Job opening: Training Specialist

Salary: $72 553 - 94 317 per year

Published at: Dec 26 2024

Employment Type: Full-time

Supports and Implements Consultation Requirements. Assists the program managers and other staff by providing overall guidance on carrying out NHPA Section 106 requirements and NEPA responsibilities requiring consultation with any Indian tribe that may be affected by partner actions resulting from federal financial assistance or approvals.

Duties

Coordinates and acts as liaison with area tribal colleges, other educational institutions, and cultural heritage organizations to develop programs to meet their needs, as well as achieve NPS objectives. Plans, develops, coordinates, and implements cultural training and education programs for Wind Cave National Park and other parks in the Black Hills. Analyzes and evaluates cultural training programs and proposals in regard to the policy and mission of the National Park Service and the Department of the Interior. Establishes and maintains working relationships between Wind Cave, other parks in the Black Hills, and the broader training and educational community regarding the development and implementation of new cultural training curricula specific to Tribal Nations affiliated with National Parks. Works with relevant knowledge holders, including scientific and historic resource personnel as well as tribal culture-bearers, to develop demonstration and research projects with culturally relevant educational components. Assists with long range planning for the development of interpretive facilities including planning documents, exhibits and trails. May assist in the negotiation and preparation of cooperative agreements, memoranda of understanding, or other collaborative instruments between the National Park Service and tribal or other cultural heritage organizations as appropriate to achieve culturally relevant training and educational programming are effectively delivered. Physical Demands: Work is often active and requires walking, bending, stretching, and driving of vehicles. Working with various educational institutions may be physically and intellectually demanding. Working Conditions: Work will often be conducted in an office setting, but exposure to outdoors will be frequent. Heat, humidity, and hazardous plants and animals represent the environmental factors affecting this position.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-01/06/2025-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 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized 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. 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. Selective Factor (Screen out) This position requires the selectee provide documented experience (in resume) of engaging with citizens of Tribal Nations, Tribal educational institutions, and/or cultural heritage organizations to develop culturally relevant presentations, demonstrations, and other educational and/or training materials. - AND - To qualify for this position at the GS-11 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 in scope and responsibility to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Examples of specialized experience include: Teaching or instructing in an adult education program, secondary school, college, military installation, or industrial establishment on cultural sensitivity, the culture and history of Tribal Nations and the cultural significance of the resources. Supervising or administering a training program. Collaborating with stakeholders and leadership to develop training objectives, creating lesson plans or other course materials to support learning objectives, and analyzing feedback and evaluation data to determine the effectiveness of delivered materials. Work with American Indian Tribes and non-native individuals and organizations with respect for cultural similarities and differences. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least three (3) years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree, or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in education or another field of study directly related to the work of this position. Major study -- education or a subject area related to the position to be filled. (You MUST submit a copy of your transcripts indicating degree earned and credit hours in order to qualify based on education). You must include transcripts. -OR- Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. For example, I have six months of specialized experience (50% of the experience requirement), and 45 semester hours, or 68 quarter hours of directly related graduate education (50% of the education requirement). (You MUST submit a copy of your transcripts indicating degree earned and credit hours in order to qualify based on education). The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. You must include 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.