This position is located in Amistad National Recreation Area, in the Law Enforcement Division. Career-Seasonal appointments are permanent positions and include the same benefits as Career appointments, but do not provide work on a year-round basis. You will work from approximately June thru May, and you will be in a non-pay status for the remainder of the year.

Duties

This position will work in the Visitor and Resource Protection Division. The purpose of this position is to perform a full range of Law Enforcement duties as a federal officer. and train other divisional staff in those duties. LAW ENFORCEMENT Serves as a law enforcement officer, with primary duties being apprehension, or detection of individuals suspected or convicted of offenses against the criminal laws of the United States of America. Is highly proficient in complex advanced law enforcement planning and day to day operations in a border zone. Responsible for providing a professional level, active and creative law enforcement program. Within the scope of legal jurisdiction, enforces all applicable federal and state laws and regulations. Analyzes law enforcement situations and makes or coordinates felony and misdemeanor arrests, issues citations, serves warrants, and issues written and verbal warnings as situations dictate. Presents testimony and evidence in U.S. Magistrate court, U.S. District Court, and before federal and state Grand Juries. Prepares criminal prosecutions. Participates in direct drug trafficking and UDA interdiction and apprehension operations. Especially for surveillance, interdiction and apprehension operations along the field area/Mexico border, the incumbent is relied upon on a recurring basis to participate in interagency operations and planning. Special Assignments: Incumbent may be called upon to take on assignments outside the park in a lead capacity such as fatality investigation, serious accident investigation and response. EMERGENCY SERVICES PROGRAM LEADERSHIP Will be at a minimum an instructor level and at the highest end, an expert in at least one of the four disciplines of emergency services (law enforcement, wildland fire, emergency medicine, and search and rescue). Required to maintain proficiency in the technical aspects of at least one of the four disciplines for the purposes of instruction to fellow rangers and if appropriate, to the rest of the park staff. Develops plans and operations in furtherance of the operational goals set forth by management and the organization's strategic plan. This position requires a high degree of diligence to maintain proficiency with ever changing, developmental, and emerging technologies as applied to our goals and mission. The incumbent will be expected to independently select and apply the appropriate technologies to carry out long term plans and support the goal of border security and visitor safety. The incumbent must be an instructor in areas such as: EMT (emergency medical technician, or higher level of training) May include CPR/first aid instruction as park needs dictate. Firearms or Control Tactics instructor. May include Taser, non-lethal training, use of force instructor. BSAR or PSAR level instructor who can instruct basic search and rescue, preventative search and rescue to staff. Red carded as a firefighter with an instructor level set of skills capable of leading the parks emergency and fire suppression program to include on-site inspections. DOI MOCC instructor Incident command system, Operational leadership, or other specialty courses of instruction that are required. EMERGENCY RESPONSE OPERATIONS Ensures a high level of emergency preparedness and response capability in emergency medical services, search and rescue, wildland fire operations, and all risk incident management, to include mass-casualty, ground and air transport accidents and complex special events. Responsible for supporting a professional level emergency medical services program, in full compliance with NPS-51 and park policies. Coordinates initial response in the park and personally maintains pre-hospital care credentials at the Emergency Medical Technician- Basic level or higher. Responsible for providing an active and on-going search and rescue capability, able to properly manage complex searches, and technical rescues within area of responsibility. Responsible for coordinating initial response and size-up of wildland, aircraft, vehicle, and structural fires in area of responsibility. Participates as a member of in-park incident management teams assembled to manage emergency incidents and special events. May serve as an instructor in areas of functional expertise or responsibility. INTERAGENCY LIASON Works closely with cooperating agencies to include U.S. Border Patrol, Val Verde County Sheriff's Office, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, Del Rio Police Department, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Texas Parks and Wildlife, and other Federal, State and Local agencies as required. The nature of the cooperation will include intelligence sharing, joint planning, joint operations, coordinating and sharing of resources, and in general maintaining a positive working relationship.

Requirements

Qualifications

Requirements - Conditions of Employment Continued: 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. Prior to appointment, you must be determined physically fit by an authorized government physician to perform strenuous and physically demanding duties; and also pass a medical examination (which includes vision, hearing, cardiovascular, and mobility of extremities) given by an authorized government physician. You will also be required to undergo periodic medical examinations throughout employment. Prior to appointment, the people selected for these positions must be determined physically fit by an authorized physician to perform strenuous and physically demanding duties, pass a medical examination, and pass the Physical Efficiency Battery (PEB). The PEB is a fitness test consisting of five different components: 1) agility run - measures the ability to get up from the ground and sprint while changing directions; 2) bench press - measures upper body strength for one repetition; 3) 1.5 mile run - measures cardio/respiratory fitness; 4) sit and reach - measures flexibility in the lower back, legs and shoulders; and 5) body composition - measures body fat. Prior to appointment, selectees will be tested in all five components, and must pass the agility run, bench press and 1.5 mile run in the 25th percentile. Must possess or be able to successfully obtain and maintain Federal OR State Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Certificate within one (1) year of entrance on duty. QUALIFICATIONS All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-07/24/2024-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. In order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position, visit the Office of Personnel Management's Federal General Schedule Qualification Standards. 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. Selective Factors: Applicants must meet ALL of the following to qualify: National Park Service Type I Law Enforcement Commission: Must currently possess, previously held (within the past three years), or be able to obtain a valid Type I or higher National Park Service (NPS) Law Enforcement Commission, or equivalent, by close of this announcement. (You must indicate your commission number and date, location and date of your last 40-hour refresher training, and the date of your last established proficiency in the use of firearms in your resume). Previous Law Enforcement Experience: In addition, for positions covered under 6(c) as Primary/Rigorous (Law Enforcement), has certified that a MANDATORY PREREQUISITE exists -- prior experience in a primary law enforcement position or equivalent experience outside the Federal Government, is a mandatory prerequisite. (Experience must be documented in resume.) Maximum Entry Age (MEA): More Information within "Additional Information." Must have a current, valid State Driver's License by entrance on duty. - AND - Applicants 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 GL-9/GS-09 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to successfully perform the duties of this position. Examples of specialized experience could include: conducting or supervising law enforcement, investigative work, search and rescue work or fire management work in a park, recreation, or conservation area; conducting, supervising or leading development and implementation of policy related to protection, incident command system, or management of park emergency operations or other similar work. You must include hours worked per week. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least three full years of graduate level study leading to a Doctorate, Ph.D., or equivalent degree at an accredited college or university in directly-related fields such as natural resource management, natural sciences, earth sciences, history, archaeology, anthropology, park and recreation management; law enforcement/police science, social sciences, museum sciences, business administration, public administration, behavioral sciences, or sociology. 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 or equivalent earned towards a graduate degree, in excess of 36 semester hours, and divide by 18 semester hours or equivalent. Then, take the number of months of experience and divide by 12 months. 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 Amistad National Recreation Area 10477 Highway 90 West Del Rio, TX 78840 US
• Name: Christopher Reeves
• Email: [email protected]