• Job Description

  Req#: 837349100
  These positions may be filled for a six month seasonal period, but can vary due to weather conditions, project needs, or funding. Anticipated Entry on Duty: November 2025 (some locations may vary).
  
  This announcement has a 300 application limit and may close early if the application limit is reached.
  
  Colorado National Monument Requirement: Language Proficiency: English & Spanish (Read, Write, & Speak)
  For more park(s) information, select "Learn more about this agency" below:
  
  
  Duties
  
  
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  Prepares and presents curriculum-based educational programs both virtually and in person, and develops and presents youth programs for all levels of students.
  
  Uses a variety of presentation techniques and education philosophy and methods.
  
  Presents formal living history interpretive programs, conducting informal roving visitor contacts, staffing the visitor center, and assisting with the junior ranger program.
  
  
  Requirements
  
  
  
  
  Qualifications
  
  
  All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-06/06/2025-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:
  SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: I possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-04 level. In making this claim, I understand that specialized experience is experience that involved preparing and presenting education programs to elementary school groups, and providing pre- and post-activity instruction. Examples of specialized experience include, but are not limited to, environmental educator, teacher, teaching assistant, camp counselor, scout leader, coach, or other similar work.
  
  -OR-
  
  EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least a 4-year course of study or a bachelor's degree at an accredited college or university. You must include transcripts.-OR-Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. For example, I have 6 months of specialized experience at the GS-04 level (50% of the required experience) and I have 90 semester credits of appropriate undergraduate education (50% of the education as in 'C' above). Note: Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours (i.e., beyond the second year) is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. 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.
  
  ICTAP/CTAP Statement: Current surplus and current or former displaced Federal individuals who have special prior­ity selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) must be well qualified for the position to receive consideration for special priority selection. Well qualified means that the applicant meets the following: OPM qualification standards for the position; all selective placement factors, where applicable; special qualifying conditions that OPM has approved for the position, where applicable; is physically qualified with reasonable accommodation, where appropriate to satisfactorily perform the duties of the position upon entry; and is rated by the organization at least at the well qualified level on all competencies.

• 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.

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