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Summary This position located in Guadalupe Mountains National Park, in the Resource Management Division. Responsibilities - Serves on the park's Management Team and advises the Superintendent on issues of natural and cultural resource management, including geology and paleontology, plant and animal ecology, species and habitat restoration, rare species conservation, historic site and structure protection, exotic plant and animal management, and air and water quality. - Responsible for hiring, supervising, and developing a staff consisting of two primary positions: permanent GS-9/11 Cultural Resource Manager and GS-9/11 Geologist. Develops, documents, and tracks the budget, as well as project and grant funds. Develops project proposals in PMIS or to external grant agencies for funding. - Develops or updates resource management plans. Priorities for the division are guided by the General Management Plan, the Resource Stewardship Strategy, and the Wilderness Stewardship Plan. - Has primary responsibility for ensuring the park's compliance with NEPA, NHPA, and ESA, as well as other laws, policies, and regulations protecting natural and cultural resources. - Serves as Lead Resource Advisor during incidents (fire, flood, 19jj, ARPA) in the park, advising Fire and LE staff on issues of resource protection, recovery, and rehabilitation, as well as coordinating field READ staff. Area Information: Guadalupe Mountains National Park is located in far west Texas. The nearest full-service communities are Carlsbad, New Mexico (55 miles), Van Horn, Texas (65 miles), and El Paso, Texas (110 miles). Bus service for school grades K-12 is available to Dell City, Texas, 35 miles from park headquarters. Opportunities for outdoor recreation are plentiful, as more than 80 miles of trails traverse the park's wilderness and backcountry. Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Brantley Lake State Park, Living Desert State Park, and the Lincoln National Forest are all within an hour's drive. El Paso also provides an abundance of recreational and cultural opportunities. The park lies within the northern Chihuahuan Desert and is situated at the southern tip of the Guadalupe Mountain Range. Its rugged terrain supports desert grassland and scrub, montane chaparral, pinyon-juniper woodland, and sky island montane forest ecosystems as well as deep, cool canyons. Elevations range from 3,625 feet at the Salt Basin Dunes to 8,751 feet on Guadalupe Peak. The park is celebrated for the world's most complete exposure of a Permian reef system, with abundant fossils and reef structures evident throughout the park. The area has a semi- arid climate with abundant sunshine, low relative humidity, and approximately 18 inches of precipitation per year. Summer daytime temperatures average 90-105 degrees Fahrenheit, with nighttime temperatures falling into the 70s. Winters are mild with occasional snowfall. Housing Information: Government housing may be available. A full range of housing options is available in Dell City or Carlsbad. A government van pool provides service from Dell City and Carlsbad to the park headquarters at Pine Springs for staff working a 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday shift. Riders pay a flat monthly fee of $50. Requirements Conditions of Employment U.S. Citizenship required. Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication. Meet Selective Service Registration Act requirement for males Selectee will be required to participate in the Direct Deposit Electronics Funds Transfer Program. Any individual who is currently holding, or has held within the previous 52 weeks, a General Schedule position under non-temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted service, must meet time-in-grade requirements (must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent in the Federal service); with few exceptions as outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b). Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal civilian employees applying for reinstatement who have had a break in service of less than one year, as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointments. Time-in-grade does not apply to new excepted service appointments and must be met by the closing date of this announcement. You will be required to operate a government (or private) motor vehicle as part of your official duties; a valid driver's license is required. You will be required to submit a Motor Vehicle Operator's License and Driving Record. You must also submit (within a State sealed envelope or submitted directly by the State authorities), and at your own expense, all certified driving records from all States that disclose all valid driver's licenses, whether current or past, possessed by you. You will be required to wear a uniform and comply with the National Park Service uniform standards. A uniform allowance will be provided. You may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, and overtime. If you are a new supervisor in the Federal government, you will be required to complete a one-year probationary period. You may be required to travel overnight away from home up to 5 nights per month. You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes. You may be required to complete training and obtain/maintain a government charge card with travel and/or purchase authority. The position to which you will be appointed is subject to a financial disclosure reporting requirement and you will be required to complete a new entrant Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 450) within 30 days of your appointment. Qualifications All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-07/01/2024-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. 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. The position has a basic requirement. You must have the required education or equivalent experience to satisfy the basic requirement for this position. Additionally, applicants must meet the minimum qualification requirement for this series and grade to be considered qualified. You must meet one of the following Basic Qualifications to be considered for this position. You must meet this by the close of the announcement. This is an interdisciplinary position; therefore, applicants will be considered for a range of occupational fields (occupational series) based on qualifications and experience. Occupational series in which applications will be accepted are outlined below. Archaeology Series 0193 (opm.gov) Applicants must have one of the following and submit documentation in their application on how they meet this requirement: 1. Education: Possess a bachelor's or higher degree that includes 3 semester hours each in the following course areas: History of archeology; Archeology of a major geographical area such as North America or Africa; Regional archeology, archeological cultures, or sites in a specific part or portion of a major geographical area to acquire or develop a foundation for regional specialization for professional development; and theory and methods of archeology. Methods include, but are not limited to, typology, classification, sampling, cultural evolution, diffusion, dating, and analytical techniques; Archeological field school, to provide a basic understanding of theoretical and practical approaches to research design implementation, field preservation techniques, and report preparation by participation in actual field work. AND Six semester hours of related course work in: geography, geology, or cultural geography; history, historiography, or historical archeology; environmental studies; scientific writing (nonfiction English composition); and/or surveying. AND Archeological field school. -OR- 2. Related Curriculum: Degree in anthropology (with emphasis on ethnology, physical anthropology, or scientific linguistics), history, American studies, or a related discipline may be accepted as satisfying in full the educational requirements, provided the curriculum supplied academic course work sufficiently similar to the requirements above (including archeological field school). You must include transcripts. -OR- 3. Experience: Four years of archeological work experience that demonstrated a thorough knowledge of the fundamental principles and theories of professional archeology. The work experience must have included archeology field experience, which may include that gained in an archeological field school. Field experience should have included a combination of professional experience in archeological survey, excavation, laboratory analysis, and preparation of written materials. Applicants with such field experience should, after additional experience under the direction of a higher grade archeologist, be able to demonstrate the ability to be a crew chief, directing the work of others at a single location as a part of a larger archeological project. You must include hours worked. -OR- 4. Combination of education and experience: College-level education or training that provided knowledge equivalent to that described in A above, plus appropriate technical experience or additional education. You must include transcripts. Natural Resources Management and Biological Sciences Series 0401 (opm.gov) Applicants must have one of the following and submit documentation in their application on how they meet this requirement: 1. Degree: biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position. or 2. Combination of education and experience: Courses equivalent to a major, as shown above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Architecture Series 0808 (opm.gov) Applicants must have one of the following and submit documentation in their application on how they meet this requirement: Successfully completed a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's degree in: architecture; or related field that included 60 semester hours of course work in architecture or related disciplines of which at least (1) 30 semester hours were in architectural design, and (2) 6 semester hours were in each of the following: structural technology, properties of materials and methods of construction, and environmental control systems. -OR- Combination of Education and Experience -- college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the arts and sciences underlying professional architecture, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the architectural principles, methods, and techniques and their applications to the design and construction or improvement of buildings. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by at least one of the following: 1. Related Curriculum or 2. Experience, click on the link for more information https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/architecture-series-0808/. Physical Science Series, 1301 (opm.gov) Applicants must have one of the following and submit documentation in their application on how they meet this requirement: 1. Degree: physical science, engineering, or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics, dynamics, properties of materials, and electronics. or 2. Combination of education and experience: education equivalent to one of the majors shown above that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education. - AND - 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). This experience includes activities such as: 1) identify, define, and resolve programmatic, administrative, and scientific problems associated with novel, unique, undeveloped, or controversial aspects of natural or cultural resource management program; 2) prepare reports and journal articles of high scientific credibility to share pertinent information effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences; 3) manage long-term scientific projects costing hundreds of thousands of dollars that are designed to monitor key natural or cultural resources vital signs; and 4) conduct work planning, budget management, contracting, cooperative and interagency agreements, and supervision. You must include hours per week worked. Education To meet basic requirements based on education, you must submit a legible copy of transcripts from an accredited institution with your name, school name, credit hours, course level, major(s), and grade-point average or class ranking. Transcripts do not need to be official, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work. If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet qualification requirements, you must show that your education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. There is no substitution of education for experience at the grade level of this announcement. 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. Additional Information A selectee receiving a first appointment to the Federal Government (Civil Service) is entitled only to the lowest step of the grade for which selected. The display of a salary range on this vacancy shall not be construed as granting an entitlement to a higher rate of pay. This announcement may be used to fill additional positions if identical vacancies occur within 90 days of the issue date of the referral certificate. Physical Demands: The position may require strenuous physical activity including periods of standing, walking, climbing, and lifting heavy objects. Some activities will occur in physically dangerous areas or settings. Documentary research and report writing work is sedentary, which entail the ability to concentrate and write for long periods of time. Working Conditions: Work is performed primarily indoors. Occasionally, work may be performed outdoors in all types of weather and conditions. Outdoor assignments may be performed in potentially hazardous areas including steep slopes, rocky terrain, volcanoes, caves, fire lines, arctic environments, swamps, deserts, and forests. On occasion, flying in fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters may be possible. The National Park Service has determined that the duties of this position are suitable for telework and the selectee may be allowed to telework with supervisor approval. Documentation for the Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA) eligibility, You must submit ALL SF-50s and performance information for each period of temporary/term employment that qualifies for LMWFA. Performance documentation can be obtained by contacting the supervisors for the positions you served in during your 24 months. If they did not complete performance appraisals ask them to provide a statement of performance for each period of service. The statement must specify the dates for each employment period and your level of performance consistent with your SF-50s.