Concessions Management Specialist

Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following:

• Review and/or analyze information related to concessioner operations including operations costs revenues and fulfillment of contractual financial obligations.
• Prepare reports permits fact sheets or other documents in accordance with required procedures and formats.
• Work with the Finance Office to prepare Bills of Collection and utility reimbursements are processed and reconciled.
• Review Commercial Use Authorization and Special Use Permit applications.
• Participate in meetings with commercial operators interdisciplinary resource teams etc to assure activities are within compliance of NEPA/NHPA.

Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level.

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
• Males born aftermust be registered for Selective Service.
• Direct Deposit participation required.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more visit possess and maintain a valid drivers license throughout employment.
• You are required to wear a uniform and comply with uniform standards. A uniform allowance will be provided.
• You are required to complete training obtain and maintain a government credit card with travel and purchase authority.
• A financial disclosure report will be required within 30 days of appointment.

As a condition of employment for accepting this position you may be required to serve a 1-year probationary period to evaluate your fitness and whether your continuation of employment advances the public interest.

This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest meet the organization goals and mission of the agency and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the determining if your employment advances the public interest the agency will consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

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 individuals employment should continue and that their appointment should be 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.

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement - 09/11/2026-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-07 grade level:

Experience: To qualify you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-05 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience includes two or more of the following: Participating in the oversight and management of commercial visitor services (concessions commercial use authorizations leases); Communicating information to internal and external stakeholders about program processes and requirements; Responding orally to inquiries regarding the agencys activities mission and goals; Participate in the development and management of program budgets and assisting in the obligation of funds and expenditures; Providing customer service support to the general public for routine matters related to sales real estate visitor orientation or similar. You must include hours per week worked.
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Education: Successful completion of at least one full academic year of graduate education in a related field such as business administration finance accounting park and recreation management or other closely related subjects (one year of full-time graduate education is defined as 18 semester hours).. You must include transcripts.
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Combination of Education and Experience: Successful combination of experience and graduate education as described above. To combine experience and education first take the number of months of qualifying fulltime work experience and divide by 12. Multiply the resulting decimal by 100. Then take the number of graduate credits completed and divide by 18. Multiply the resulting decimal by 100. Add the percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. NOTE: Only graduate level education is creditable when combining. You must include hours per week and transcripts.
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