Volunteer
Job Description
FROM: https://www.volunteer.gov/s/volunteer-opportunity/a093d0000013ayk
ADDRESS:
19955 Hwy 70 W
Alamogordo, New Mexico, 88310
DATES: 5/1/2024 – 9/7/2024
DEPT: National Park Service
JOB DESCRIPTOIN:
Opportunity from May – September 2024 only. A Fall/Winter 2024-2025 announcement will be posted at a later date.
Assist in staffing White Sands National Park Visitor Center, including professionally representing the National Park Service by providing very high-quality customer service; opening and closing the facility; providing orientation, information, and interpretation to visitors; telling visitors about park activities; informing visitors of potential safety hazards; distributing maps and brochures as requested; operating a cash register and selling bookstore merchandise; accurately collecting and accounting for monies, and operating basic audio-visual equipment.
Rove trails and grounds to assist park users with orientation, information, and interpretation of the park; inform visitors of potential safety hazards; distribute maps and brochures as needed and pick up trash and litter deposited along the trails. Assist in staffing White Sands National Park Visitor Center, including professionally representing the National Park Service by providing very high-quality customer service; opening and closing the facility; providing orientation, information, and interpretation to visitors; telling visitors about park activities; informing visitors of potential safety hazards; distributing maps and brochures as requested; operating a cash register and selling bookstore merchandise; accurately collecting and accounting for monies, and operating basic audio-visual equipment.
The position is available to volunteers that can provide 32 hours per week.