This position is located in Gulf Islands National Seashore, in the Interpretation Division. Open to the first 50 applicants or until 09/11/2023 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.

Duties

As a Supervisory Park Ranger, you will perform the following duties: Oversees the operation of two visitor centers, a museum and other visitor contact stations (e.g., passenger ferry vessels and shuttles). Reviews and recommends approval of new sales items. Establishes and maintains a cooperative working relationship with community groups, schools, universities, partners, local and state governments and organizations and drafts agreements for mutual assistance as appropriate. Prepares budget and funding requests pertaining to Resource Education interpretive operations. Inspects and approves the work of service and private contractors as it relates to district interpretation, exhibits, public programs, events, and visitor services. Represents the park with city, county, public agencies, and private organization officials on park issues. Coordinates park participation in cooperative events and projects. Works with other national park areas to accomplish common goals. Writes articles for the park newsletters, pamphlets, news releases, exhibits, and web sites. Coordinates curriculum-based education programs, summer camps, Jr. Ranger programs, teacher workshops, staff trainings, citizen science and service-learning programs, and events. Develops planning and other documents such as the park annual interpretive plan, service wide interpretive report, and standard operating procedures pertaining to the interpretive program.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-09/11/2023-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. To qualify for this position at the GS-11 grade level, you must possess one of 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-09 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: analyzing park visitation trends to evaluate the effectiveness of current programs; auditing interpretive programs for content and quality alignment; monitoring expenditure of funds throughout the year; and writing articles for newsletters, news releases, exhibits, and/or websites. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least three full years of progressively higher level graduate education or have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree at an accredited college or university in directly-related fields such as natural resource management, natural sciences, earth sciences, history, archaeology, anthropology, park and recreation management; law enforcement/police science, social sciences, museum sciences, business administration, public administration, behavioral sciences, sociology or other closely related subjects pertinent to the management and protection of natural and cultural resources. You must include transcripts. -OR- COMBINATION EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. To combine education and experience, first take percentage of education completed. Then take the number of months of full-time experience and divide by 12 months. Add the percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. 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 Gulf Islands National Seashore 1801 Gulf Breeze Parkway Gulf Breeze, FL 32463 US
• Name: Renate Thibault
• Phone: 000-000-0000
• Email: [email protected]