As a Concessions Management Specialist, you will lead commercial services planning and management for Acadia National Park by evaluating concession needs of visitors, developing contracts with concessionaires, and monitoring compliance with contract terms and a variety of regulations.

Duties

Develop and manage competitive and non-competitive commercial services opportunities within the Park Prepare prospectuses documents for new contracts and fact sheets for renewal of existing contracts Advise the Superintendent, Chief of Administration, and other management staff on commercial services program operations, direction, and sensitive program management issues Continually monitor concession contracts for compliance with contract obligations, regulations, and policies, including public health, accessibility, environmental, safety, and integrated pest management

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. citizen or national.
• Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
• May be subject to a one-year probationary period.
• All requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Status candidates must meet-time-in-grade requirements.
• You will be required to participate in the Direct Deposit Electronics Funds Transfer Program.
• A valid state driver's license is required.
• You will be required to complete a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450 on an annual basis.

Qualifications

In order to be qualified at the GS-11, you must possess one of the following: A. One year of specialized experience, equivalent to the GS-9 level in the Federal service, analyzing data from a variety of sources to identify economic, financial, or customer satisfaction trends; responding to customer questions or complaints about programs or services; monitoring commercial service operations contracts to ensure compliance with agreement terms and conditions - OR - B. Three years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a PhD or equivalent doctoral degree in business, finance, procurement, public administration, or another closely related field which provided the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position; or possess an LLM. - OR - C. A combination of specialized experience as described in A and graduate level education as described in B that, when combined, equals 100% of the total requirement. (Please note: only graduate education in excess of the first two years - generally 36 semester hours - may be used in this calculation.) In order to be qualified at the GS-12, you must possess one year of specialized experience, equivalent to the GS-11 level in the Federal service, analyzing a variety of financial and economic data to make rate determinations or other business decisions related to commercial services operations; evaluating customer feedback or other data to identify potential changes to commercial services operations at a location; formally evaluating commercial service operations to ensure compliance with contract terms and conditions; and developing sections of commercial services/concessions operating plans. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized 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. 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.

Education

ARE YOU USING YOUR EDUCATION TO QUALIFY? You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: (1) unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

Foreign Education: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the 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. For further information, visit: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Contacts

• Address Acadia National Park POB 177 Route 233 McFarland Hill Drive Bar Harbor, ME 04634 US
• Name: Philadelphia Services Branch
• Email: [email protected]