JOB SUMMARY: The primary purpose of this position is to provide guide services to visitors. This position performs seasonal work that occurs predictably year-to- year in Apostle Parks lasting less than 6 months (1039 hours). MAJOR DUTIES: Provides front line information and interpretive services for visitors in the daily operation of the site Greets visitors, provides basic orientation to the site and local area, provides safety messages, responds to questions in person and by telephone, operates park radio, assists with trip planning and issues backcountry camping permits, works in the cooperating association sales area, and restocks supplies. Uses and maintains audio/visual equipment and other interpretive equipment and maintains bulletin boards and various interpretive exhibits. Utilizes computers and completes accurate visitor statistics. Assists with presenting talks providing general information based on the interpretive themes of the park. Programs are generally brief and given to small groups of visitors. Utilizes existing knowledge of the Ojibwe culture as a platform for further learning and presents programs on the culture and language of the Ojibwe people. Assist with lost personal items; administering first aid; gathering information concerning accidents/incidents; and performing minor maintenance duties. Provide assistance with traffic and/or crowd control. This is an open continuous vacancy announcement. Applicants will be referred periodically throughout the announcement period. Final application disposition will be completed once all positions have been filled or the announcement reaches the end of the open period stated in the announcement. The first cut-off date is 11:59 pm (EST), (January 17, 2025). Initial consideration will be given to candidates whose applications have been received before the first cut-off date. Qualification requirements must be met for those applications submitted by the first cut-off date. Apostle Islands National Lakeshore is located at the northern tip of the Bayfield Peninsula of Wisconsin 75 miles east of Duluth, Minnesota.. APIS is a unit of the National Park system and contains 21 islands and 13 miles of the Wisconsin coastline of Lake Superior. The islands are spread over a portion of Lake Superior that is nearly 290,000 acres in size - an area larger than Rocky Mountain National Park - that is only accessible by boat. Eighty-percent of the park is with the Gaylord Nelson Wilderness Area. The park is best known for its sea caves, kayaking, sailing, beaches and lighthouses. It has a very rich natural and cultural history, including exceptionally high quality old-growth forest, landscape scale Canada yew, among the most diverse coastal features and highest quality wetlands in the Great Lakes, maritime cliffs and forests, diverse wildlife, and habitat for Federally endangered piping plover and State endangered American marten and peregrine falcon. The park is home to over 5,000 years of human history, from Native peoples to fishermen, loggers, lighthouse keepers and recreationalists. The park's cultural resources include some 150 historic structures including one of the Nation's best-preserved collections of historic lighthouses; as well as over 130 archeological sites; thirteen cultural landscapes; sixty-six campsites; and over 470,000 museum objects, historical photographs, and archival records. For additional information contact Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Lucas Westcott, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, 715-779-3398 x 1302. or Bayfield Chamber of Commerce website: http://bayfield.org/. IMPORTANT: Click the 'Apply for this job' button to view a complete job description.
