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Park Ranger (Interpretation)
National Park Service · Posted today
About the Role
This position is located in Joshua Tree National Park, in the Division of Interpretation, Resource Education and Volunteers. The purpose of interpeetation is to enrich peoples lives through meaningful experiences and enjoyable recreation.
What You'll Do
- →The major duties of the Park Ranger (Interpretation) position include, but are not limited to, the following: Plans, designs, develops, and improves interpretive materials such as webpages, app content, audio, video, other digital content, signs, publications, and waysides and presents a variety of formal and informal interpretive and educational programs to a wide variety of audiences.
- →Serves as a front-line representative of the National Park Service to meet and greet visitors in visitor centers, in a park or at outreach events providing orientation, information, and informal interpretation.
- →Works effectively, cooperatively, and builds relationships/partnerships, with coworkers, park partners (educators, cooperating associations, Tribes, community groups, other agencies), and the general public in an effort to provide quality park interpretation and effective outreach to park communities.
- →Coordinate the operation of a visitor facility and/or information desk.
- →Actively engage and interact with local communities through on and off-site representation and interpretive programming.
- →Identify and engage with new audiences and communities.
- →Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level.
- →Additional Information: The employees of the National Park Service care for special places that are the heritage of all Americans.
- →Since its inception in 1916, the National Park Service has been dedicated to the preservation and management of this country's outstanding natural, historical, and recreational resources.
- →Park ranger - interpreters connect people to parks.
- →They play a key role in ensuring that visitors have a meaningful, satisfying, and safe park experience, help visitors decide how to spend their time in the park, and inform them about the wonders that await their discovery.
- →Park ranger - interpreters are specially trained to engage the public so that each park visitor can find a personal connection with the meanings and values found in the places and stories of that park.
- →They help visitors explore the many dimensions of parks by introducing them to a variety of perspectives.
- →By providing the opportunity for visitors to care about the places they visit, they promote stewardship and the opportunity for those visitors to care for park resources.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship required.
- ✓Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
- ✓Meet Selective Service Registration Act requirement for males.
- ✓Complete the initial online assessment and USAHire Assessment, if required.
- ✓Selectee will be required to participate in the Direct Deposit Electronics Funds Transfer Program.
- ✓You will be required to operate a government (or private) motor vehicle as part of your official duties; a valid driver's license is required.
- ✓You will be required to submit a Motor Vehicle Operator's License and Driving Record.
- ✓You will be required to wear a uniform and comply with the National Park Service uniform standards.
- ✓A uniform allowance will be provided.
- ✓You may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime and shift work.
- ✓You may be required to travel overnight away from home up to 1 night per month.
- ✓You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes.
- ✓You may be required to complete training and obtain/maintain a government charge card with travel and/or purchase authority.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest will be evaluated.
Personality Fit
This role is commonly a great fit for these MBTI types:
Job ID: 303e91ba-e49f-46ba-bb58-b756b89c19e7
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