Park Ranger
Found in: beBee jobs US - 2 weeks ago
This position is located at Denali National Park and Preserve in the Ranger Division.
Career-Seasonal appointments are permanent positions and include the same benefits as Career appointments, but do not provide work on a year-round basis.
You will work from approximately
mid-February to mid-October, and you will be in a
non-pay status for the remainder of the year.
Duties
This position is located in the South District of Denali National Park and Preserve in Talkeetna, which provides resource and visitor protection throughout back country and mountainous areas of the park.
We are seeking energetic employees with diverse skills, a team-oriented approach, and a commitment to practicing the ranger profession in a park with both opportunities and challenges.
Responsibilities will include a full range of duties resource protection and education, search and rescue, emergency medical services, backcountry management, visitor use management and special park issues.
The incumbent of this position will implement resource management and visitor protection programs involving mountaineering in the Alaska Range, seasonal river use, sport hunting and fishing, subsistence use in the Park additions, and providing assistance in various natural science projects.
Duties will include staffing the 7200-foot base camp on the Kahiltna Glacier, leading high altitude rescue operations involving high altitude technical climbing, use of emergency medical techniques, coordination of helicopter and fixed wing aircraft, and coordination of other rescue work from numerous agencies and sources.
Between 25-30 day backcountry/mountain patrols may be required.