This position is located in Timpanogos Cave National Monument, in the Interpretation, Education, and Visitor Services Division. The Incumbent is a member of the park's Leadership Team and reports directly to the TICA Park Manager. The incumbent has overall responsibility for the management, planning, administering, and evaluation of the Interpretive, Education, Visitor Services, Fee, and Volunteer-In-Parks programs.

Duties

The major duties of the Park Ranger position include, but are not limited to, the following: Ensure the interpretive staff develop/deliver in-park, off-site, and/or virtual education programs that tie NPS resources to education standards (national, state, and local) and/or are aligned with needs of educational organizations and their students. Train, coach, and audit other rangers in interpretive services; develop work schedules; plan work to be accomplished, establish priorities, prepare schedules, assign work based on capabilities of employees and reviews completed work, assuring that production and accuracy requirements are met; approve leave, give instruction and information to employees on work and administrative matters; identify ways to increase quality of work, develop performance standards and evaluate performance. Actively engage and interact with local communities through on and off-site representation and interpretive programming. Serves as a leader within the Interpretation and Visitor Services division, responsible for leading a team of permanent and seasonal staff, volunteers, interns, and others to accomplish established agency and park goals. Physical Demands: Physical demands are varied. Most of the work involves periods of sedentary activity: reading, writing, editing, and analyzing written materials, using a computer, and meeting and conferring with others. Work performed outdoors may involve walking, hiking, bending, carrying reasonable loads, and standing for long periods. Occasional trips require the ability to function effectively for periods beyond the conventional eight-hour workday. Working Conditions: Work is mostly sedentary and office oriented but will be more physical when personally conducting outreach efforts, special events and working with volunteers. Events may require sustained periods of standing, walking, and lifting moderate weight. Environmental factors vary often with conditions of high heat, humidity, bright sunlight, intense lightning, thunder, snowstorms and rainstorms are encountered. Occasional evening and weekend work will be required. About the Area: Timpanogos Cave National Monument is located on Utah State Hwy 92 in American Fork Canyon, 10 miles east of exit 284, I-15. The monument is surrounded by the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, which includes several wilderness areas. It is located 10 minutes away from nearby cities of Cedar Hills, Highland, Lehi, Pleasant Grove, and American Fork. There are plenty of premier outdoor activities that can be experienced near the monument such as camping, hunting, fishing, snow skiing, boating, rock-climbing, mountaineering, caving, and hiking. Schools with grades kindergarten through 12 are in all of the nearby cities. A wide selection of housing options, shopping facilities, hospitals, movie theaters, banks, churches, and universities are available all along the Wasatch Front. The State's main metropolitan population cities including Provo, Salt Lake City, and Ogden are all within a 1 hour drive radius. The Headquarters office elevation is 5,600 feet. Temperatures can range from below 0 in the winter to above 100 degrees F in the summer.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-05/31/2024-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-11 grade level, you must possess 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-09 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: Coordinated, managed or directed interpretive programs; developed long range program plans; developed educational programs; managed interpretive staff or other similar work. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least three full academic years of progressively higher level graduate education, a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in a directly- related field such as natural resource management, natural sciences, earth sciences, history, archeology, anthropology, park and recreation management, law enforcement/police science, social sciences, museum sciences, business administration, public administration, behavioral sciences, sociology, or other closely related subjects pertinent to the management and protection of natural and cultural resources. Course work in fields other than those specified above may be accepted if it clearly provides applicants with the background of knowledge and skills necessary for successful job performance in this position. You must provide a copy of your transcripts. You must include transcripts. -OR- Successful completion of an appropriate combination of specialized experience and graduate level education (beyond what is required for a master's degree, i.e., more than 36 semester hours leading to a Ph.D.). 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 Timpanogos Cave National Monument R.R. 3, Box 200 American Fork, UT 84003 US
• Name: Sara Hale
• Email: [email protected]