Haleakala National Park and Point Reyes National Seashore each have one permanent full-time position to be filled at the GS-13 and is located in the Division of Interpretation, Education and Volunteers. Open to the first 101 applicants or until 06/24/2024 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.

Duties

Haleakala National Park: Serve as a key member of the park management team, developing park wide policy, reviewing park operations, and recommending or developing management direction, goals and objectives. Formulate programs, reconciles, and assures accountability of funds provided to the division to accomplish division and organization goals. Develop, manages and evaluate all aspects of the park's education, information, interpretive programs, and related roles including social media. Work closely with park partners, local and state jurisdictions, and park concession operators to plan, collaborate, and cooperate on a variety of education, interpretive, and safety issues. Physical Demands: This position involves a combination of office and field work that entails walking, driving, bending, sitting, and standing. Field work may include walking over rough terrain, hardened lava, through rain forests, and slippery surfaces on slopes. Traveling in adverse weather conditions is also required on foot and by vehicle. Some lifting is required. Working Conditions: The incumbents' work varies from an office setting to an outdoor work environment. Field work may expose the incumbents to adverse weather conditions and natural hazards commonly not found in a park setting. Some night and weekend work on and offsite are required for the purpose of monitoring programs, attending meetings, and representing the superintendent at special events. The park ranges in elevation from sea level to 10,023 feet. Climatic conditions range from temperatures in the mid-90's during the summer months in the coastal areas to temperatures below freezing at the higher elevations in winter months. For Additional Information about this position, please contact: Natalie Gates- Superintendent, Haleakala National Park [email protected] 808-572-4401 Point Reyes National Seashore: Plan, coordinate, and develop a complex, year-round interpretive and information program. Serve on the park senior management team to develop and implement management strategies. Represent the park as the Park Information Officer and in public contact, negotiates and collaborates with representatives of the service, federal, state, and local agencies, historic organizations, universities and private individuals interested in the park and the service. Serve as the overall partnership's coordinator for the park, maintaining effective public relations with park neighbors, communities, tribes, concessions, agencies and other stakeholders. Exercise full range of supervisory duties (directly and indirectly). Physical Demands: This position involves a combination of office and fieldwork that entails walking, driving, bending, sitting, and standing, In addition, fieldwork may require hiking on established trails or cross country across rugged wilderness terrain. Office work is done at a desk with little physical exertion. The intensity of the workload in the division and the extensive variety of factors that influence this position may result in significant periods of stressful activity. Working Conditions: Incumbent's work environment varies from an office setting to an outdoors work environment. Fieldwork may expose incumbent to adverse, or extreme weather conditions and natural hazards commonly found in a park setting, including potentially dangerous flora and fauna. The emotional work environment may frequently be intense and stressful. For Additional Information about this position, please contact: Anne Altman, Acting Superintendent, Point Reyes National Seashore [email protected] (415) 464-5104 The National Park Service has determined that the duties of these positions are suitable for telework and the selectee may be allowed to telework with supervisor approval.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-06/24/2024-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-13 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-12 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: 1) Managing the overall operations and resources of an interpretation, education, visitor services and/or partner and volunteer organization; 2) Developing and implementing strategic plans, collaborating with others to plan park programs, develop budgets, and accomplish mission goals; (3) Performing long-range management planning to determine budget requirements; and 4) Handling a broad range of complex issues associated with the management of a complex visitor operation. 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

CTAP/ICTAP Statement: Current surplus and current or former displaced Federal individuals who have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) must be well qualified for the position to receive consideration for special priority selection. Well qualified means that the applicant meets the following: OPM qualification standards for the position; all selective placement factors, where applicable; special qualifying conditions that OPM has approved for the position, where applicable; is physically qualified with reasonable accommodation, where appropriate to satisfactorily perform the duties of the position upon entry; and is rated by the organization at least at the well qualified level on all competencies. Federal employees seeking CTAP/ICTAP eligibility must submit proof that they meet the requirements of 5 CFR 330.605(2) for CTAP and 5 CFR 330.704 for ICTAP. This includes a copy of the agency notice, a copy of their most recent Performance Rating, and a copy of their most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location.

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

Contacts

• Address Pacific West Regional Office, Interior Regions 8, 9, 10, and 12 Interim Office 909 First Avenue, Suite 500 Seattle, WA 98104 US
• Name: Lori Frusetta
• Phone: 831-946-8008
• Email: [email protected]