Park Guide; Seasonal

Overview

Park Guides greet visitors to educate and inform them in our National Parks. Work can include providing information on natural, cultural, or historical resources.

October‑December 2026.

Applications must be submitted by 11:59 (EST) on 07/20/2026 to be considered.

Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. To receive credit for experience, your 2‑page resume must clearly indicate the nature of the duties and responsibilities for each position, starting and ending dates of employment (month/year), and the resume must reflect full and/or part‑time or total number of hours worked (for example, work 40+ hours a week). If part‑time, the hours must be annotated so the amount of qualified specialized experience can be prorated.

Resumes must not exceed two single‑sided pages and longer resumes will not be accepted. Only the document submitted as the "Resume" under the Documents section will be used to determine your qualifications/eligibility and for rating purposes. In the event you submit more than one resume, only the latest submission will be reviewed.

Open to the first 300 applicants.

To qualify for this position at the GS‑04 level, you must possess one of the following:

• A. Six (6) months of general experience and six (6) months of specialized experience for a total of one year of experience.
• General experience is any type of work that demonstrates the applicant's ability to perform the work of the position, or familiarity with the subject matter or processes of the broad subject area of the occupation.
• Examples of general experience include, but are not limited to: selling merchandise, collecting and accounting for fees or other monies, greeting visitors, disseminating information, providing directions, or other work which required dealing with people on a recurring basis.
• Specialized experience is experience that involved oral presentation of historical, scientific, or program information to groups; or developing and/or revising technical, historical, or scientific information for oral presentation to groups.
• Examples of specialized experience could include park guide or tour leader, naturalist, environmental educator or teacher, or other similar work.
• B. Successfully completed two years of study above high school (60 semester hours or 90 quarter hours) which included at least 12 semester hours in subjects such as American History, science and/or public speaking.
• C. Equivalent combination of experience and education that, together, equal 100% of the qualification standards listed above when combined.

To qualify for this position at the GS‑05 level, you must possess one of the following:

• A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS‑04 level.
• B. Successfully completed four years of study above high school (120 semester hours or 180 quarter hours) leading to a bachelor's degree with courses related to the occupation, such as American History, science, public speaking, parks and recreation, education or communications.
• C. Equivalent combination of experience and education that, together, equal 100% of the qualification standards listed above when combined.

This position includes money handling preference for optional consideration. Money handling requires a higher background check.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, Ameri Corps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Current surplus and current or former displaced Federal individuals who have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) must be well qualified for the position to receive consideration for special priority selection. Well qualified means that the applicant meets the following: OPM qualification standards for the position; all selective placement factors, where applicable;

special qualifying conditions that OPM has approved for the position, where applicable; is physically qualified with reasonable accommodation, where appropriate to satisfactorily perform the duties of the position upon entry; and is rated by the organization at least at the well qualified level on all competencies.