You will serve as a Park Ranger (Interpretation) with the National Park Service at Fort Union National Monument.
Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Research, develop, and present interpretive programs, including talks, guided walks, demonstrations, costumed living history, illustrated and/or non-illustrated programs, Junior Ranger programs, and on- and off-site curriculum-based programs. Use audience-centered interpretive techniques as appropriate.
Use social media and web to provide orientation, information, and interpretation to the public. Serve as the park Volunteer Coordinator. Train, mentor, coach, and evaluate a broad range of interpretive programs and products conducted by fellow interpreters, critique these activities, and recommend individual or program improvements. During its forty-year history, from 1851 to 1891, the U.S.
Army's Fort Union greatly affected the American Southwest and the lives of the multitude of peoples that call this area home. Located on the prairie along a historic major trade route between the United States and Mexico, the Santa Fe Trail, the fort existed in three distinct construction phases; a wooden fort, a defensive fieldwork, and an adobe fort of which today represents the largest concentration of adobe ruins in the Southwest.
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 $62392 – $81114/yr.
This position requires a Other security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-11-06.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
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