Volunteer
Job Description
FROM: https://www.volunteer.gov/s/volunteer-opportunity/a093d000000mOWiAAM/interpretationvisitor-center
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ADDRESS: Petrified Forest National Park; 1 Park Road; Petrified Forest, Arizona 86028
DEPT: National Park Service
DATES: 3/8/2023 – 10/31/2023
DESCRIPTION:
Join the Petrified Forest Team!
Petrified Forest National Park is seeking dynamic, dedicated, and happy volunteers to help with visitor services! Petrified Forest protects over 221,000 acres of the painted desert that contains fossils, archaeology sites, and an abundance of petrified wood. Each year Petrified Forest is visited by half a million visitors. Volunteers play an important role in helping these visitors plan their visit to the park by providing park information over the phone, in person at a visitor centers and on trails throughout the park.
Volunteers work up to 32 hours consisting of 8 hour days. If desiring an on-site RV pad with hook-ups (water, sewer, electric), a minimum of 24 hours per week per person is required for 3 months. A minimum of 3 months is required but 6 months is preferred. Priority is given to those who can stay the entire 6 months. Couples wishing to apply should complete an application for each person.
Area Information
RV/trailer sites are located on the North end of the park in the visitor center complex. Petrified Forest is in a remote location off of I-40 with the nearest grocery stores located in Gallup NM (75 miles) and Holbrook, AZ (21 miles). Medical care facilities are located in Show Low, AZ (90 miles) and Flagstaff, AZ (132 miles).
- Greeting and orienting visitors to park and surrounding area
- Answering questions about park history and surrounding area
- Roving trails and overlooks, making informal visitor contacts
- Presenting interpretive programs to general public, if interested
- Assisting with education programs, if interested
- Leading guided hikes, if interested
- Providing park information over the phone responding to messages
- Responding to information request
- Assisting with special park events
- Be willing to work with other staff in a positive manner
- Be able to answer visitor questions, rove trails and lead tours
- Ability to stand for long periods of time
- Ability to hiking and walking on trails with uneven terrain
- Able to work independently with little supervision
- Ability to safely operate a motor vehicle
- Please include whether or not you have any previous volunteer experience with a federal agency under Work/Volunteer Experience on you application.