Description:
Schedule: Full-time (40 hours a week; 10-hour shifts, 4 days a week).
Housing: Housing Available
Dates: 05-16-2022 - 09-10-2022
Agency: National Park Service
Location: Cedar Breaks National Monument
Overview:
- This position requires front desk customer service at park Visitor Centers.
- Intern will provide information to visitors to ensure an enjoyable and safe trip.
- Intern will provide fee collection, operate AV equipment and open and close the building.
- Intern will develop and provide interpretive, educational and school programs on park natural and cultural resources and produce Park communications through written and verbal means, social media and press releases.
- Position will assist with special projects as they arise.
- Position requires working both inside and outdoors and may encounter various weather conditions when outdoors.
Requirements:
- Wear the Cedar Breaks IIC uniform while on duty.
- Operate a government vehicle as part of official duties (possess a valid state driver's license)
- Pass required background investigations for federal employment including fee collection requirement
- Visitor Services intern positions may include some or all of the following responsibilities.
- Each park may have specific duties relevant to the park that are not listed here.
- Greet and orient park visitors.
- Answer visitor questions and conduct public presentations on natural and cultural resource significance.
- Provide safety and regulatory information, conduct interpretive talks and guided walks while developing an in-depth knowledge of the park’s geology, history, plants, and wildlife.
- Interns may collect fees, and sell park related association gifts, books and merchandise in the visitor’s center, and account for funds received.
- Interns will ensure park information pamphlets and other materials are well stocked in the visitor’s center.
Qualifications:
- This position requires excellent customer service skills, the ability to enjoy working with individuals and groups of diverse backgrounds (public experience helpful).
- Excellent writing skills, knowledge or interest in regional geology, native tribes, ecology, history, etc. are essential for this position.
- The successful candidate should be excited about Public Lands and have a desire for knowledge of the natural world.