Field Unit Local Authority; FUL - Park Guide

Summary

You will serve as a Park Guide at Navajo National Monument. This position is being filled under the Field Unit Local Hiring Authority (FUL). See below under Additional Information for further eligibility guidance.

• Perform opening and closing procedures for a visitor center according to established procedures
• Serve as front-line representative of the organization to greet customers and answer questions
• Provide direction, information, and orientation about services or activities of interest to the public
• Educate visitors regarding rules, regulations, and safety concerns to gain compliance
• Present talks, guided tours, programs, and hands-off activities to inform or educate audiences
• Provide positive interactions with a diverse public representing different cultures, ages, social, ethnic, and economic groups
• Operate standard office equipment and operate computers with various programs
• Conduct guided hikes in the backcountry for visitors and/or other individuals or groups
• Staff visitor center and inform visitors about park facilities and resources
• Work with volunteers and interns to conduct visitor use services and other activities
• Perform other assigned duties including community outreach activities
• Perform a variety of duties and assignments in the visitor center and in backcountry
• May occasionally assist at sister parks, Hubbell Trading Post NHS and Canyon de Chelly NM

The Monument is located on a remote sandstone plateau in NE Arizona on the Navajo Nation at an elevation of 7300 feet. The upland area is semi-arid, with pinon and jumper forest and associated semi-desert plants and animals with isolated areas of alpine timber in nearby canyons. Deep canyons originate near each separate unit of the Monument, where well-preserved ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings are found.

Daytime temperatures range from 85 degrees to 95 degrees during the summer and from 15 degrees to 35 degrees during winter. Limited shopping, emergency response and Indian Health Service health center are available in Kayenta, AZ (35 miles distance). Major shopping, medical hospital, and dental facilities are available in Farmington, NM and Flagstaff, AZ (about 150 miles distance). Please note that no housing is available in the park or surrounding reservation.