Park Guide (Seasonal)

US National Park Service; Garfield (AR); Presencial; USD 32.000 - 48.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

The United States National Park Service seeks a Park Guide in Arkansas to greet visitors and educate them about natural, cultural, or historical resources within our national parks.

This federal position supports information dissemination, guided tours, and public outreach during the anticipated season March to September 2027. Applicants must plan to apply by the closing date 10/26/2026.

Formación

• Specialized experience includes park guiding or environmental education.
• Must meet GS-04/05 qualification criteria by closing date.
• Resume must indicate duties, dates, and hours worked; two pages maximum.

Conocimientos

Public speaking

Oral presentation

Guest services

Educación

60 semester hours or more

Descripción del empleo

Park Guides greet visitors to educate and inform them in our National Parks. Work can include providing information on natural, cultural, or historical resources.

Anticipated Season: March - September 2027.

Open to the first 750 applicants.

Applicants must be submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the 10/26/2026 to be considered.

For more park(s) information, select "Learn more about this agency" below: All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-10/26/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement.

Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. To receive credit for experience, your 2 page resume MUST clearly indicate the nature of the duties and responsibilities for each position, starting and ending dates of employment (month/year), and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rather than indicating full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annotated to be able to pro-rate the amount of qualified specialized experience. Resumes must not exceed two single-sided pages and resumes longer than two pages will not be accepted. You may only submit one resume. Only the document submitted as the "Resume" under the Documents section will be used to determine your qualifications/eligibility and for rating purposes. In the event you submit more than one resume, only the latest submission will be reviewed.

To qualify for this position at the GS-04 level, you must possess one of the following

• A. 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 includes, but is 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 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.
• -OR- B. Successfully completed two years of study above high school (60 semester hours or 90 quarter hours), which included at least 12 semester hours in subjects such as American History, science and/or public speaking.
• -OR- C. Equivalent combination of experience and education that, together, equal 100% of the qualification standards listed above when combined.

To qualify for this position at the GS-05 level, you must possess one of the following

• A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-04 level. Specialized Experience is experience 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.
• -OR- B. Successfully completed four years of study above high school (120 semester hour or 180 quarter hours) leading to a bachelor's degree with courses related to the occupation, such as American History, science, public speaking, parks and recreation, education or communications.
• -OR -C. Equivalent combination of experience and education that, together, equal 100% of the qualification standards listed above when combined. Note: only education in excess of what is required for the GS-04 grade (60 semester hours) will be creditable toward the GS-05 grade when substituting education for experience. For example, 90 semester hours of college coursework will meet 50% of qualification requirements (30 semester hours beyond what is required for the GS-04 grade, is equivalent to 6 months of experience).

Note:

This position includes money handling preference for optional consideration. Money handling requires a higher background check.

Qualifying experience may be obtained in the private or public sectors. The OPM Qualification Standards Handbook is available for review at: OPM Qualification Standards.

Volunteer Experience:

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.