Supervisory Park Ranger (Protection)

Summary Failure to submit any of the required documents/information will result in loss of consideration due to an incomplete application package. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents/information has been submitted. Responsibilities This position is located in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve in the Resource Protection Division. This is a full-time permanent Supervisory Park Ranger (Protection) position with a duty station in Anchorage, Alaska. This position serves as the park's Visitor and Resource Protection Program Manager and is one of the key team members on the park leadership team. This position has parkwide responsibility for protection of visitors, resources, and employees, and provides oversight for the park's aviation program. This position plans, develops, directs, supervises, and provides leadership in the execution of operating programs in a 4-million-acre conservation unit with diverse resources and public uses. Duties include law enforcement, search and rescue, backcountry management, emergency medical services, structural and wildlife fire management, sport hunting and fishing guiding in the Preserve, and management of the park concessions/commercial operator and permitting program. Anchorage is a beautiful city bordered by mountains and the ocean. You have access to world-class trails in the winter and summer. Its backyard is the Chugach State Park and Chugach National Forest. Lake Clark NP&P offices are located in downtown Anchorage in the regional NPS building. You'll work in an urban environment with all that an urban city brings, both positive and negative. Anchorage has a diverse population of approximately 270,000. All standard amenities are available including hospitals, daycare, schools, two universities, shopping malls, restaurants, golf courses, ski resorts, museums, and an international airport. You will frequently travel to the park, which is about an hour flight by small airplane from Anchorage to our field headquarters in Port Alsworth. Significant time will be spent in Port Alsworth, especially during the summer months. Physical Demands: The work regularly includes long periods of standing, hiking, and climbing in uneven, steep, rough, slippery, and rugged terrain. Strenuous exertion is frequently required in law enforcement, firefighting, search and rescue, medical and related emergency activities. Lifting or carrying equipment weighing over 50 pounds, such as firefighting or search and rescue equipment, is required. Duties involve performing physically rigorous assignments in isolated outdoor environments while exposed to severe weather conditions. Physical fitness requirements must be met on a continuing basis. There is a physical, mental, and emotional high-stress component to much of the incumbent's work assignment. The incumbent will be required to participate in the NPS physical fitness program as directed by NPS Director's Order 57. Work Environment: Work is performed both in an office and outdoors. Office is adequately heated, lighted, and ventilated. Field work is performed in sub-arctic conditions characterized by rugged terrain, changeable weather, extremely low temperatures, harsh winds, varying water levels, insects, wild animals, and other conditions which present unusual and sometimes severe safety and logistical problems requiring prompt sound judgment. Government housing is not available. Please visit find a park for additional park information. Requirements Conditions of Employment U.S. Citizenship required. Must be at least 21 years old. Selective Service Registration Act requirement for males. Must participate in the Direct Deposit Electronics Funds Transfer Program. Must possess or be able to obtain prior to EOD, a Type I NPS Law Enforcement Commission. 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). Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to current employees applying under the Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA). New employees or supervisors in the Federal government will be required to complete a one-year probationary period. Required to carry a firearm while performing duties and maintain firearm proficiency. Must be free of any domestic violence convictions. Appointment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication. Failure to successfully meet these requirements will be grounds for termination. You will be required to submit to a drug test and receive a negative drug test result prior to appointment. In addition, this position is subject to random testing for illegal drug use. 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 may be required to complete training and operate a four-wheel drive vehicle. Required to travel in (not pilot) a small single-engine aircraft. Required to wear a uniform and comply with the National Park Service uniform standards. A uniform allowance will be provided. Position designated essential; selectee may be required to work during emergencies. You may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, and overtime. See the "qualifications" section for additional requirements. Qualifications All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-11/26/2024-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 number of hours worked per week, full-time, or part-time. If you indicate part-time, you MUST indicate the number of hours worked per week so that your qualifying experience can be prorated for credit. 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 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 being used towards experience, 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. 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. To qualify for this position, you must possess the following qualifications: Law Enforcement Commission (Selective Factor): Must currently hold, previously held within the past three years, or be able to obtain before entering on duty, a Type I National Park Service Law Enforcement Commission. Applicants must document how they meet this requirement in their application package, such as listing the commission number, expiration date or date obtained, or the expected completion date, in the resume. AND SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level in the federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors) that is directly related to the position to be filled. Examples of specialized experience include law enforcement or investigative work involving the protection, conservation, or management of park areas; management, assistant, or program specialist work involving the development and implementation of policy related to protection, conservation, or management of park areas; leading or supervising a park law enforcement program. You must include the number of hours worked per week in your resume. Volunteer 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 "requirements" continued: Prior to appointment, you must be determined physically fit by an authorized government physician to perform strenuous and physically demanding duties; and also pass a medical examination (which includes vision, hearing, cardiovascular, and mobility of extremities) given by an authorized government physician. You will also be required to undergo periodic medical examinations throughout employment. Must be determined physically fit by an authorized physician to perform strenuous and physically demanding duties, pass a medical examination, and pass the Physical Efficiency Battery (PEB). The PEB is a fitness test consisting of five different components: 1) agility run - measures the ability to get up from the ground and sprint while changing directions; 2) bench press - measures upper body strength for one repetition; 3) 1.5 mile run - measures cardio/respiratory fitness; 4) sit and reach - measures flexibility in the lower back, legs and shoulders; and 5) body composition - measures body fat. Prior to appointment, selectees will be tested in all five components, and must pass the agility run, bench press and 1.5 mile run in the 25th percentile. You may be required to travel overnight away from home up to 7 nights per month. You may be required to complete training and obtain/maintain a government charge card with travel and/or purchase authority. Subject to a financial disclosure reporting requirement. You will be required to complete a new entrant Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 450) within 30 days of your appointment. Education There is no substitution of education for experience at the grade level(s) of this announcement. 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. Travel, transportation, and relocation expenses will be paid if the person selected for the position is from outside the local commuting area and is otherwise eligible for reimbursement of relocation expenses under the Federal Travel Regulations. Alaska currently does not have a state income tax. Salary and COLA subject to annual review and adjustment. In the event of an accident while traveling in a government aircraft, the payable benefits of a private life insurance policy may be affected. The National Park Service has determined that the duties of this position are suitable for situational telework or during an emergency or natural disaster with prior supervisory approval. This is a secondary-administrative law enforcement position under the special retirement provisions of 5 U.S. C. 8336 (c) (CSRS) and 5 U. S. C. 8412 (d) (FERS). PLEASE NOTE: Applicants may meet qualification requirements but may not be eligible for special retirement coverage. If such an applicant is selected, they will be placed in the regular retirement system. To be eligible for Secondary retirement coverage under CSRS, an employee must transfer directly (without a break in service exceeding 3 days) from a primary position to a secondary position. To be eligible for Secondary retirement coverage under FERS, an employee must: 1) transfer directly (without a break in service exceeding 3 days) from a primary position to a secondary position, AND 2) complete 3 years of service in a primary rigorous position including any such service during which no FERS deductions were withheld, AND 3) must be continuously employed in a secondary position(s) since moving from a primary rigorous position, except for any break in employment from a secondary position that began with involuntary separation (not for cause). It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure this office has enough information to determine your special retirement status to ensure you do not lose benefits (normally through submission of your work history or other documentation that demonstrates work history of approved covered positions). You must let this office know if you are in a Primary position. A Recruitment Incentive May Be Authorized for a newly selected employee when appointed to a permanent, temporary, or term position. A Federal employee who is transferring to the National Park Service from another component, bureau or Federal agency and who does not meet the conditions under 5 CFR 575.102 is not eligible for a recruitment incentive. A Relocation Incentive May Be Authorized for a Federal employee when the employee must move, as directed by the National Park Service (NPS) either through a management directed reassignment or selection for employment, to a different location at least 50 miles away from the one where his/her position of record held at time of selection is currently located, due to a need of the NPS. A relocation incentive is not the same as a Permanent Change of Station (PCS) move and, as such, may be granted in conjunction with one another.