U.S. Department of the Interior
Park Ranger (PSAR)
Pay$37696.00 - $49009.00 / year
LocationCherokee/North Carolina
Employment typeFull-Time
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Job Description
- Req#: 759935900
Two vacancies at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, in the Visitor and Resource Protection Division -one duty location is Townsend, TN and the other is Cherokee, NC.
Career-Seasonal appointments are permanent positions and include the same benefits as Career appointments, but do not provide work on a year-round basis. You will work from approximately from February to December, and you will be in a non-pay status for the remainder of the year.Duties
Open to the first 50 applicants or until 11/15/2023 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.
The Park Ranger in Preventive Search and Rescue (PSAR) is a uniformed position performing a variety of park ranger duties associated with preventing search and rescue incidents from occurring at the Park.
Duties:Requirements
Qualifications
All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-11/15/2023-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement.
Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST clearly indicate the nature of the duties and responsibilities for each position, starting and ending dates of employment (month/year), and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rather than indicating full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annotated to be able to pro-rate the amount of qualified specialized experience.
To qualify for this position at the GS-05 grade level, you must possess one of 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 GL/GS-04 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes performing work that provided broad knowledge of resource protection, resource education, and public use management. This experience could have been gained through daily operations of a recreation site; patrolling areas to ensure compliance requirements; investigating trespassing/damages to property; assisting in performing emergency services such as search and rescue or medical services; providing information to the public pertaining to permits, educational resources, and/or safety information.
-OR-
EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least four years of education above high school (120 semester hours or 180 quarter hours) leading to a bachelor's degree with 24 semester hours of course work in a related field. Related fields of study include natural resource management, natural sciences, earth sciences, history, archaeology, 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-
Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. You must include transcripts.
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.About the company
The United States Department of the Interior is a federal executive department of the U.S. government. It is responsible for the management and conservation of most federal lands and natural resources, and the administration of programs relating to Native Americans, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, territorial affairs, and insular areas of the United States, as well as programs related to historic preservation. About 75% of federal public land is managed by the department, with most of the remainder managed by the United States Department of Agriculture's United States Forest Service. The department was created on March 3, 1849.