The purpose of the position is to supplement the permanent Park Ranger workforce by performing various "generalist' duties": facilitate visitor understanding of park resources, facilitate visitor enjoyment of the park and its resources, facilitate and induce visitor behavior consistent with resource protection and to gain friendly compliance with the laws and rules for safe use of park, encourage visitors to develop a sense of stewardship for park resources.

Duties

Mount Rushmore National Memorial: Visitor assistance to include battery boosts, performing lock-outs on vehicles, issuing directions to visitors, explaining park rules, foot patrols looking for security issues, mountain and back-country patrols and overall support and reporting to the law enforcement division. Apostle Islands National Lakeshore: The incumbent provides front line information for visitors in the daily operation of the park. Greets visitors, provides basic orientation to the site and local area, provides safety messages, responds to questions in person, operates park radios and assists with trip planning. The incumbent may be responsible for hiking trails, patrolling parking lots and trails to make informal visitor contacts and monitor compliance with park regulations. Informs visitors about safety and hazards of the park, and monitors groups for permit violations. Informs visitors about the life, habits and behavior of Park fauna, with emphasis on behavior that may be potentially dangerous to visitors. Checks on the measures campers and hikers take to avoid attracting or provoking dangerous animals. Educates visitors regarding activities that impact upon the preservation of natural and cultural resources, including issues dealing with visitor safety. Performs various administrative duties, e.g. gathering routine information for reports, compilation of statistical data, etc. May issue field permits for camping and educates visitors regarding the requirements for backcountry hiking and camping, the reasons for the regulations, etc. As assigned, performs minor maintenance tasks including, but not limited to, housekeeping chores, grounds clean-up, cleaning outhouses, trail maintenance, fence monitoring and repair, spring monitoring and maintenance, updating bulletin boards, and exhibit repairs. You may be expected to perform some duties via kayaking and/or assist as a deckhand on an 18' to 26' powerboat. Theodore Roosevelt National Park: Employee will work as a backcountry ranger in Theodore Roosevelt National Park, performing foot or horse patrols of backcountry and front country trails and off-trail areas. Work includes performing trail maintenance, fence monitoring and repair, spring monitoring and maintenance, checking backcountry permits, educating visitors about park facilities and resources, and performing a variety of resource management and maintenance projects. The purpose of the position is to facilitate visitor understanding of park resources, visitor enjoyment of the park and its resources, visitor behavior consistent with resource protection, and visitor's sense of stewardship for the park. Patrols are performed in remote backcountry/wilderness areas by foot, and occasionally by horseback or canoe. The work includes hiking and/or riding over rough, steep, rocky, and often slippery surfaces both on and off trail at elevations above 2,000' above sea level. Canoe patrols are done on flat water sections of the river. Some patrols may include overnight stays in the backcountry.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-12/15/2023-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 or all of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: EXPERIENCE: Possess one (1) year of specialized experience, equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to that of at least the GS-4 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to successfully perform the duties of this position. Experience may have been in technical, administrative, or scientific work, fish and wildlife management, recreation management, law enforcement, or other park related work. 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. -OR- EDUCATION: Have four (4) 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 coursework 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.). IMPORTANT - PLEASE NOTE: If you are using education to qualify you must document your coursework and/or degree completed in your resume or other application materials you submit. You must submit a copy of your transcripts that identifies each course, the college or university, semester or quarter hours earned, grade received, and date completed. If you are qualifying based on education and you do not submit transcripts, your application will be rated not qualified for consideration. (A copy of your official transcripts will be required before entrance on duty, if selected). You must include transcripts. -OR- COMBINATION: Have an equivalent combination of education and experience. For example, I have six (6) months of the specialized experience described above (50% of the experience requirement) and 60 semester hours (90 quarter hours) of college study from an accredited institution (50% of the qualifying education) which included at least 12 semester hours (18 quarter hours) of related coursework as specified (50% of the related coursework required). You must include transcripts. You must include hours per week worked. 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 Midwest-West Regional Human Resources Office 246 S Chicago Street Hot Springs, SD 57747 US
• Name: MWR HR West Team
• Email: [email protected]