Supervisory Park Ranger (Interpretation)

US National Park Service; Minnesota; On-site; USD 65,000 - 86,000; Full time

Job summary

Pipestone National Monument in Minnesota seeks a Supervisory Park Ranger (Interpretation) to lead interpretive and educational programming onsite. You will oversee staff, guide training initiatives, and coordinate media like brochures, exhibits, and videos to engage visitors.

Experience in cultural interpretation and research integration is essential. The role may require fulfilling a supervisory probationary period and working within federal guidelines for interpretation and education programs.

Qualifications

• Experience leading interpretive or educational programs.
• Ability to develop training for interpretive staff.
• Experience coordinating brochures, exhibits, or video content.
• Incorporating cultural or ethnographic research into programming.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and technical oversight of interpretive programming.
• Develop training programs for interpretive staff.
• Coordinate development of interpretive media such as brochures, exhibits, video.
• Incorporate cultural or ethnographic research into programming.

Skills

Leadership

Interpretation programming

Staff training

Media development

Ethnographic research integration

Education

Graduate education or PhD

Job description

You will serve as a Supervisory Park Ranger (Interpretation) at Pipestone National Monument.

First time hires to the Federal government normally start at the step 1 rate.

Requirements Continued below...

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-10/02/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement.

To receive credit for experience, 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.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

To qualify for this position, you must meet the following minimum qualifications:

To qualify for this position at the GS-11 grade level:

• Specialized Experience Requirement: You must possess at least 1 full year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to at least the GS-9 level (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Experience may have been in technical, administrative, or scientific work, cultural preservation, recreation management, law enforcement, or other park-related work. This experience MUST include at least 4 of the 4 following duties:
  • Providing leadership and technical oversight of others in an interpretive and education programming,
  • Developing training programs for Interpretive staff,
  • Coordinating the development of interpretive media such as brochures, exhibits and video content;
  • Incorporating cultural or ethnographic research into programming. You must include hours per week worked. -OR-
• Education: Successful completion of 3 full academic years of progressively higher level graduate education or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in natural resource management, natural sciences, earth sciences, history, archeology, anthropology, park and recreation management, law enforcement/police science, social sciences, museum sciences, business administration, public administration, behavioral sciences, sociology, or other closely related subjects pertinent to the management and protection of natural and cultural resources. You must include transcripts. -OR-
• Combination of education and experience. To combine education and experience, first take the number of completed semester hours of graduate level of education and divide by 54. Then take the number of months of full-time experience and divide by 12 months. Add the percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify. You must include hours per week and transcripts.

Volunteer Experience

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.

Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial 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.