Job opening: Visitor Services Assistant
Salary: $34 121 - 40 486 per year
Published at: Jan 13 2025
Employment Type: Full-time
The purpose of this position is to provide a student with general work experience, exposure to working with the public, and the opportunity for gaining skills required to carry out more complex tasks. Incumbent answers visitor questions which are routine and repetitive and relate largely to factual situation within or surrounding the national park, such as the restraints, other museums, etc.
Duties
Major Duties:
Working with the public, incumbent answers routine, repetitive question asked at the information center and describes interpretive program offerings which are provided in writing.
Responsible for carrying out recurring tasks such as stocking brochures and desk supplies and keeping work areas organized and clean.
Knowledge required by the positon, Knowledge of park and partner locations and program offerings.
Qualifications
All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-01/27/2025-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement.
Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. To receive credit for experience, your 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.
To qualify for this position at the GS-01 grade level, you must possess at least one or all of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement:
EXPERIENCE: Have the ability to perform the work of this position for example answering visitor questions, operating standard office equipment, respond to inquiries via mail, electronic mail or telephone, etc. You must include hours per week worked.
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
There is no substitution of education for experience at the grade level(s) of this announcement.
Contacts
- Address Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
72 McBride Avenue
Paterson, NJ 07501
US
- Name: Patricia Amatul-Majeed
- Phone: 904-676-1378
- Email: patricia_amatul-majeed@nps.gov