This position is located in Grand Teton National Park, within the Interpretation, Education and Volunteers Division. Open to the first 50 applicants or until 08/06/2024 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.

Duties

In search of a new team member to join the Visitor Engagement Branch at Grand Teton National Park. The Branch is comprised of a collaborative and innovative team of leaders, engaged in telling the stories of this place, while building strong teams of positive, flexible, supportive, and passionate interpreters, while following our team values of creativity, connection, and kindness. We're looking for a resilient and adaptable individual, who is willing to support our culture within their District while working as part of the broader Branch. Serves as the Assistant District Interpreter of the Colter Bay District, covering the northern portion of Grand Teton National Park and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway, comprised of 1 GS-11 District Interpreter and approximately 15 seasonal staff, volunteers, interns, and others. Assists the District Interpreter with leading the Colter Bay team to accomplish established agency and park goals. Responsible for leading day to day operation of the Colter Bay Visitor Center and the Flagg Ranch Information Station. Serves as a role model in providing information, orientation, and informal interpretation to park visitors. Additionally, performs lead operational responsibilities for the Colter Bay District, such as staff and program scheduling, coaching, and administrative duties. Provides interpretive training and mentoring to staff, coworkers, volunteers, partners, and concession employees concerning the presentation of interpretive/education programs, the execution and development of interpretive techniques and skills, and the effective operation of facilities. This position will also research, design, and present a wide range of complex and original interpretive products to diverse audiences. Provides primary oversight of the Indigenous Arts and Cultural Demonstration Program which includes proactive communication to weekly artists and active support of artists in the demonstration space. Additionally, manages the artist apartment, ensuring it is ready for each artist and working with park housing staff on any issues in the space. Non-personal service work may include writing or reviewing a variety of interpretive publications, informational posters and signs for closures and warnings, wayside exhibits, social media, webpage development, visitor center exhibits, and short-term off-site exhibits. Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level. Physical Demands: The purpose of contacts is to interpret the park resources; educate, inform, and engage park visitors and community members; plan, coordinate, collaborate, or advise on work efforts; resolve operating problems; and influence park visitors in a way that increases understanding of NPS programs, policies, and objectives. Work Environment: The work can include moderate risks or discomforts that require safety precautions (e.g., exposure to extreme temperatures, climates, rough terrain, wild animals, pests, and/or insects). The incumbent may be required to use protective clothing or gear, such as masks, boots, gloves, and be exposed to high risk and potentially dangerous situations which require a range of safety and other precautions. The employees of the National Park Service care for special places that are the heritage of all Americans. Since its inception in 1916, the National Park Service has been dedicated to the preservation and management of this country's outstanding natural, historical, and recreational resources. Park ranger - interpreters connect people to parks. They play a key role in ensuring that visitors have a meaningful, satisfying, and safe park experience, help visitors decide how to spend their time in the park, and inform them about the wonders that await their discovery. Park ranger - interpreters are specially trained to engage the public so that each park visitor can find a personal connection with the meanings and values found in the places and stories of that park. They help visitors explore the many dimensions of parks by introducing them to a variety of perspectives. By providing the opportunity for visitors to care about the places they visit, they promote stewardship and the opportunity for those visitors to care for park resources. National parks are among the most remarkable places in America for recreation, learning, and inspiration. The work done by park ranger-interpreters through effective interpretive and educational programs encourages the development of a personal stewardship ethic and broadens public support for preserving and protecting park resources, so that they may be enjoyed by present and future generations.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-08/06/2024-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 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. To qualify for this position at the GS-07 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-05 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience may have been in technical, administrative, or scientific work, fish and wildlife management, recreation management, law enforcement, or other park-related work. Your resume must include hours per week worked. Examples of qualifying specialized experience may include, but are not limited to, the following: Tour leader; Law enforcement or investigative work; Archeological or historical preservation research work; Work in a park, recreation or conservation area; Management, assistant, or program specialist work involving the development and implementation of policy related to protection, conservation, or management of park areas or similar operations. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least one (1) full year of graduate level education in one of the following fields: natural resource management, natural sciences, marine biology/sciences, earth sciences, history, archeology, anthropology, park and recreation management, law enforcement/police science, social sciences, wetlands ecology, or other closely related subjects pertinent to the management and protection of natural and cultural resources. (One year of graduate education is 18 semester hours or 27 quarter hours). The education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to do the work of this position. You must include transcripts. -OR- SUPERIOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT (S.A.A): meet at least one of the three requirements listed below for Superior Academic Achievement - Successful completion of all the requirements for a bachelor's degree (must be in a course of study that directly reflects the job-related knowledge, skills, abilities competencies necessary to satisfy the minimum qualifications and perform the duties of the position) with Superior Academic Achievement: 1) Class Standing - Applicants must be in the upper third of the graduating class in the college, university, or major subdivision, such as the College of Liberal Arts or the School of Business Administration, based on completed courses; OR, 2) Grade-Point Average (G.P.A.) - Applicants must have a grade-point average of either (a) 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B" or better) as recorded on your official transcript, or as computed based on 4 years of education, or as computed based on courses completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum; or (b) 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B+" or better) based on the average of the required courses completed in the major field or the required courses in the major field completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum; OR, 3) Honor Society Membership - Applicants may be considered eligible based on membership in one of the approved national scholastic honor societies listed by the Association of College Honor Societies: https://www.achshonor.org/. You must include transcripts. -OR- Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. For example, 6 months of experience as described above (50% of experience) plus 9 semester hours (or 14 quarter hours) of directly related graduate education (50% of education), would equal 100% to meet this requirement. You must include transcripts. -AND- To qualify for this position at the GS-09 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-07 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Examples of specialized experience could include park ranger, or tour leader; environmental educator or teacher; law enforcement or investigative work; archeological or historical preservation research work; forestry and/or fire management; work in a park, recreation, or conservation area; management, assistant, or program specialist work. This work includes: oversight of day to day operations in a busy interpretive operation, including scheduling of staff and volunteers; providing coaching and mentoring of others in creating and delivering interpretive programs using 21st Century Competencies, such as Audience Centered Experiences; serving as a role model in the presentation of formal and informal interpretive programs and customer service to small and large groups of visitors; and leading a diverse group of seasonal staff, interns and volunteers. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least a masters or equivalent degree, 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or a LL.B or J.D. related to the work of this position. The education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, abilities and competencies abilities necessary to do the work of the position. Examples of qualifying education include natural resource management, natural sciences, earth sciences, history, archeology, anthropology, park and recreation management, social sciences, or other closely related subjects pertinent to the management and protection of natural and cultural resources. (Two years of graduate education is 36 semester hours or 54 quarter hours). You must include transcripts. -OR- Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. For example, six (6) months of specialized experience as described above (50% of experience) plus 27 semester or 41 quarter hours of directly related graduate education as described above would equal 100% to meet this requirement. 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 Grand Teton National Park PO Drawer 170 Moose, WY 83012-0710 US
• Name: Shawn Lipinski
• Phone: 307-922-1017
• Email: [email protected]