Job Listing: Cultural Resources Interpreter (Fairfax County Park Authority)
Huntley Meadows Park, Fairfax County Park Authority – Alexandria, VA
Closes – open until filled
Title – Cultural Resources Interpreter
Location – Historic Huntley (working out of Huntley Meadows Park), 6918 Harrison Lane, Alexandria, VA 22306
Hours/Dates – Part time, variable schedule, 30-40 hours spring/fall/summer, 10-20 hours winter. Includes mornings, afternoons, evening, weekends, and holidays.
Compensation – $17-$21/hour, dependent on experience; limited benefits available*
Type – Part time, variable schedule, 30-40 hours spring/fall/summer, 10-20 hours winter. Includes mornings, afternoons, evening, weekends, and holidays.
*This position may not exceed 1,560 hours per calendar year. Individuals in these positions are eligible for limited employee benefits, including medical, vision and dental insurance coverage, and participation in flexible spending programs, but are not eligible to earn leave or receive holiday pay. Apply – Please send your resume and three references to karen.sheffield@fairfaxcounty.gov.
Huntley Meadows Park 3701
Lockheed Blvd. Alexandria, VA 22306
Phone: 703-768-2525
If you have any questions, please email FCPAJOBS@Fairfaxcounty.gov or visit us online at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/jobs-internships.
Responsibilities – This is an opportunity to develop and lead interpretative programs for a historic site. This includes field trips, thematic classes, tours, outreach programs, and camps at Historic Huntley and Huntley Meadows Park. Other responsibilities include coordinating docents and other volunteers, helping with preservation efforts, leading nature and science based programs and staffing the visitor center. Includes regular Saturday hours, in season. There will be recurring care and upkeep of four historic buildings, care of artifacts and exhibits, ongoing historic research, and support to the Friends of Historic Huntley.
Historic Huntley is a 2.5 acre park with a rare and valuable cultural resources. This property contains a remarkable collection of early 19th-century buildings, constructed by Thomson F. Mason, a grandson of George Mason. The large manor house and its outbuildings have been restored to the site’s period of historic significance, circa 1820. The site tells a story of local life in the 1800s, and also includes some Civil War history and a strong connection to Huntley Meadows Park, a 1,500 acre protected natural area down the road.
Minimum Qualifications – College degree or experience equivalent, programming experience with different age groups (including elementary and adult), experience and knowledge base regarding cultural resources and historic sites, experience creating interpretive materials, driver’s license/good driving record.
Preferred Qualifications – Knowledge of Northern Virginia history and land-use from late 1700s-early 1900s, experience working in a public park and operating park facilities, buildings, etc., experience leading park tours, experience with outreach and promotion/advertising, experience with cart vehicles, experience with first-aid, CPR and public safety issues.
Special Requirements – Must be able to lift 40 pounds, work outside, and work evenings and weekends.
Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act. Contact 703-324-4900 for assistance. TTY 703-222-7314. EEO/AA/TTY.
Fairfax County Park Authority prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetics, political affiliation, or military status in the recruitment, selection, and hiring of its workforce.