These positions may be filled for a six month seasonal period, but can vary due to weather conditions, project needs, or funding. Anticipated Entry on Duty: April-May 2024 Open to the first 175 applicants or until 11/21/2023 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration. For more park(s) information, select "Learn more about this agency" below:

Duties

Be a successful applicant. Watch this 5 minute video to learn how to create a federal resume. Duties include: Issuing backcountry permits and maintains the backcountry reservation system. Accurately describing camping areas at high elevations and remote locations. Making visitors aware of general and specific mountain safety hazards. Welcoming and orienting visitors to the park setting. Responding to visitors questions concerning the full range of resources, facilities, services, and activities. Handling government monies associated with selling and remitting boating, entrance and backcountry reservation fees. Ensuring accountability so that shift reports are properly filled out. Performing audits and remits. Training new employees on the operation of permit/fee computer programs and all permits operations including issuing backcountry permits and trip planning for remote backcountry terrain. Patrolling the backcountry for the purpose of learning the trails, rivers and lakes to inform the public of trail and remote backcountry conditions. PHYSICAL DEMANDS: A portion of the work is sedentary, requiring long hours behind a desk or long periods of standing behind an information desk. Field work requires hiking 10 - 15 miles in a day through rough mountainous terrain with changing elevation over rough surfaces or canoeing 4 - 5 miles and will be performed at least once every two weeks. This work will involve carrying a heavy backpack, rescue equipment etc. WORK ENVIRONMENT: Indoor work is performed in an office setting behind an information desk. Incumbent may be required to work a variety of hours, including day shifts and evening shifts, on a rotational basis. Scheduling may include holidays and weekends and occasional unscheduled overtime. While working the Permit Desk, incumbent may not leave unless relieved by a coworker or supervisor. Outdoor work is performed under various conditions and in various terrains in which there is regular and recurring exposure to discomforts and unpleasantness, e.g. high or low temperatures and adverse weather conditions. Canoeing the Snake River or any of the lakes from front country launches to backcountry locations (i.e., Leigh Lake) may be dynamic. Work may also be performed at elevations between 6,500 fee and 11,000 feet while hiking trails. Patrols in the backcountry require the incumbent be comfortable hiking solo in mountainous terrain.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-11/21/2023-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-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 is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to successfully perform the duties of this position. Examples of specialized experience include, but are not limited to: Park Guide or tour leader; environmental educator or teacher; law enforcement or investigative work; archeological or historical preservation research work; forestry and/or fire management work in a park, recreation, or conservation area; 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. You must include hours per week worked in your resume to receive credit for experience. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least 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 transcripts to receive credit for education. -OR- Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. 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. ICTAP/CTAP Statement: Current surplus and current or former displaced Federal individuals who have special prior­ity selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) must be well qualified for the position to receive consideration for special priority selection. Well qualified means that the applicant meets the following: OPM qualification standards for the position; all selective placement factors, where applicable; special qualifying conditions that OPM has approved for the position, where applicable; is physically qualified with reasonable accommodation, where appropriate to satisfactorily perform the duties of the position upon entry; and is rated by the organization at least at the well qualified level on all competencies.

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 Grand Teton National Park PO Drawer 170 Moose, WY 83012-0710 US
• Name: Shawn Lipinski
• Phone: 307-922-1017
• Email: [email protected]