Organization: Department of the Interior
Website: DoI
Title: Park Guide
Location: Sitka & Mount Edgecumbe, AK
Salary: $14.87/hour
Description:
Staffs information counter at the visitor center serving as initial contact for all visitors entering the building. Greets everyone entering the building. Provides information on a variety of subjects and interprets park values for visitors with varying interests and backgrounds. Orients hikers to conditions and equipment needs. Presents informal interpretive programs including introductions to films, map talks, and static exhibit interpretation at the visitor center. Performs roving interpretations, providing visitors with information on park related activities, services and park themes.
As a member of the park’s interpretation and education team, incumbent researches, develops and presents guided walks, talks, and tours on the cultural history of Sitka National Historical Park Southeast Alaska . Conducts frequent tours of the 1843 Russian Bishop’s House, and occasional guided walks along park trails featuring totem poles and the 1804 battle between Tlingit Indians and Russian fur traders. Regularly performs interpretive roving patrols on park trails and at the Russian Bishop’s House to present cultural and natural history of the region. Incumbent will perform work at the park’s visitor center, greeting and answering visitor questions. This position performs fee collection duties, and is expected to operate a cash register and complete shift reports. Answers telephone inquiries. Incumbent will assist with special interpretive programs and projects. If selected, appointee will be subject to a background investigation for suitability determination. Duties require the ability to climb stairs in the Russian Bishop’s House National Historic Landmark.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Standing for long periods of time, walking for distances up to one miles here, climbing and descending steep inclines, bending, and lifting moderately heavy items in a repetitive motion is required. Mental stress and physical fatigue occure due to high volume of personal contacts, occasional emergency responses, and repetitive nature of interpretive programs.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: Work is performed indoores at the visitors center as well as in outdoor areas resulting in exposure to extreme temperatures, rain, snow, wind and direct sunlight.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Standing for long periods of time, walking for distances up to one miles here, climbing and descending steep inclines, bending, and lifting moderately heavy items in a repetitive motion is required. Mental stress and physical fatigue occure due to high volume of personal contacts, occasional emergency responses, and repetitive nature of interpretive programs.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: Work is performed indoores at the visitors center as well as in outdoor areas resulting in exposure to extreme temperatures, rain, snow, wind and direct sunlight.
Qualifications:
Applicants must possess six (6) months of general experience and six (6) months of specialized experience for a total of one year of experience. General experience is any type of work that demonstrates the applicant's ability to perform the work of the position, or (2) experience that provided a familiarity with the subject matter or processes of the broad subject area of the occupation. Examples of general experience include, but are not limited to, selling merchandise, collecting and accounting for fees or other monies, greeting visitors, disseminating information, providing directions, or other work which required dealing with people on a recurring basis; and that indicates the ability to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to perform the duties of this position.
Specialized Experience is experience that that involved oral presentation of historical, scientific, or program information to groups; or developing and/or revising technical, historical, or scientific information for oral presentation to groups. Examples of specialized experience could include Park Guide or tour leader; naturalist; environmental educator or teacher; or other similar work.
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Education: Applicants must have two years of education above high school (60 semester hour or 90 quarter hours) which included at least 12 semester hours of directly related courses, such as in American history, science, and/or public speaking.
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