Supervisory Park Ranger (I)
MSCCN - Keystone, SD
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Summary Managerial responsibility of a complex visitor services and communications program, (over two dozen staff through the year, includes seasonals and interns), and serves 2.5 million visitors annually. Supervise subordinate supervisors, manage a budget of several fund sources, long-term strategic communications and interpretive planning, and frequent collaboration with park, region, and national specialists. Serves as Public Information Officer and liaison to park cooperating association partner. Responsibilities This position serves as the Program Manager for Interpretation and Education of Interpretation, Education, and Volunteer Coordinator (IEV) at Mount Rushmore National Memorial in Keystone, South Dakota. The position also serves as the Public Information Officer. The park receives approximately two and a half million visitors per year and is identified as an 'Icon Park' due to its national significance and security needs. This position has managerial responsibility for a multi-faceted Interpretative program. Provides the full range of supervisory duties for the interpretive, education and outreach, partnership, and volunteer staff of the park. The position is responsible for planning, managing, directing, and evaluating a multi-faceted program of interpretation, education, partnerships, volunteer, interpretive media, visitor services, special events, and public affairs. Coordinates all activities of the Interpretation and Education Program including the setting of short- and long-term direction and goals, recruitment and development of program staff, evaluation of programs and services, adopting best practices and experimenting with new technology and methods for audience engagement and the sharing of information. Serves as the interpretation, education, and volunteer program coordinator and member of the park leadership team to develop and implement management strategies. Responsible for the development and management of the Program budget, utilizing NPS financial management programs. Establishes and maintains relationships with the media including reporters, journalists, and travel writers to promote public awareness of the park. Supervises or collaborates with planning teams in the development or rehabilitation of interpretive signs, exhibits, publications, media, and visitor centers. Is responsible for managing the park's web page, interactive features, mobile applications, social media, and other related media products with informational, educational, and interpretive content. Coordinates and facilitates joint or shared interpretive and educational activities with park partners. Ensures that elements and interpretive themes are implemented to address and include a wide diversity of visitors and audiences. Manages and effectively utilizes all types of interpretive media including visitor center and wayside exhibits, audiovisual media, web-based interpretive products, self-guiding devices, publications, and staff-conducted activities. Serves as National Park Service liaison for the park's cooperative association and friends' group. Attends board/committee meetings as official representative of the park. Works with the Executive Director and Board in order to accomplish major contributing components of the park's priority projects through project funding, in-kind volunteer support, development of educational programming and materials, and other related partnership functions. Serves on the park management team as principal advisor to the Office of the Superintendent in decision-making and policy matters within broad programs of interpretation, education, outreach, public affairs, partnerships, and volunteers. Physical Demands: The work is sedentary. Typically, the employee may sit comfortably to do the work. However, there may be some walking, standing, bending, carrying of light items such as papers, books, small parts, driving an automobile, etc. No special physical demands are required to perform the work. The employee may infrequently do some walking, bending, or climbing while working outdoors at parks. Working Conditions: The work environment involves everyday risks or discomforts which require normal safety precautions typical of such places as offices, meeting and training rooms, libraries, residences or commercial. vehicles. The work area is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated. There may be occasional exposure to higher risks when the employee is required to visit park sites. Requirements Conditions of Employment U.S. Citizenship required. Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication. Meet Selective Service Registration Act requirement for males. Selectee will be required to participate in the Direct Deposit Electronics Funds Transfer Program. Any individual who is currently holding, or has held within the previous 52 weeks, a General Schedule position under non-temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted service, must meet time-in-grade requirements (must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent in the Federal service); with few exceptions as outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b). Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal civilian employees applying for reinstatement who have had a break in service of less than one year, as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointments. Time-in-grade does not apply to new excepted service appointments and must be met by the closing date of this announcement. You may be required to operate a government (or private) motor vehicle as part of your official duties. Prior to your first official motor vehicle operation, and again every year thereafter (or more frequently if management determines such need exists), you will be required to sign an affidavit certifying to your possession of a valid State issued driver's license that is current and has not been revoked, suspended, canceled, or otherwise disqualified in any way to prohibit your operation of a motor vehicle. You will also submit a photocopy of your valid State issued driver's license prior to your first official motor vehicle operation, and again every year, or more frequently if management determines such need exists. Lastly, you may be required to submit (within a State sealed envelope or submitted directly by the State authorities), and at your own expense, all certified driving records from all States that discloses all valid driver's licenses, whether current or past, possessed by you. Please indicate in your application whether you possess a valid State driver's license. You will be required to wear a uniform and comply with the National Park Service uniform standards. A uniform allowance will be provided. If you are a new employee or supervisor in the Federal government, you will be required to complete a one-year probationary period. Qualifications All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-10/21/2024-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 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). Specialized experience is experience that 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, coordinating, managing, or directing interpretive and education programs; developing long range interpretive plans; maintaining relations with media and public affairs professionals; managing interpretive staff, 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. Additional Information 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. A Recruitment Incentive May Be Authorized for a newly selected employee when appointed to a permanent, temporary, or term position. A Federal employee who is transferring to the National Park Service from another component, bureau or Federal agency and who does not meet the conditions under 5 CFR §575.102 is not eligible for a recruitment incentive. A Relocation Incentive May Be Authorized for a Federal employee when the employee must move, as directed by the National Park Service (NPS) either through a management directed reassignment or selection for employment, to a different location at least 50 miles away from the one where his/her position of record held at time of selection is currently located, due to a need of the NPS. A relocation incentive is not the same as a Permanent Change of Station (PCS) move and, as such, may be granted in conjunction with one another. 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. 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.
Created: 2024-10-10