This position is located in Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, in the Administration Division.

Duties

The incumbent serves as a supervisor in the fee program and will perform the full range of supervisory duties such as: hiring, training, scheduling, evaluating, and auditing. There will be a great deal of contact with the visiting public. They will use their skills and knowledge to resolve issues that arise in the operation. Incumbent will be responsible for directing activities within the park's fee collection operations, which includes collection of fees. These duties involve troubleshooting cash registers. Subordinate employees collect and account for fees, check reservations into campsites, disseminate information, provide traffic control, and provide resource orientation to visitors. Supervisory responsibilities include planning and scheduling work, providing advice, counseling on both work and administrative matters, resolving employee complaints, effecting minor disciplinary actions, interviewing applicants and recommending selections for positions in the unit, and identifying and providing training and developmental needs of employees. These duties could take place at entrance stations, campgrounds and the visitor transportation system. Area Information/housing Information: Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve is a treasure of visual, geological and biological surprises-- a high mountain valley holding the tallest dunes in North America and flanked by some of the highest peaks in the Rocky Mountains; unique wind-powered geologic systems; insects physically adapted to life in the sand and found nowhere else; alpine lakes and tundra; disappearing creeks; interdunal wetlands and much more! Nestled in southern Colorado, North America's tallest dunes rise over 750 feet high against the rugged Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The geologic wonderland, containing over 30 square miles of massive dunes, become a national monument in 1932. With the passage of the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve Act, resources now also include alpine lakes, and tundra, six peaks over 13,000 feet in elevation, ancient spruce and pine forests, large stands of aspen and cottonwood, grasslands and wetlands-- all habitat for diverse wildlife and plant species. The city of Alamosa, Colorado, is 35 miles from the park and offers a full range of shopping, medical facilities and other amenities. Government (park) housing is not available.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-05/20/2024-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-08 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-07 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to successfully perform the duties of a Supervisory Recreation Fee Technician. Examples of specialized experience include: leading and training others in collecting appropriate fees in a park, or similar, recreation area following established accountability guidelines; leading and training others in operating an electronic cash register in a park, or similar, recreation area; leading and training others in completing shift reports to verify money collected, accountable stock sold, and all transactions from the shift in a park, or similar, recreation area; resolving issues that arise in the remittance process and assisting staff with fee issues in a park, or similar, recreation area; auditing fee collection and deposit procedures in a park, or similar, recreation area; leading or supervising a fee collection operation in a park, or similar, recreation area, to include hiring, scheduling and managing others involved in fee collection and visitor orientation programs and working with technology and software used in revenue and fee management. You must provide hours per week worked on your resume. 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 Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve 11500 Hwy 150 Mosca, CO 81146 US
• Name: Tammy Ice
• Phone: (000)000-0000
• Email: [email protected]