Maintenance
Volunteer
Job Description
DATES: 4/1/2021 – 7/1/2021
Assist the National Park Service with campground management and visitor services as a Campground Host at Buffalo National River in the Ozarks of northern Arkansas.
Assist the National Park Service with campground management and visitor services as a Campground Host at Buffalo National River in the Ozarks of northern Arkansas. Ozark campground is a busy and popular location. It is next to the Buffalo River, a beautiful free flowing river that is the recreational heart of Buffalo National River. Campground hosts here must be able to provide exemplary customer service and demonstrate patience and flexibility when helping visitors. Host volunteers work closely with park staff and are the eyes and ears of the campground.
Campground Hosts are valuable members of our team at Buffalo National River, as they are often the first (and sometimes only) National Park Service representative that a park visitor will see during their trip. Campground Hosts enhance the visitor experience by helping visitors locate a campsite, answering questions about things to do in the area, providing maps and information, educating visitors about park regulations, and keeping the campground tidy.
Campground Host Volunteers will work weekends and holidays. Volunteers will work 32-40 hrs a week. They must provide their own self-sustained housing, such as a camper trailer or motor home. An RV pad with water, electric, and sewer hookups will be provided on-site at Ozark Campground.
Assist visitors in locating campsite, answer questions about the campground, regulations governing the area, the park itself, and the Volunteer In Parks (VIP) program.
- Use printed Daily Arrival Report to manage campsite reservations and post reservation cards.
- Ensure compliance with park regulations concerning visitor use fees, applicable documentation and site occupation.
- Report to park staff activities or items requiring immediate attention, from a hazardous tree to an out-of-bounds camper.
- Hosts shall not attempt to discipline or apprehend any park violators.
- Assist the park staff by cleaning fire rings after visitors vacate a site, restock restroom facilities as needed and pick up litter.
- Secure and deliver all found items and report lost items to uniformed staff.
- Encourage visitors to practice Leave No Trace principles and to maintain a safe distance from all wildlife
- Ability to follow oral and written instructions.
- Required to follow policies detailed in the Buffalo NR Volunteer Handbook.
- Present a professional appearance, complete with nametag, VIP hat and VIP shirt
- Clerical/Office Machines
- Drivers License
- General Assistance
- Office/Clerical
- Public Speaking
- Visitor Information
- Working with People
Ozark Campground is located 3 miles down a graded gravel road off of Highway 7 north of Jasper, Arkansas. Approximately 20 minutes from the small community of Jasper, AR.. Approximately 40 minutes from the medium sized community Harrison, AR.
The campground is open year-round and has 31 primitive campsites available on a first come, first served basis. All sites are $20 per night. Each site has a picnic table, fire ring, and lantern hook provided. A flush restroom facility is located centrally. Trash pick-up provided. RVs allowed, but the campground has no hookups for the public. There is no dump station.
GPS Coordinates: 36.0621317, -93.1597244
Volunteer work is performed outdoors. Arkansas is humid and can be very hot in the summer with average daily highs in the high 80s and low 90s.