Supervisory Recreation Fee Specialist
What you'd do
This position located in Assateague Island National Seashore, in the Division of Administration. This is a not-to-exceed 1-year temporary promotion assignment. This temporary promotion may be extended without further competition; however, it may not exceed a total of five years. Open to the first 101 applicants or until 07/17/2026, whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.
Major duties
As a Supervisory Recreation Fee Technician, you will perform the following duties: Coordinates the day-to-day business operations, to include the collection, deposit, tracking, and expenditure of fees and donations. Provides advisory services regarding noncontroversial matters. Reviews fee collection shift and/or donation records for completeness and accuracy. Supervises staff who provide frontline customer service, orientation, and visitor assistance, improving the overall visitor experience. Supporting operational readiness for campgrounds, beaches, and recreational areas so they remain open and accessible to the public. Ensuring compliance with federal recreation fee policies and accountability standards, which helps sustain park operations and maintenance. Coordinating staffing, training, and resource allocation during peak visitation periods to maintain public access and service quality. Analyzes and evaluates financial data. Monitors the use of existing automated systems. Transports recreation fee revenue collected from fee collection locations.
What you need to qualify
This is a not-to-exceed 1-year temporary promotion assignment. This temporary promotion may be extended without further competition; however, it may not exceed a total of five years. This temporary promotion may be made permanent without further competition. All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-07/17/2026-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. To qualify for this position at the GS-09 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: analyzing and/or evaluating financial data for market pricing purposes; reviewing fee collection shift and/or donation records for completeness and accuracy; and utilizes automated reservation systems to process transactions such as campground reservations, payments, and special use permits. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of a 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. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. You must include transcripts. -OR- COMBINATION of EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: Combinations of successfully completed education and specialized experience may be used to meet total experience requirements. To compute this percentage, first divide the total months of qualifying experience by 12. Then divide the number of completed graduate level education semester hours of education (that are in excess of 18 semester hours) by 36. Add the two percentages together; the total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. NOTE: Only graduate level education in excess of more than one-year may be used to qualify for this position. You must include a copy of your 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. CTAP/ICTAP Statement: Current surplus and current or former displaced Federal individuals who have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) must be well qualified for the position to receive consideration for special priority selection. Well qualified means that the applicant meets the following: OPM qualification standards for the position; all selective placement factors, where applicable; special qualifying conditions that OPM has approved for the position, where applicable; is physically qualified with reasonable accommodation, where appropriate to satisfactorily perform the duties of the position upon entry; and is rated by the organization at least at the well qualified level on all competencies. Federal employees seeking CTAP/ICTAP eligibility must submit proof that they meet the requirements of 5 CFR 330.605(2) for CTAP and 5 CFR 330.704 for ICTAP. This includes a copy of the agency notice, a copy of their most recent Performance Rating, and a copy of their most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location.
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