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Summary This position is a located in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, in the Interpretation Division. Please visit   find a park   for additional park information. This is a Full-Time   TERM   position. Appointment to this position will not convey permanent status in the Federal service and will be for a period not to exceed thirteen months, with possible extensions up to a total of four years without further competition. This job announcement is open to receive applications from the first 50 applicants. The job announcement will remain open until either the quota of 50 applicants, or 09/23/2017 is reached. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration, even those that exceed the 50 applicant limit. Travel, transportation, and relocation expenses will be paid if the selectee lives outside of the local commuting area and is otherwise eligible for reimbursement of relocation expenses in accordance with the Federal Travel Regulation. Learn more about this agency Responsibilities This position is responsible for managing two of Glen Canyon's major volunteer programs, the Graffiti Removal and Intervention Team (GRIT) and Canyon Host, as well as the park's Know Before You Go initiatives. The GRIT team recruits, trains and supervises volunteers to engage in graffiti removal activities in Glen Canyon. These volunteers engage in five-day houseboating trips to remove graffiti from around Lake Powell, as well as single-day community events to remove graffiti from land-based recreational area of Glen Canyon. Canyon Hosts are volunteers who live aboard their own houseboat for 30 days or more and serve as water-based Campground Hosts. Other Know Before You Go initiatives include educating visitors on recreational opportunities, safety, and resource protection in order to protect the overall visitor experience to Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. Specific duties include recruiting and vetting potential volunteers, operating and maintaining NPS vessels up to 55 feet in length, engaging in back country volunteer experiences for up to five-days at a time, ensuring the highest standards of volunteer safety in a challenging and physically demanding environment, and initiating a number of community outreach efforts using a variety of interpretive techniques including use of mass media, social media, interpersonal engagement through special events, and non-personal communication in the form of developing signs, waysides, web content and brochures. The incumbent must have strong verbal and written communication skill, ability to supervise volunteers, and ability to operate a vessel on Lake Powell.   AREA INFORMATION: Page, AZ   This position is located at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, on the Arizona-Utah border. Page overlooks beautiful Lake Powell which offers boating, associated water sports, hunting, recreation and fishing, as well as river running on the Colorado River above and below Lake Powell. The surrounding land offers beautiful red rock country for hiking and backcountry wilderness activity. Page is at the hub of the Grand Circle, http://www.grandcircle.org/images/stories/graphics/GrandCircle-2016-map.pdf containing America's largest concentration of national parks and monuments, such as Grand Canyon, Zion, Capitol Reef, Bryce Canyon, Arches, Canyonlands, Grand Staircase Escalante, and the Flagstaff Area Monuments. Page offers normal small community amenities such as airport, shopping, medical and dental facilities, schools K-12 and college courses available through the local Community College. Elevation in Page is 4300 feet above sea level and the weather is beautiful high desert sunny days, cool nights and low humidity. Home purchases are available in the area. For park information, please visit www.nps.gov/glca, for local information, please visit www.cityofpage.org/. Park housing is available. Closes 09/23/2017 Remember to say you found this opportunity at EnvironmentalCareer.com