Individual Placement-Alaska- Front Country Recreation Technician

Student Conservation Association•Anchorage, AK

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The placements will work at the park field headquarters in Port Alsworth. Placements will learn about many programs at the national park, but there will be an emphasis on customer service, public outreach and education programs, and will offer cross training opportunities in the natural and cultural resource fields. The primary goal is to assist with curriculum building and delivery for youth experiences in Port Alsworth and in local villages.

Requirements

Placements must be comfortable with work performed both indoors in an office setting and outdoors in the field.
Placements must be willing to perform work outside under extreme weather conditions and outdoor conditions common to Southwest Alaska, including temperature ranges from 30-80 degrees in summer, and possibly when summer wildfire smoke and rain occur.
This SCA Position is authorized under the Public Land Corps Authority. All participants must be between the ages of 16 and 30, inclusive, or veterans age 35 or younger. Participants must also be a citizen or national of the United States or lawful permanent resident alien of the United States. Hours served can be applied toward the Public Land Corps (PLC) hiring authority.

Nice To Haves

Experience developing and delivering presentations.

Responsibilities

Interpretation Work: The placements will work with the interpretation and education team to develop and hone skills in customer service, communications and public information, interpretation, and education programming skills through staffing the VC desk, co-facilitating junior ranger programming, writing social media posts, and creating and presenting original presentations and programs to the public. They will also have time for self-study and work on projects of personal interest.