Park Guide
Park Guide
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Mesa Verde National Park
Summary
These positions are located in Mesa Verde National Park, in the Interpretation/Visitor Services staff. Two permanent FT positions to be filled and one career seasonal FT position may be filled.
Provides guide services to visitors. The work involves giving talks, interpreting natural and historic features, answering questions, guiding tours and providing miscellaneous services to visitors.
For information about the positions, contact Eric Sainio at 970-529-4633 or eric_sainio@nps.gov
Salary
$39,576 - $51,446 per year
Duties
- Answering questions on a variety of subjects.
- Guiding small groups and providing services to visitors.
- Present limited and repetitive pre-established talks including introductions to films, map talks, and static exhibit interpretation.
- Orient hikers to conditions and equipment needs.
- Performs duties including programs that require application of broad subject-matter knowledge of the park. Guide large groups (up to 50 people) on longer walks or programs. Provide a wide range of services to park visitors. Provide a wide range of services to park visitors.
Physical Demands:
The work requires standing for long periods of time, walking for long distances, climbing and descending steep inclines, bending and lifting moderately heavy items. Mental stress and physical fatigue occur due to high volume of personal contacts, occasional emergency responses and repetitive nature of interpretive programs.
Work Environment:
Work is performed both indoors and outdoors resulting in exposure to a variety of weather conditions.
Area/Park Information:
Located in Southwest Colorado, Mesa Verde National Parkwas established in 1906 to preserve and interpret the archaeological heritage of the Ancestral Pueblo people. For over 700 years, the Ancestral Pueblo people built thriving communities on the mesas and in the cliffs of Mesa Verde. Today, the park protects the rich cultural heritage of 26 Pueblos and Tribes and offers visitors a spectacular window into the past while also highlighting contemporary connections. This World Heritage Site and International Dark Sky Park is home to over a thousand species, including several that live nowhere else on earth. Nearby Yucca House National Monument is managed under Mesa Verde. It is an undeveloped NPS unit and protects a large unexcavated valley pueblo.
On average Mesa Verde hosts 500,000+ visitors per year. Area residents and visitors enjoy world-class outdoor recreational opportunities including skiing, mountain biking, hiking, rafting, camping, hunting, and fishing in the region. Nearby public lands include the San Juan National Forest, Canyon of the Ancients National Monument and other areas in the Tres Rios District of the Bureau of Land Management. The local towns of Cortez, Mancos, Dolores, and Durango provide a range of housing, dining, and shopping opportunities, and both Durango and Cortez have regional airports. Mesa Verde and the nearby communities are great places to work and live.
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