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Open: July 16, 2026 — Closes: July 29, 2026
Summary
This position is located within the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Park Service - Southeast, Division of Interpretation & Visitor Services located in Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. You may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime and shift work. Salary: GS-9: $61,722 - $80,2436 per annum First time hires to the Federal government normally start at the step 1 rate.
Major Duties
At the full performance level GS-9, the major duties of this position include, but are not limited to the following: Supervising a large interpretative staff that will be researching, developing, and presenting interpretive programs including evening programs both on and off-site, crawling tours through rugged off-trail cave environments. Scheduling, planning daily operations, organizing special events, supervising interns, and volunteers, overseeing development of interpretive media, and training new employees. Provide visitor orientation to park resources. Deals with visitors from various socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds resolving visitor comments and issues. Crawling, climbing, and squeezing through small cave passages may be required at times. Must be able to deal with emergency situations. Position requires night, weekend, and holiday work. 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.
