The US government is hiring a Burning Man project manager

Imagine a festival being such a huge deal that the government of the country it's held in has to hire someone to manage it.

That's exactly the case for Nevada desert fest Burning Man, with the Bureau of Land Management in the United States posting a vacancy for Project Manager online.

You may think it's strange, but it's a tidy earner with the full-time salary ranging from $69,497 to $90,344.

According to Business Insider, the potential employee "is to perform as project leader for complex projects such as RMPs, major EIS's and EA's and Special Recreation Permits, in particular the Burning Man event, which have a broad scope and often require coordination outside the district organization."

We guess the role would also include drawing up contingency plans for unexpected closures like last year, but working at somewhere like this year can't be too bad. You could even get to travel in a private jet, too.

[Photo: Scott London]

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