Park Ranger (Interpretation)

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement - 11/06/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Competitive candidates must also meet Time-in-Grade requirements as defined in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized 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 periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the work schedule requirement as the service dates will be reflected.

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.

To qualify for this position, you must meet the following Individual Occupational Requirements at the GS-12 grade level: Experience: To qualify, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). The specialized experience involved technical, administrative, or scientific work, fish and wildlife management, recreation management, law enforcement, or other park-related work.

Examples of qualifying specialized experience include but are not limited to: Park guide or tour leader; Law Enforcement or investigative work; Archeological or historical preservation research work; Forestry and/or fire management work in a park, recreation, or conservation area; or Management, assistant, or program specialist work involving the development and implementation of policy related to protection, conservation, or management of park areas or similar operations. You must include hours per week worked.

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.

As a Park Ranger (Interpretation), you will perform the following duties: Develops, plans, organizes, and manages partnership networks to meet the organizational objectives. Serves as the technical expert and primary advisor to the Director of Communications & Visitor Experience on all matters relating to operations of the network. Manages a complex network membership intake and management program that along a multitude of governmental and nongovernmental organizations throughout the watershed.

• Coordinate interpretive program activities with other internal and external organizations and stakeholders.
• Oversees historical research, accuracy, and relevancy for the park's nationally significant and diverse interpretive themes.
• Analyzes, evaluates, identifies, and develops third-party agreements, cooperative agreements, and/or memoranda of understanding with other agencies, institutions, and/or organizations.

Analyzes visitation trends and use patterns to determine effectiveness of current programming, implementing changes or making recommendations. Develops, writes, and reviews planning and other documents such as the standard operating procedures.