Park Manager

This position is located in Pacific West Regional Office, Interior Regions 8, 9, 10, and 12, in the Park Management Division.

This position is responsible for the overall management and day-to-day operation of the park, including business services, administration, maintenance, resource management, visitor protection, fire management, interpretation, education, and volunteers, and civic engagement.

Duties include:

• Serves as park superintendent by providing leadership on the implementation of all park policies, directives, guidelines and standards.

• Directly supervises and leads the park's senior management staff.

• Provides direction in program planning and adjustments in priority of budget and staffing requirements.

• Directs and coordinates management improvement programs and actions for the development of improved work methods and practices.

• Directs and coordinates the formulation of long-range objectives and annual program goals.

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-04/10/2024-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-15 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-14 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: 1) providing leadership and direction for the strategic planning, management, and operation of National Park Service (or similar) functions and activities; 2) developing, implementing and evaluating park programs (or similar) involving management and administration, resource management, interpretation and education, visitor services, and maintenance; 3) making key operational decisions regarding budget, personnel, and program execution; 4) setting strategic priorities for a park (or similar); 5) making effective and timely decisions regarding significant or controversial issues; and 6) effectively supervising subordinate supervisors in a geographically dispersed workforce.

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.

Current surplus and current or former displaced Federal individuals who have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) must be well qualified for the position to receive consideration for special priority selection. Well qualified means that the applicant meets the following:

OPM qualification standards for the position; all selective placement factors, where applicable; special qualifying conditions that OPM has approved for the position, where applicable; is physically qualified with reasonable accommodation, where appropriate to satisfactorily perform the duties of the position upon entry; and is rated by the organization at least at the well qualified level on all competencies. Federal employees seeking CTAP/ICTAP eligibility must submit proof that they meet the requirements of 5 CFR 330.605(2) for CTAP and 5 CFR 330.704 for ICTAP. This includes a copy of the agency notice, a copy of their most recent Performance Rating, and a copy of their most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location.

Please annotate your application to reflect that you are applying as a CTAP/ICTAP eligible. If you are selected for Federal employment, you will be required to fill out a Declaration of Federal Employment, OF-306, prior to being appointed to determine your suitability for Federal employment and to authorize a background investigation. Failing to answer all questions truthfully and completely or providing false statements on your application may be grounds for not hiring you, or for firing you after you begin work.

Also, you may be punished by fine or imprisonment (U.S. Code, Title 18, section 1001).