This position is located in Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park, in the Resources Division. This is a temporary promotion not to exceed 1 year, and can be extended up to 4 years.

Duties

Provide superintendent's office and fellow division managers with information and recommendations on natural and cultural resource issues and management actions. Identify natural cultural resource priorities and research needs. Provide a cultural and natural resources perspective into park management decisions and planning documents. Develop and maintain positive working relationships with staff at all levels, national, regional and local (e.g. headquarters Washington, regional office, and park). Demonstrate understanding, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern in relating to people from varied backgrounds and situations. Tactfully and effectively communicate with tribal governments and tribal partners in a manner that respects tribal sovereignty and cultural values, builds trust, and creates opportunities for collaboration. Formulate and administer an annual operating budget involving staffing needs, material equipment needs, and work projects, with related costs and yearly work schedule. Successfully seek funding for cultural or natural resource priorities and projects through NPS, grant, and private sector funding sources. Prepare requests for proposals or statements of work to accomplish natural and cultural resource projects and priorities. Supervise subordinate natural and cultural resources staff following law, policy, and best management practices to support LYJO and WACO. Carry out program management duties by developing work plans and schedules, scopes of work, cost estimates and directing subordinate staff. Serve as the agency's technical representative (ATR or COTR) on contracts or agreements to ensure completion of projects within scope, schedule and budget. Develop and negotiate cooperative and interagency agreements and other cooperative instruments to effectively carry out resource management goals. Work with other subject matter specialists such as architects, landscape architects, archeologists, biologists, hydrologists, and historians from within and outside the agency for the purposes of exchanging professional information and securing cooperation for park programs and projects. Prepare and coordinate written NEPA and NHPA related consultation with federal, state, or tribal governments and agencies. Provide oversight of projects to ensure appropriate NEPA and NHPA compliance and presentation of results and concerns to management officials. Implement NPS museum management practices and policies.

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. 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, you must meet the minimum requirement of one of the following by close of the announcement: Historian: Have a 4-year degree in history; or related field that included at least 18 semester hours in history. OR A combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major in history, or a major in a related field that included at least 18 semester hours in history, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Physical Scientist: Have a 4-year degree in physical science, engineering, or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics, dynamics, properties of materials, and electronics. OR A combination of education and experience -- education equivalent to one of the majors shown above that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education. In Addition to the minimum requirements of the position you must also have the following: One year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-11 level of the Federal service) that provided the knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the major duties of the Supervisory Natural Resource Program Manager. This experience should include applying laws, regulations, policies or professional judgment in the protection of natural resources. Examples of qualifying experience may include professional natural resource work in vegetation, wildlife, sensitive species, exotic and pest species, fisheries, air and water quality, soils, geology, hydrology, paleontology, other physical sciences, and range management. 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 specialized experience at the grade level(s) of this announcement.

Contacts

• Address Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park PO Box 329 Johnson City, TX 78636 US
• Name: Christina McGaughey
• Phone: (000) 000-0000
• Email: [email protected]