OPS PARK ATTANDANT - 37911072

Requisition No: 874778 

Agency: Environmental Protection

Working Title: OPS PARK ATTANDANT - 37911072

 Pay Plan: Temp

Position Number: 37911072 

Salary:  $15.00 hr 

Posting Closing Date: 05/12/2026 

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OPS PARK ATTENDANT (37911072)

State of Florida

Department of Environmental Protection

Job Vacancy

Open Competitive

This position is located in Okeechobee, FL 

Closing Date: 05.12.2026

Position Overview and Responsibilities:

Kissimmee Prairie Preserve Park is seeking self-motivated park service professional to fill OPS Park Attendant position, providing maintenance, visitor services, protection, and administration.

Applicants must possess good visitor service, housekeeping, maintenance, and administrative skills, be able to work independently and can perform a variety of skilled trade functions. Applicants must be able to work rotating shifts including evenings, weekends and holidays. This is a 40-hour per week position.

OTHER – Performs other related duties as required

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

KNOWLEDGE OF:

• Basic arithmetic
• Good public relations

SKILL IN:

• Communicating effectively verbally and in writing
• Operating a cash register/point of sale system and reconciling receipts
• Accurately preparing reports
• Interacting with all internal and external customers and the general public in a professional, tactful and courteous manner
• Utilize a computer including but not limited to software programs such as Microsoft Office Suit

ABILITY TO:

• Provides general support for housekeeping and maintenance
• Clean Park facilities, including but not limited to, cleaning restrooms and picking up trash
• Lift 40 pounds
• Demonstrates flexibility, professionalism and attention to detail in all guest interactions
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships
• Work independently with minimal supervision
• Understand and apply rules, directives, policies, laws and regulations
• Work rotating shifts including nights, weekends and holidays
• maintain a valid drivers’ license
• properly wear uniform
• comply with male and female hair grooming standards and body art and piercing restrictions 

Minimum Qualifications:

• Valid Drivers’ License 
• successfully complete background & fingerprint check

Position of Special Trust Requirement:

This position is designated as a Position of Special Trust in accordance with DEP Directive 422, Positions of Special Trust or Responsibility. Successful completion of background screening will be required for this position. 

Pay:

$15 per hour 

Our Organization and Mission: 

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is the state’s leading agency for environmental management and stewardship - protecting our air, water and land. The vision of DEP is to advance Florida’s position as a world leader in protecting natural resources while growing the state’s economy. DEP encourages its leaders to constantly innovate and seek efficiencies. We believe in supporting and encouraging you as you take on important and often complex projects while offering you the opportunity to gain valuable experience quickly. 

Where You Will Work:

Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park

33104 NW 192nd Avenue

Okeechobee, FL 34972

Kissimmee Prairie is a land dominated by the great blue sky. Part of the Everglades headwaters, the preserve protects the largest remaining tract of Florida dry prairie, an ecosystem shaped by cycles of flooding and fire.

Many rare, threatened and endangered species inhabit this place, and the wide-open landscape means that birdwatchers and photographers have ample opportunity to catch sight of a grasshopper sparrow, crested caracara or burrowing owl.

Internationally recognized for its lack of light pollution, the night sky above the prairie is inky black — campers can spot the Milky Way without using telescopes or binoculars. 

Click on the link to preview this beautiful park: https://www.floridastateparks.org/index.php/parks-and-trails/kissimmee-prairie-preserve-state-park

The Benefits of Working for the State of Florida:

Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The State’s benefits package for eligible OPS employees includes:

• Participation in state group insurance (must meet eligibility requirements*).  
• State of Florida 401(a) FICA Alternative Plan (tax deferred Retirement Savings Plan, for more information, please visit Corebridge Financial).
• Flexible Spending Accounts;
• And more!

For a complete list of benefits, visit www.mybenefits.myflorida.com.

Special Notes:

DEP is committed to successfully recruiting and onboarding talented and skilled individuals into its workforce. We recognize the extensive training, experience, and transferrable skills that veterans and individuals with disabilities bring to the workforce. Veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to contact our recruiter for guidance and answers to questions through the following email addresses:

HR_VeteransPreference@dep.state.fl.us

HR_ER@dep.state.fl.us

An individual with a disability is qualified if he or she satisfies the skills, experience, and other job-related requirements for a position and can perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation. Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must contact the DEP Human Resources (HR) Office at (850) 245-2511. DEP requests applicants notify HR in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.