Supervisory Recreation Fee Specialist
What you'd do
This position serves as a Supervisory Recreation Fee Specialist in any organizational unit within the National park Service (NPS). The primary purpose of this position is to perform a variety of administrative duties that are associated with the management of fee revenue and donations collected from the public under the authority of Federal laws and regulations such as Federal Lads Recreation Enhancement Act (FLREA).
Major duties
At the full performance level (GS-9) the major duties of this position include, but are not limited to the following: This position will provide support in overseeing the daily operations of complex fee collection program which includes cabin camps, campgrounds, special use permits, and commercial use authorizations. Staff reporting directly to the incumbent include seasonal staff, a seasonal lead and volunteer camp hosts. The incumbent will lead collaborative recruitment efforts for all subordinate positions to seasonals staff and volunteers. The position is responsible for understanding and adhering to prescribed human resource policies during the recruitment process. The position will research, compile, and analyze data on park-level fee program operations and identify trends and patterns in the development and management of recreation fees. The Position will recommend changes to fee program policies, standards, methods, controls, and procedures to improve fee operations The position will coordinate the implementation of automated fee collection and reservation management systems. The position will serve as the Special Park Use Coordinator and will be responsible for the issuance of special park use permits.
What you need to qualify
Requirements Continued... This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated. Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest. All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-07/29/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate 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 listed 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 all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. 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 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. SELECTIVE FACTOR: This position requires incumbent to operate a government (or private) motor vehicle as part of your official duties., and valid State issued driver's license is required. Candidates who do not meet this requirement by close of this announcement will receive no further consideration for this position. - AND - To qualify for this position at the GS-07 grade level, you must possess at least one of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: supervising a staff of subordinates and supervisors related to a fee collection operation, overseeing a fee collection operation, handling, tracking, and depositing money, selling entrance passes, issuing fee waivers for special use groups, programming or operating fee collection equipment such as cash registers, bill counters, credit card machines, and traffic counters, performing general administrative functions and providing customer service. You must include hours per week worked. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D. in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position. You must include transcripts. -OR- Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. To combine education and experience, first take divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the first year (total graduate semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages. Then take the number of months of full time experience and divide by 12 months. Add the percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. 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.
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