This position is located in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, in the Division of External Affairs. Salary Range for Each Duty Station: Flagstaff, AZ - $57,118 to $74,250 Per Year Page, AZ - $57,118 to $74,250 Per Year Tucson, AZ - $58,049 to $75,461 Per Year

Duties

Major Duties: This position serves as the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and Rainbow Bridge National Monument Tribal Liaison for American Indian tribes associated with the two park units. The tribal liaison provides authoritative advice to the superintendent and park management team on tribal issues, and serves as the park's technical expert on law, policy and guidance pertaining to tribal consultation and the government-to-government (G2G) relationship. The variety of issues for which the incumbent is responsible is broad, including providing advice to the park on government-to-government consultation with tribes on park management issues, advising the park superintendent in consultative and working relationships with 6+ tribes on issues pertaining to Indian Law and policy, planning and development issues, concessions contracts, compliance, resource use and access, special use permits, exhibit and interpretive programs, boundary disputes, and dispute resolution. Travel is required for site visits including backcountry travel, consultations at associated Tribal headquarters, training, and meeting attendance. Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level. Physical Demands: The work varies from sedentary to actively challenging. Depending on the assignment, physical activities including balancing, bending, climbing, hiking, sitting, standing, stooping, and walking, as necessary to complete assignments on rough terrain and during inclement weather, could be required. Day and overnight travel are required. Work Environment: Work is performed indoors and outdoors. Work includes tribal consultation meetings at Tribal headquarters and ceremonies in Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. On occasion may visit remote areas of the park, including cultural and archeological sites found in wilderness conditions that are subject to extreme terrain variation and inclement weather. Occasional, periodic, and regular recurring travel for visits to tribal facilities, reservations, and/or other field settings that require short or long periods of traveling by park automobile, plane, or boat may also occur. Duty Station Information: Flagstaff, Arizona: Flagstaff has a population of about 75,000 and includes multiple K-12 public and private schools, Northern Arizona University, a diverse community, medical, and other support services. With an elevation of 7000 ft, summers are warm with temperatures in the 80's and winters are cold, with low temperatures near zero and snow averaging around 90 inches. Recreational opportunities in both areas cross all four seasons in environments ranging from low deserts to high mountains and include hiking, backpacking, fishing, cross-country and downhill skiing, and golfing in nearby communities. The rental and home markets in Flagstaff can be relatively expensive and limited. Page, Arizona: Page overlooks beautiful Lake Powell which offers boating, associated water sports, hunting, recreation, and fishing, as well as river running on the Colorado River above and below Lake Powell. The surrounding land offers beautiful red rock country for hiking and backcountry wilderness activity. Page is at the hub of the Grand Circle, containing America's largest concentration of national parks and monuments, such as Grand Canyon, Zion, Capitol Reef, Bryce Canyon, Arches, Canyonlands, Grand Staircase Escalante, and the Flagstaff Area Monuments. Page offers normal small community amenities such as airport, shopping, medical, and dental facilities, schools K-12 and college courses available through the local Community College. Elevation in Page is 4300 feet above sea level and the weather is beautiful high desert sunny days, cool nights, and low humidity. Government housing may be available by a bid process. Tucson, Arizona: Tucson is a vibrant and diverse community of nearly 1 million. All urban services, (hospitals, education, university, shopping, etc.) are readily available within the area. It is the Sonoran Desert and daytime temperatures range from 100+ degrees in the summer to 20-70 degrees in the winter. Cooler temperatures at higher elevations. Home purchases are available in the area.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-08/27/2023-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected. EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: (1) maintaining liaison with Tribal officials to articulate program policy and ensure appropriate consultation and collaboration in resource management, policy development, project development, and other program activities; (2) interpreting laws, regulations, and procedures related to tribes and their involvement in federal programs or projects; (3) provide leadership and authoritative advice in multi-agency efforts involving Native American tribal groups; (4) serve on national or state governmental task forces regarding national or state policy recommendations on Native American affairs, and advising external agencies and organizations on such matters. You must include hours worked per week. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least a master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education (36 semester hours) leading to a major study in Native American studies, tribal relations, public relations, recreation management, or other fields directly related to the position or LL.B. or J.D. in a related field. The education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position. You must include transcripts. -OR- Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. For example, 6 months of specialized experience (50% of the experience) and 1 ? years of graduate study or 27 semester hours (50% of the education requirement) would qualify an applicant for this position. (Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used - the applicant's first year of graduate study is not qualifying for GS-09 when combining). You must include transcripts. 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.

Education

To qualify based on education, you must submit a legible copy of transcripts from an accredited institution with your name, school name, credit hours, course level, major(s), and grade-point average or class ranking. Transcripts do not need to be official, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet qualification requirements, you must show that your education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.

Contacts

• Address Glen Canyon National Recreation Area PO Box 1507 Page, AZ 86040-1507 US
• Name: Lindsay Heinrich
• Email: [email protected]