Student Visitor Services Attendants

Location: Banff

Student Visitor Services Attendants

Parks Canada - Visitor Experience

Closing date:
March 31, 2026 - 23:59, Pacific Time

Reference number
CAP
25J
- Selection process number
2026-CAP-BNP-EA-SU-009 Location
Banff (Alberta), Banff National Park of Canada (Alberta)
Employment tenure
Various position lengths commencing May to September 2026 Salary
$23.07 to $26.46 per hour Level
ST-UDE-NT Who can apply
Persons residing within a 150 km radius of Banff, AB. Parks Canada Agency considers applications from students who have legal status to work in Canada. Please indicate in your application the reason for which you are entitled to work in Canada:
Canadian citizenship, permanent resident status, or work permit.

To be considered for employment under one of the student employment programs, the individual must be:
• registered as a full-time or part-time secondary or post-secondary student in an accredited academic program

• participating in adult education and retraining programs at the secondary level, operated under the authority of an accredited academic institution

• should meet the minimum age requirement to be employed in the province or territory of work

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About the position

Duties
Student Day Use Area Attendant:
Provides traffic management, visitor services, revenue collection, and site cleaning and maintenance at key day use areas in Banff National Park. This includes but is not limited to: flagging and other traffic management, providing information to the visiting public, litter picking and group cleaning, and regulation and safety compliance.
Student Entry Gate and Visitor Centre Attendants:
Revenue collection at various visitor service locations including visitor centres, entry gates, day use areas and retail locations. This includes providing comprehensive information to the visiting public on a wide variety of topics including but not limited to: campgrounds, trails, points of interest, safety, wilderness travel, park regulations and policies, selling a variety of passes, and properly accounting for revenue received.
Student Campground Attendant:
Provides visitor services to enhance visitor experience, and cleans and maintains Parks Canada Agency area buildings, facilities and grounds. This includes but is not limited to the daily cleaning of; campground washroom facilities, day use area washrooms/pit privies, campsite cleaning/maintenance, grounds cleaning and litter picking, emptying of trash and recycling receptacles. May also include greeting & orienting visitors, revenue collection, providing information and basic administrative tasks.

Intent of the process
The results may be used in the future to fill other temporary student vacancies that may arise in the Banff Field Unit, in various locations, with full or part-time hours for various tenures, depending on status of the selected candidate.
Important messages
When you apply to this selection process, you are not applying for a specific job, but to an inventory for future vacancies. As positions become available, applicants who meet the qualifications may be contacted for further assessment.

*** Important Information and Instructions
*** 1. Applications for this inventory competition will be pulled on January 12, 2026. Subsequent applications will be pulled if and when required.
2. Students will be required to cover all travel expenses to and from the location of work.
3. Living accommodations may not be provided. No cover letter required – Respond to questions in the on-line application. When submitting your application to this selection process, you will be required to answer screening questions to demonstrate how you meet the essential qualifications. Your job application must clearly demonstrate that you meet all the pre-screening requirements in order to move on to the next step.

Please explain how you meet the essential criteria of education and experience. The answers to the pre-screening questions will be the main source of information that the assessment board members will be using to determine whether you have the essential qualifications for education and experience. Your resume must corroborate your answers to the pre-screening questions.…