RECREATION SPECIALIST (YOUTH ACTIVITIES)
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Posted: March 6, 2026 (0 days ago)
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National Park Service
Department of the Interior
Base salary range: $123,041 - $159,950
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-14. Senior leader or top expert.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
This job involves leading and overseeing the National Park Service's Recreation Fees Program, which manages fees collected from visitors to support park operations and activities.
The role requires supervising teams, coordinating with various government levels, and handling budgets and policies to ensure the program runs smoothly.
It's a great fit for experienced managers with a background in public administration or program leadership who enjoy working in a national service environment and can handle travel and flexible hours.
This position is located in the Business Services Directorate Division and is responsible for managing the Recreation Fees Program Department providing supervision and oversight of program (s) that entail the mission, functions, projects, activities, laws, rules and regulations.
Open to the first 30 applicants or until 03/19/2026 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration. Requirements Continued...
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 may be required to travel overnight away from home up to 3 nights per month. You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes.
You may be required to complete training and obtain/maintain a government charge card with travel and/or purchase authority.
The position to which you will be appointed is subject to a financial disclosure reporting requirement and you will be required to complete a new entrant Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 450) within 30 days of your appointment.
All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-03/19/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. 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 for each federal position listed as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of qualifying 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.
Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying 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.
To qualify for this position at the GS-15 grade level, you must possess at least one of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-14 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors).
This experience includes activities such as 1) administering or leading a national/service-wide program; (2) collaborating and coordinating across multiple agencies and layers of government; (3) researching and analyzing changes in technology; (4) interacting with contractors and leadership to manage ongoing program policy, procedures, and activities; (5) preparing and managing annual budgets and workplans.
You must include hours per week worked. You must include months, years and hours per week worked to receive credit for your work and/or volunteer experience.
One year of specialized experience is equivalent to 12 months at 40 hours per week. Part-time hours are prorated.
You will not receive any credit for experience that does not indicate exact hours per week or is listed as "varies". Experience listed as full-time will be credited at 40 hours per week.
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. Major Duties:
The major duties of the Program Manager position include, but are not limited to, the following: Establishes and executes a long term vision for the Recreation Fee Program.
Develops and Implements policies and procedures to guide the Recreation Fee Programs implementation.
Develops and implements internal controls to ensure the proper function of the program to include the handling of millions of dollars.
Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates and sets and adjust priorities.
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