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Thank you for your interest in the Supervisory Park Ranger (P) GS-0025-12 position with the National Park Service, Great Basin National Park. Your responses to this questionnaire in conjunction with other portions of your completed application may be evaluated to determine your qualifications. Please carefully follow the instructions for each question. You must select only ONE response for each item. If you change a response, be certain to erase (unclick) the incorrect response before you submit the application. Once you have submitted your application, items with more than one response or items that are left blank will not receive credit. THE RESUME OR APPLICATION MATERIALS YOU SUBMIT FOR THIS ANNOUNCEMENT MUST SUPPORT THE ANSWER YOU CLAIM UNDER THIS AND OTHER QUESTIONS. IF NOT, YOU WILL FOUND TO BE NOT QUALIFIED OR YOUR SCORE WILL BE LOWERED.
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Minimum Qualifications for Supervisory Park Ranger (P) GS-0025-12 (Screen-Out).
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From the descriptions below, select one response that best describes how your background meets the minimum qualifications (specialized experience) for the Supervisory Park Ranger (P) GS-0025-12 position. Read all responses before making your selection. If you do not meet these specialized experience requirements, you will be considered not qualified and will not receive consideration for this position.
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Selective Placement Factor (Screen Out) - Primary Law Enforcement Experience
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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 position must possess experience gained by substantial service in a primary law enforcement position. If you do not meet the requirement of this selective factor, you will be rated ineligible for this position. Please select the response below that best describes how you meet this requirement.
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Selective Placement Factor (Screen Out) - Type 1 Law Enforcement Commission
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You must possess a Type I Law Enforcement Commission by the closing date of this announcement, which requires successful completion of FLETC Land Management Police Training (LMPT) or equivalent. Please select the response that best describes your qualifications in this area. If you do not meet the requirements of this selective factor, you will be rated ineligible for this position. You must document how you meet this requirement, as indicated below, to be considered qualified for this position.
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ARREST: Knowledge of the laws, principles, and procedures used in apprehending a criminal suspect, including polices for pursuit and proper use of force and capture such as Miranda rights.
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Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
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Directs law enforcement personnel in the investigation of felonies and serious misdemeanors.
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Applies legal authorities associated with different types of law enforcement jurisdictions.
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Completes all required law enforcement inventories, audits, and reports.
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Ensures the application of equal opportunity principles and legal requirements to achieve a highly-skilled and diverse workforce.
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MANAGING DIVERSE WORKFORCE: Is sensitive to cultural diversity, race, gender, and other individual differences in the workforce; manages workforce diversity.
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Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
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Directs and manages a multi-faceted, complex program which provides law enforcement and emergency services to the public.
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Assures that all supervisory management responsibilities are carried out in accordance with Federal laws, policies, and guidelines.
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Uses web-based computer systems to complete payroll, personnel requests, statistics, Worker's Compensation and other required administrative reports.
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Prepares work schedules and approve leave ensuring that essential operations are covered.
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Sets goals and priorities, evaluate performance, mentor employees, and award and discipline employees following agency protocol.
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Monitors and review the quality and effectiveness of work assignments.
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Ensures the application of equal opportunity principles and legal requirements to achieve a highly-skilled and diverse workforce.
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Develops tools for effective recruitment and retention actions.
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Writes recruitment documents, interview candidates, and recommend candidates for hire.
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Identify development and training needs of employees to ensure completion of required training and provide career development opportunities.
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Schedules on-the-job training, recommends specific training programs, and coordinate training from outside agencies.
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Develops performance standards and evaluations for subordinate employees.
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Effectively deals with employee conduct and performance issues and resolves complaints and grievances.
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LEADERSHIP: 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.
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Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
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Represents the Park on issues characterized by a high level of political sensitivity or controversial programs and policies.
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Works to develop and achieve strategic Park-wide and service-wide goals.
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Prepares correspondence, briefing statements, reports, or other written communications using proper format, spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
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Develops protection policies and alternative approaches in consultation with appropriate legal counsel (DOI Solicitor and AUSA).
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Assist in drafting, consolidating, and executing annual operating budgets.
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Uses resourcefulness, creativity, and ingenuity in developing and implementing alternative methods when faced with unplanned situations.
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Enables effective decision-making by offering and considering a variety of viewpoints, examining alternatives, negotiating or reconciling conflicting viewpoints.
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Ensures appropriate allocation and monitors expenditures against authorized budget.
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Assists with formulation of short or long-term financial plans and/or prepares budget requests or justifications for funding.
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Represents the agency and the Park in public and multi-agency settings in official and sometimes controversial and sensitive situations.
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Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with staff and leadership team members.
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Interacts with a variety of partner and interest groups, communities, and the media to convey information with tact and diplomacy formally and informally.
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PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY: Knowledge of intelligence operations; public safety and security operations; occupational health and safety; investigation and inspection techniques; or rules, regulations, precautions, and prevention techniques for the protection of people, data, and property.
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Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
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Develops Park emergency response plans to ensure visitor and employee safety.
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Works closely with a Park's Resource Management program to ensure that current Resource Management and scientific information is incorporated into all Resource Protection programs.
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Works closely with a Park's Resource Management program to ensure that current Resource Management and scientific information is incorporated into all Resource Protection programs.
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Develops operational guidelines and establish goals, priorities and standards for Park-wide resource and visitor protection programs.
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Oversees the management of an integrated Safety program, including training, mentoring, and program evaluation.
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Assists with formulating, developing, and executing programs, operational plans, practices, and procedures for a complex visitor and resource protection operation.
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Develops and executes joint law enforcement operations with state and local partners.
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Measures and evaluates program effectiveness and achievements against planned results and makes program revisions and recommendations as needed.
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Reviews Safety Operation Plans for conducting fieldwork in the Park.
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Assures roads and facilities are monitored for visitor and resource protection.
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Engages employees in the identification and remediation of risks and job hazards.
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Promotes and rewards safe work among employees.
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PARTNERING: Develops networks and builds alliances; collaborates across boundaries to build strategic relationships and achieve common goals.
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Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
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Use a wide variety of legal and informal tools to share resources, develop complementary policies and approaches, and develop and execute joint operations.
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Partners with other local NPS units, other local Federal agencies, state wildlife agencies, county Sheriff's offices and various agencies fire programs, among others.
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Participates in and coordinates multi-agency emergency and wildland fire response in remote backcountry settings with other state
and federal agencies and other NPS units.
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Develops and maintain partnerships with cooperators, non-profit organizations, educational institutions, elected officials, and individuals to plan and accomplish projects of mutual interest and benefit and to convey positions on a variety of topics.
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Negotiates and develops cooperative agreements with Federal, state and local agencies and organizations to augment a Park's
capabilities to handle various aspects of a Protection Program.
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Develops Fire Management agreements with other state, local, federal, or private agencies to protect natural and cultural resources, or to obtain services related to Fire Management Programs.
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Collaborates with partners to protect resources and protect and manage visitors.
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Work with impassioned and/or contentious landowners to diffuse situations and build stewardship.
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