criminal casework, roadway safety, community services, public-safety communications, and specialized law-enforcement functions. Employment possibilities cover roadway safety, public-partnership programs, communications, and records.
Virginia Tech Police provides full-service law enforcement and campus safety for the Blacksburg university community, combining patrol, investigations, emergency management partnerships, security, and community programs. Workforce roles cover patrol and safety programs.
Christiansburg Police provides municipal law enforcement through patrol, investigations, traffic enforcement, neighborhood outreach, school and youth programs, and specialty services. Workforce opportunities include neighborhood policing, records, training, support, and police officer careers.
Radford Police provides law enforcement for the independent city through patrol, case investigation, traffic operations, public-partnership programs, emergency dispatch, and focused programs. Job families include police officer careers, investigations, and traffic enforcement.
Virginia Career Works New River/Mount Rogers connects New River Valley job seekers with career centers, employment assistance, workforce training, skills development, and regional hiring resources. Employment areas include career planning and hiring events.
The Commonwealth’s official employment system lets New River Valley job seekers search Virginia agency careers in Montgomery County and statewide, including transportation, public safety, health, research support, administration, and professional services.
Virginia Workforce Connection provides New River Valley applicants with statewide vacancy matching, digital résumé tools, labor-market intelligence, training guidance, and career discovery alongside the region’s Virginia Career Works centers.
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