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Open: July 13, 2026 — Closes: July 27, 2026
Summary
This position is located within the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Midwest Region, Division of Interpretation in Medora, North Dakota. This position serves as the Program Manager for Interpretation, Education, and Visitor Services for the Theodore Roosevelt National Park and is responsible for planning, direction, and executing programs dealing with interpretation, education, visitor services, volunteers, fee collection, public affairs, and partnerships.
Major Duties
Major duties of this position include, but are not limited to the following: Defines objectives, develops methodologies, and establishes priorities. Prepares schedules and assigns work. Reviews, accepts, amends, or rejects assigned work. Evaluates the performance of the staff and approves or recommends awards, step increases, promotions, and reassignments. Hears and resolves complaints. Identifies development and training needs of the staff. Conducts planning, coordination, and execution of business functions, resource allocation, and production. Designs and implements interpretive programs integrating and focusing on cultural and natural resources and history of the park. Manages recreation fee program. Conducts outreach with visiting public, officials of local communities, local media representatives, and other internal and external partners. Establishes and maintains effective collaborative relationships with external stakeholders such as public officials, private and nonprofit sector, or community groups to achieve a shared cultural resource preservation, education, or visitor service goal. The employees of the National Park Service care for special places that are the heritage of all Americans. Since its inception in 1916, the National Park Service has been dedicated to the preservation and management of this country's outstanding natural, historical, and recreational resources. Park ranger - interpreters connect people to parks. They play a key role in ensuring that visitors have a meaningful, satisfying, and safe park experience, help visitors decide how to spend their time in the park, and inform them about the wonders that await their discovery. Park ranger - interpreters are specially trained to engage the public so that each park visitor can find a personal connection with the meanings and values found in the places and stories of that park. They help visitors explore the many dimensions of parks by introducing them to a variety of perspectives. By providing the opportunity for visitors to care about the places they visit, they promote stewardship and the opportunity for those visitors to care for park resources. National parks are among the most remarkable places in America for recreation, learning, and inspiration. The work done by park ranger-interpreters through effective interpretive and educational programs encourages the development of a personal stewardship ethic and broadens public support for preserving and protecting park resources, so that they may be enjoyed by present and future generations.