Visitor Services Volunteer @ Arches Fall 2026/Winter 2027

Share the wonder of Arches National Park’s red rock landscape with visitors from all over the world. Work alongside paid staff at a busy visitor center information desk and rove park trails, providing information and encouraging visitor safety.

We are looking for individuals or couples to serve at least 32 hours/week for a minimum of two months.

Housing: a room in shared park housing. No RV sites available.

Major Duties

Work may include:

• Staffing the visitor center up to 30 hours per week, following routine opening, closing, and operating procedures.

• Answering visitor questions about the park; providing orientation to the area and recording visitor statistics.

• Providing accurate, updated information including appropriate safety and resource protection concerns in the visitor center, at park overlooks, and on park trails.

• Roving park overlooks/trails and engaging visitors in informal interpretive dialogues. Conversations should foster visitors’ emotional & intellectual connection to park resources, be well-researched and accurate, include relevant safety messages, and adhere to NPS interpretive standards.

• Perform light trail maintenance using a provided standard.

• Working on special projects as assigned.

Knowledge and Skills Required

Volunteer must be able to learn quickly and work independently as part of a team composed of other volunteers and/or employees, within Park boundaries. Additional knowledge, skills and abilities needed are:

• Ability to work independently with little or no supervision for extended periods of time.

• Ability to maintain a positive attitude and consistently be courteous and polite to visitors.

• Basic knowledge and understanding of the National Park Service, Arches National Park, and the Moab area.

• Ability to learn quickly and retain basic knowledge.

• Skill at oral communication and tactful discussion of controversial subject matter.

• Ability to operate basic computer systems and electronic devices.

• Ability to follow written and oral directions, ask clarifying questions to ensure understanding of expectations.