Park Specialist

State Of Arkansas

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Columbia, IN - USA

profile Monthly Salary: $ 35610 - 52703
Posted on: 5 days ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Position Number:

Location: Logoly State Park -PT31

County:Columbia

Anticipated Starting Salary:$14.50

This position performs general maintenance on grounds and equipment in the park and makes minor repairs to park facilities. Job duties include mowing weed trimming trash pick-up and cleaning facilities as needed. This position also operates commercial landscaping equipment and performs vehicle maintenance tasks. Applicant must have a valid drivers license and be able to traverse rough terrain lift up to 75 lbs. and work a varied schedule including possible weekends and holidays. A driving record check will be performed.


The Arkansas Department of Parks Heritage and Tourism has three major divisions: Arkansas State Parks Arkansas Heritage and Arkansas Tourism. Arkansas State Parks manages 52 state parks and promotes Arkansas as a tourist destination for people around the country. Arkansas Heritage preserves and promotes Arkansass natural and cultural history and heritage through four historic museums and four cultural preservation agencies. Arkansas Tourism improves the states economy by generating travel and enhancing the image of the state.

Position Information

Job Series: Parks Career Path

Classification: Park Specialist

Class Code: RPA16P

Pay Grade: SGS02

Salary Range: $35610- $52703

Job Summary

The Park Specialist is responsible for assisting in the daily maintenance visitor services and conservation efforts within Arkansas state parks. This role ensures that park facilities landscapes and public areas are well-maintained safe and accessible for visitors. The Park Specialist also provides customer service educates guests on park regulations and supports recreation programs to enhance the overall visitor experience.

Primary Responsibilities

Receives and confirms room reservations via telephone accepts advance credit card deposits and manages front desk room confirmations deposit receipts and refund forms to and registers guests assigns rooms and ensures a smooth check-in inquiries and provides information on hotel services guest registration travel directions and local tourist accurate guest account records and posts charges and balances the cash register with recorded receipts identifying and reconciling daily activity and transaction sell gift items maintain office supply inventories conduct security checks of the lodge and grounds and assign tasks to custodial transfers displays and promotes and closes facilities prepares deposits and assists with daily operational merchandise orders and collaborates with vendors to obtain requested and coordinates inventory activities prepares inventory orders and maintains data in relevant inventory records and ensures accurate tracking of supplies and the assigned facility is clean organized and meets housekeeping monetary transactions and operates a cash register as serve as a lead worker by training and guiding staff setting work plans and deadlines providing instructions and reviewing completed tasks for accuracy and be assigned accounting-related duties including financial reporting and transaction friendly and informative customer service to park visitors answering questions about park features rules and park policies and regulations to ensure public safety and proper park safety hazards and ensure compliance with state and federal enforce emergency protocols during severe weather conditions or special events and recreation programs by setting up and assisting as needed.

Knowledge and Skills

Knowledge of basic bookkeeping and accounting with general office practices and to comprehend and prepare oral and written materials including ledgers journals reports and in establishing and maintaining organized filing in answering telephones greeting visitors and providing accurate information and in operating standard office of computer systems and commonly used software of database management inventory control practices and financial grasp of customer service principles and best to creatively arrange and display merchandise to enhance customer of coordinating instructing and reviewing the work of others in a lead or supervisory organizational skills to manage multiple tasks effectively.

Minimum Qualifications

At least six months of experience customer service bookkeeping retail operations or a related field.

Satisfaction of the minimum qualifications including years of experience and service does not entitle employees to automatic progression within the job series. Promotion to the next classification level is at the discretion of the department and the Office of Personnel Management taking into consideration the employees demonstrated skills competencies performance workload responsibilities and organizational needs.

Licensure/Certifications

N/AOTHER JOB RELATED EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE MAY BE SUBSTITUTED FOR ALL OR PART OF THESE BASIC REQUIREMENTS EXCEPT FOR CERTIFICATION OR LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS UPON APPROVAL OF THE QUALIFICATIONS REVIEW COMMITTEE.

The State of Arkansas is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race color religion sex pregnancy age disability citizenship national origin genetic information military or veteran status or any other status or characteristic protected by law.


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Position Number: Location: Logoly State Park -PT31County:Columbia Anticipated Starting Salary:$14.50This position performs general maintenance on grounds and equipment in the park and makes minor repairs to park facilities. Job duties include mowing weed trimming trash pick-up and cleaning facilitie...
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