This position is located in Padre Island National Seashore, in the Visitor and Resource Protection Division.

Duties

The incumbent serves as the Chief, Division of Visitor and Resource Protection for Padre Island National Seashore. The scope of duties includes planning, managing, and coordinating all aspects of the park's visitor and resource protection program, as well as providing support for park planning and compliance activities. The incumbent is responsible for law enforcement; border drug and human trafficking interdiction; criminal and internal investigations; search and rescue; emergency medical services; campground operations, including fee collection; front country and backcountry patrol, including water patrols of Laguna Madre; resources protection, including the interdiction of wildlife poaching and vandalism of land and underwater archeological sites; backcountry and special use permits; commercial use authorizations; wildland fire; and park planning.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-01/05/2024-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. Selective Factors: Applicants must meet ALL of the following to qualify: Must currently possess, previously held (within the past three years), or be able to obtain a valid Type I National Park Service (NPS) Law Enforcement Commission, or equivalent, by 01/05/2024. This is a secondary-administrative law enforcement position under the special retirement provisions of 5 U.S. C. 8336 (c) (CSRS) and 5 U. S. C. 8412 (d) (FERS). PLEASE NOTE: Applicants may meet qualification requirements, but may not be eligible for special retirement coverage. If such an applicant is selected, they will be placed in the regular retirement system. To be eligible for Secondary retirement coverage under CSRS, an employee must transfer directly (without a break in service exceeding 3 days) from a primary position to a secondary position. To be eligible for Secondary retirement coverage under FERS, an employee must: 1) transfer directly (without a break in service exceeding 3 days) from a primary position to a secondary position, AND 2) complete 3 years of service in a primary rigorous position including any such service during which no FERS deductions were withheld, AND 3) must be continuously employed in a secondary position(s) since moving from a primary rigorous position, except for any break in employment from a secondary position that began with involuntary separation (not for cause). It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure this office has enough information to determine your special retirement status to ensure you do not lose benefits (normally through submission of your work history or other documentation that demonstrates work history of approved covered positions). You must let this office know if you are in a Primary position. Must have a current, valid State Driver's License by 01/05/2024. Must possess or be able to successfully obtain and maintain National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) rating of Fire Fighter. - AND - One year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-12 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 managing resource and visitor protection programs including law enforcement, search and rescue, emergency medical services; experience evaluating resource and visitor protection program activities based on funding to determine objectives, amount and location of work, as well as type of resources needed for the program; interpreting regulations and policy directives related to law enforcement and resource protection; reviewing law enforcement case reports to ensure compliance with policy; investigating criminal activity, conducting investigations of applicable federal or state laws, performing training and instructor responsibilities; responsibility of diverse staff supervision including supervising a workforce engaged in resource and visitor protection; serving as a senior advisor to management; and representing parks at interagency meetings with special interest groups. To be creditable, this experience must have been equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to that of at least the GS-12 grade level in the federal service. 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.

Contacts

• Address Padre Island National Seashore 20301 Park Road 22 Corpus Christi, TX 78418 US
• Name: Christina McGaughey
• Phone: (000) 000-0000
• Email: [email protected]