- Position Title
- Supervisory Park Ranger
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Announcement Number
- BLM-MT-25-12740432-DE-FRB Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Wednesday, May 28, 2025 to Wednesday, June 11, 2025
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1.
Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?
2.
Career Transition Assistance Plan: Do you meet ALL of the following eligibilities?
- I am a current or former competitive federal employee displaced or surplused from the Department of the Interior; AND
- I am located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND
- I am applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which I have been or will be separated; AND
- My last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
3.
Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan: Do you meet ALL of the following eligibilities?
- I am a current or former competitive federal employee displaced from a position in a federal agency other than the Department of the Interior; AND
- I am located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND
- I am currently in a position at the same grade level or higher than the position being announced; AND
- My last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
Preferences
1.
Does the Bureau of Land Management employ any member of your family?
2.
If yes to the previous question, please provide the name, relationship, organization in which employed (N/A- if not applicable).
(limit 200 characters)
3.
I understand that additional selections may be made from this vacancy, within the same geographical area, by other bureaus from within the DOI, through shared recruiting activities, and my application may be shown to multiple hiring offices. Additional selections for similar positions across the entire Department of the Interior within the local commuting area(s) identified in this vacancy announcement may be made. By applying, I agree to have my application shared with any interested selecting official(s) within the DOI. There is no option to opt-out as my information will not be shared with other hiring agencies outside of the DOI. Applying to this announcement does not replace the need to apply to other job opportunity announcements for which you wish to receive consideration.
4.
In the last five years, based on the closing date of this announcement, have you served or are you currently serving as an Executive Branch political, Schedule C, or Non-career SES appointee? You can find out if you have held one of these appointment types by looking at your Standard Form 50s in your Electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF), in Section 5 where the legal authorities are listed.
- A political appointee is an appointment made by the President without confirmation by the Senate (5 CFR 213.3102(c)) OR an assistant position to a top-level federal official if filled by a person designated by the President as a White House Fellow (5 CFR 213.3102(z)).
- A Schedule C appointee occupies a position excepted from the competitive service by the President, or by the Director of OPM, because of the confidential or policy-determining nature of the position duties (5 CFR 213.3301 and 5 CFR 213.3302).
- A Non-career SES appointee is approved by the White House and serves at the pleasure of the appointing official without time limitations (5 CFR 317 Subpart F).
Assessment 1
Your responses to this questionnaire, in conjunction with the other portions of your completed application, will be evaluated in determining your eligibility to be considered for the position. Choose the response that best represents your education, experience, and training. Do not overstate or understate your level of experience and demonstrated capability. It is important to note that all your responses are subject to review and verification against the information you provided in your resume and/or supporting documentation. If after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation a determination is made that you have overstated your qualifications and/or experience, you will be rated ineligible, or your score will be lowered.
1.
From the responses below, select the one response that best describes how you meet the minimum qualification requirements for the Supervisory Park Ranger, GS-0025-09 position. Read all responses before making your selection.
For each of the following tasks, choose the statement from the list below that best describe your experience and/or training. Do not overstate or understate your level of experience and demonstrated capability. You should be aware that your ratings are subject to evaluation and verification based on the resume, narratives, and other relevant documents you submit. Later steps in the selection process are specifically designed to verify your stated level of experience and demonstrated capability. Deliberate attempts to falsify information may be grounds for not selecting you or for dismissing you from the position following acceptance.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
2.
Provide leadership to accomplish the goals for an organization.
3.
Assign work based on priorities and capabilities of subordinate employees.
4.
Assess the needs for potential opportunities to develop subordinate staff.
5.
Oversee the operation of visitor facilities and/or information desks.
6.
Adapt leadership style to different situations.
7.
Conduct field inventories to evaluate conditions and/or uses of public lands and recreational facilities.
8.
Assess the impact of recreation use activities on resources to compile assessment reports.
9.
Review data and trends to analyzes information to make recommendations regarding short and long-range planning of recreation services.
10.
Collect and/or organize visitor services data for annual reports and statistics.
11.
Analyze visitor use patterns and their effect on site resources to recommends changes in operations or facilities.
12.
Develop interpretive products and materials, such as exhibits, guidebooks, handouts, wayside signs, other signs, multi-media shows, slide shows, digital content, etc.
13.
Select ways to present information to visitors or other groups in an effort to capture their interest and imagination.
14.
Ensure interpretive products and/or services developed are relevant to the organization's message and a wide variety of audiences.
15.
Create opportunities for audiences to understand significance and/or personal relevance through intellectual and emotional connections to natural, historical, archeological resources.
16.
Draft plans for seasonal staffing priorities.
17.
Establish standard operating procedures for accepting and processing Special Recreation Permits (SRP) applications.
18.
Identify resource issues or potential problems that can be corrected or mitigated by immediate attention.
19.
Assesses the physical condition of site/area facilities to identify maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, and/or improvement needs.
20.
Possess some subject matter knowledge of BLM programs, natural or cultural history, fish or wildlife habitat characteristics, techniques of resource protection and use, recreational use of Federal lands, wilderness and wilderness study areas, enforcement of Federal regulations, and/or fire prevention techniques and fire suppression methods.
21.
Participate in the preparation and/or execution of financial and program work plans.
22.
Oversee segments of an operating budget for a site's recreation, visitor services, interpretive, and/or resource planning programs assigned.
23.
Ensure that property, funds, and/or other assets are safeguarded.
24.
Ensure that obligations and expenditures are properly recorded and/or accounted for at all times.
As previously explained, your ratings in this Assessment Questionnaire are subject to evaluation and verification based on the resume and documents you submit. Later steps in the selection process are specifically designed to verify your ratings. Deliberate attempts to falsify information may be grounds for not selecting you, for rating you ineligible, for lowering your score, or for dismissing you from the position/agency during the probationary period, or other disciplinary action, including termination. Please take this opportunity to review your responses to ensure their accuracy. By agreeing to the statement below, you are confirming that you: understand this warning; have reviewed your responses to this questionnaire for accuracy; and verified that your responses accurately describe your current level of experience and demonstrated capability.
25.
Failure to agree or respond to the statement below will disqualify you from further consideration for this position. Select the most appropriate response below.