State Park (Interim)

About the role

Come join the nation's finest park team! We are looking for enthusiastic, friendly individuals dedicated to creating pleasant and memorable guest experiences. Kentucky State Parks hire up to 450 seasonal interim positions during the peak season from March through December each year. Job opportunities include landscaping, trail maintenance, housekeeping, front desk clerks, and even a few seasonal Park Rangers.

Responsibilities

• Helps our parks look their best by performing a variety of unskilled and semi-skilled duties in delivering services essential to the operation of the park.
• May be doing general maintenance on grounds, buildings and equipment, operating equipment to maintain park grounds.
• Overseeing inmate labor details as well.
• Extending a warm and friendly welcome to our guests, as you register them in and check them out.
• Taking, cancelling and confirming reservations with complete detailed information.
• Answering telephones promptly and courteously and as directed.
• Responsible for taking care of guest needs during their stay including directions and area information.
• Helping to make our parks shine, and make our guests comfortable - this would include cleaning and maintaining cottages, hotel rooms, restrooms, meeting rooms, lobbies, hallways, and other areas and buildings.
• Patrolling the park in a vehicle or on foot, responding to complaints, investigating crimes and issuing citations or making arrests when necessary.
• Enforcing state laws, maintaining order and preventing crime at our parks.
• Patrolling the park in a vehicle or on foot, responding to complaints, investigating crimes and issuing citations or making arrests when necessary.
• Providing crowd control for public events, during high-traffic periods, or at the scene of an accident.

Requirements

Minimum Requirements:

• EDUCATION: NONE
• EXPERIENCE, TRAINING, OR SKILLS: NONE
• SUBSTITUTE EDUCATION FOR EXPERIENCE: NONE
• SUBSTITUTE EXPERIENCE FOR EDUCATION: NONE
• SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS (AGE, LICENSURE, REGULATION, ETC.): NONE

Working Conditions

A majority of time may be spent working outside in inclement weather. Will be exposed to insects, snakes and other harmful animals. Employees in this class will be required to operate various types of equipment used for general building maintenance, lawn maintenance, cooking, cleaning and doing laundry and/or fighting fires.

Benefits

Interim employees are eligible for paid leave and paid holidays.

Pay

The rate of pay listed begins at the minimum for the Park Laborer paygrade, and may be negotiable, based on the position, experience, and education of the applicant.

Schedule

The Interim Laborer helps our parks look their best! You would perform a variety of unskilled and semi-skilled duties in delivering services essential to the operation of the park, and performs other duties as assigned. You may be doing general maintenance on grounds, buildings and equipment, operating equipment to maintain park grounds, and may be overseeing inmate labor details as well. Other duties as assigned.

Contact Information

If you have questions about this advertisement, please contact the Park Business Office at https://parks.ky.gov/contact-us or the specific Park. An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D