Visitor Services Volunteer

FROM: https://www.volunteer.gov/s/volunteer-opportunity/a093d0000013ayk

ADDRESS:

19955 Hwy 70 W

Alamogordo, New Mexico, 88310

DATES: 1/31/2025 – 4/30/2025

DEPT: National Park Service

JOB DESCRIPTION:

White Sands National Park is looking for RV volunteers to help staff the visitor center and provide the visiting public with basic information about the park. As a Visitor Services Volunteer, you will help connect visitors to the natural and cultural resources that make the park so unique. Located in sunny Alamogordo, New Mexico, White Sands National Park is a recreational destination for tourists and locals alike.

This position will 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. If interested, the Visitor Services Volunteers may advance to presenting interpretive programs with adequate experience and training. Also, the volunteer may participate, assist, and staff the parks special events and information booths.

On-site RV pad with hook-ups (water, sewer, electric) and government housing are both available. A minimum of 32 hours per week (24 hours per person for a couple) is required. Couples wishing to apply should complete an application for each person. 

Tagged as: Couples / Duos, National Park, Single / Solo, WINTER