This position is located in Dinosaur National Monument, in the Interpretation Division.

Duties

MAJOR DUTIES: Research, develop, and present formal programs and provides informal visitor contacts on a daily basis to diverse audiences ranging from multi-generational families to professional scientists. Education programs include curriculum-based on-site field trips for students from pre-school through college as well as virtual field trips offered through multiple on-line platforms. Update park website, create social media posts, and assist with the content and design of interpretive media including site bulletins, waysides, and museum exhibits. Communicate effectively on topics of geology and paleontology, as well as other natural and cultural history topics. Work cooperatively with other staff to operate the visitor center for a portion of each daily shift. Visitor center tasks include periodic collection of federal fees, staffing the information desk, issuing backcountry and river permits, answering phones, Junior Ranger program support, responding to visitor correspondence by mail or email, following established opening and closing procedures, and conducting cooperating association bookstore sales. Travel daily between the primary visitor contact facilities and other park areas with a government vehicle. At the GS-7 level, coach and mentor other staff and expanding program development to include external partners and community members. Assist with exhibit cleaning. May perform routine maintenance and cleaning of other park facilities. Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level. PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The work requires standing or sitting for long periods of time, walking for distances around one to two miles, climbing and descending steep inclines, bending, and lifting moderately heavy items. Mental stress and physical fatigue occur due to high volume of personal contacts, occasional emergency responses, and repetitive nature of interpretive programs. WORK ENVIRONMENT: Work is performed both indoors and outdoors resulting in exposure to a variety of weather conditions. AREA INFORMATION/HOUSING INFORMATION: This position is duty-stationed at Dinosaur National Monument, a unit of the National Park Service, at the Quarry Visitor Center located near Jensen, Utah. Dinosaur National Monument is a spectacular 210,000-acre medium-sized park with mega-park values. Dinosaur has the most complete geologic record of any national park area and an internationally renowned display of Jurassic era dinosaur bones. The rugged landscape provides habitats that support a diverse assemblage of plants and animals and critical habitat for endangered species. People have been living on this landscape for over 10,000 years and the evidence of their activities can be seen in numerous rock art sites and homesteads. The whitewater rafting and magnificent scenery found in the canyons of the Green and Yampa rivers provide premier Western boating experiences. The Yampa is the only remaining large tributary in the Colorado River system that retains its free flowing character. Dinosaur is over 90% recommended wilderness and was certified as a Dark Sky Park in 2019. Visit the website at www.nps.gov/dino for more information. Dinosaur National Monument spans a remote area of NE Utah and NW Colorado that is a 3.5 hour drive from Salt Lake City, Utah and a 6 hour drive from Denver, Colorado. Temperatures can reach over 100 F in the summer and below negative 25 F in the winter. The Uinta Basin is susceptible to poor air quality due to weather inversions that trap air in the basin, especially in the winter. The communities of Rangely, CO and Vernal, UT offer all amenities (hospital, schools, grocery, etc.) and are within commuting distance of headquarters located near Dinosaur, CO and the Quarry Visitor Center located near Jensen, UT. Government housing may be available. Housing costs in the communities around the monument are often higher than average, based on the impact of energy development industries in the area.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-09/05/2023-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. Specialized experience is experience that demonstrated the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform the duties of this position. Experience may have been in technical, administrative, or scientific work, fish and wildlife management, recreation management, law enforcement, or other park related work. To qualify for this position at the GS-05 grade level, you must possess the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: EXPERIENCE: At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-04 level in the Federal service. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include, but are not limited to: Park Guide or tour leader; environmental educator or teacher; law enforcement or investigative work; archaeological or historical preservation research work; management, assistant, or program specialist work involving the development and implementation of policy related to protection, conservation, or management of park areas or similar operations; or other similar work. Experience must include delivering structured and informal presentations to a variety of audiences. Typical of this grade level, the tours, presentations, or other educational programs were developed by others for delivery to groups versus original programs developed by the individual. You must include hours worked per week in your resume. -OR- EDUCATION: Four years of education above high school (120 semester hours or 180 quarter hours) leading to a bachelor's degree with major study or 24 semester hours of course work in a related field, (related fields of study include 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 a copy of your transcripts. -OR- Combination of education and experience: Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours of a course of study leading to a bachelor's degree is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirements. Two full academic years of study, or 60 semester hours, beyond the second year is equivalent to 1 year of specialized experience. For example, if you have 6 months of the specialized experience described above (50% of the experience requirement), and 3 years of college study from an accredited institution (50% of the qualifying education), which included at least 12 semester hours of related coursework as specified above (50% of the related coursework required), then you would meet 100% of the qualification's requirement. You must include a copy of your transcripts. To qualify for this position at the GS-07 grade level, you must possess the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: EXPERIENCE: At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-05 level in the Federal service. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include, but are not limited to, the following: Park Ranger or tour leader; environmental educator or teacher; archaeological or historical preservation research work; management, assistant, or program specialist work involving the development and implementation of policy related to protection, conservation, or management of park areas or similar operations; or other similar work. Experience must include independent research and presentation, such as developing and presenting formal and/or informal interpretive programs to the general public, school groups, or to guide tours through historic buildings, museums or over nature trails. You must include hours worked per week in your resume. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of one full year of graduate level study in directly related fields such as natural resource management, natural sciences, earth sciences, history, archeology, anthropology, park and recreation management, law enforcement/police science, social sciences, museum sciences, business administration, public administration, behavioral sciences, sociology, emergency management, or other closely related subjects pertinent to the management and protection of natural and cultural resources; or superior academic achievement. You must include a copy of your transcripts. -OR- Combination of education and experience: For example, if you have 6 months of the specialized experience described above (50% of the experience requirement), and at least a one full semester (9 semester hours if the school's requirement for 1 year of graduate study is 18 semester hours) of college graduate study in a directly related field from an accredited institution (50% of the qualifying education requirement), then you would meet 100% of the qualification's requirement. You must include a copy of your 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 Dinosaur National Monument 4545 E Hwy 40 Dinosaur, CO 81610 US
• Name: Christina Mizelle
• Phone: 0000000000
• Email: [email protected]