Visitor Center & Interpretive Volunteer

Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument is seeking enthusiastic volunteers to help with a variety of Visitor Services! Duties will include staffing a visitor center, providing outstanding information/orientation services, ringing up bookstore sales for nonprofit partner Western National Park Association (WNPA), and roving park trails providing informal interpretation and a friendly park presence. Training provided to set you up for success! Given the ongoing pandemic, note that we have multiple safety protocols in place (limited entry into the Visitor Center, plexiglass, upgraded HVAC filtration in the building, additional portable air filtration units, etc).

Timeframe of this opportunity is March/April/May 2022.

Volunteers will work 32 hours per week (four 8-hour shifts) with consistent three days off per week.

An RV pad adjacent to to the Visitor Center complex with hook-ups (water, sewer, electric) is provided.

A laundry facility has recently been installed for our RV residents.

The RV pads are located about 15 miles from downtown Flagstaff, a city of about 75,000 residents and all services available.

Note that park elevation and the Flagstaff area is approximately 7,000 feet above sea level.

A particular challenge is lack of cell phone and internet service at our RV sites; we are working on that! In the meantime, there is coverage 1.5 miles up the road at the Lava Flow Trailhead, or those volunteers with a completed federal background check and ‘PIV card’ can access a phone and computer at the Visitor Center. As such, a completed background check is not required, but preferred.

To learn more about Sunset Crater Volcano, please visit nps.gov/sucr.