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Company: | National Park Service |
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Government / Civil Service Recreation / Parks |
Job Type: | Full Time |
Country: | United States |
State/Province: | Colorado |
City: | Estes Park |
Salary/Earnings: | $26.23 |
Post Date: | 05/09/2024 04:06 PM |
Summary This position is located in Rocky Mountain National Park, in the Facility Management Division. This is a Career/Career-Conditional Full-time appointment. Overview
This job is open to Clarification from the agency Videos Duties
Requirements Conditions of Employment
Qualifications To qualify for this position, you must have sufficient knowledge and ability in the following job-related factors:
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. Education There is no substitution of education for experience for Wage Grade (WG) positions. Additional information This is a Career-Seasonal position and subject to release and recall procedures. A permanent career-seasonal position includes all the benefits of permanent employment but does not provide employment on a full year-round basis. As such, selectee will be in a non-pay/non-duty status for at least 2 weeks to 6 months per year based on project requirements or weather conditions. Selectee is guaranteed to work at least 6 months per year but not more than 50 weeks per year, with the work schedule to be determined upon appointment. The typical season for NPS Inflation Reduction Act is April through October but can be variable during these months due to project requirements or weather conditions. This announcement may be used to fill additional positions if identical vacancies occur within 90 days of the issue date of the referral certificate. A Recruitment Incentive May Be Authorized for a newly selected employee when appointed to a permanent, temporary, or term position. A Federal employee who is transferring to the National Park Service from another component, bureau or Federal agency and who does not meet the conditions under 5 CFR §575.102 is not eligible for a recruitment incentive. A Relocation Incentive May Be Authorized for a Federal employee when the employee must move, as directed by the National Park Service (NPS) either through a management directed reassignment or selection for employment, to a different location at least 50 miles away from the one where his/her position of record held at time of selection is currently located, due to a need of the NPS. A relocation incentive is not the same as a Permanent Change of Station (PCS) move and, as such, may be granted in conjunction with one another. Physical Demands: Moderate physical exertion is commonly involved with occasional lifting and carrying of up to 100 pounds. Will seek assistance to carry heavier items safely. Work requires considerable bending, kneeling, arm movement and work on ladders and in the digging of signpost holes in the field. Precise work requires long periods of standing and exercising fine muscle control. Hiking, carrying a backpack with supplies and materials up to sixteen miles on trails to repair and replace backcountry signs and posts. Working Conditions: This position will work in elevations that range from 7500 to 14,000 ft in elevation. Incumbent will be frequently exposed to inclement weather conditions while working outdoors which includes rain, cold, snow, heat, hail, lightening and high winds. Frequent exposure to dusty, steep, narrow and rocky trails for long periods of time. Work will include working in a carpenter's shop environment. Precise work requires long periods of standing and exercising fine muscle control. Incumbent is exposed to noise, sawdust, flying chips, splinters, cuts, bruises, strains and falls. Incumbent protects self and co-workers from hazards by using proper eye and hearing protection, respirators, a well-ventilated workspace and proper protective clothing as well as using all safety guards on machinery and maintaining them in proper working condition. Position will assist with snow removal operations in the winter season which will involve working in frigid temperatures and snow depths that range from an inch to multiple feet. Occasional overnight stays in the backcountry may be required due to the distance some signs are located from the trailhead.
How You Will Be Evaluated You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above. A review of your resume and supporting documentation will be made and compared against your responses to the Assessment Questionnaire to determine if you are qualified for this job. If your resume is incomplete or does not support the responses provided in the Assessment Questionnaire, or if you fail to submit all required documentation, you will be rated 'ineligible', 'not qualified', or your score will be adjusted accordingly. If a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications or experience, you can lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully; errors or omissions can affect your rating. Candidates who apply under Competitive Merit Promotion procedures will undergo a quality review to determine if they are highly qualified based on the content of their resume and their responses to the questionnaire. Best qualified candidates will be referred if all required supporting documentation has been provided. Candidates who apply under Noncompetitive Merit Promotion procedures will undergo a quality review to determine if they are minimally qualified based on the content of their resume and their responses to the questionnaire. Qualified candidates will be referred if all required supporting documentation has been provided. You will be evaluated on the following competencies and/or job elements:
Please submit 1) a copy of your most recent performance appraisal/evaluation and 2) a list of any awards (e.g. superior performance awards, special act or achievement awards, quality step increase, etc.) you received in the last 5 years. Any performance appraisal/evaluation and award documentation you provide will be forwarded to the selecting official. The selecting official will review this documentation and give it due weight consideration during the overall selection process. If you do not have your most recent performance appraisal/evaluation, please submit a statement as to why it is not available. Please indicate if any prior performance appraisals/evaluations were at an acceptable level.
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