This position located in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, in central California. Open to the first 101 applicants or until 08/25/2023 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.

Duties

Interpret, explain and apply federal law, regulation, and policy as it applies to the management and preservation of NPS Wilderness. Plans, coordinates, ad directs the administration of the park's wilderness recreation program to include administering the permit reservation system. Plans, coordinates, and directs the administration of the park's wilderness protection program. The wilderness of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (SEKI) protects one of America's most spectacular scenic landscapes. An extraordinary continuum of ecosystems is arrayed along the greatest vertical relief (1,370 to 14,494 feet in elevation) of any protected area in the lower 48 states. Its magnificent glacier-carved canyons, broad lake basins, lush meadows, and sheer granite peaks- hallmarks of the most rugged portion of the High Sierra-form the core of the largest expanse of contiguous wilderness areas in California. People from around the world visit and value it. Physical Demands: Work provides both sedentary and active physical demands. Toe office portion of the job is usually sedentary and will involve the usual amount of sitting, walking, standing, and bending associated with office and work, informal meetings, and use of office equipment such as computers and copying machines. Documentary research and report writing work is sedentary. which entails the ability to concentrate and write for long periods of time. The field portion of the job will include driving, hiking, and carrying equipment. Thus, the employee will occasionally carry a heavy backpack (up to 50 lbs) and hike over rough, uneven, rocky terrain or slippery surfaces at elevations from 1,000 ft to over 10,000 ft and in temperatures from 20F to 115F. The position may require strenuous physical activity including periods of standing, walking, climbing, and lifting and carrying heavy objects. Some necessary and required activities will occur in physically dangerous areas or settings. Travel in light fixed-wing aircraft and/or helicopter is required at times. Low level flights in helicopters over steep mountain terrain (considered a hazardous activity) are required. Work requires the operation of a motor vehicle on steep mountainous roads. Incumbent must be able to perform occasional travel assignments. Working Conditions: Work is performed in an adequately lighted and climate-controlled office as well as in the field. Office work will require the ability to sit for extended periods of time working at a computer. Field work involves regular and recurring exposure to moderate risks and discomforts. There are occasions of exposure to risk situations in particularly remote locations. Field work includes exposure to extreme weather conditions (below freezing to over l 00 degrees F), steep and uneven terrain, pesticides, poisonous plants, biting insects, and wild animals. Work sites may occur at various points along a steep elevation gradient, in a Mediterranean climate with hot, dry summers and mild winters at low elevations and mild summers and frigid winters at high elevations. Risks include smoke inhalation, steep slopes, rocky terrain, caves, snow and ice, rivers and lakes, extreme cold or heat, and forests. Incumbent is exposed to low level flights, low flying, and hovering aircraft. Work occasionally includes travel to different sites in and out of the park over long distance and exposure to extreme weather conditions (i.e. rain, snow, fog). Poor air quality afflicts Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, especially during summer months -generally May to October. High ozone levels may be the most harmful pollutant here. In summer months, concentrations often exceed the federal ozone health standards.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-08/25/2023-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 for each federal position listed as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of qualifying 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. Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying 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. Individual Occupational Requirement: The General Natural Resources Management and Biological Sciences Series 0401 has an educational requirement. To qualify for this series, you must possess a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree that included a major field of study in one of the following: biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position. Transcripts must be provided in your application documents. - AND - To qualify for this position at the GS-12 grade level, you must possess the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience must include: developing natural resource management plans; developing visitor use management strategies; interpreting law and policy to guide recreational activities; analyzing and managing data. You must include hours per week worked. 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

There is no educational substitution for Specialized Experience for this series/grade combination.

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 Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks 47050 Generals Highway Three Rivers, CA 93271 US
• Name: Alexander Lehinger
• Phone: 2062204124
• Email: [email protected]