These positions are located in Vicksburg National Military Park, in the Division of Interpretation. These are Career-Seasonal appointments. Please see the "Additional Information" section of announcement for more information. Open to the first 100 applicants or until 05/28/2024 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.

Duties

MAJOR DUTIES: The purpose of this position is to function as a park guide to visitors and to develop and present a variety of interpretive programs. As a Park Guide within the Interpretation Division at Vicksburg National Military Park, you are tasked with interpreting and helping visitors connect to the historical stories of the park. This will be done through a variety of means, including formal interpretation, informal interpretation, educational programing, community outreach, social media, and interpretive media. As a uniformed employee of the National Park Service (NPS), the incumbent serves as a front-line representative of the agency. In many instances, the incumbent may be the first and ONLY contact the visiting public has with an NPS employee. Vicksburg National Military Park: The military park protects close to 2,000 acres in and around the city of Vicksburg, MS that helps tell the story of the Siege of Vicksburg from May 18th to July 4, 1863. Both Union and Confederate governments saw extreme importance in Vicksburg and its role in protecting the Mississippi River. Victory here gave the Union Army control of the Mississippi River. The Military Park includes 1,325 historic monuments and markers, making it one of the largest collections of outdoor art in the world. Over half a million visitors visit the Military Park every year. For more information on Vicksburg NMP, please visit www.nps.gov/vick. Location: The Military Park lies just to the east of the city of Vicksburg. Vicksburg is a vibrant community, with over 46,000 people living in the city and surrounding area. The immediate area offers plenty of amenities including restaurants, grocery stores, doctors, hospital, daycare, and a robust housing market. The closest airport is located in Jackson, MS, approximately 40 minutes drive east. Larger cities of New Orleans and Memphis are approximately 3 hours away. More area information can be found at www.visitvicksburg.com

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-05/28/2024-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. To qualify for this position at the GS-05 grade level, you must possess at least one 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-04 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: experience that involved oral presentation of historical, scientific, or program information to groups; or developing and/or revising technical, historical, or scientific information for oral presentation to groups. Examples of specialized experience include, but are not limited to, Park Guide or tour leader; naturalist; environmental educator or teacher; or other similar work. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least four years of education above high school (120 semester hour or 180 quarter hours) leading to a bachelor's degree with courses related to the occupation, such as American history, science, public speaking, parks and recreation, education, or communications. You must include transcripts. -OR- Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. To combine education and experience, first take the number of semester hours completed in excess of 60 semester hours, and divide by 60. Multiply the resulting decimal by 100. Then take the number of months of full time experience and divide by 12 months. Multiply the resulting decimal by 100. Add the percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. You must include transcripts. 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

To qualify based on education, you must submit a legible copy of transcripts from an accredited institution with your name, school name, credit hours, course level, major(s), and grade-point average or class ranking. Transcripts do not need to be official, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet qualification requirements, you must show that your education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.

Contacts

• Address Vicksburg National Military Park DO NOT SEND MAIL 3201 Clay Street Vicksburg, MS 39183-3469 US
• Name: Erin Lamm
• Phone: 000-000-0000
• Email: [email protected]