The purpose of the position is to serve as an Education Technician and present a wide variety of quality education and interpretive programming to students from kindergarten through secondary levels. The incumbent assists in the planning and development of the park's education program including formal programs, interpretive media. and appropriate uses of electronic and visual multimedia including distance learning, web-based applications, and emerging technologies.

Duties

The responsibilities of this position include working with curriculum writers to create and prepare curriculum for cultural themed prairie restoration done at the park. Assists in planning, scheduling, and conducting education programs, workshops, seminars, and conferences to promote the park's education program and to prepare educators for their class visits. Provides support for curriculum-based education programs through maintenance of equipment, inventorying supplies and materials, providing clerical support, and assisting with the reservation program. Maintains appropriate electronic records including reservations and program spreadsheets. Duties include tracking and recording statistics for resource-based education and outreach programs. Performs other duties such as writing, editing, and social media. Prepares and presents special children's programs for outreach and events. Assists the interpretive division with tasks associated with programming. Additional frontline responsibilities may include performing roving assignments, providing orientation and information, and completing assigned tasks and projects that support division operations. Operate distance learning, audio and visual equipment.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-11/02/2023-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. 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-07 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-05 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience is work such as planning and implementing a comprehensive, curriculum-based education program serving elementary through college students independently to research, develop, and present education programs and global concepts using a hands-on approach. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least one full year of graduate education that demonstrates the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to do the work of this position in a related field of public policy/administration, environmental management, environmental education, or education. IMPORTANT - PLEASE NOTE: If you are using education to qualify you must document your course work and/or degree completed in your resume or other application materials you submit. You must include transcripts. -OR- Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. This may be computed by first determining the applicant's total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then determining the applicant's education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level; and then adding the two percentages. 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 Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site PO Box 9 Stanton, ND 58571-0009 US
• Name: Charlotte Lussier
• Email: [email protected]