FUL-Logistics Management Specialist

National Park Service; Anchorage (AK); On-site; USD 70,000 - 91,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

COLA 1.49%

Telework eligible

Job summary

National Park Service in Alaska seeks an experienced Office Manager and Aviation support specialist for front-country and back-country operations. You will manage administrative functions, plan and track aviation and boating activities, and coordinate logistics to support missions across the park.

The role requires handling travel, property processing, and purchasing, with a career-seasonal structure and 11 months on pay status each year.

Qualifications

• Transcript submission required to support education when substituting education for experience.
• Foreign Education: show proof of evaluation for foreign credentials according to US DOE guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Serves as Office Manager for front-country offices, providing administrative support.
• Provides Aviation and Boating support by planning, scheduling and cost tracking for fixed-wing aircraft and watercraft.
• Directs logistics management to plan and coordinate money, labor, materials, facilities and services for park operations.

Job description

This position is to provide front-country and back-country aviation (fixed-wing planes and helicopters), administrative, and logistical support for operations throughout the park. Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) rate of 1.49% is authorized.

Key Responsibilities

Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Serves as Office Manager for front-country offices, providing reliable service and administrative functions related to office operations. Provides Aviation and Boating support by planning, organizing, scheduling and cost tracking for the Park's fixed-wing aircraft and watercraft.

Involves an understanding of resource availability and capabilities, to include pilot and captain mission requirements and vessel and aircraft payloads and configurations.

Provides logistical support, to include directing, developing, or performing logistics management operations that involve planning, coordinating, or evaluating the logistical actions required to support a specified mission; identifying the specific requirements for money, labor, material, facilities, and services needed to support the program; and coordinating and expediting of supplies, equipment and staff in support of front-country and backcountry operations Serves as Lead Administrative Assistant to the Aviation and Visitor and Resource Protection Teams.

Provides Administrative support to all park staff for travel, property receiving/processing, and purchasing. Career-Seasonal appointments are permanent positions and include the same benefits as permanent appointments, but do not provide work on a year-round basis. You will work for approximately 11 months in pay status, and you will be in a non-pay status for the remainder of the year (months ranging from mid-December to mid-January).

Physical Demands: This position involves a combination of office and logistical outdoor/field work that entails walking, lifting, driving, bending, sitting and standing. Physical requirements include climbing in and out of small aircraft and boats as well as loading and unloading freight. Office work is done at a desk with minimal physical exertion.

The intensity of the workload and the extensive variety of factors that influence this position may result in significant periods of high intensity that may be stressful. Working Environment: Incumbent's work environment varies from an office setting to an outdoor work environment.

Outdoor work may expose incumbent to adverse weather conditions for long periods of time and natural hazards found in the park setting (bears, unstable ground, cold and/or moving water, aviation operations), requiring attention to safety. The outdoor and field work sometimes entails remote operations far from medical assistance. For more information, see the parks website: www.nps.gov/LACL

Requirements & Education

You must submit a copy of your transcript(s) to support claimed education if substituting education for experience. Transcripts must include your name, school name, grades, credit hours earned, major(s), grade point average or class ranking, and date the degree was conferred, if applicable. A typed list of courses, grades, semester/quarter hours, GPA, etc. will not be accepted. Non-submission may result in being rated not qualified for the position.

Unofficial transcripts are acceptable, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.

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. Recognition of Foreign Qualifications | U.S. Department of Education.

https://www.ed.gov/about/initiatives/international-affairs/recognition-of-foreign-qualification

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $69789 – $90731/yr.

Is this position remote or telework eligible?

This position is eligible for telework.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-10-14.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.