This position is located in the Division of Interpretation and Education at Indiana Dunes National Park. The purpose of the position is to serve as Division Chief with full responsibility for management of the park's large and complex interpretative, and environmental education programs. The incumbent has broad responsibilities for planning and development in the areas of interpretation, environmental education, fee collection, and visitor services and related programs below.

Duties

Carries out the full scope of supervisory and personnel management responsibilities, including the recruitment, training, counseling, and evaluation of interpretive staff. Creates culture of teamwork and inclusion. Listens to and resolves complaints from employees. Seeks counsel on more serious complaints. Ensure equal opportunity, fair and unprejudiced employment practices in the recruitment and selection of candidates. Direct the content development, design and implementation of new and innovative interpretative programs that promote the inclusion of diverse audience and to achieve the goals of the park. Develops programs which focus on the natural and cultural resources of the park deals using science, primary historical resources and input from tribal members, partners, and community. Directs overall interpretive operations and programs at high visitation park sites. Working in close cooperation with concessionaire, cooperating association, and other divisions. Develops annual workplan, operating plans, and standard operating procedures. Serves on Interpretive Management Team and other interdisciplinary teams in order to support broader strategic vision of interpretation and implementation of management goals such as safety and security, resource protection and preservation. Provide overall leadership to the Interpretation Program. Serve as acting Superintendent when Superintendent is unavailable, be on call for emergencies and use best judgement in notifying chain of command when needed. Serve as essential employee during shutdowns and other events. Represent the division's best on various interdivisional teams, assist in facilitation in divisional retreats and meetings and coordinate division-wide initiatives. Directs administrative functions related to interpretive operations and programs. Seeks new funding sources, manages budget, collects data that support.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-01/03/2025-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). Specialized experience includes, but is not limited to, the following: directing park interpretive or education programs; management of visitor centers and contact centers; using science and historical research to develop content for the public and targeted audiences; implementing programmatic evaluation; implementing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives; partnering with federal, state and other institutions; developing annual work plans and agreements; managing budgets; supervision of staff; or other similar work. 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 Indiana Dunes National Park 1100 N Mineral Springs Rd Porter, IN 46304 US
• Name: MWR HR West Team
• Phone: 000 000 0000
• Email: [email protected]