This position is located in Natural Resource Division of the Resource Stewardship and Science Directorate in the Interior Region 1. This position has one vacancy that will be filled in one of the locations stated in the "Requirements Section" of this job announcement. Open to the first 50 applicants or until 07/11/2024 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.

Duties

You must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal (with a final rating and signatures). If you do not have your most recent performance appraisal, you must submit a written statement as to why it is not available. Failure to submit this documentation will result in loss of consideration due to an incomplete application package. As an Environmental Protection Specialist, GS-0028-11/12 with the National Park Service (NPS), your duties will include, but are not limited to: Reviews proposed actions and ensures environmental effects are considered in planning and decision-making, considerations are documented in appropriate documents (e.g., NEPA), and provision is made for public involvement. Collects and analyzes environmental data, prepares environmental reports, and assesses implications of results, trends, and implications to planning and public health. Shares expertise and findings through a variety of means of communication to scientists, managers, and the public. Coordinates and collaborates with park leads, regional natural resource leads, and the ARD on all related policy, environmental outreach, and citizen-science work. Participates as a member of regional natural resources teams to accomplish tasks such as peer review, park planning, and coordination of prioritization and update meetings. Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-07/11/2024-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. To qualify for the GS-11 level, you musthave at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 level in the Federal Service assisting with the review of proposed actions to ensure that environmental effects especially to air quality and visual resources are considered and then avoided, minimized, or mitigated in planning and decision making. This includes assisting to ensure environmental effects are documented and made available to the public; complying with environmental reporting requirements; analyzing and summarizing environmental data; providing expertise on air quality and visual impacts; and educating employees, partners, and the public on ways to improve air quality and visual resources and ways to avoid harm. OR A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree OR LL.M., if related. OR Combination of education and experience that together meet the qualification requirements for this position as described above. PLEASE NOTE: You must submit a copy of your transcripts, or a complete list of college courses taken that identifies each course, college or university, semester or quarter hour earned, grade received, and date completed. If you fail to submit, your application will not be considered, and you will be rated ineligible. To qualify for the GS-12 level, you must haveat least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level in the Federal Service reviewing proposed actions to ensure that environmental effects especially to air quality and visual resources are considered and then avoided, minimized, or mitigated in planning and decision making. This includes ensuring environmental effects are documented and made available to the public; complying with environmental reporting requirements; analyzing and summarizing environmental data; providing expertise on air quality and visual impacts; and educating employees, partners, and the public on ways to improve air quality and visual resources and ways to avoid harm. Time in Grade: Any individual who is currently holding, or has held within the previous 52 weeks, a General Schedule position under non-temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted service, must meet time-in-grade requirements (must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent in the Federal service). Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Federal employees must submit a copy of their latest SF-50 "Notification of Personnel Action" that reflects career or career-conditional tenure, such as the initial hire, promotion, or reassignment, showing position title, series, grade and tenure (please do not submit an Award SF-50 unless it provides the necessary information) and, if different, an SF-50 showing highest permanent grade ever held. Time in grade will be determined by reviewing your resume and required SF-50's. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess the one-year time-in-grade, as required by this announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade, such as a Within Grade Increase. 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

To qualify based on education for the GS-11 level, you must possess a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree OR LL.M., if related.

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.

There is no substitution of education for experience at the GS-12 grade level of this announcement.

Contacts

• Address Northeast Regional Office 1234 Market Street 20th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19107 US
• Name: Tamika Tucker
• Phone: (856) 472-2855
• Email: [email protected]