This position is located in Gulf Islands National Seashore, in the Science and Resource Stewardship Division.

Duties

As an Environmental Protection Specialist, you will perform the following duties: Incumbent will in this position will service 3 locations, Gulf Breeze FL, Pensacola FL and Ocean Springs, MS. Oversees the preparation, internal review, and public involvement and review process, for all environmental compliance documents. Manages compliance processes and environmental documentation. Acts as project manager or team leader for preparation of environmental documents for projects that can potentially affect park resources and values. Develops innovative or improved methods or techniques to address conflicts between scientific resource information and policy requirements. Determines compliance pathway for a wide variety of planning efforts and projects including categorical exclusions (CE), environmental assessments (EA), and environmental impacts statements (EIS). Develops and implements integrated programs (i.e., solid waste management, etc.). Attends meetings, workshops, training courses and symposia of professional organizations to keep abreast of new environmental impact assessment methodologies, environmental law and policy developments.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-02/14/2024-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 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized 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. 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 at the GS-11 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-09 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: managing all aspects of compliance processes and environmental documentation for an organization; preparing environmental documents for projects that may affect resources and values of an organization; providing recommendations on correct environmental compliance procedures for developments or activities relating to projects or programs involving environmental compliance issues and procedures. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. NOTE: education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position. You must include transcripts. -OR- COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. To combine education and experience, first take the percentage of education completed. Then take the number of months of full-time experience and divide by 12 months. Add the percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. You must include transcripts. 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 Gulf Islands National Seashore 1801 Gulf Breeze Parkway Gulf Breeze, FL 32463 US
• Name: Bridget Cheely
• Phone: (000) 000-0000
• Email: [email protected]