Supervisory Park Ranger; Interpretation

Summary

This position is located within the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Midwest Region, Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site in Affton, Missouri.

This position serves as the Interpretation, Education, and Volunteer Program Manager (Chief of Interpretation) for Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site in Affton, Missouri. Oversees division activities by guiding and directing the interpretation division and assisting with the coordination, execution, management, and planning of the park's visitor services and interpretive programming. Major duties of this position include, but are not limited to the following:

• Manages a complex interpretive program, including a visitor center, museum, historic home and buildings, field programs, and special events.
• Plans and conducts a wide range of public interpretive programs throughout the year. Programs consist of walks, talks, tours, field trips, performances, and special events related to Ulysses S. Grant NHS, its resources, and issues.
• Provides leadership, supervision, management, and training for intern, volunteer, seasonal, and permanent interpretive staff who present a variety of interpretive programs and front-line visitor services.
• Creates, manages, and executes a budget for the Interpretation Program.
• Builds and maintains relationships with various stakeholders, partner groups, and other agencies to advance program goals and objectives.
• Serves on the park's leadership team and works closely with team members to plan, address, and manage issues, and provides key input from an interpretation, education, volunteer, and visitor service perspective.

The employees of the National Park Service care for special places that are the heritage of all Americans. Since its inception in 1916, the National Park Service has been dedicated to the preservation and management of this country's outstanding natural, historical, and recreational resources. Park ranger - interpreters connect people to parks. They play a key role in ensuring that visitors have a meaningful, satisfying, and safe park experience, help visitors decide how to spend their time in the park, and inform them about the wonders that await their discovery.

Park ranger - interpreters are specially trained to engage the public so that each park visitor can find a personal connection with the meanings and values found in the places and stories of that park. They help visitors explore the many dimensions of parks by introducing them to a variety of perspectives. By providing the opportunity for visitors to care about the places they visit, they promote stewardship and the opportunity for those visitors to care for park resources.

National parks are among the most remarkable places in America for recreation, learning, and inspiration. The work done by park ranger-interpreters through effective interpretive and educational programs encourages the development of a personal stewardship ethic and broadens public support for preserving and protecting park resources, so that they may be enjoyed by present and future generations.

Education:

If this position requires specific educational course work to qualify, or you are qualifying based in whole or part on education, you are required to provide transcripts as proof of meeting the requirements. Foreign

Education:

Education completed in colleges or universities outside the United States may be used to meet the specific educational requirements as stated above. You must provide acceptable documentation that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit: http://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).#url=e4

You must be a U.S. Citizen. You will be subject to a background/suitability investigation/determination. You will be required to have federal payments made by Direct Deposit. You must submit ALL required documents and a completed questionnaire.

Selective Service:
If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service system, or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law. See http:// Any individual who is currently holding, or has held within the previous 52 weeks, a General Schedule position under non-temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted service, must meet time-in-grade requirements (must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent in the Federal service);

with few exceptions as outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b). Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal civilian employees applying for reinstatement who have had a break in service of less than one year, as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointments. Time-in-grade does not apply to…