Volunteer
Job Description
FROM: https://www.volunteer.gov/s/volunteer-opportunity/a093d000000ltHmAAI/visitor-service-vip-salinas-pueblo-missions-national-monument
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ADDRESS: Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument; Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument; Mountainair, New Mexico 87036
DEPT: National Park Service
DATES: 6/1/2023 – 10/1/2023
DESCRIPTION:
This volunteer position assists in staffing of three Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument Visitor Centers, including professionally representing the National Park Service by providing high-quality customer/visitor service. VIP may rove trails and grounds to assist park users with orientation, information, and interpretation of the park. Position start and end date is flexible, preferably beginning June 2023 lasting through September 2023.
Assist in staffing of three Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument Visitor Centers, including professionally representing the National Park Service by providing exceptionally high-quality customer/visitor service; opening and closing the facility; providing orientation, information, and interpretation to visitors; informing visitors about park activities; conveying park safety and health hazards to the public; 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.
Visitor Service Volunteer Duties:
- Staff a visitor center
- May be required to work a visitor center alone
- Open and close the visitor center in accordance with park procedure
- Informal Interpretation
- Spontaneous interpretive contacts are initiated to provide opportunities to facilitate a connection between the interests of the visitors and the significance of parks. These encounters can take place at a variety of locations and can take a variety of forms, such as stationary and roving interpretation.
- Program Data Capture
- Track visitor use statistics in accordance with park standards.
- Resource Knowledge
- Be willing to learn and interpret the park’s cultural and natural resources
- Professional customer service
- Be courteous, welcoming, and accommodating to visitors
- Operate a WNPA bookstore
- Successfully open/close the register and make transactions on behalf of WNPA
- Time Management
- Demonstrate an ability to follow a complex schedule and show ability to adapt if needed
- Drivers License
- Public Speaking
- Visitor Information
- Working with People
Tucked away in the middle of New Mexico you’ll find Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument. The three sites offer a glimpse into a unique time in history. A time entrenched with cultural borrowing, conflict, and struggles. The ruins stand as reminders of the Spanish and Pueblo People’s early encounters.
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument has four visitor centers, three of which are open during current winter hours. You may be asked to split your time between the sites dependent upon operational needs. Each visitor center has a workspace, bookstore, and small exhibit space.