The position is located in Yellowstone National Park, in the of the Office of the Superintendent and serves as a senior advisor and principal assistant to the Superintendent for a broad array of key management issues, including the parks' enabling legislation, implementation of strategic priorities, and other special mandates, which are otherwise highly visible, politically sensitive, or unusually complex.

Duties

The major duties of the Chief of Staff position include, but are not limited to, the following: Serve as a senior advisor and principal assistant to the Superintendent for a broad array of key management issues, including the parks' enabling legislation, implementation of strategic priorities, and other special mandates, which are otherwise highly visible, politically sensitive, or unusually complex. Work closely with key stakeholders, representatives of other state, local, and federal agencies such as the Office of the Solicitor and the Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs. Develop action plans to execute strategic priorities. Supervise and evaluate work performance of a Management Assistant (GS-12) and Digital Communications Specialist (GS-12). Perform work and coordinate with senior park staff on issues that cross divisional boundaries, are politically sensitive or complex, and significantly affect the long-term management of the park.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-11/20/2023-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 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. To qualify for this position at the GS-14 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-13 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: Served as a senior advisor to upper levels of management, provided research findings, analysis, and recommendations in order to shape policy and long-term management goals of an organization; coordinated with multiple branches of an organization or external partners on politically sensitive or complex management issues; assisted with policy development or management action plans requiring the synthesis of information from multiple sources, relevant laws, and regulations; developed effective partnerships to facilitate successful unit management. You must include your resume with hours worked per week annotated. 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

There is no substitution of education for experience at the grade level(s) of this announcement.

Contacts

• Address Yellowstone National Park PO Box 168 Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190 US
• Name: Sara Hale
• Email: [email protected]