This position is located in Grand Canyon National Park, in the Interpretation and Resouce Education Division.

Duties

The Park Ranger (I) position is in the Interpretation and Resource Education Division and engages directly in activities to educate, interpret, and inform the public about the significance and uniqueness of park resources, conservation, and ecologically sound practices, developed to protect park resources and provide for their safe and non-consumptive use. This position is located in the Desert View District of Grand Canyon National Park. Major Duties: Work at information desks/visitor centers and conduct roving assignments. Research, develop, and present a full range of interpretive activities including guided walks, talks, demonstrations, interpretive writing, and other interpretive products in accordance with the Foundations of Interpretation: Competencies for the 21st Century. Engage the public through presenting a highly varied suite of formal structured and facilitated programs (e.g., walks, talks, tours, presentations, demonstrations, events) and informal contacts/conversations with the public. Facilitate conversations and dialogues to elevate the voices of tribal members. Develop and maintain relationships with members of the eleven tribes traditionally associated with Grand Canyon to create First Voice interpretive experiences for visitors. Leverage diversity to support organizational goals. Train, mentor, coach, and evaluate a broad range of interpretive programs and products conducted by fellow interpreters. Supervise and evaluate work performance of seasonal interpretive employees for goal accomplishment, accuracy, interpretive quality, and safety. Recruit, hire, and coach seasonal interpretive staff, ensuring equal opportunity for all employees. Area Information: Desert View is a remote duty location with approximately 30 year-round residents. Grand Canyon Village at the South Rim is located 23 miles west of Desert View offers a small community of approximately 2,000 people, with a grocery store, post office, hotels, restaurants, and medical clinic. The nearest full-sized town is Flagstaff, Arizona which is approximately 90 minutes away. Connectivity options and cell service are limited at Desert View. Employees obtain government housing either through a bid system or by assignment into shared furnished quarters. Because of limited housing, when an employee is assigned shared quarters, the park is not able to provide accommodations for family member and pets. 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-12/11/2024-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-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 to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). To be credible, 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. This experience may have been in technical, administrative, or scientific work, fish and wildlife management, recreation management, law enforcement, or other park-related work. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include the following: Park guide or tour leader; 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 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: Two full academic years (36 semester hours) of progressively higher-level graduate education, or a master's, or equivalent graduate degree in one of the following fields: natural resource management, natural sciences, earth sciences, history, archeology, anthropology, park and recreation management, wetlands ecology, or other closely related subjects pertinent to the management and protection of natural and cultural resources. You must provide transcripts. -OR- COMBINATION: An equivalent combination of related experience and education. For example, six months of specialized experience (50% of qualifying experience), plus 27 semester hours of directly related graduate level college study from an accredited institution (50% of the qualifying education) equals 100% of this requirement. NOTE: Only related education in excess of 18 graduate hours is creditable towards meeting this qualification. You must include hours per week worked and provide 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 Canyon National Park PO Box 129 20 South Entrance Road Grand Canyon, AZ 86023 US
• Name: Lindsay Heinrich
• Email: [email protected]