Смотритель в Национальный парк (Америка)

About us

National Park Service - служба, которая помогает национальным паркам и общинам по всей Америке сохранять и защищать их природное наследие. 

Responsibilities

As the Supervisory Park Ranger (I)/Program Leader for the Visitor Experience and Community Engagement Division for NPS - Interior Region 1, you are responsible for increasing the effectiveness of the National Park Service (NPS) to provide year-round interpretation, education, and recreational services that engage the public and provide meaningful experiences that advance the mission of the Service. You will perform, but are not limited to the following duties:

• Provide advice to senior regional leadership, park superintendents, and regional program managers regarding all aspects of interpretation, education, media and youth and volunteer program management.
• Provide professional direction, technical support, and advice to interpretive program managers.
• Ensure that quality visitor experiences are provided through exhibits, audio/visual media, publications, web, and other media mechanisms.
• Supervise at least four program managers or specialists, and through them up to an additional five positions, including interns and students.
• Serve as the senior liaison for the Region with the agency's professional interpretive design center (Harpers Ferry Design Center).
• Develop annual work plans for these programs; furnish estimates of required staffing, equipment, and funds; and monitor and analyze the budget of all associated accounts.
• Interpret rules, regulations and guidelines; facilitate and broker services for parks; review a broad range of park and Service-wide interpretive functions and activities for all parks in the Region.
• Develop a forum where parks, regional staff, and partners can work to re-imagine the visitor experience at park(s), and workshop solutions that are innovative and responsive to audience engagement.
• Conduct long-range planning in the interpretation and education program.
• Oversee the development, publication, and implementation of all interpretive planning for the Region.
• Participate on planning teams, such as General Management Plans and Foundation Document teams.
• Initiate and maintain necessary contacts with federal, state, and local government officials, and members and officials of interested partners.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
• Meet Selective Service Registration Act requirement for males.
• Selectee will be required to participate in the Direct Deposit Electronics Funds Transfer Program.
• Any individual who is currently holding, or has held within the previous 52 weeks, a General Schedule position under non-temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted service, must meet time-in-grade requirements (must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent in the Federal service). Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal civilian employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.
• You may be required to operate a government (or private) motor vehicle as part of your official duties. Prior to your first official motor vehicle operation, and again every year thereafter (or more frequently if management determines such need exists), you will be required to sign an affidavit certifying to your possession of a valid State issued driver's license that is current and has not been revoked, suspended, canceled, or otherwise disqualified in any way to prohibit your operation of a motor vehicle. Please indicate in your application whether you possess a valid State driver's license.
• You will be required to occasionally wear a uniform and comply with the National Park Service uniform standards. A uniform allowance will be provided.
• If you are a new employee or supervisor in the Federal government, you will be required to complete a one-year probationary period.
• You may be required to travel overnight away from home up to 5 nights per month. You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes.
• You may be required to complete training and obtain/maintain a government charge card with travel and/or purchase authority.
• The position to which you will be appointed is subject to a financial disclosure reporting requirement and you will be required to complete a new entrant Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 450) within 30 days of your appointment.
• If selected applicant is authorized for a remote work arrangement, an annual Remote Work agreement must be approved.
• Experience 
  • At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors).
  • Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities/competencies to perform successfully the duties of the position and is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled.
• Volunteer Experience:
  • Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social).
  • Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.
  • You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Additional information

• Salary $99,908 - $129,878 per year
• A selectee receiving a first appointment to the Federal Government (Civil Service) is entitled only to the lowest step of the grade for which selected. The display of a salary range on this vacancy shall not be construed as granting an entitlement to a higher rate of pay.
• This announcement may be used to fill additional positions if identical vacancies occur within 90 days of the issue date of the referral certificate.
• Physical Demands:
  • The work is generally sedentary and involves more than the ordinary time spent reading.
  • Regular field trips require walking, hiking, bending, carrying reasonable loads, lifting, and travel in a variety of conveyances, including aircraft, boats, and ground vehicles.
  • A valid driver's license is required.
• Working Conditions:
  • Work is performed primarily in an office setting. However, work is also performed out-of-doors in various types of weather and terrain.
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