FUL Park Guide
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Honolulu, HI - USA
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Job Summary
You will serve as a FUL - Park Guide. The primary purpose of this position is to provide guide services to visitors. The work involves giving talks interpreting natural and historic features answering questions guiding tours and providing miscellaneous services to visitors
You may be required to work on-call evenings weekends holidays overtime and shift work.
Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following:
- Utilize interpretive techniques (such as metaphors storytelling analogies) that invoke audience engagement and facilitate intellectual and/or emotional connections between audiences interests and their surroundings
- Giving talks - Provides talks normally following a prescribed outline and requiring application of broad subject matter knowledge of the features of interest specific to the site.
- Guiding Parties - Guides individuals and groups along a fixed route and must keep the group together maintain a pace which the group can keep up with and still conform to prescribed schedules.
- Providing services to visitors - Provides a wide range of services to visitors including assistance with lost articles car trouble and first aid; and provides information about weather conditions highway routes park facilities and orientation to the local area.
- Must provide proof of U.S. citizenship.
- Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
- Males born aftermust be registered for Selective Service.
- Direct Deposit participation required.
- Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more visit possess and maintain a valid drivers license throughout employment.
- You are required to wear a uniform and comply with the uniform standards. A uniform allowance will be provided.
This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest meet the organization goals and mission of the agency and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the determining if your employment advances the public interest the agency will consider:
- your performance and conduct;
- the needs and interests of the agency;
- whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
- whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification in writing that your continued employment advances the public interest.
All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-09/04/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. All candidates must also meet Time-in-Grade requirements.
To receive credit for experience your resume MUST state either full-time (or 40 hours a week) or part-time with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected.Minimum Qualification Requirements: To qualify for this position you must meet the following minimum qualifications:
To qualify for this position at the GS-05 grade level:
- Specialized Experience Requirement: you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-4 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience: working at a visitor center museum school or other similar setting that involves the sharing of information and educating others; leading children or adults in interactive activities in a classroom museum park or other outdoor or learning institutional setting; working with groups and individuals from a variety of ethnic and cultural backgrounds ages and socioeconomic levels; and performing administrative tasks including tracking visitor interactions registering program participants implementing building opening or closing procedures. You must include hours per week worked.
- Education: Successful completion of at least 4-year course of study above high school leading to a bachelors degree with courses related to the occupation. You must include transcripts.
- Combination of education and experience: To combine education and experience first take the excess of the first 60 semester hours leading toward a bachelors degree and divide by 60. Then take the number of months of full-time experience and divide by 12 months. Add the percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. You must include transcripts.
You must submit a copy of your transcript(s) to support claimed education if substituting education for experience. Transcripts must include your name school name grades credit hours earned major(s) grade point average or class ranking and date the degree was conferred if applicable. A typed list of courses grades semester/quarter hours GPA etc. will not be accepted. Non-submission may result in being rated not qualified for the position. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.
Foreign Education: To receive credit for education completed outside the United States you must show proof that the education has been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and such education has been deemed at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs. Recognition of Foreign Qualifications U.S. Department of Education. information This position will be filled under the Field Unit Local Hiring Authority. Eligibility is limited to applicants who reside within the defined local commuting area at the time of application. For this announcement the local commuting area is the area from which individuals can reasonably commute to the duty station under normal conditions. The defined vicinity for this position is: Additional vacancies may be filled using this job announcement. Working Conditions: Work is performed both indoors and outdoors resulting in exposure to a variety of weather conditions. A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits. Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
You must provide proof of residency within the defined vicinity (e.g. mortgage or property deed lease/rental agreement utility bill insurance policy etc.). See the Required Documents section for information on how to verify current residence.
Physical Demands: The work requires standing for long periods of time walking for long distances climbing and descending steep inclines bending and lifting moderately heavy items. Mental stress and physical fatigue occur due to high volume of personal contacts occasional emergency responses and repetitive nature of interpretive programs.
All Department of Interior (DOI) employees their spouses and minor children may not acquire or retain any claim permit lease small tract entry or other rights granted by the Department in Federal lands with limited exceptions. Additional ethics prohibitions can be found here should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government passionate about the ideals of our American republic and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
