Job opening: Park Manager (Superintendent)
Salary: $88 621 - 115 213 per year
Relocation: YES
Published at: Dec 31 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
This incumbent serves as the Superintendent of Ninety Six National Historic Site with responsibility for the preservation, interpretation, maintenance, administration, and the safety and well-being of staff, volunteers, and visitors.
This is a temporary promotion not to exceed 1 year, and can be extended up to 5 years. This temporary promotion may be made permanent without further competition.
Duties
Supervisory/managerial duties
Financial and property resource management
Natural and cultural resource management and stewardship
Leadership and organizational vision for park operation and visitor experience
Civic engagement and public affairs
Area Information
Ninety Six National Historic Site is located two miles south of the present-day town of Ninety Six in South Carolina, population 2,076 and approximately 9 miles from Greenwood, South Carolina, population 22,500. Greenwood has medical facilities, public and private schools K-12 as well as multiple colleges and universities with a 50-mile radius. The area is served by the Greenwood County Airport.
Ninety-Six National Historic Park was an important colonial backcountry trading village with was besieged in 1781 by Patriot troops led by Nathanael Greene during the Revolutionary War. The approximately 1,000-acre site contains earthwork embankments of a 1781 fortification, remains of two historic villages, a colonial plantation complex, and many prehistoric sites. The park unit was established in 1976.
The park receives approximately 100,000 visitors annually and offers programs for visitors including living history demonstrations, horseback riding trails, fishing, hiking trails, picnic area, Junior Ranger Program, museum exhibits, special annual events and other activities.
Qualifications
All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-01/14/2025-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-12 grade level, you must possess the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement:
EXPERIENCE: At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level in the federal service. Specialized experience is experience that equips the applicant with particular knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform the duties of this position. Experience at this level must include all the following: Experience in technical, administrative, or scientific work, fish and wildlife management, recreation management, law enforcement, or other park related work. Examples of specialized experience include, but are not limited to: supervisory oversight of employees responsible for protection, administration, facility maintenance and operations, and visitor service duties; administrative program oversight and accountability; law enforcement or investigative work; natural or cultural preservation management; community partnership facilitation; communication and public trust duties; project management and team accountability; forestry and/or fire management; program specialist work involving the development and implementation of policy related to protection, conservation, or management of park areas or similar operations; or 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 Interior Region 2
100 Alabama Street
Building 1924
Atlanta, GA 30303
US
- Name: Christine Jewett
- Email: [email protected]
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