Park Ranger PSAR

The primary purpose of this position is to perform park ranger duties associated with preventing search and rescue incidents from occurring in park units. Work may include patrols education technical search and rescue resource monitoring emergency medical services all-hazard incident response outreach and administrative support. Duties include:

• Coordinate the day-to-day operations of a park level PSAR organization to include PSAR-related program areas such as patrols education technical search and rescue resource monitoring emergency medical services all-hazard incident response rock climbing mountaineering outreach administration and/or training.
• Provide advisory services to internal (e.g. staff management) and external (e.g. visitors community residents commercial operators public municipalities Federal or state agencies) organizations regarding well-precedented matters affecting the management of PSAR.
• Coordinate and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external organizations and stakeholders invested in PSAR.
• Under medical oversight provide out-of-hospital emergency medical care for critical and emergent patients as an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT).
• Serve as a member of an All-Hazard Incident Management Team on incidents that may range in complexity from Type 1-5. Such incidents include but are not limited to emergency medical services incidents special law enforcement operations or natural disasters.

Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
• Meet Selective Service Registration Act requirement for males.
• Complete the initial online assessment and USAHire Assessment if required.
• 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 new excepted service appointments. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• You will be required to submit to a drug test and receive a negative drug test result prior to addition this position is subject to random testing for illegal drug use.
• Pre-employment medical clearance.
• Must possess a valid Drivers License.
• You will be required to wear a uniform and comply with the National Park Service uniform standards. A uniform allowance will be provided.
• You may be required to work on-call evenings weekends holidays overtime and shift work.
• If you are a new employee or supervisor in the Federal government you will be required to complete a one-year probationary period.
• You will be required to possess a current Emergency Medical Technician-Basic certification.
• You will be required to possess a current CPR card.
• Must have the ability to lift up to 50 pounds.

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the cut date of each application pull the first being December 23rd. Additional application pulls may be made in 15 day increments.

Please limit your resume to no more than 2 pages. If more than 2 pages are submitted only the first 2 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications.

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 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 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.

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 performs emergency medical technician work and a current valid National registry EMT or New York or New Jersey State EMT certification AND a valid CPR card are required. Candidates who do not meet this requirement by close of this announcement will receive no further consideration for this position. You MUST provide proof of these certifications with your application.

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To qualify for this position at the GS-09 grade level you must possess the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement:

Experience: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 level in Federal Service. Specialized experience demonstrates the knowledge skills and abilities necessary to perform the positions duty to be filled successfully. For this position specialized experience is experience performing day-to-day park duties related to preventative search and rescue; advising visitors on best practices for visiting the park; and responding to hazardous incidents including medical emergencies law enforcement operations or natural disasters.

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Education: 2 full academic years of progressively higher-level graduate education or masters or equivalent graduate degree related to the occupation.

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Combination: Successful combination of graduate level education and specialized experience as described above.

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.

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. Please annotate your application to reflect that you are applying as a CTAP/ICTAP eligible. If you are selected for Federal employment you will be required to fill out a Declaration of Federal Employment OF-306 prior to being appointed to determine your suitability for Federal employment and to authorize a background investigation. Failing to answer all questions truthfully and completely or providing false statements on your application may be grounds for not hiring you or for firing you after you begin work. Also you may be punished by fine or imprisonment (U.S. Code Title 18 section 1001).