Park Ranger 1 (Ike Kinswa)

Description

Job Title: Park Ranger 1 

Location: Ike Kinswa State Park, Silver Creek, WA
Compensation: $3,999.00 - $5,370.00 monthly
Closes: March 20, 2025, at 11:59pm

Come join Washington State Parks as a PARK RANGER 1 where you're responsible for preserving and enhancing our state parks and natural resources. 

     

Duties

Qualifications

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• High school diploma or GED.
• United States citizen or legal to work in the U.S.
• A valid driver's license (unrestricted, other than corrective lenses).
• Must be 21 years old.
• Two (2) years of college (60 semester or 90 quarter credits). Military experience, commissioned law enforcement experience, natural resource, or recreation field experience will substitute year for year for education.
  
  

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience performing minor construction and repair work.
• Grounds maintenance experience such as cutting grass, weeding flower beds, pruning, raking leaves, picking up litter, etc.
• Supervisory experience.
  
  

• Ability and willingness to effectively manage emergency situations. 
• Ability to adapt to changing business needs, conditions, and work responsibilities.
• Ability to complete forms and reports accurately and timely. 
• Ability to consistently enforce and follow governmental laws, rules, and regulations.
• Ability to focus on educating and influencing park users for voluntary compliance.
• Ability to interpret and represent agency policies, procedures, direction, and mission.
• Ability to maintain tools and keep workspaces organized.
• Ability to make independent decisions that achieve desired results. 
• Ability to verbally communicate effectively with individuals. 
• Ability to use Microsoft Office. 
• Ability to work with the public, employees and other staff in a friendly, positive and approachable manner in order to create a positive work environment. 
• Have the knowledge, skills, abilities, and attitudes required to effectively lead personnel. 
• Ability to write clearly and succinctly. 
• Knowledge of interpretive methods and techniques. 
• Skilled in using logic and proven methods when facing challenges.
  
  

WORK CONDITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS: 

• Possess sufficient physical stamina and dexterity to work arduous manual tasks over extended periods. 

• Willing to work weekends, holidays and long and/or irregular hours. 

• Willing to work in inclement weather conditions. 

• Must not have a driving record that indicates a disregard for rules and regulations. Driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs, hit and run, reckless driving, or an accumulation of driving violations will be evaluated. 
  
  

LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING:

Park Ranger 1's will be required to attend and successfully pass a mandatory one-week training. This training will include a curriculum of defensive tactics certifications, basic first aid and adult/infant CPR (w/AED), radio communications, legal update, and other duties and responsibilities specific to the role of a Park Ranger 1, such as:

• Chain-of-command structure
• Supervision of non-permanent employees/volunteers
• Role & authority
• Discover Pass enforcement
• Issuing of infractions
• Crime recognition and incident reporting
• Lawful and effective use of pepper spray
• Tactical communications
  
  

Job Suitability Determination: 

Successful applicants will have a history of law-abiding behavior and must pass a background investigation. Adverse background data may be grounds for immediate disqualification. Information obtained in this process will remain confidential.  

EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT POSITIONS: 

1. No criminal activity while working in the criminal justice system. 

2. No use of illegal drugs in the last three years. 

3. No possession of illegal drugs in the last ten years. 

4. No crime committed as an adult, prosecutable under the statute of limitations. 

5. No intentional deception in any stage of the testing process. 

6. No intentional deception in the selection process of any law enforcement agency. 

7. No domestic violence convictions. 

8. No driving under the influence within the last five years.  
   
   

SUBSTANCE USE INFORMATION:

The Washington State Parks & Recreation Commission (WSPRC) drug standards for Park Rangers are: 

(1) No possession or use of non-prescribed stimulant, Opium, Cocaine, Codeine, Hydrocodone, Oxycodone, Methadone, Methamphetamine, Amphetamine, Depressants, Hallucinogenic substances, etc., as defined in RCW 69.50.201-214, within the last 10 years or no more than 3 lifetime uses of any combination (excluding marijuana/hashish). "Possession" is defined as illegal control, touching, holding, selling, or trafficking of any illegal, non-prescribed drugs.  

(2) Zero tolerance for the selling or manufacturing of any drugs, as defined in RCW 69.50.201-214, including the illegal selling or manufacturing of marijuana. 

(3) Zero tolerance for the illegal possession or use of any non-prescribed drugs (as defined in RCW 69.50.201-214), while employed or having been employed in a commissioned capacity by a law enforcement agency, including a military position with law enforcement powers.

If your past substance use is outside of our current drug policy, you may request a waiver to the policy by writing a letter to the screening committee that includes full details of the past substance use and provides justification of why you should be granted an exception to our policy. You can also include any evidence or letters of recommendation to be reviewed along with your letter. All waiver requests must be attached to your application and received with your application package. For questions regarding waivers and or submission please send all correspondence to: Nikki.WIlliams@Parks.wa.gov. 

SPECIAL NOTES:

Applicants will be required to successfully complete a background investigation which may include, but is not limited to: driving record, fingerprints, and criminal and employment history. Applicants will be required to sign releases of information and shall not have access to any investigative materials and files. Background investigations are part of the pre-employment selection process and are not a commitment to employment.

These positions are included in the non-supervisory bargaining unit represented by the Washington Federation of State Employees (WFSE).  For more information: https://wfse.org/

Supplemental Information