This position is located in the Outer Banks Group including Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial in the Superintendent's Office. Open to the first 50 applicants or until 02/23/2024 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration. Pay Salary Table: 2024 Virginia Beach At the GS-11: $73,572 - $95,641 per year At the GS-12: $88,183 - $114,634 per year

Duties

This position serves as the senior Environmental Protection Specialist for the Outer Banks Group national park sites (Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial). The incumbent performs difficult and complex assignments that involve diverse aspects of assigned environmental protection functions. The incumbent leads the Environmental Protection Program by performing a variety of functions related to or within the following general areas: Rulemaking and Regulation, Compliance and Enforcement, Environmental Considerations and Documentation and/or Program Administration and Oversight. The incumbent participates in formulating recommendations to the responsible management officials on the use, management, and development of park resources. In fulfilling this role, the incumbent is responsible for the preparation of plans, reports, position papers, policy statements and memorandums. The coastal areas of the Outer Banks are comprised of several towns and villages including Manteo (closest town to duty station), Nags Head, Kill Devil Hills, Kitty Hawk, Buxton, and Ocracoke. These areas are beach destinations and the beaches, Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds, provide exceptional recreational opportunities, such as fishing, surfing, boating, and many other water-based activities. There are several highly rated elementary, middle, and high schools and numerous extracurricular activities available for children. These towns all have homes for sale or rent and are within reasonable driving distance. These areas have many modern conveniences, such as grocery stores, retail shopping, banks, a hospital, and many restaurants. Cape Hatteras National Seashore www.nps.gov/caha Wright Brothers National Memorial: www.nps.gov/wrbr Fort Raleigh National Historic Site: www.nps.gov/fora Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level. At the GS-12 Grade Level: A Financial Disclosure will be required. At the GS-12 Grade Level the incumbent will: Prepare and manage contracts for environmental compliance-related work. Develops contract specifications, including scopes of work and government estimates for projects, monitors progress of work, and review contractor products and submittals. Serves as Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) for environmental compliance projects.

Requirements

Qualifications

Requirements Continued: You may be required to travel overnight away from home up to 1-3 nights per month. You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes. You may be required to complete training and obtain/maintain a government charge card with travel authority. If you are a new employee or supervisor in the Federal government, you will be required to complete a one-year probationary period. All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-02/23/2024-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. 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-0028-11 or GS-0028-12 grade level, you must possess at least one of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: At the GS-11 EXPERIENCE: Have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-09 level in the Federal Service that included conducting or participating in environmental reviews of proposed projects, preparing environmental compliance documents, coordinating environmental projects, giving presentations on environmental issues, or researching environmental regulations and legislation. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- EDUCATION: Earned 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, in a field related to the position. You must include transcripts. -OR- Combination of specialized experience and the education must equal 100% as described above. At the GS-12 EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes: activities such as applying concepts and methods of environmental protection work; interpreting plans and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) laws, regulations, policies and guidance for land and resource management programs; providing advice to other National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) practitioners and park or regional leadership regarding the application of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) laws regulations, policies, and guidance to environmental compliance activities; reviewing environmental documents, including National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents, to ensure legal sufficiency and compliance with applicable laws and regulations; working with public land resource values, issues, or controversies; and using computerized database systems to track projects, conduct public involvement, and analyze data. 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 National Parks of Eastern North Carolina 1401 National Park Drive Manteo, NC 27954 US
• Name: Mary Hearne
• Phone: 000-000-0000
• Email: [email protected]