Working at Rocky Mountain National Park

One benefit of working in Rocky Mountain National Park is being able to live in park housing with roommates that have a similar passion of the National Park Service. Hiking and exploring the park is part of your job as you have to know the resource to best interpret it to visitors. Being able to wake up in a beautiful park everyday and go out and hike is a priceless opportunity. Getting to network with different coworkers and departments helps future job opportunities in the National Park Service. The pay on the Estes Park side of Rocky Mountain National Park is higher than most place and park housing is comparatively less expensive than anywhere in town. Healthcare is provided through the government for the duration of your contract. Working in Rocky Mountain National Park, you have kindest and most caring people you will ever meet. Supervisors are willing to listen to any ideas or complaints. They also provide many opportunities to do many different types of training with other departments.

Achievements

Developing a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for traffic control during the weekends which are the busiest days in the park. Cross-trained with wilderness rangers to check back country campsites and permits. Worked traffic for visiting politicians as well as setting up and attending events for them. Maintained a safe and positive workspace for all coworkers. Developed explanations and interpretations for new time entry permit system for visitors. Had a high degree of customer service and satisfaction for visitors. Was extremely flexible and self starting when it came to new policy changes and implementations of new technology.