Supervisory Park Ranger (I)

U.S. Department of the Interior; La Porte (IN); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

National Park Service seeks a Supervisory Park Ranger (I) to oversee interpretation, education, and visitor services for a major park. The role involves supervising a diverse workforce, managing budgets, and ensuring safety and program quality across facilities.

Responsibilities include strategic planning, external partnerships, and representing park leadership. Evening/weekend events and occasional travel may be required; government travel cards are used for official travel.

Qualifications

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National
• Selective Service registration required for males born after 12-31-59
• Successful completion of a background investigation and clearance procedures

Responsibilities

• Directs the overall management of the park's interpretation, education, visitor services, fee collection, and related facilities and programs.
• Supervises subordinate supervisors and a multidisciplinary workforce, including staffing, performance management, and workplace safety.
• Plans, develops, and ensures quality control of interpretive services across multiple visitor facilities.

Job description

Summary

You will serve as a Supervisory Park Ranger (I) with National Park Service. You may be required to work evenings, weekends and holidays. You may be required to travel overnight away from home up to 1-2 nights per year. You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes. First time hires to the Federal government normally start at the step 1 rate.

Major Duties

Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Directs the overall management of the park's interpretation, education, visitor services, fee collection, and related facilities and programs. Supervises subordinate supervisors and a multidisciplinary permanent and seasonal workforce, including staffing, performance management, employee development, equal employment opportunity, and workplace safety. Plans, develops, integrates, evaluates, and ensures quality control of personal and non-personal interpretive services delivered across multiple visitor facilities. Manages the division's budget and administrative operations, including fiscal controls, procurement, property accountability, and required reporting. Advises park leadership, represents the Superintendent, develops external partnerships, and leads long- and short-range planning for interpretation and visitor services.

Education

This position does not allow substituting education for experience.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. Citizen or National. Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service. Direct Deposit participation required. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/. Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license throughout employment. You are required to wear a uniform and comply with uniform standards. A uniform allowance will be provided. You are required to complete training, obtain and maintain a government credit card with travel and purchase authority. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1 year probationary period to evaluate your fitness and whether your continuation of employment advances the public interest. This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated. Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest. This is a supervisory position that may require completion of a supervisory probationary period.

Evaluations

Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g. resume, supporting documents), the responses you provide on the application questionnaire, and the result of the additional assessment(s) required for this position. To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. Your resume must not exceed 2 pages. Only the document submitted as the "Resume" under the Documents section will be used to determine your qualifications/eligibility and for rating purposes. In the event you submit more than one resume, only the latest submission will be reviewed. You will be assessed in the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics): Financial Management Leadership Managing Human Resources Partnering Planning and Evaluating To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and application questionnaire, this position requires successful completion of a structured resume review. This assessment measures the critical competencies listed above that are required to successfully perform the job. The assessment includes a cut score based on the minimum level of required proficiency in these critical general competencies. You must meet or exceed the cut score to be considered. You will not be considered for the position if you score below the cut score or fail to complete the assessment. All qualified non-competitive applicants and the best-qualified Merit Promotion applicants will be referred to the hiring manager for consideration. Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration or your score may be lowered. Cheating on an assessment may also result in your removal from consideration. Applicants who include vulgar, offensive, or inappropriate language or information in your application package will be ineligible for further consideration for this position. Current or former displaced Federal employees who are surplus, displaced, or involuntarily separated have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP). To be considered under CTAP/ICTAP, you must be well-qualified, score at least 85 (i.e., meet the minimum qualification requirements, including any selective placement factors; education, and experience requirements), and be able to perform the duties of the position upon entry.

Other Information

Additional vacancies may be filled using this job announcement. Payment of Permanent Change of Station Costs is authorized in accordance with DOI/NPS policy. A continued service agreement may be required if it is determined you are eligible for a permanent change in duty station (PCS) incentive. All DOI employees, their spouses, and minor children may not acquire or retain any claim, permit, lease, small tract entry, or other rights granted by the Department in Federal lands, with limited exceptions. Additional ethics prohibitions can be found here, DOI Ethics Prohibitions | U.S. Department of the Interior. Physical Demands: Work is mostly sedentary, but will require occasional periods of walking, standing, and driving vehicles. Work Environment: Mostly office setting. Public presentations may be given indoors or outdoors. Outdoor work can occur throughout the year in all weather conditions. While work is predominately during normal business hours, may need to work evenings, weekends, and holidays to attend meetings and provide public programming and special events. Also, may be contacted 24 hours a day to respond to rare emergency situations. The duties of this position are suitable for telework only during an emergency or natural disaster.