This position is part of the Haskell Indian Nations University, Bureau of Indian Education. As a Recreation Specialist you will be responsible for providing health and wellness activities and events; social and physical recreational activities for Haskell students who reside both on and off campus.

Duties

As a Recreation Specialist GS-0188-5/7, your typical work assignments may include the following: Assist with planning and scheduling various social and recreational activities for students. Provide culturally relevant, social, and physical recreational activities for Haskell students who reside both on and off campus. Assist with implementing, administering, and disseminating the activities calendar. Assist in conducting student interest surveys to determine appropriate activities and to help evaluate existing programs. Provide health and wellness activities and events. Use automation software to create news releases, posters, flyers, etc., to publicize scheduled student recreational activities and/or team sporting events schedules and registration information/deadlines.

Requirements

• US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED
• BACKGROUND SECURITY INVESTIGATION WILL BE REQUIRED FOR ALL NEW HIRES
• APPOINTMENT MAY BE SUBJECT TO A 2 YR TRIAL OR 1 YR PROBATIONARY PERIOD
• APPLICATIONS WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED ONLINE
• VALID STATE-ISSUED DRIVERS LICENSE IS REQUIRED
• SELECTIVE SERVICE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR MALES BORN AFTER 12/31/1959

Qualifications

Applicants must meet the qualification requirements contained in the OPM Standards. For this position, they are listed below. GENERAL EXPERIENCE: GS-5: 3 years of general experience (progressively responsible experience), 1 year of which equivalent to at least GS-4 grade level in the Federal Service, that provided a knowledge of the goals, principles, methods, and techniques of recreation, and an understanding of the interests of individuals or groups. EDUCATION: Successfully completed 4-years of education above high school level with major study or at least 24 semester hours in courses related to recreation or physical education. Major study must have been in general recreation, or one of the appropriate fields of recreation such as outdoor recreation; recreation and parks leadership; wild land recreation management; natural resources recreation; youth recreation; public, urban, or community recreation; special populations recreation (e.g., senior citizens, institutional, etc.); or physical education. NOTE: You must submit a copy of your transcripts. -OR- COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Have a combination of required education (as defined in B above) and specialized experience (as defined in A above), when combined together meets 100% to qualify for the position. To combine education and experience, determine the total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level. Then determine the education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level. Finally, add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for that grade level. NOTE: You must submit a copy of your transcripts and your resume must support the experience. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. GS-7: 1-year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-5 grade level in the Federal service. Examples include: (1) Planning, organizing, coordinating, supervising, or evaluating community, industrial, outdoor, institutional, or other recreational programs. (2) Planning, establishing, or evaluating a recreational curriculum for junior college or higher academic levels. (3) Instructing in the principles and techniques of recreational program planning and management. (4) Serving in a leadership role in the programs and activities of local, regional, and/or national recreational organizations. -OR- EDUCATION: Superior Academic Achievement which included one of the following: 1) Class standing-applicants must be in the upper third of the graduating class, based on completed courses; or (2) Grade-Point Average-applicants must have a grade point average of 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 based on 4 years of education, or as computed based on courses completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum; or 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 based on the average of the required courses completed in the major field completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum; or (3) Election to membership in a National Scholastic Honor Society -membership in a freshman honor society cannot be used to meet the requirements of this provision. In order to be creditable under this provision, superior academic achievement must have been gained in a curriculum that is qualifying for the position to be filled. Major study must have been in general recreation, or one of the appropriate fields of recreation such as outdoor recreation; recreation and parks leadership; wild land recreation management; natural resources recreation; youth recreation; public, urban, or community recreation; special populations recreation (e.g., senior citizens, institutional, etc.); or physical education. NOTE: You must submit a copy of your transcripts. -OR- Successfully completed one (1) full year of graduate level education (18 semester hours, 27 quarter hours) OR superior academic achievement. Major study must have been in general recreation, or one of the appropriate fields of recreation such as outdoor recreation; recreation and parks leadership; wild land recreation management; natural resources recreation; youth recreation; public, urban, or community recreation; special populations recreation (e.g., senior citizens, institutional, etc.); or physical education. NOTE: You must submit a copy of your transcripts. -OR- COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: successfully completed post-high school education and specialized experience that together meet the qualification requirements for the position. NOTE: You must submit a copy of your transcripts and your resume must support the experience. Only experience and education obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered. Time-In-Grade Requirements: Merit Promotion (status) candidates must have completed one year (52 weeks) of service at the next lower grade level.

Education

EDUCATION: Transcripts MUST be uploaded and electronically linked from USAJOBS at the time you apply and MUST include identifying information to include School Name, Student Name, credit hours, major, and grade-point average or class ranking, degree and date awarded. All academic degrees and coursework must be completed at a college or university that has obtained accreditation or pre-accreditation status from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Applicants are responsible for providing documentation that the educational requirements have been met. To qualify based on education you must submit a legible copy of your transcripts. Official transcripts are required upon selection if you qualified based on education.

Education must have been obtained from an accredited or pre-accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States.

For further information on creditable education visit:
http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Contacts

• Address Haskell Indian Nations University 155 Indian Ave, Box #5021 Lawrence, KS 66046 US
• Name: Dequerio Butler
• Phone: (785) 813-3738
• Email: [email protected]