Job opening: Visitor Services Assistant (Backcountry Permits)
Salary: $60 794 - 77 004 per year
Published at: Dec 16 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is located in Olympic National Park, in the Visitor and Resource Protection Division.
Career-Seasonal appointment, see additional information under "Duties".
Open to the first 101 applicants or until 12/27/2024 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.
Duties
Career-Seasonal appointments are permanent positions and include the same benefits as Career appointments, but do not provide work on a year-round basis. You will be in a non-pay status for 1 pay period, sometime in November to December, and you will be in a pay status for the reminder of the year.
Major Duties:
Qualifications
REQUIREMENTS (Cont):
You may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime and shift work.
If you are a new employee or supervisor in the Federal government, you will be required to complete a one-year probationary period.
You may be required to travel overnight away from home up to 10 nights per month. 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.
Applicants must be at least (1)18 years old or (2) at least 16 years old and: (a) Have graduated from high school or been awarded a certificate equivalent to graduating from high school; or (b) Have completed a formal vocational training program; or (c) Have received a statement from school authorities agreeing with their preference for employment rather than continuing their education; or (d) Be currently enrolled in a secondary school and either work only during school vacation periods or work part-time during the school year under a formal student employment program.
QUALIFICATIONS:
All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-12/27/2024-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.
SPECIALIZED 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 specialized experience must include at least 6 of the following:
Staffing a wilderness information center, visitor center and/or information desk.
Assisting visitors with backcountry itineraries and/or trip planning.
Permit sales and/or fee collection.
Providing safety messages to the public.
Completing backcountry and/or wilderness patrols.
Reviewing permit sale shift reports for discrepancies.
Contacting visitors to check for permit compliance.
Maintaining backcountry facilities such as removing trash, clearing fire rings, cleaning bathrooms.
Responding to medical emergencies in a wilderness setting.
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.
Contacts
- Address Olympic National Park
600 E Park Avenue
Port Angeles, WA 98362
US
- Name: Jennifer Mengel
- Phone: (000) 000-0000
- Email: [email protected]
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