This position is located in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, in the Interpretation & Education Division. 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

Develop, plan, administer, evaluate and lead all aspects of the park's interpretation, public information and education programs and associated functions, operations, and facilities. Serve as the primary technical and policy advisor to the park's management team for these functions. Serve as key member of the park management team in development of park-wide policy, external relations, guidelines, goals and objectives, administrative procedures and controls. Serve as the park liaison between the park and cooperating associations, educational institutions, and other park partners. Represent the park with partner groups such as attending board meetings, guides fundraising efforts for campaigns and meeting with executive staff on park related matters. Guide and develop long and short range planning for division to include establishing policy, guidelines and standards for a comprehensive program. Develop innovative and effective visitor interpretive and educational programs (over 2 million visitors annually). Develop and provide oversight of a complex multi-million dollar budget. Directly supervise four GS-11 branch chiefs, a GS-9 visual information specialist and a GS-7 budget technician, and through them, upto 25 permanent and seasonal positions. Other interpretive support staff includes interns, docents, SCA interns, VIPs, and cooperating association employees.

Requirements

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. To qualify for this position at the GS-13 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-12 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: 1) Managing the overall operations and resources of an interpretation, education, visitor services and volunteer programs. 2) Developing and implementing strategic plans, collaborating with others to plan park programs, develop budgets, and accomplish mission goals. (3) Performing long-range management planning to determine budget requirements and 4) Handling a broad range of complex issues associated with the management of a complex visitor operation. 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.

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.

Contacts

• Address Hawaii Volcanoes National Park PO Box 52 Hawaii NP, HI 96718 US
• Name: Rhonda Loh
• Email: [email protected]