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WHO MAY APPLY: Only federal career or career-conditional employees currently employed in the National Park Service and all that are eligible under the Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA).
The Northern Rockies SHRO in Yellowstone NP, Wyoming, is accepting applications through USAJOBS to recruit for one permanent, career-seasonal position of Park Ranger (Interpretation), GS-0025-07/09. Position may be filled a either grade level.
DUTY STATION: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Under the guidance and direct supervision of Yellowstone's North District Supervisory Park Ranger (I), incumbent coordinates and carries out interpretive and visitor services duties to include providing information and interpretation at a visitor center and in field locations throughout the district. Responds to visitor phone calls, emails, and written correspondence about the park. Collects fees at a visitor center for park passports, fishing permits, Junior Ranger booklets, etc. Develops and provides informal and formal interpretation of park resources, including wildlife-themed topics, in busy and more remote areas of the park.
Determines staffing and funding needs, directs lower-graded employees' informal and formal interpretation, schedules employees, monitors information and services provided to visitors, provides training to new employees, and develops and/or revises standard operating procedures. Trains employees and coaches and audits interpretive and visitor services activities. Assists in the development of short and long-range plans for subdistrict interpretive and visitor services. Clarifies performance expectations for staff and clearly communicates through formal employee performance management system. Provides both formal and informal feedback and periodically evaluates employee performance.
Creates and fosters a safe work environment and culture. Includes risk assessments in all operational plans and decisions. Communicates safety information and updates to employees and the public. Reports all work-related accidents, injuries, illnesses, and/or near misses within deadlines and through required reporting systems. Identifies, monitors and reports resource conditions and/or problems that can be mitigated or corrected by immediate attention and/or help from others. Encourages visitor compliance with park rules through education and/or reporting problems to appropriate personnel. Recommends solutions and corrective actions related to specific resource problems.
Work is performed indoors and outdoors, in a visitor center and also exposed to extreme temperatures, rain, snow, wind, and direct sunlight. Standing for long periods of time, walking for distances up to ten miles daily, climbing and descending steep inclines, and bending and lifting moderately heavy items in a repetitive motion is required. Mental stress and physical fatigue occur due to high volume of public contacts, occasional emergency responses, and repetitive nature of visitor center and field work. Extreme physical exertion may be required while assisting with occasional search and rescue and other emergency response duties.
Duties will be developmental in nature if filled at the GS-07 grade level.
DUTY LOCATION: North District
Federal government housing may be available.
Physical Demands: Duties and responsibilities require long workdays and travel by all modes of transportation. Incumbent often must lift heavy boxes and equipment, move furniture and push or pull an 800-pound snowmobile. Work conditions include extreme heat or cold, high winds, rain or snow. The duties of the position require mental stamina and considerable physical exertion during peak visitation periods and emergencies. Incumbent will drive sedans, light trucks, SUV's and operate snowmobiles.
Working Conditions: Incumbent works in a northern mountainous park with fluctuations in temperatures from 100 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer to -60 degrees Fahrenheit in the winter. Snow depths during the winter may vary from two to eight feet. Elevations range from 5,000 to 11,000 feet. The emotional environment is most commonly one of high stress.
CAREER SEASONAL: A permanent, career seasonal position is a career status position with a seasonal work schedule. Like all permanent positions, are entitled to all benefits but do not provide employment on a year-round basis. Incumbent/s will be placed in a nonwork/nonpay status for four pay periods (8 weeks) within their service year (entrance on duty date). When in pay status, will work a full-time work schedule, 40 hours per week. Incumbent/s will placed in a nonwork/nonpay status during the months of November/December and in March/April for approximately a total of 8 weeks within their service year. Dates in nonpay status may be negotiable every service year and a career-seasonal agreement may be revised with supervisory approval.
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
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0025 Park Ranger
Requirements
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.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The GS-0025 Occupational Series consists of two-graded interval positions such as GS-05/07/09. Therefore, related federal government experience must also be in two-graded interval positions to be considered creditable. One-graded interval positions such as GS-04/05/06/07 in the GS-0303 and GS-0090 occupational series, may not be considered creditable experience for this position. For clarification please contact the Human Resources Specialist listed on this job opportunity announcement before the application period expires.
1. OPM QUALIFICATION STANDARDS FOR THE GS-0025-07 (May qualify based on experience and/or education):
A. EXPERIENCE: Must possess one year (1) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-05 grade level in the Federal service. Experience that demonstrated the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to successfully perform the duties of the position to be filled. Experience may have been in technical, administrative, or scientific work, fish and wildlife management, recreation on management, law enforcement, or other park-related work. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include the following: Park Ranger or tour leader, law enforcement or investigative work, Archeological or historical preservation research work, forestry and/or fire management work in a park, recreation, or conservation area, management, assistant, or program specialist work involving the development and implementation of policy related to protection, conservation, or other similar operations. OR,
B. EDUCATION: Must possess one (1) full academic year (18 hours) of progressively higher-level graduate education in one of the following fields: natural resource management, natural sciences, earth sciences, history, archeology, anthropology, park and recreation management, wetlands ecology, or other closely related subjects pertinent to the management and protection of natural and cultural resources. OR,
C. S.A.A: Must have attained a Superior Academic Achievement (S.A.A) in one of the following fields: natural resource management, natural sciences, earth sciences, history, archeology, anthropology, park and recreation management, wetlands ecology, or other closely related subjects pertinent to the management and protection of natural and cultural resources. OR,
D. EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION: Possess an equivalent combination of related experience and education. For example, 6 months of specialized experience (50% of the experience requirement), plus nine (9) semester hours of directly related graduate level education in an accredited institution (50% of the qualifying education).
2. OPM QUALIFICATION STANDARDS FOR THE GS-0025-09 (May qualify based on experience and/or education):
A. EXPERIENCE: Must possess one year (1) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 grade level, in the Federal service. Experience that demonstrated the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to successfully perform the duties of the position to be filled. Experience may have been in technical, administrative, or scientific work, fish and wildlife management, recreation management, law enforcement, or other park-related work. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include the following: Park Ranger or tour leader, law enforcement or investigative work, Archeological or historical preservation research work, forestry and/or fire management work in a park, recreation, or conservation area, management, assistant, or program specialist work involving the development and implementation of policy related to protection, conservation, or management of park areas or similar operations. OR,
B. EDUCATION: Must possess two (2) full academic years (36 semester hours) of progressively higher-level graduate education, or a master's, or equivalent graduate degree in one of the following fields: natural resource management, natural sciences, earth sciences, history, archeology, anthropology, park and recreation management, wetlands ecology, or other closely related subjects pertinent to the management and protection of natural and cultural resources. OR,
C. EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION: Must possess an equivalent combination of related experience and education. For example, six (6) months of specialized experience (50% of the experience requirement), plus 27 semester hours of directly related graduate level college study in an accredited institution (50% of the qualifying education) equals 100% of this requirement.
NOTE: You must provide a copy of your college transcripts in support of your completed education. A copy of your official transcripts will be required before the entrance-on-duty date, if selected. Only related graduate education in excess of the creditable education at the next lower grade level can be applied to qualify for either grade level.
CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT: Must possess a valid state driver's license before the entrance-on-duty date, is selected. Please provide you license number, state, and expiration date in your resume. Do not upload photocopies of your license.
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.
A selectee receiving a first appointment to the Federal Government (Civil Service) is entitled only to the lowest step of the grade for which selected. The display of a salary range on this vacancy shall not be construed as granting an entitlement to a higher rate of pay.
This announcement may be used to fill additional positions if identical vacancies occur within 90 days of the issue date of the referral certificate.
The National Park Service has determined that the duties of this position are suitable for telework and the selectee may be allowed to telework with supervisor approval.
PROMOTION POTENTIAL: This position has promotion potential to the GS-09 grade level, if filled at the GS-07 level. Promotion to the full performance level is neither guaranteed nor implied and will be based solely on your ability to satisfactorily perform the work of the position, existing work at the higher grade level, and recommendation by the position's supervisor.
Interpretive Park Rangers: The employees of the National Park Service care for special places that are the heritage of all Americans. Since its inception in 1916, the National Park Service has been dedicated to the preservation and management of this country's outstanding natural, historical, and recreational resources. Park ranger - interpreters connect people to parks. They play a key role in ensuring that visitors have a meaningful, satisfying, and safe park experience, help visitors decide how to spend their time in the park, and inform them about the wonders that await their discovery. Park ranger - interpreters are specially trained to engage the public so that each park visitor can find a personal connection with the meanings and values found in the places and stories of that park. They help visitors explore the many dimensions of parks by introducing them to a variety of perspectives. By providing the opportunity for visitors to care about the places they visit, they promote stewardship and the opportunity for those visitors to care for park resources. National parks are among the most remarkable places in America for recreation, learning, and inspiration. The work done by park ranger-interpreters through effective interpretive and educational programs encourages the development of a personal stewardship ethic and broadens public support for preserving and protecting park resources, so that they may be enjoyed by present and future generations.
If you are unable to apply online or need to fax a document that you do not have in electronic form, view the following link for information regarding an Alternate Application. Click the following link for more information, https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php?title=AlternateApplicationInformation.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
A review of your resume and supporting documentation will be made and compared against your responses to the Assessment Questionnaire to determine if you are qualified for this job. If your resume is incomplete or does not support the responses provided in the Assessment Questionnaire, or if you fail to submit all required documentation, you will be rated 'ineligible', 'not qualified', or your score will be adjusted accordingly. If a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications or experience, you can lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully; errors or omissions can affect your rating.
Candidates who apply under Competitive Merit Promotion procedures will undergo a quality review to determine if they are highly qualified based on the content of their resume and their responses to the questionnaire. Best qualified candidates will be referred if all required supporting documentation has been provided.
Candidates who apply under Noncompetitive Merit Promotion procedures will undergo a quality review to determine if they are minimally qualified based on the content of their resume and their responses to the questionnaire. Qualified candidates will be referred if all required supporting documentation has been provided.
Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your responses to the online assessments completed during the application process. You will be assessed on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics):
Attention to Detail
Customer Service
Customer Service
Flexibility
Integrity/Honesty
Interpersonal Skills
Interpersonal Skills
Leadership
Learning
Managing Human Resources
Organizational Awareness
Self-Management
Stress Tolerance
Teamwork
In order to be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the Resume and Occupational Questionnaire, this position requires an Online Assessment. This assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job.
Please submit 1) a copy of your most recent performance appraisal/evaluation and 2) a list of any awards (e.g. superior performance awards, special act or achievement awards, quality step increase, etc.) you received in the last 5 years. Any performance appraisal/evaluation and award documentation you provide will be forwarded to the selecting official. The selecting official will review this documentation and give it due weight consideration during the overall selection process.
If you do not have your most recent performance appraisal/evaluation, please submit a statement as to why it is not available. Please indicate if any prior performance appraisals/evaluations were at an acceptable level.
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Moderate Risk (MR)
Suitability/Fitness
Required Documents
The following documents are required and must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 09/24/2021.
Do not upload Adobe portfolio documents. Adobe portfolio documents are not viewable by our agency's staffing offices.
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
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Open to the first 30 applicants or until the closing date, whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the day the applicant limit is reached, or on the closing date, will receive consideration.
