Park Ranger; Interpretation

Park Ranger - Interpreter

This position is located within the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Interpretation & Education, Anniston, AL. At the full performance level (GS-09) the major duties of this position include, but are not limited to the following:

• Designs interpretive experiences with purposeful focus and cohesion that address the strategic goals and objectives of park interpretation.
• Uses a variety of fully developed interpretive techniques based on audience, medium, resource, and setting to guide interactive experiences and provide opportunities for in person and virtual connections.
• Applies facilitation skills and collaborates with others to guide interactive experiences and explore sensitive, complex, and/or controversial topics.
• Creates, facilitates, and supports opportunities for audiences to understand national significance and personal relevance through intellectual and emotional connections to resource meanings and their current context.
• Develops and presents formal and informal audience and learner-centered interpretive experiences using interpretive skills, techniques, and tools delivered in-person and through interpretive media and technology.

Salary Range Information (Per Annum): $61,722 - $80,243 per annum
* First time hires to the federal government typically start at the beginning salary in the range for their respective grade level. The employees of the National Park Service care for special places that are the heritage of all Americans. Since its inception in 1916, the National Park Service has been dedicated to the preservation and management of this country's outstanding natural, historical, and recreational resources.

Park Ranger
- Interpreters connect people to parks. They play a key role in ensuring that visitors have a meaningful, satisfying, and safe park experience, help visitors decide how to spend their time in the park, and inform them about the wonders that await their discovery. Park Ranger
- Interpreters are specially trained to engage the public so that each park visitor can find a personal connection with the meanings and values found in the places and stories of that park. They help visitors explore the many dimensions of parks by introducing them to a variety of perspectives. By providing the opportunity for visitors to care about the places they visit, they promote stewardship and the opportunity for those visitors to care for park resources.

National parks are among the most remarkable places in America for recreation, learning, and inspiration. The work done by Park Ranger
- Interpreters through effective interpretive and educational programs encourages the development of a personal stewardship ethic and broadens public support for preserving and protecting park resources, so that they may be enjoyed by present and future generations.