Supervisory Park Ranger (Interpretation)
What you'd do
You will serve as a Supervisory Park Ranger (Interpretation) in Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve.
Major duties
Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: This position is located within the Division of Interpretation and Education at Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve. Based in Thibodaux, Louisiana, at the Wetlands Acadian Cultural Center, the incumbent serves as the Supervisory Park Ranger of the three Acadian Units of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve: Wetlands Acadian Cultural Center, Prairie Acadian Cultural Center (Eunice), and the Acadian Cultural Center (Lafayette). The purpose of this position is to plan, direct, and execute interpretive programs, personal services, education programs, and partnerships dealing with multiple natural, cultural, and historical themes for a variety of audiences and visitors at all three sites. Performs the full range of supervisory duties, including recruiting, hiring, training, writing position descriptions, setting performance standards, developing daily work schedules, assigning work, providing direction, evaluating work performance, auditing interpretive programs for accuracy and technical details, counseling, coaching and developing employees and recommending staff for awards and promotions. Manages daily operation of visitor centers, including information desk, general visitor services and public information, interpretive programs, exhibits, audio visual program, VIP program. Develops new and innovative interpretive programs, which focus on defined park goals and objectives. Maintains liaison between the National Park Service and cooperative agreement groups, including the Lafourche Parish Library and the Thibodaux Playhouse. Develop working relationships with local public interest groups, craftspersons, musicians and funding sources to develop a strong volunteer pool and for interpretive programs and exhibits throughout the Acadian Unit. Identifies and sets priorities for all three sites' needs for facilities and visitor center exhibits, self-guided tours, equipment and other support elements.
What you need to qualify
Requirements Continued... 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. This is a supervisory position that may require completion of a supervisory probationary period. QUALIFICATIONS: All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement - 09/01/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Competitive candidates must also meet Time-in-Grade requirements as defined in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized 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 periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the work schedule requirement as the service dates will be reflected. 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. To qualify for this position at the GS-11 grade level, you must have at least one of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: Experience: To qualify, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Experience that demonstrated the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform successfully the duties of the position to be filled. Experience may have been in technical, administrative, or scientific work, fish and wildlife management, recreation management, law enforcement, or other park-related work. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include, but are not limited to, the following: park guide or tour leader; law enforcement or investigative work; archeological or historical preservation research work; forestry and/or fire management work in a park, recreation, or conservation area; and management, assistant, or program specialist work involving the development and implementation of policy related to protection, conservation, or management of park areas or similar operations. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- Education: Successful completion of at least 3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in directly-related fields such as natural resource management, natural sciences, earth sciences, history, archaeology, anthropology, park and recreation management; law enforcement/police science, social sciences, museum sciences, business administration, public administration, behavioral sciences, or sociology. You must include transcripts. -OR- Combination of Education and Experience: Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. To combine education and experience, first take the number of semester hours or equivalent earned towards a graduate degree, in excess of 36 semester hours, and divide by 18 semester hours or equivalent. Then, take the number of months of 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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