This position is located in Kotzebue, in the Interpretation Division. This is a permanent, career or career-conditional position in the competitive service. Government housing IS available for this position. This position is concurrently advertised to merit status candidates as # AK-1537-KOTZ-24-12185398-ST.

Duties

Develops, publicizes, schedules, and serves as lead instructor for on and off-site education programs that are varied, multi-sensory, age-specific, multi-disciplinary, and consistent with the missions of the National Park Service and the Morris Thompson Cultural Visitors Center. Programs may range from one to three-hours on-site field trips, one-hour classroom presentations, and one-week outdoor expeditions. Most programs are designed using professional curricular templates and are linked to national standards. Programs address a variety of natural and cultural resources in the disciplines of natural science, cultural science, and history. Many programs are developed and implemented in close partnership with park partners such as non-profits and schools. All programs and materials are designed to support the physical and emotional safety and wellbeing of all students, as well as fun and learning. Outdoor expedition instruction requires providing instruction as well as maintaining the physical and behavioral safety for all group members while dealing with Alaskan weather, terrain, and wildlife. Engage and interact with school administrators and educators, local communities, partners, tribal organizations, staff, volunteers, etc. to meet park objectives and community needs. Represent the park in community events and activities. May serve on interagency, interdisciplinary, and/or community teams or committees to facilitate collaborative management strategies. Works as a team member to accomplish tasks. Work conditions may include standing in one place, repetitive movements, answering repetitive questions, carrying a backpack with communication and first aid equipment, spending extended time outside in a wide range of weather conditions, walking/hiking over uneven terrain on trails or in a wilderness setting, and riding in a bus or train. Assist in helping others learn through formal or informal methods. Train, mentor, coach, and evaluate interpretive programs and products conducted by lower level interpreters, critique these activities, and recommend individual or program improvements. Participate in the onboarding and the orientation of new employees, volunteers, interns, and other partners. Support an inclusive and collaborative environment. Designs, develops, produces writing and visuals for, and manages self-serve educational programs and products (including Education Letters, social media, etc.) using high-quality media.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-11/13/2023-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-9 grade level, you must possess the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: EDUCATION: Successful completion of a degree that included or was supplemented by major study in education or in a subject-matter field appropriate to the position. You must include a copy of your transcripts. -OR- Combination of education and experience -- courses equivalent to a major in education, or in a subject-matter field appropriate to the position, plus appropriate experience or additional course work that provided knowledge comparable to that normally acquired through the successful completion of the 4-year course of study described in A above. You must include a copy of your transcripts and hours worked per week in your resume. In addition to the basic qualifications listed above, you must also meet one of the following requirements: EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-7 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: writing educational lesson plans; presenting educational activities and lessons in both a classroom and outdoor setting; experience coordinating, scheduling, and advertising local-community, educational, or public programing; experience helping train, mentor, and coach educational and interpretive programming. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- EDUCATION: 2 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree in education or in a subject-matter field appropriate to the position. You must include a copy of your transcripts. -OR- Combination of education and experience: To calculate your percentage of qualifying graduate education, divide your number of semester hours in excess of 18 semester hours by 18 or the number your school uses to represent one year of full time graduate academic study. To calculate your percentage of experience, divide your months of qualifying specialized experience by 12. Add the two percentages. They must equal at least 100% to qualify using this option. You must include a copy of your transcripts and hours worked per week in your resume. 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 Kotzebue 171 3rd Ave North West Heritage Center 1029 Kotzebue, AK 99752 US
• Name: Carolyn Byrd
• Phone: (907) 887-3925
• Email: [email protected]