You will serve as a Park Ranger (Interpretation) with National Park Service. The purpose of interpretation is to enrich peoples lives through meaningful experiences and enjoyable recreation. This is a temporary promotion and/or detail not to exceed 1 year and can be extended up to 5 years. This temporary promotion may be made permanent without further competition.
Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Plans, designs, develops, and improves interpretive materials such as webpages, app content, audio, video, other digital content, signs, publications, and waysides and presents a variety of formal and informal interpretive and educational programs to a wide variety of audiences.
Serves as a front-line representative of the National Park Service to meet and greet visitors in visitor centers, in a park or at outreach events providing orientation, information, and informal interpretation.
Works effectively, cooperatively, and builds relationships/partnerships, with coworkers, park partners (educators, cooperating associations, Tribes, community groups, other agencies), and the general public in an effort to provide quality park interpretation and effective outreach to park communities. Actively engage and interact with local communities through on and off-site representation and interpretive programming. Identify and engage with new audiences and communities.
Coordinate and maintain effective working relationships with organizations (e.g., academic and cultural institutions, state and local government agencies, special interest/user groups). May assist partners and communities in developing their own interpretive and management plans, ensuring they are complementary to park goals and objectives while meeting partner and community needs. Coordinate the operation of a visitor facility and/or information desk.
Supervise, train, coach, and mentor interpretive staff and volunteers.
You must submit a copy of your transcript(s) to support claimed education if substituting education for experience. Transcripts must include your name, school name, grades, credit hours earned, major(s), grade point average or class ranking, and date the degree was conferred, if applicable. A typed list of courses, grades, semester/quarter hours, GPA, etc. will not be accepted. Non-submission may result in being rated not qualified for the position.
Unofficial transcripts are acceptable, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.
Foreign Education: To receive credit for education completed outside the United States, you must show proof that the education has been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and such education has been deemed at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs.
For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit: https://www.ed.gov/about/initiatives/international-affairs/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications
This position is with National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
The posted pay range is $71957 – $93549/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
Applications close on 2026-09-22.
This is a You may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime and shift work. position.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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