This position is located in the Alaska Regional Office in the Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Division. This announcement is being advertised concurrently under number AK-1537-AKRO-25-12659643-ST which is open to certain merit promotion and status candidates. You must apply to each announcement separately if you wish to be considered under both recruitment methods.

Duties

As an Outdoor Recreation Planner, GS 0023-12, you will provide technical planning assistance, coordination, and support on cooperative conservation and outdoor recreation planning projects for the National Park Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program working with government agencies, non-profit organizations, tribes, and community groups, as authorized under the Organic, Outdoor Recreations, Wild and Scenic Rivers, and National Trail Systems Acts. Major duties include: Leading public planning processes related to focus areas such as recreation, conservation, facilities, or organizational development. Developing and leading public engagement efforts. Communicating complex ideas to a wide range of audiences. Performing project management duties. Producing an array of documents related to planning projects.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-01/15/2025-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST clearly indicate the nature of the duties and responsibilities for each position, starting and ending dates of employment (month/year), and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rather than indicating full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annotated to be able to pro-rate the amount of qualified specialized experience. 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 full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: serving as a planning and/or design specialist creating outdoor recreation and conservation plans that includes convening broad coalitions of stakeholders, resource analysis, mapping, and site and area plans; collecting, organizing and presenting information about such projects to decision makers and strategic audiences, mediating as needed to build consensus and closely related work supporting both enhanced outdoor recreation and natural resource conservation. You must include hours worked per week. When describing the nature of your duties (e.g., your paid or unpaid work or volunteer experience), please be extremely clear, thorough, and specific. We will not make assumptions regarding your experience. Make sure your resume includes detailed information to support your qualifications and answers to the job questionnaire. For additional information on what to include in your resume, click here. For information on what you should leave out of your resume, click here. The following five-minute video may also be helpful for creating and updating your federal resume: click here. 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 of this announcement.

Contacts

• Address Alaska Regional Office 240 W 5th Avenue Anchorage, AK 99501 US
• Name: Carrie Shapbell
• Phone: (907) 644-3340
• Email: [email protected]