This position is located in the Resource Stewardship division of Rocky Mountain National Park. For questions about this position, please contact Caleb Waters at [email protected].

Duties

This position serves as the Lead of the Division of Resource Stewardship for Rocky Mountain National Park. The incumbent is an integral member of the park's Leadership Team, actively advocates for park-wide priorities, and provides division input into park strategic and budgetary plans. The position is responsible for carrying out a multi-year and multidisciplinary, fully integrated natural and cultural resources program staffed by 24 permanent positions with an additional 60+ seasonals or interns. The position directs planning, program direction, and coordination of natural resources management including vegetative resources, wildlife resources, land use planning, the Continental Divide Research Learning Center, and NEPA compliance. Position administers, directs, and supervises the cultural resources planning and management program, including section 106 and 110, and the preservation and protection of archeological and historical resources. This is a supervisory position and as such directs and supervises a highly specialized resource management staff. Rocky Mountain National Park represents an extraordinary continuum of sub-alpine, alpine, and tundra ecosystems arrayed along the continental divide. The park and surrounding public lands provide near unlimited outdoor recreational opportunities, as well as proximity to the metropolitan areas of Fort Collins, Boulder, and Denver. This position is at the full performance level. Government housing is not available. You will be required to operate a government (or private) motor vehicle as part of your official duties; a valid driver's license is required. You may be required to submit a Motor Vehicle Operator's License and Driving Record. You must also submit (within a State sealed envelope or submitted directly by the State authorities), and at your own expense, all certified driving records from all States that disclose all valid driver's licenses, whether current or past, possessed by you. Physical Demands: The position involves both office and field work and requires strenuous physical activity including periods of standing, walking, climbing, and lifting and carrying heavy objects. The park is a rugged mountain park, and the incumbent must maintain good physical condition for field inspections, since much of the park is accessible only by trail. Requires the ability to travel over extremely rough terrain and must do so under a great deal of stress. Some activities will occur in physically dangerous areas or settings. Administrative work, documentary research, and report writing is sedentary, which entails the ability to concentrate and write for long periods of time. Working Environment: Work is performed indoors and outdoors. Field work is performed out of doors under a variety of weather in an elevation range of 8,000 to over 13,000 feet. Winter conditions at the higher elevations are severe. Field inspections may be performed in fixed wing aircraft, helicopter, and on horseback.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-09/09/2024-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 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. To qualify for this position at the GS-0401-13 grade level, you must possess both, the Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR) for the 0401 series AND minimum qualifications, by close of the announcement: INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT (IOR): Bachelor's or higher degree in biological sciences, agriculture, natural resources management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to this position. IMPORTANT - PLEASE NOTE: It is your responsibility to show how you satisfy the degree and other semester hours. YOU MUST SUBMIT ALL TRANSCRIPTS (BA/MA/PhD.) that include these courses. -OR- A combination of education and experience which included courses equivalent to a major in any of the fields listed in 1A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. The quality of the combination must demonstrate that you possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the work of the position and is comparable to that normally acquired through the completion of a full degree course of study with a major as described above. IMPORTANT - PLEASE NOTE: It is your responsibility to show how you satisfy the degree and other semester hours. YOU MUST SUBMIT ALL TRANSCRIPTS (BA/MA/PhD.) that include these courses. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: EXPERIENCE: At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. 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 qualifying specialized experience include provide planning, leadership, coordination, and direction for a resource management program to include vegetative, wildlife, ecology, and cultural resources. Formulate, implement, and evaluate multi-year budgets and prepare budget requests, funding packages and project proposals. Negotiate and facilitate cooperative agreements, Interagency agreements, and Memoranda of Understanding. Develop and manage resources projects incompliance with National Environmental Policy Act and the National Historic Preservation Act. Directly supervise and provide technical advice to a team with expertise in resource management such as natural resources, research, planning, and land use management. You must provide hours per week worked and from/to dates (month/year) in your resume. 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

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 Rocky Mountain National Park 1000 Highway 36 Estes Park, CO 80517 US
• Name: Heather Quint
• Email: [email protected]