This position serves as a one of the electronics technicians on the team and provides full-service support of radio operations and electronic systems within Yellowstone National Park.

Duties

Duties include but not limited to: Assist higher graded technicians in radio and electronic systems design through consultation with other specialists, radio users, consultants, etc. Assist with project planning in accordance with Park, NPS and DOI guidelines and plans. Install, fabricate, overhaul, modify, perform maintenance, troubleshoot equipment, and replace defective modules and component parts of dispatch radio consoles, portable and mobile radio units, fixed base stations, and mountain top and portable repeaters. You will frequently troubleshoot and repair mobile radios installed in government vehicles. Program portable, mobile, and base station radio communication equipment with the use of computer software to set functional operating features of the system. Install channeling programs in radio equipment which include Portables, Mobiles and Fixed stations. You will install saved and standard configurations on radio equipment for the various Park operations so as to maintain consistency, simplicity and reliability for employees. Under the guidance of higher graded technicians, you will schedule the preventive maintenance workload, coordinate flights, vehicles, and hike-in missions needed to access equipment. All work requests outside of routine inspection, testing, and maintenance will be reviewed for evaluation and assignment by your immediate supervisor or higher graded technicians. This must be done dynamically as priorities quickly change and a flexible work schedule is required.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-09/20/2023-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. To qualify for this position at the GS-09 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-08 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes experience which is directly related to the work of this position and which has equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Analyzing a variety of telecommunications associated with the maintenance, support, troubleshooting, and repair of wireless and wired telecommunications systems (e.g., systems compatibility, RolP circuits, switches, distribution, microwave RF links, RF interference, and networking including VLAN). -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least two full years of graduate education or a master's degree for GS-09. One year of full-time graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours that the school attended has determined to represent 1 year of full-time study. Equivalent combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience are also qualifying. If education is used to meet specialized experience requirements, then such education must include courses directly related to the work of the position. You must include hours per week worked. You must include transcripts. -OR- Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. To combine education and experience, first 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 NPS Inflation Reduction Act 1849 C St. NW Washington, DC 20240 US
• Name: Karen Henderson-Thomas
• Email: [email protected]