These career/career-conditional, permanent career-seasonal positions are located in Shenandoah National Park, in the Fee & Revenue Management Unit. Open to the first 100 applicants or until 10/02/2023 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.

Duties

The primary purpose of this uniformed, front-line representative of the NPS position is to perform a variety of duties associated with collection, deposit, tracking, and expenditure of fee revenue and donations collected from the public under the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act. Carries out a wide variety of clerical and technical assignments that involve the application of fee program knowledge and the policies, procedures, and practices of fee collection. Duties may include: assist with auditing fee collection program components/systems research and resolve a variety of non-routine problems with reservations made through automated reservation systems troubleshoot issues with fee program related technologies and equipment prepare and complete remittance reports for funds collected create deposit tickets electronically through approved automated US Treasury deposit systems research and review applications submitted to waive fees to NPS units research and review backcountry/wilderness permit applications and process reservations, permits, and fees in accordance with established guidelines maintain accountability records of fee collections assist in the orientation, mentoring, and training of new employees, volunteers, and/or interns in fee collection, remittance, and/or deposits You will be required to wear a uniform and comply with the National Park Service uniform standards. A uniform allowance will be provided. You will be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime and shift work. This position may also have a mixed work schedule based on the varying workload, and your work schedule is subject to change from part-time to full-time to on-call as workload dictates. These Career-Seasonal appointments are permanent positions and include the same benefits as Career appointments, but do not provide work on a year-round basis. You will work from approximately March-November/December, and you will be in a non-pay status for the remainder of the year. Most positions are covered by the RUS Salary Table; some positions are covered by the DCB Salary Table; dependent on duty station. Duty stations for these positions are located in Shenandoah National Park. It is anticipated that positions will be filled at Thornton Gap Entrance Station, Swift Run Entrance Station, and Old Rag Fee Station. (Other duty locations could include Front Royal Entrance Station, Rockfish Entrance Station, Mathews Arm Campground, Big Meadows Campground, Loft Mountain Campground, and Whiteoak Fee Station.) POSITION LOCATION: Shenandoah National Park preserves and protects more than 300 square miles of nationally significant natural and cultural resources, scenic beauty, and congressionally designated wilderness within Virginia's northern Blue Ridge Mountains; and provides a broad range of opportunities for public enjoyment, recreation, inspiration, and stewardship. Within just 90 miles of Washington D.C. the Park provides visitors the ability to explore mountain peaks, hidden hollows, cascading streams, accessible wilderness, and stunning natural beauty. Approximately 40% of the Park is designated wilderness with over 500 miles of hiking trails and the iconic Skyline Drive, SHEN was established as an eastern Park that provided a "western Park experience". Due to the Park's easy accessibility to D.C and other highly populated areas along the east coast, visitation exceeds 2 million visitors annually which results in significant resource protection and visitor management issues and incidents.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-10/02/2023. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST clearly indicate the nature of the duties and responsibilities for each position, starting and ending dates of employment (month/year), and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rather than indicating full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annotated to be able to pro-rate the amount of qualified specialized experience. To qualify for this position at the GS-05 grade level, you must possess at least 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-04 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of this position. Examples of specialized experience may include: handling, tracking, and depositing monies; using software programs to maintain financial/accounting data related to fee collection and stock inventory; performing fee collection, accounting or financial duties using cash registers, calculators, point of sale systems, etc.; ensure accountability of funds and accurate financial reports/records. You must include hours per week worked .-OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least 4 years of education above high school leading to a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in any field of study. You must include transcripts. -OR- COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. Note: Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours (i.e., beyond the second year) is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. One full academic year of study (30 semester hours) beyond the second year is equivalent to 6 months of specialized experience. To combine education and experience, for example, 90 semester hours college completed (50% of education requirement) and 6 months of full-time qualifying specialized experience (50% of experience requirement). 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.


Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) or Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP): For information on how to apply as an ICTAP or CTAP eligible see http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/ctap_guideline.pdf. To be well-qualified and exercise selection priority for this vacancy, displaced Federal employees must be rated at 85 or above on the rating criteria for this position.

Contacts

• Address Shenandoah National Park 3655 Hwy 211 East Luray, VA 22835 US
• Name: Debbie Truax
• Phone: 540-999-3500 (3479)
• Email: [email protected]