This position is located at the Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarters office in Asheville, NC, as part of the Division of Planning, Lands, and Compliance. The position will support planning and compliance efforts for Blue Ridge Parkway projects and operations.

Duties

As the Supervisory Environmental Protection Specialist, this position serves as the Division Chief (Program Manager) for the Planning, Lands, and Compliance workgroup of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Primary duties include oversight of land acquisition and Right-of-Way permitting, Special Park Use permitting, NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act) and NHPA (National Historic Preservation Act) compliance, and Lanscape Architecture projects and planning efforts, through the direct supervision of respective subject matter experts. Facilitation, prioritization, and tracking of multi-divisional projects occurs daily. Manages communications with several internal and external partners related to project scope, funding, planning, and compliance process. Serves as member of the Park's Core Management team to provide input and expertise toward accomplishment of the overall Park and NPS mission.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-04/10/2024-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-13 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-12 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience is experience that provided the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position and is typically in or related to the position to be filled. Examples of specialized experience include but are not limited to: interpreting environmental protection policies, and devising strategies for the planning and delivery of services; providing technical advice, guidance, and recommendations to management or other technical specialists on critical environmental program management issues; managing environmental programs which includes resolving technical problems, planning objectives for assigned programs, establishing schedules, and providing direction to ensure environmental compliance. 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. Any individual who is currently holding, or has held within the previous 52 weeks, a General Schedule position under non-temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted service, must meet time-in-grade requirements (must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent in the Federal service); with few exceptions as outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b). Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal civilian employees applying for reinstatement who have had a break in service of less than one year, as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointments. Time-in-grade does not apply to new excepted service appointments. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

Education

There is no substitution of education for experience at the grade level(s) of this announcement.

Contacts

• Address NPS Inflation Reduction Act 1849 C St. NW Washington, DC 20240 US
• Name: Tiffany Micieli
• Email: [email protected]