Park Ranger (Wilderness-Permits) Seasonal

US National Park Service; Springdale (UT); On-site; USD 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Zion National Park seeks a Park Ranger (Wilderness-Permits) Seasonal to support canyoneering permitting and wilderness work. The role emphasizes rope work, route leadership and safety, with emphasis on documenting hours and weeks worked for experience credits.

Typical entry on duty is April–May; anticipated start April 2027. Requirements stress explicit hours/week and appropriate education or combination with transcripts for qualification evaluation.

Qualifications

• Selective factor requires ability to lead canyoneering or climbing routes and to independently ascend/descend ropes.
• Hours per week must be stated in resume to credit hours worked in each position.
• Education or combination options may qualify; transcripts must be included per instructions.
• Must include months, years and hours per week for all experience and education credits.

Skills

Rope skills

Canyoneering

Climbing

Anchors

Education

Bachelor's degree with related coursework

Job description

You will serve as a Park Ranger (Wilderness-Permits) Seasonal for Zion National Park.

The typical seasonal entry-on-duty is April-May but can be variable during these months due to weather conditions, project needs, or funding. Anticipated Entry on Duty: April 2027.

All qualifications must be met by 11:59 EST or when the 'applicant cut-off' is reached (which may be sooner than 10/13/2026).

To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying experience. Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected.

SELECTIVE FACTOR:

This position performs technical rope skills used in canyoneering, climbing or mountaineering. Incumbent must have the skills to independently: complete and lead canyoneering or climbing routes, ascend and descend ropes, create and evaluate anchors. Sufficient experience must be clearly demonstrated in your resume, or other supporting documentation, to evaluate this requirement. Candidates who do not meet this requirement by close of this announcement will receive no further consideration for this position.

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SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:

• Park Guide or tour leader;
• Law enforcement or investigative work;
• Archeological or historical preservation research work;
• Forestry and/or fire management work in a park, recreation, or conservation area; and/or
• Management, assistant, or program specialist work involving the development and implementation of policy related to protection, conservation, or management of park areas or similar operations.

Note: Your experience descriptions must include hours per week worked.

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EDUCATION:

Successful completion of at least a 4-year (120 semester/180 quarter credits) course of study above high school leading to a bachelor's degree with 24 semester/36 quarter hours of related course work in: natural resource management, natural sciences, earth sciences, history, archeology, anthropology, park and recreation management, law enforcement/police science, social sciences, museum sciences, business administration, public administration, behavioral sciences, sociology, or other closely related subjects pertinent to the management and protection of natural and cultural resources. You must include transcripts.

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COMBINATION:

Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. For example, I have six months of specialized experience (50% of the experience requirement), and three years of college study from an accredited institution (50% of the qualifying education) that equals 100% of the total requirement. You must include transcripts.

You must include months, years and hours per week worked to receive credit for your work and/or volunteer experience. One year of specialized experience is equivalent to 12 months at 40 hours per week. Part-time hours are prorated. You will not receive any credit for experience that does not indicate exact hours per week or is listed as "varies" or "summer" etc..

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. Current or former displaced Federal employees who are surplus, displaced, or involuntarily separated have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP). To be considered under CTAP/ICTAP, you must be well-qualified, score at least 85 (i.e., meet the minimum qualification requirements, including any selective placement factors; education, and experience requirements), and be able to perform the duties of the position upon entry.