Supervisory Park Ranger (Interpretation)

• The closing date of this announcement has been extended from 5-2-2024 to 5-9-2024.

This position is located in Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park in the Interpretation, Education and Partnership Division.

• The closing date of this announcement has been extended from 5-2-2024 to 5-9-2024.

This position serves as the Director of Interpretation, Education, and Partnerships for Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park and the Chilkoot National Historic Trail headquartered in Skagway, Alaska. The incumbent manages and directs a multi-faceted program of interpretation, education, visitor services, partnerships, and public information. This position also:

• Provides consultation and assistance to the park superintendent and management team, serving as the principal advisor on interpretation, educational, partnerships, and professional matters.

• Develops and manages long and short-range division planning including establishing policy, guidelines, and standards; setting priorities and tracking goals and objectives; evaluating programs; and developing and monitoring organizational alignment and effectiveness.

• Allocates funding, staffing, and other resources to carry out the mission of the division in relation to park goals and objectives, engaging in negotiation, conflict resolution, and consensus building as needed.

• Provides leadership in developing, maintaining and administration of the park's partnerships including working with philanthropic partners, associations, government entities, tribal governments, colleges and universities, and youth organization.

Government housing is limited but may be available.

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.

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-05/09/2024-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) demonstrating the particular knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies needed to successfully perform the duties of this position.

Specialized experience includes activities such as: Managing a complex interpretive/education operation to support mission goals. In addition, this experience would also include developing long and short-range priorities and goal; writing standard operating procedures; developing and presenting interpretive training; evaluating interpretive services; supervision of interpretive staff; coordinating with partners and external groups to accomplish mission goals. You must include hours worked per week in your resume.

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.

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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.