Seasonal Park Guide

Full Job Description

This is a temporary position not to exceed 1560 hours. This is an excepted service appointment that does not confer competitive status.

This is an open continuous announcement with an established initial cut-off date of February 5, 2026. Applicants are strongly encouraged to apply by the initial cut-off date.

Please see "Next Steps" for additional information. All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement 05/21/2026 unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Special knowledge or expertise concerning the park's or preserve's natural and/or cultural resources and the management thereof is required.

Local knowledge of the resources and the typical conditions that affect the work to be accomplished will be applied in the performance of duties.

-AND- To be eligible your resume must clearly show periods of time having lived or worked in or near the area of consideration. The area of consideration can be found in the below paragraph.

Areas considered "near" Denali National Park and Preserve, Toklat, and Wonder Lake duty stations include only: Anderson, Cantwell, Chulitna, Clear, Curry, Denali Park, Ferry, Healy, Kantishna, Lake Minchumina, McKinley Village, Nenana, Nikolai, Petersville, Talkeetna, Tanana, Telida, and Trapper Creek.

-ALSO- The following are the competencies identified for this position.

Applicants are not required to address these competencies in a separate document but are encouraged to include in their resumes experience related to these competencies.

Ability to communicate verbally to diverse groups and in a variety of settings. Ability to provide professional customer service.

Skill in the daily operation of a busy visitor center/information desk, sales outlet, bookstore, or similar facility to include providing frontline information and support services.

Ability to deliver natural and/or historical information through prescribed talks/demonstrations and provide guide services to parties of small size (as many as 20 people). Major Duties:

The typical season for this position is April through September but can be variable during these months due to weather conditions, project needs, or funding.

The anticipated entry on duty is April 2026. These positions offer two work schedules listed below.

In the application process you will be prompted to indicate the work schedule you wish to be considered for. When prompted you may select one work schedule or both.

Full-time Part-time (25 hours per week) If selected, you will work as a Park Guide, GS-0090-04, at Denali National Park and Preserve.

The duties for this position include visitor services, resource protection, and interpretation.

Specific duties include: Performing visitor center front desk support by responding to visitor inquiries, making sales, and collecting fees.

Completing a variety of supportive functions such as stocking maps and brochures, recording statistics, and maintaining Junior Ranger program supplies.

When needed, providing first aid to visitors, employees, and others.

Conducting on-foot roving patrols of the park to provide informal interpretation, wildlife safety messaging and to protect natural and cultural resources.

Advising visitors of park regulations and explaining the importance of these to encourage visitor support for protection of the resources and/or safety of visitors.

Effectively managing human-wildlife interactions and providing safety and education to visitors.

Employing effective verbal and written communication skills to present one or two formal and informal thematic interpretive programs based on established template program outlines.

Formal or informal programs may include guided walks, ranger talks, and bus welcome messages.

Boarding buses to provide short visitor welcome messages, recording road use data, and providing visitor orientation at the Savage River Check Station.

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