These positions are located in Yosemite National Park, in the Division of Business and Revenue Management, Concessions Management Branch.

Duties

Major Duties include: Administer multi-million dollar concessions contracts for the park's concessions program, which includes preparing detailed and specialized prospectus documents. Formulate funding needs and develop long-term plans for the effective management of concession programs and expenditures at the park level. Provide assistance and direction to park managers and staff regarding commercial services (e.g. development of concession operating plans, contract issues). Review and/or analyze information related to concessioner operations, including operations costs and revenues, staffing levels, size of operation, and fulfillment of contractual financial obligations. Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level. Promotion Potential: Promotion to the full performance level is neither guaranteed nor implied and will be based solely on your ability to satisfactorily perform the work of the position, existing work at the higher grade level, and recommendation by the position's supervisor. This announcement may be used to fill additional positions if identical vacancies occur within 90 days of the issue date of the referral certificate. A selectee receiving a first appointment to the Federal Government (Civil Service) is entitled only to the lowest step of the grade for which selected. The display of a salary range on this vacancy shall not be construed as granting an entitlement to a higher rate of pay. You may be required to travel overnight away from home. You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes. You may be required to complete training and obtain/maintain a government charge card with travel and/or purchase authority. Yosemite National Park, California, known worldwide for its spectacular natural beauty is the backdrop for this position. Sitting astride the Sierra Nevada Mountains, the park covers 1,182 square miles of varied wilderness ecosystems, from river valleys to alpine meadows to lofty 13,000-foot-high peaks. Yosemite Valley is located 208 miles from San Francisco, 81 miles from Merced, and 94 miles from Fresno. Shopping, medical, postal and laundry services are available in the park. Elevation at the Valley floor is approximately 4,000 feet and 2,200 feet in El Portal. The park is open year-round with the majority of activities occurring during the busy season March through October. For more information about Yosemite National Park, please visit: Yosemite National Park (U.S. National Park Service).

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-11/29/2024-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-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). This experience includes activities such as: (1) assisting in the administration of a commercial services program (concessions, commercial use authorizations, leases); (2) serving on evaluation panels for new concessions contracts or leases; (3) understanding appropriate fee expenditure requirements; and (4) communicating information to internal and external stakeholders about program processes and requirements. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least two full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's or equivalent graduate degree, with a major study in a field such as business administration, finance, accounting, contracting, or other closely related subjects related to the work of this position, which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the work of the position. (Eighteen semester hours or 27 quarter hours or the number of credit hours the school attended has determined to represent 1 year of full-time study is considered to be equal to 1 full year of graduate education.) You must include transcripts. -OR- Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. Note: Only graduate education in excess of the first year (18 semester hours) is creditable toward meeting the experience requirement when combining experience and education. You must include transcripts. To qualify for this position at the GS-11 grade level, you must possess 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-09 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: (1) assisting in developing requests for proposals for hospitality and/or food service operations; (2) advising stakeholders on how to comply with applicable regulations and policies; (3) providing financial technical assistance for commercial service operations; and (4) assisting project managers with their duties to develop concessions contracts. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least 3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or equivalent doctoral degree with a major study in a field such as business administration, finance, accounting, contracting, or other closely related subjects related to the work of this position, which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position. You must include transcripts. -OR- Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. Note: Only graduate education in excess of the second year (36 semester hours) is creditable toward meeting the experience requirement when combining experience and education. You must include transcripts. To qualify for this position at the GS-12 grade level, you must possess 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-11 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: (1) developing requests for proposals for hospitality and/or food service operations; (2) reviewing commercial service contracts for accuracy; (3) providing technical assistance for the commercial service operations; and (4) performing strategic planning related to commercial services development. You must include hours per week worked. There is no substitution of education for experience at the GS-12 grade level of this announcement. 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. CTAP/ICTAP Statement: Current surplus and current or former displaced Federal individuals who have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) must be well qualified for the position to receive consideration for special priority selection. Well qualified means that the applicant meets the following: OPM qualification standards for the position; all selective placement factors, where applicable; special qualifying conditions that OPM has approved for the position, where applicable; is physically qualified with reasonable accommodation, where appropriate to satisfactorily perform the duties of the position upon entry; and is rated by the organization at least at the well qualified level on all competencies. Federal employees seeking CTAP/ICTAP eligibility must submit proof that they meet the requirements of 5 CFR 330.605(2) for CTAP and 5 CFR 330.704 for ICTAP. This includes a copy of the agency notice, a copy of their most recent Performance Rating, and a copy of their most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location. Documentation for Interagency/Career Transition Assistance Plan consideration if you are a displaced Federal employee within the local commuting area. You must include: 1) Proof you are a displaced Federal employee, e.g., RIF Separation Notice, Notice of Proposed Removal, etc; 2) SF-50s (Notifications of Personnel Action) showing career/conditional tenure competitive status, promotion potential and duty location; and 3) your most recent performance appraisal. To exercise selection priority, displaced or surplus Federal employees must be rated well-qualified or above 85 on the rating criteria for this position.

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 Yosemite National Park 5037 Stroming Road Mariposa, CA 95338 US
• Name: Alexis Brooks
• Email: [email protected]