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$20 an hour
National Park Service
Park Ridge Full-day Full-time

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.

Requirements:

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.
  1. Ability to communicate verbally to diverse groups and in a variety of settings.
  2. Ability to provide professional customer service.
  3. 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.
  4. 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).
Jan 22, 2026;   from: usajobs.gov

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