Incumbent serves as the program manager of the Division of Interpretation and Visitor Services for Bandelier National Monument. This position has the responsibility for planning, implementing, and administering a complex program that includes interpretation, education, fee collection, and community outreach. For questions, contact Patrick Suddath at [email protected].

Duties

Serves as the program manager for Bandelier National Monument's Division of Interpretation and Visitor Services and is a member of the park's leadership team. Plans, manages, and coordinates all aspects of the park's interpretation, education, outreach, fee collection, and commercial use programs, as well as provides support for park planning and compliance activities. Supervises, directly and indirectly, permanent and seasonal employees, as well as volunteers. Serves as the liaison with the park's friends group and cooperating association; plays a key role in partnership efforts with a variety of federal, tribal, state, and local agencies, educational institutions, non-profit organizations, private and professional organizations. Serves as the park's Public Information Officer and spokesperson for all park events and programs. Physical Demands: Most duties do not involve unusual physical requirements other than occasional lifting and moving of heavy objects and normal hiking ability over rough and uneven surfaces. Extended periods of computer use are involved. Work Environment: Incumbent works primarily indoors in an office setting, but periodically requires outdoor exposure to extremes of weather and temperatures ranging from 20 to 100 degrees Fahrenheit, and elevations between 5,000 and 10,000 feet. Bandelier National Monument is comprised of over 32,817 acres, including a designated wilderness area of 23,267 acres and an 800-acre detached archeological section. The monument was created to preserve the numerous archeological and natural features that hold ancestral and traditional significance to 23 tribal nations. The monument's natural resources have been extensively surveyed and hold some of the most complete data sets for climate transition that exist in North America. Annual visitation exceeds 200,000. The monument is located 45 miles from Santa Fe, 32 miles from Espanola, and 12 miles from Los Alamos. Elevation ranges from 5,300 to 10,199 feet with headquarters located at 6,000 feet. Medical facilities, schools, and shopping are available in Los Alamos and White Rock. Los Alamos has one of the nation's best public-school systems. Cultural and recreational opportunities are abundant in Santa Fe and surrounding communities. Local cost of living is considered high. Government housing may be available. For more information, see the parks website: www.nps.gov/BAND

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-04/22/2024-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. In order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position, visit the Office of Personnel Management's Federal General Schedule Qualification Standards. To qualify for this position at the GS-12 grade level, you must possess all of 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 specialized experience includes activities such as: supervising a park interpretive program; serving as a lead interpretive ranger, environmental educator or teacher in a park, recreation, or conservation area; management or program specialist work involving the development and/or implementation of policy related to the interpretation or management of park areas or similar operations; or other similar work. You must include hours per week worked. 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. 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 Bandelier National Monument 15 Entrance Road Los Alamos, NM 87544 US
• Name: Julie Ortiz
• Email: [email protected]