Park Guide (Seasonal)

Park Guide (Seasonal) Department of the Interior Nional Park Service Summary Park Guides greet ors to educe and inform them in our Nional Parks. Work can include providing informion on nural, cultural, or historical resources. Likely entry on duty : June 2026. All applicions submitted by 11:59 (EST) on 05/31/2026, will receive considerion. For more park(s) informion, select "Learn more about this agency" below: Learn more about this agency Summary Park Guides greet ors to educe and inform them in our Nional Parks. Work can include providing informion on nural, cultural, or historical resources. Likely entry on duty : June 2026. All applicions submitted by 11:59 (EST) on 05/31/2026, will receive considerion. For more park(s) informion, select "Learn more about this agency" below: Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/18/2026 to 05/31/2026 Salary $19.52

• $25.37 per hour Salary does not include locality pay. For specific wage informion, reference the OPM Salaries and Wages link in the Additional Informion section. Pay scale & grade GS 5 Locion Many vacancies in the following locion: Capulin, NM Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Temporary
• Not to

Exceed:

1560 Hours Work schedule Multiple Schedules

• Work schedule is dependent upon the position.

Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) 0090 Guide Supervisory stus No Security clearance Not Required Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk Trust determinion process Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure No Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number

SSO-CAVO-26-12963847-DE

Control number 869599800 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Clarificion from the agency This position is being filled under the Field Unit Local Hiring Authority and is open to U.S. citizens and nionals who meet all eligibility requirements, including permanent and exclusive residency within the defined vicinity of the field unit as described in this announcement. Under this authority, veterans' preference and traditional ring and ranking procedures do not apply.

Videos Duties Help Park Guide Standard Duties :

Staff informion counter in a or center. Answering questions on a variety of subjects. Present limited and repetitive pre-established talks including introductions to films, map talks, and stic exhibit interpretion. Orient hikers to conditions and equipment needs. Guide small parties (up to 20 people) on short walks. Some park locions issue backcountry camping permits and provide backcountry camping informion. Additional duties for GS-05 : Performs duties including programs th require applicion of broad subject-mter knowledge of the park. Guide large groups (up to 50 people) on longer walks or programs. Provide a wide range of services to park ors. Orient and explain current park events and warn of safety hazards. Requirements Help Conditions of employment U.S. Citizenship required. Appointment subject to background investigion and favorable adjudicion. Males must meet Selective Service Registrion Act requirement. Selectee required to participe in the Direct Deposit Electronics Funds Transfer Program. Occupancy of government quarters may be required. Government housing may be available but is not guaranteed. Use find a park to contact specific parks for more informion on government housing. You may be required to wear a uniform and comply with the Nional Park Service uniform standards. A uniform allowance provided. You may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime and/or shift work. You may be required to opere a government (or prive) motor vehicle as part of your official duties. Prior to your first official motor vehicle operion, and again every year thereafter (or more frequently if management determines such need exists), you required to sign an affidavit certifying to your possession of a valid Ste issued driver's license th is current and has not been revoked, suspended, canceled, or otherwise disqualified in any way to prohibit your operion of a motor vehicle. You will also submit a photocopy of your valid Ste issued driver's license prior to your first official motor vehicle operion, and again every year, or more frequently if management determines such need exists. Lastly, you may be required to submit (within a Ste sealed envelope or submitted directly by the Ste authorities), and your own expense, all certified driving records from all Stes th discloses all valid driver's licenses, whether current or past, possessed by you. Please indice in your applicion whether you possess a valid Ste driver's license. Qualificions All qualificions must be met by the closing de of this announcement-05/31/2026-unless otherwise sted in this vacancy announcement. Credit given for all approprie qualifying experience. To receive credit for experience, your 2-page resume MUST clearly indice the nure of the duties and responsibilities for each position, starting and ending des of employment (month/year), and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rher than indicing full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annoted to be able to pro-re the amount of qualified specialized experience. You MUST limit your resume to no more than 2 pages. If more than 2 pages are submitted, only the first 2 pages reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualificions. You can only submit one resume; only the resume submitted under the "Resume" "Document Type" used to determine your qualificions and for ring purposes. To qualify for this position the GS-05 level, you must possess one of the following : A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-04 level. Specialized Experience is experience th involved oral presention of historical, scientific, or program informion to groups; or developing and/or revising technical, historical, or scientific informion for oral presention to groups. Examples of specialized experience could include park guide or tour leader, nuralist, environmental educor or teacher, or other similar work.

• OR•B.

Successfully completed four years of study above high school (120 semester hour or 180 quarter hours) leading to a bachelor's degree with courses reled to the occupion, such as American History, science, public speaking, parks and recreion, educion or communicions.

• OR•C.

Equivalent combinion of experience and educion th, together, equal 100% of the qualificion standards listed above when combined.

Note:

This position includes money handling preference for optional considerion. Money handling requires a higher background check. Qualifying experience may be obtained in the prive or public sectors. The OPM Qualificion Standards Handbook is available for review : OPM Qualificion Standards .

Volunteer Experience:

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (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 th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

ICTAP/CTAP

Stement:

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 considerion for special priority selection. Well qualified means th the applicant meets the following: OPM qualificion standards for the position; all selective placement factors, where applicable; special qualifying conditions th OPM has approved for the position, where applicable; is physically qualified with reasonable accommodion, where approprie to sisfactorily perform the duties of the position upon entry; and is red by the organizion least the well qualified level on all competencies. Educion To qualify based on educion, you must submit a legible copy of transcripts from an accredited institution with your name, school name, credit hours, course level, major(s), and grade-point average or class ranking. Transcripts do not need to be official, but if you are selected for this position and you used your educion to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work. If you are using educion completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet qualificion requirements, you must show th your educion credentials have been evalued by a prive organizion th specializes in interpretion of foreign educion programs and such educion has been deemed equivalent to th gained in an accredited U.S. educion program; or full credit has been given for the courses a U.S. accredited college or university. Additional informion This position filled under the Field Unit Local Hiring Authority. Eligibility is limited to applicants who reside within the defined local commuting area the time of applicion. For this announcement, the local commuting area is the area from which individuals can reasonably commute to the duty stion under normal conditions. The defined vicinity for this position is listed below. Residency verified during the hiring process. The defined vicinity for

Capulin Volcano Nional Monument:

75 miles or less from 46 Volcano Hwy, Capulin

NM 88414.

Residency verified during the hiring process. This job opportunity announcement used to fill one or more additional selections anytime without notificion.

Non-Competitive Rehire Eligibility:

Temporary seasonal employees can only maintain their non-competitive rehire eligibility if they work no more than a combined total of Temporary NTE less than 1560 hours anywhere in the Nional Park Service (NPS) within their established service year. Accordingly, non-competitive rehire eligibility allows for re-appointment to the same position or another position approprie for temporary appointment with the same qualificion requirements (5 CFR 316.402[b][7]), based on series and grade, anywhere in the major subdivision (NPS). If you have held a temporary seasonal appointment in the past 12 months and have already worked the maximum temporary appointment less than 1040 hours during th period, you are still welcome to apply. However, please be aware th exceeding the limit of 1560 hours in your established service year will result in the loss of your non-competitive rehire eligibility. The limit can be exceeded by working multiple temporary seasonal positions th result in a combined total greer than 1560 hours. The limit also can be exceeded by working a single temporary seasonal appointment th exceeds 1560 hours, unless granted an exception by OPM. Employment may be termined any time due to fluctuions in funding levels, project needs, employee performance, or other considerions.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Standing for long periods of time, walking for distances up to six miles daily, climbing and descending steep inclines, bending, and lifting moderely heavy items in a repetitive motion is required. Mental stress and physical figue occur due to high volume of personal contacts, occasional emergency responses, and repetitive nure of interpretive programs.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Work is performed indoors the ors' center as well as in outdoor areas resulting in exposure to extreme temperures, rain, snow, wind and direct sunlight. If you are unable to apply online or need to fax a document th you do not have in electronic form, view the following link for informion regarding an Alterne Applicion. Click the following link for more informion, https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php?title=Alterne_Applicion_Informion . Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Applicants evalued based on how well they meet the qualificion requirements for the position. Upon receipt of a completed applicion package, the Servicing Human Resources Office will review your resume and supporting documention to determine whether you meet the minimum qualificion requirements described in this announcement. Resumes must not exceed two single-sided pages. Resumes longer than two pages will not be reviewed. Applicants may submit only one resume. Only the document submitted as the "Resume" under the Documents section used to determine qualificions and eligibility. If more than one resume is submitted, only the most recent submission reviewed. This position is being filled under the Field Unit Local Hiring Authority. Under this authority, competitive ring, ranking, and veterans' preference procedures do not apply. The Servicing Human Resources Office will determine whether applicants meet the qualificion and eligibility requirements described in this announcement. Applicants who meet these requirements may be referred to the selecting official on a certifice of eligibles for considerion. Applicants must certify th they maintain a permanent and exclusive residence within the defined vicinity of the field unit(s) listed in this announcement. Residency eligibility verified during the hiring process. If your resume is incomplete or does not demonstre th you meet the qualificion requirements or specialized experience described in this announcement, you may be determined ineligible or not qualified for further considerion. Providing false or misleading informion on your resume or supporting documention may result in removal from considerion or other action consistent with applicable federal hiring regulions. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help The following documents are required and must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 05/31/2026: Resume which includes a list of all significant jobs held and duties performed, des specified in month and year form, and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rher than indicing full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annoted to be able to pro-re the amount qualified specialized experience. If military or civilian, please include your rank and/or grade. Resumes must not exceed two single-sided pages and resumes longer than two pages will not be accepted. The minimum font size is 10-point for all body text. Headers may be slightly larger but must remain legible. All resumes must maintain a minimum 0.5-inch margins on all sides to ensure readability and prevent excessive content compression. Including supplemental pages or tachments disguised as resume extensions are prohibited and will not be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualificions. Proof of residence (e.g. mortgage or property deed, lease/rental agreement, utility bill, insurance policy). SF-50 cannot be accepted as proof of residence. Transcripts if qualifying based on educion. Documention for Interagency/Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP/CTAP) considerion if you are a displaced Federal employee within the local commuting area.

You must include:

1) Proof you are a displaced Federal employee, e.g., RIF Separion Notice, Notice of Proposed Removal, etc.; 2) SF-50s (Notificions of Personnel Action) showing career/conditional tenure competitive stus, promotion potential and duty locion; and 3) your most recent performance appraisal. To exercise selection priority, displaced or surplus Federal employees must be well qualified.

ICTAP/CTAP

eligibles considered well qualified if they exceed minimal qualificions for this position (i.e. Resume supports substantial possession of sted competencies) for the position. Do not submit photographs with your applicion package. Documents with photographs may not be seen by hiring officials

• you must remove your image from any badges, licenses, etc.

Do not upload Adobe portfolio documents. Adobe portfolio documents are not viewable by our agency's staffing offices. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position , you must submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section. To receive considerion, your complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 05/31/2026. You must provide documention to support your eligibility and qualificion claims. Please review the required documention listed in the eligibility sections to ensure you submit the approprie informion. You will only be considered for eligibilities for which you have provided the required supporting documention. Applicions may be submitted through USAJOBS or through other authorized methods identified by the agency (e.g., third-party plforms or local outreach efforts) to support targeted recruitment under this authority. Applicants submitting merials outside of USAJOBS must: Submit a complete applicion package by the closing de of this announcement, and Ensure all merials are formted and consistent with the applicion instructions outlined in this announcement, including resume requirements and supporting documention. All applicions, regardless of submission method, evalued using the same criteria and requirements to ensure a fair and equitable hiring process. Applicions received after the closing de, or th do not meet the requirements outlined in this announcement, will not be USAJOBS Applicion Instructions Select Apply. If you are not logged in, you prompted to login or cree an account . Prompted to Start the Applicion Process by selecting "Start Applicion." Click here for USAJobs Help with "How to cree an applicion" To PREVIEW the applicion questionnaire, select the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12963847 Select or add the resume you want to use for this applicion. Click here on how to build a resume in USAJOBS . Select documents you want included in this applicion. Review package to acknowledge your documents were reviewed. Select if you want to include your demographic informion. After reading and certifying the applicion is true and submitted in good faith, select "Continue to Agency Site." Follow onscreen prompts and instructions to complete your applicion. Add the supporting documents by indexing your documents with the dropdown. Upload any missing required documents or optional documents. Review and Submit Applicion. While logged in, you can check the stus of your applicion by selecting "+" next to the job title for this position. You can review or revise your applicion any point during the open period of the announcement. To upde an applicion, you should log into your USAJOBS account and select "+" next to the job title for this position. Select "Upde Applicion" for this job.

Note:

When you click Upde Applicion , you prompted to re-select your documents from USAJOBS. Documents submitted with the first applicion will no longer be associed with the applicant record. So it is important th you select all documents you want to use in the re-applicion. Agency contact informion Seasonal Staffing Office seasonal_staffing_office@nps.gov Address Seasonal Staffing Office-Capulin Volcano Nional Monument Apply online or by fax only Thank you, NM 88414-0040 US Next steps Once your Occupional Questionnaire has been received, you will receive an acknowledgment confirming your submission was successful. Applicants who meet the eligibility and qualificion requirements referred to the selecting official for considerion. Under this authority, all applicants determined to be qualified may be referred. If your name is referred, you may be contacted directly by the hiring official for a possible interview. You notified of the stus of your applicion key stages in the process, including when candides are referred for considerion and when the selection process has been completed. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help The following documents are required and must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 05/31/2026: Resume which includes a list of all significant jobs held and duties performed, des specified in month and year form, and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rher than indicing full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annoted to be able to pro-re the amount qualified specialized experience. If military or civilian, please include your rank and/or grade. Resumes must not exceed two single-sided pages and resumes longer than two pages will not be accepted. The minimum font size is 10-point for all body text. Headers may be slightly larger but must remain legible. All resumes must maintain a minimum 0.5-inch margins on all sides to ensure readability and prevent excessive content compression. Including supplemental pages or tachments disguised as resume extensions are prohibited and will not be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualificions. Proof of residence (e.g. mortgage or property deed, lease/rental agreement, utility bill, insurance policy). SF-50 cannot be accepted as proof of residence. Transcripts if qualifying based on educion. Documention for Interagency/Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP/CTAP) considerion if you are a displaced Federal employee within the local commuting area.

You must include:

1) Proof you are a displaced Federal employee, e.g., RIF Separion Notice, Notice of Proposed Removal, etc.; 2) SF-50s (Notificions of Personnel Action) showing career/conditional tenure competitive stus, promotion potential and duty locion; and 3) your most recent performance appraisal. To exercise selection priority, displaced or surplus Federal employees must be well qualified.

ICTAP/CTAP

eligibles considered well qualified if they exceed minimal qualificions for this position (i.e. Resume supports substantial possession of sted competencies) for the position. Do not submit photographs with your applicion package. Documents with photographs may not be seen by hiring officials

• you must remove your image from any badges, licenses, etc.

Do not upload Adobe portfolio documents. Adobe portfolio documents are not viewable by our agency's staffing offices. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position , you must submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section. To receive considerion, your complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 05/31/2026. You must provide documention to support your eligibility and qualificion claims. Please review the required documention listed in the eligibility sections to ensure you submit the approprie informion. You will only be considered for eligibilities for which you have provided the required supporting documention. Applicions may be submitted through USAJOBS or through other authorized methods identified by the agency (e.g., third-party plforms or local outreach efforts) to support targeted recruitment under this authority. Applicants submitting merials outside of USAJOBS must: Submit a complete applicion package by the closing de of this announcement, and Ensure all merials are formted and consistent with the applicion instructions outlined in this announcement, including resume requirements and supporting documention. All applicions, regardless of submission method, evalued using the same criteria and requirements to ensure a fair and equitable hiring process. Applicions received after the closing de, or th do not meet the requirements outlined in this announcement, will not be USAJOBS Applicion Instructions Select Apply. If you are not logged in, you prompted to login or cree an account . Prompted to Start the Applicion Process by selecting "Start Applicion." Click here for USAJobs Help with "How to cree an applicion" To PREVIEW the applicion questionnaire, select the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12963847 Select or add the resume you want to use for this applicion. Click here on how to build a resume in USAJOBS . Select documents you want included in this applicion. Review package to acknowledge your documents were reviewed. Select if you want to include your demographic informion. After reading and certifying the applicion is true and submitted in good faith, select "Continue to Agency Site." Follow onscreen prompts and instructions to complete your applicion. Add the supporting documents by indexing your documents with the dropdown. Upload any missing required documents or optional documents. Review and Submit Applicion. While logged in, you can check the stus of your applicion by selecting "+" next to the job title for this position. You can review or revise your applicion any point during the open period of the announcement. To upde an applicion, you should log into your USAJOBS account and select "+" next to the job title for this position. Select "Upde Applicion" for this job.

Note:

When you click Upde Applicion , you prompted to re-select your documents from USAJOBS. Documents submitted with the first applicion will no longer be associed with the applicant record. So it is important th you select all documents you want to use in the re-applicion. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Seasonal Staffing Office seasonal_staffing_office@nps.gov Address Seasonal Staffing Office-Capulin Volcano Nional Monument Apply online or by fax only Thank you, NM 88414-0040 US Next steps Once your Occupional Questionnaire has been received, you will receive an acknowledgment confirming your submission was successful. Applicants who meet the eligibility and qualificion requirements referred to the selecting official for considerion. Under this authority, all applicants determined to be qualified may be referred. If your name is referred, you may be contacted directly by the hiring official for a possible interview. You notified of the stus of your applicion key stages in the process, including when candides are referred for considerion and when the selection process has been completed. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/18/2026 to 05/31/2026 Salary $19.52

• $25.37 per hour Salary does not include locality pay. For specific wage informion, reference the OPM Salaries and Wages link in the Additional Informion section. Pay scale & grade GS 5 Locion Many vacancies in the following locion: Capulin, NM Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Temporary
• Not to

Exceed:

1560 Hours Work schedule Multiple Schedules

• Work schedule is dependent upon the position.

Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

SSO-CAVO-26-12963847-DE

Control number 869599800