Job opening: Supervisory Park Ranger
Salary: $73 939 - 96 116 per year
Published at: Jan 17 2025
Employment Type: Full-time
Reclamation is seeking a career professional looking for an opportunity to capitalize on their expertise as a Supervisory Park Ranger. You can make a difference in the West by assisting in meeting increasing water demands while protecting the environment.
Duty Location: Sonora, California
Duties
As a Supervisory Park Ranger with the California-Great Basin Region, duties and responsibilities include (but not limited to):
Directing the work of seasonal, temporary, and permanent park ranger employees.
Conducting safety inspections of all recreation facilities and concession areas and resolving deficiencies.
Facilitating ongoing training and support for supervised ranger staff.
Planning and implementing various program objectives in relation to resource management, recreation, interpretation, concessions management, and visitor services.
Performing other duties as assigned within this classification.
Qualifications
In order to be rated as qualified for this position, the examining HR Office must be able to determine that you meet the specialized experience requirements - this information must be clearly supported in your resume.
To qualify for the GS-11: You must possess one year of specialized experience that is comparable in scope and complexity to the GS-9 grade level in the Federal civil service. Qualifying experience must demonstrate the following in relation to the management of parks and recreation areas and the conservation of natural and cultural resources: Planning, administering and/or evaluating objectives for two or more program areas (i.e., concessions, interpretation, recreation, resource management, visitor services); Coordinating and prioritizing work assignments for other rangers; Developing training materials; Providing technical guidance to junior rangers on the implementation and utilization of interpretive program materials. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade level in the Federal civil service (GS-9).
You could otherwise qualify on the basis of education if you have completed 3 full academic years of progressively higher-level graduate education or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in a field related to the occupation, such as natural resource management, natural sciences, earth sciences, history, archaeology, anthropology, park and recreation management; law enforcement/police science, social sciences, museum sciences, business administration, public administration, behavioral sciences, or sociology. NOTE: You must submit copies of your college transcripts with your application if electing to qualify based on education alone.
You may combine specialized experience and education to meet the minimum qualifications.
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.
Time-in-Grade: Current career or career-conditional employees of the federal government, or former career or career-conditional employees who have a break in service of less than one year are required to meet the Time-in-Grade restriction of one year at the next lower-grade in the federal civil service, with few exceptions outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b).
You must meet all Eligibility and Qualification requirements, including Time-in-Grade restrictions, by 01/24/2025.
Education
You will be required to provide official college transcripts to verify educational qualifications, if selected. An official transcript must be sent directly from the University's Registrar's office and must be provided from the institution awarding the degree. Academic transcripts certified by notary publics are NOT official. Official transcripts must be submitted prior to reporting to work as a condition of employment. Failure to submit official transcripts may be grounds for dismissal or rescission of the job offer.
Accreditation: Only education from an accredited college or university recognized by the Department of Education is acceptable to meet education requirements or to substitute for experience, if applicable. For additional info, refer to the
Office of Personnel Management and
U.S. Department of Education.
Foreign Education: To receive credit for education completed outside the United States, you must show proof that the education has been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and such education has been deemed at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs. For additional info, refer to the
U.S. Network for Education Information.
Contacts
- Address CCAO
Bureau of Reclamation
7794 Folsom Dam Road
Folsom, CA 95630
US
- Name: BOR CA Great Basin Human Resources Office
- Phone: 916-978-5476
- Email: mpjobs@usbr.gov
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