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Position Title
Supervisory Park Ranger
Agency
National Park Service
Announcement Number
SE-1618-GRSM-19-10344696-MP Opens in new window
Open Period
Friday, November 2, 2018 to Tuesday, November 13, 2018
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Eligibilities
1. Are you a current career/career-conditional National Park Service Federal employee and meet the following Competitive Merit Promotion Eligibility:

Current National Park Service Federal employee with a career or career- conditional appointment in the competitive service that hold, or have held a career or career-conditional position at a lower grade level as the position being announced. 

To verify your eligibility as a current National Park Service Federal employee, you must provide a copy of your current Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) reflecting your competitive status showing that you are a current National Park Service employee. All required documentation will be outlined in the Job Opportunity Announcement.
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2. Are you a current or former employee of a land management agency (Forest Service; Bureau of Land Management; National Park Service; Fish and Wildlife Service; Bureau of Indian Affairs; or Bureau of Reclamation) who:
  • was originally hired to a time-limited position under a competitive appointment; and,
  • served one or more time-limited appointments at a land management agency for a period totaling more than 24 months without a break in service of two or more years; and,
  • performed at an acceptable level of service during each period of service; and,
  • if no longer employed by the land management agency, have been separated for no more than two years, and departed that position in good standing.
 
To verify your eligibility, you must provide documentation for the Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA) eligibility, which includes ALL Appointment AND Termination SF-50s for EACH appointment as well as ALL performance evaluations, for each qualifying period of temporary employment claimed.
For more information, review Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA).
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3. Are you a current career/career-conditional National Park Service Federal employee and meet the following Non-competitive Merit Promotion Eligibility:
 
Current National Park Service Federal employee with a career or career-conditional appointment in the competitive service that hold, or have previously held a career or career-conditional position at the same or higher grade level with the same or higher promotion potential as the position being announced.
 
To verify your eligibility as a National Park Service Federal employee, you must provide a copy of your current Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) reflecting your competitive status showing that you are a current National Park Service employee. All required documentation will be outlined in the Job Opportunity Announcement.
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Due Weight
1. My performance is at an acceptable level and I am not serving under a formal Performance Improvement Plan (PIP). (limit characters)
Assessment 1
Minimum Qualifications (limit characters)
1. From the descriptions below, select one response that best describes how your experience meets the specialized experience requirements for the Supervisory Park Ranger (Protection), GS-0025-14 position. Your resume must clearly show that you meet the specialized experience described below. Read all responses before making your selection.
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Selective Placement Factor (Screen-Out) (limit characters)
2. In addition to the basic qualifications in question the above, this position requires a Level I law enforcement commission. If you do not meet this selective factor you will be rated ineligible. Note: (You must indicate your commission number and date; location and date of your last 40-hour refresher training, and the date of established proficiency in the use of firearms in your resume). (limit characters)
3. This is a covered secondary law enforcement position under the special retirement provisions of 5 U.S.C. 8336(c) (CSRS) and 8412(d) (FERS). Applicants for this primary law enforcement position must have not reached their 37th birthday upon appointment to this position unless there is sufficient prior Federal service (3 years) in a covered primary rigorous law enforcement position which permits retirement on or before the mandatory retirement age for this type of position. (limit characters)
For the questions below, please select from A through E to indicate the skill level that you possess for each task listed. The task statements were developed based on the knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies needed to perform the work of this position. Be sure to describe your experience that supports your responses, in your resume or application materials. Each of your responses must be clearly supported by your education, training, and/or specific work experience you describe in your application packet submitted for this position (application form or resume, transcripts, list and description of training completed and/or other items you submit). If not, your score will be lowered or you will be found not qualified. (limit characters)
Inspires, motivates and guides others toward goal accomplishment; coaches, mentors, and challenges subordinates; adapts leadership styles to a variety of situations; models high standards of honesty, integrity, trust, openness, and respect for the individual by applying these values to daily behaviors. (limit characters)
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided. (limit characters)
4. Manage division-wide initiatives and oversee park-wide projects, planning teams, and interdivisional work assignments.
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5. Ensure the active application of EEO legal requirements to promote achieve and maintain a highly skilled and diverse workforce.
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6. Explain highly controversial and extremely sensitive issues that have significant impact on park operations.
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7. Lead oral discussions and consultations to resolve large scale operating problems that stretch program-wide or interagency-wide.
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8. Address performance and conduct issues through written disciplinary actions such as written counseling/reprimands, suspensions, or performance improvement plans.
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9. Represent a government agency at prescheduled public or community meetings or public scoping sessions.
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Recognizes or uses correct English grammar, punctuation, and spelling; communicates information (for example, facts, ideas, or messages) in a succinct and organized manner; produces written information, which may include technical material that is appropriate for the intended audience. (limit characters)
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided. (limit characters)
10. Develop and implement written policy for law enforcement, firefighting or resource protection program.
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11. Research threats against natural or cultural resources at risk and prepare protection plans.
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12. Prepare written technical documents, such as project proposals, complex narrative reports, risk assessments, letters, and memoranda.
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13. Conduct interviews with television, radio, and print news media organizations on resource and visitor protection related incidents or issues.
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14. Develop new internal controls in response to correcting deficiencies identified in audits conducted by DOI, GAO, or other government regulatory agencies.
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15. Explain highly controversial and extremely sensitive issues that have significant impact on park operations.
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16. Develop and maintain interagency or cooperative agreements.
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Prepares, justifies, and/or administers the budget for program areas; plans, administers, and monitors expenditures to ensure cost-effective support of programs and policies; assesses financial condition of an organization. (limit characters)
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided. (limit characters)
17. Formulate an annual budget for a major operating program exceeding $5 million distributed in multiple fund sources and manage/track expenditures against authorized budget.
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18. Reprogram the budget to deal with unexpected allocation of additional money or unexpected budget cuts or major unplanned expenditures.
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19. Perform long range management planning to determine future budget and staffing needs.
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20. Evaluate major operating programs' goals and objectives to determine progress, efficiency, and effectiveness.
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Understands and appropriately applies procedures, requirements, regulations and policies related to specialized expertise, e.g., engineering, physical science, law, or accounting; maintains credibility with others on technical issues. (limit characters)
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided. (limit characters)
21. Direct multi-functional programs including visitor and resource protection, law enforcement, emergency medical services and fire.
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22. Participate in formulation and adoption of region-wide operating plans, programs, procedures and policies for a variety of law enforcement, resource protection, visitor services, and firefighting programs.
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23. Provide technical guidance, interpretation of policies and regulations and legal advice to law enforcement rangers and criminal investigations.
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24. Serve as Incident Commander on a major SAR, natural disaster, special operation, special event or incident lasting more than one operational period.
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25. Apply Problem Oriented Policing techniques and methods to mitigate threats to resources or the visitor experience.
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26. Write special operations/incident action plans.
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27. Provide oversight of a law enforcement or emergency services communications operation staffed by Professional full-time dispatchers.
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28. Manage a backcountry permitting and trip planning operation.
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29. Develop formal written guidelines and operational procedures.
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