This position is located in Tonto National Monument, in the Visitor Services Division. Open to the first 50 applicants or until 11/30/2023 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.

Duties

Park Guides connect people to parks. They play a key role in ensuring that visitors have a meaningful experience by serving in a frontline customer service position. By helping visitors take an interest in the places they visit, Park Guides promote stewardship and provide the opportunity for those visitors to care for park resources.The primary responsibilities include: Providing formal and informal interpretive talks and walks (up to three miles in length over steep terrain). The interpretation is of a repetitive nature. Collecting appropriate fees at a visitor center following established accountability guidelines for handling government funds. Incumbent operates the RBMS point of sale system, the Western National Park's Association register, and may assist with stocking the park store. Representing the monument at local community outreach events and assisting with educational programs in park. The park hosts several special events throughout the year such as a winter luminary event, night sky programs, and a spring open house event. Park Guides will be key in making these events a success. Under the direction of a higher graded Interpretive staff member, the park guide may assist with developing digital media that explain the area's recreational opportunities, interpretive services, natural and cultural resources, park events, and potential safety hazards. The incumbent is responsible for working closely with interpretive colleagues, volunteers, other divisions, partner groups, and ensuring the safety of visitors, employees, and the public. Assisting with medical emergencies such as heat exhaustion, weather related trail closures, and evacuations. Additionally, Park Guides may have the ability to assist with special projects based on the individual's interest and mission of the monument (ex. Museum design, safety, etc.) Area Information:Tonto National Monument was established to preserve, protect, and interpret two 700-year-old cliff dwellings, other archaeological sites, and the natural resources of the Upper Sonoran Desert ecosystem. The monument is over 1120 acres of desert environment comprised of diverse plants and animals including many species of cacti, birds, snakes, bees, scorpions, lizards, and mammals. The monument ranges in elevation from 2300' to 4000' and temperatures in this high desert location may range from 30 to 115 degrees Fahrenheit. The monument is located 30 minutes from the nearest town and has shared housing on site that may be available to this position. This position is career seasonal in nature; the expected unpaid status is one pay period during the summer months.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-11/30/2023-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, 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. 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. To qualify for this position at the GS-05 grade level, you must possess at least one of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-04 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities that involved making oral presentations 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; museum or observatory guide, docent, naturalist; environmental educator or teacher; teaching assistant; or other similar work. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion or at least have successfully completed a four-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree with major study major study in American history, science, and/or public speaking, or a bachelor's degree supplemented by at least 24 semester hours in American history, science, and/or public speaking. You must include transcripts. -OR- Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. NOTE: Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours of a course of study leading to a bachelor's degree is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirements. Two full academic years of study, or 60 semester hours, beyond the second year is equivalent to 1 year of specialized experience. For example, 6 months of the specialized experience described above (50% of the experience requirement), and 3 years of college study from an accredited institution (50% of the qualifying education) which included at least 12 semester hours of related course work as specified above. Any combination of total percentage in crediting combination of specialized experience and education must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. 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.

Education

To qualify based on education, you must submit a legible copy of transcripts from an accredited institution with your name, school name, credit hours, course level, major(s), and grade-point average or class ranking. Transcripts do not need to be official, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet qualification requirements, you must show that your education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.

Contacts

• Address Tonto National Monument HC 02 Box 4602 Roosevelt, AZ 85545 US
• Name: Vicki Duran
• Email: [email protected]