Job opening: Volunteer Program Assistant
Salary: $49 025 - 63 733 per year
Relocation: YES
Published at: Dec 02 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is located in Grand Canyon National Park, in the Administration Division.
This is a term position (more than 1 year) with an initial appointment expecting to last at least 13 months but may be extended up to a total of four years. Term positions do not convey permanent status in the Federal service.
Duties
This position will perform duties such as:
Enters volunteer opportunities into www.volunteer.gov (aka database) and processes applications. Will be the primary person working with Volunteer Supervisors for onboarding volunteers using www.volunteer.gov.
Provides assistance and guidance to Volunteer Supervisors.
Plans and leads various volunteer groups; American Express, Arizona Public Service, General Dynamics, REI, Wells Fargo and etc.
Qualifications
All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-12/09/2024-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement.
Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST clearly indicate the nature of the duties and responsibilities for each position, starting and ending dates of employment (month/year), and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rather than indicating full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annotated to be able to pro-rate the amount of qualified specialized experience.
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To qualify for this position at the GS-07 grade level, you must possess most 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-06 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: performing administrative functions related to managing a program such as analyzing data, creating reports, identifying trends and providing status updates; utilize public speaking skills to recruit volunteers to join the volunteer program; run the administrative aspects of a volunteer program such as onboarding, scheduling, and task management; apply rules, regulations, policies and procedures when troubleshooting program issues. You must include hours per week worked.
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
There is no substitution of education for experience at the grade level(s) of this announcement.
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