This position is located in NPS Regional Office Serving Interior Regions 6,7 and 8, in the Planning and Compliance Division. *NOTE please be sure to select all locations you are interested in. Pay for Fort Collins, CO and Lakewood, CO is $96,684 - $125,685 Pay for Santa Fe, NM is $87,878 - $114,237 Click here for the OPM Salaries and Wages to calculate locality pay.

Duties

Leads, coordinates and facilitates the development of visitor use management (VUM) plans and strategies, and provides technical assistance to parks throughout the Intermountain region, which includes Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and Montana. Integrates a variety of professional expertise and disciplines related to park planning, environmental impact analysis, transportation, social science, visitor experience and resource protection Serves as the principal staff advisor to the regional planning manager, regional leadership, and park managers on visitor use strategies and recreation management techniques needed to meet visitor capacity and access goals Performs a wide range of duties related to VUM planning and functions as a regional planning expert and project team member involved in the preparation of a variety of planning projects, studies and related environmental documents Responsible for responding to communication requests, writing project correspondence, and leading or participating in leadership briefings, public meetings and civic engagement

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-03/08/2024-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. 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-12 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-11 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: (1) experience applying Visitor Use Management (VUM) policies and frameworks, and developing guidelines or best practices to deal with VUM issues on public lands; (2) experience serving as a subject matter expert in VUM on interdisciplinary teams of planning professionals supporting the preparation of plans and studies; and (3) providing professional advice to leaders and decisionmakers on complex or controversial VUM projects or issues. You must include hours per week worked. This position has a quality ranking factor: A highly qualified candidate for this position will have experience applying the Interagency Visitor Use Management Council (IVUMC) Visitor Use Management Framework, which is a process designed to collaboratively develop, implement, and monitor strategies and actions to provide sustainable access to lands and waters. The intent, and ultimate desired outcome, is to provide high quality visitor experiences, while protecting natural and cultural resources. Understanding how to apply the IVUMC VUM Framework to develop VUM strategies and inform decisions is critical to the success of the incumbent. 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 experience at the grade level(s) of this announcement.

Contacts

• Address NPS Regional Office Serving Interior Regions 6,7 and 8 12795 W Alameda Parkway Lakewood, CO 80228 US
• Name: Natalia Sanchez
• Email: [email protected]