This position is located in Grand Teton National Park, in the Superintendent's Office.

Duties

Plans, designs, and coordinates a strategic public affairs program for Grand Teton National Park and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway. Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with members of the news media, recreation and tourism organizations, special interest groups, conservation organizations, federal, state, and local officials, and representatives of the park concessioners to disseminate information and answer inquiries, including controversial and complex activities, operations, and issues. Develops and coordinates strategic communications plans and campaigns to inform and educate stakeholders and the general public on key park issues, projects and initiatives. Develops, writes, and disseminates complex news releases, fact sheets, background statements, and feature stories designed to reach national, regional, and local audiences through news and other media sources including websites and social media outlets. Provides advisory services to park management, Washington, regional staff, and field staff related to the public affairs program including possible public and/or media reactions to park programs or issues. Evaluates success of public affairs campaigns. Provides administrative and technical supervision and overall management direction for one permanent Public Affairs Specialist. Physical Demands: range from sedentary work in an office environment to occasional trips throughout park field areas, and may involve travel over snow in winter, travel on backcountry trails, or travel to locations away from the park and across the state or greater region. Frequently, work may demand very long work hours. Work Environment: work is generally performed in an office setting; however work may also include any part of the park & parkway where required to accomplish special or additional assignments. Must be able to travel on short notice to wherever required to represent the National Park Service and the SES Superintendent at meetings and for other purposes necessary to accomplish agency mission.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-04/19/2024-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. Time-In-Grade: 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. - AND - To qualify for this position, 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). This experience includes activities such as: planning, designing, and executing a public information program; serving as primary spokesperson for special projects and news stories; representing management officials when communicating with the public and media outlets; researching and preparing press releases; providing direction, consultation, and advise to management regarding proper handling of public communications issues including situations that may require damage control; evaluating the effectiveness of information and communication programs. 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

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

Contacts

• Address Grand Teton National Park PO Drawer 170 Moose, WY 83012-0710 US
• Name: Emily Selleck
• Phone: (307) 739-3446
• Email: [email protected]