Job Details
Hourly: $15.00 - $20.49.
**Baxter State Park: a wilderness mission, a dynamic team**
**An amazing experience awaits you here**. Baxter State Park is an iconic four-season wilderness park, home to Katahdin, the tallest peak in Maine. Some of the most remote, rugged country in the Northeast US lies within the 200,000-acre park, including 47 mountain summits, more than 50 pristine lakes and ponds, and over 200 miles of hiking trails.
**Youll find working at Baxter State Park is not just a job, its an adventure**. We want you to bring your skills, experience, and your sense of awe to Baxter State Park. By joining our hardworking team, you can inspire current and future generations to love and appreciate spending time in the wilderness.
As a Baxter Park Customer Representative, you'll guide people toward people towards experiences that fit their skill and comfort level in the wilderness, and along the way help to keep people safe and protect the unique natural resources surrounding Katahdin. Positions are available at Togue Pond Gate and the Visitor Center.
Join us to preserve the wildness and protect the experience in this wild, rugged landscape.
**Scope of Work:** This is a classification in the **Support Customer Relations Job Family** which provide quality customer service to citizens in order to assist in resolving questions and problems concerning Baxter State Park use, natural resources, rules, regulations, and policies; and requires operation of office equipment and knowledge of office processes and diverse clerical functions.
**DESCRIPTION:** This is complex customer service in assisting internal and external customers requiring a solid knowledge of the principles and practices of quality customer service. Positions in this classification provide office and administrative support work in directly and indirectly assisting customers in securing park services such as reservations, park programs, registering vehicles and users, providing routine and emergency communication transmission services; and performing routine, varied office support tasks requiring the operation of technical office equipment.
*Responsibilities require independent judgment in handling exceptions to established work assignments, priorities, schedules, and selecting the most appropriate course of action within established operating procedures.
**DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS:** *(Any one position may not include all Distinguishing Characteristics (tasks) nor is this list inclusive of all Distinguishing Characteristics possible for this classification. Distinguishing Characteristics may be assigned in accordance with the policies and procedures of individual agencies. However, one Distinguishing Characteristic that applies to all classifications is that each employee complies with the requirements of State policies, including those concerning human resource components of security protocols of agency information security and confidentiality policies for state business purposes.)*
* Greets tourists and provides information in order to inform users of available park facilities and park rules, regulations, and policies.
* Processes reservations, collects and records fees and registrations electronically for use of park facilities, and prepares appropriate reports in order to maintain reservation system, document information, determine refund amounts, and receive and safeguard park revenues.
* Operates two-way radio in order to maintain contact with other park personnel and relay routine and emergency information.
* Registers vehicles and persons coming into or through park gates in order to document park users.
* Creates spreadsheets, performs data management, and notes and reports electronic user program anomalies.
* Types varied routine business correspondence such as letters, reports, contracts, vouchers, and agendas from draft or original source documents to revised or final form.
* Organizes, records, and maintains computerized and/or manual files.
* Inputs, arranges, codes, transcribes, corrects, and/or posts standard form and free form data for data entry.
* Queries for data via telephone, computer, and/or written/oral communication.
* Cleans and/or maintains issued materials.
* Monitors, requisitions, purchases, and maintains inventory/supplies.
* Applies appropriate level of first aid to injured persons in order to provide emergency medical assistance.
* Performs small repairs on buildings, sheds, signs, and other structures; and splits and stack firewood when necessary in order to maintain gatehouse facility.
* Observes immediate area of gatehouse for blowdown debris and litter and takes action as needed in order in order to maintain and preserve the beauty of the gatehouse facility.
* Applies to routine individual cases an explanation and interpretation of applicable rules, regulations, policies, procedures, and documentation in order to provide information.
* Assists Park Rangers in locating persons according to intended destinations in order to ensure park user safety.
**KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES:** *(These are required to successfully perform the work assigned).*
* Knowledge of basic clerical procedures such as collecting fees, keeping records, making reservations, and answering questions.
* Knowledge of Park rules, natural resources, and facilities related to visitor and staff conduct.
* Knowledge of Katahdin region recreation opportunities that will enrich visitor experience.
* Ability to communicate effectively.
* Ability to write clearly and effectively.
* Ability to perform basic computations, handle cash, and perform transactions.
* Ability to operate a two-way radio.
* Ability to recognize emergencies, report them, and apply the appropriate level of first aid.
* Ability to perform general maintenance activities such as cleaning, general repairs, splitting firewood, painting signs, and daily check of technical support hardware (batteries, solar panels, etc.).
* Ability to exercise good judgment in appraising situations.
* Ability to work outdoors in adverse weather conditions.
* Ability to participate in and implement safety procedures.
**MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:** Training, education, or experience in office and administrative support work that demonstrates 1) competency in applying a solid knowledge of the principles and practices of quality customer service to perform complex work and modern office methods and procedures; and 2) ability to use independent judgment in handling exceptions to established work assignments, priorities, and selecting the most appropriate course of action within established operating procedures.
High school diploma or equivalent and some public contact work experience.
**Benefits:**
Baxter State Park, while independently-funded, does share the same benefit packages as the State employee system. For this position, that includes contributions to, and vacation and sick time which accrue at increasing rates with seniority in the state system.
**Please submit a cover letter, resume, and apply through this post.** **Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.**
13. *Only for candidates who upload a resume: If your resume does not have month/year of employment listed, please list the Company Name, Job Title, and Month and Year You Started and Ended Your Three (3) Most Recent Jobs. This is necessary for assessment of qualifications.