Supervisory Park Ranger

Full Job Description

This position located in Salem Maritime National Historic Site, in the Visitor Experience & Community Engagement Division. Requirements Continued...

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 year probationary period during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest will be evaluated.

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 service.

In 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 individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized.

In 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 periods 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-04/22/2026-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-11 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-09 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors).

This experience includes activities such as: 1) Developing and implementing interpretative or education programs; 2) Supervising, managing, or leading an interpretative or education programs; 3) Planning, programming, and budgeting activities for similar programs.

Experience may have been in technical, administrative, or scientific work, fish and wildlife management, recreation management, law enforcement, or other park-related work.

Examples of qualifying specialized experience include, but are not limited to, the following: Park guide or tour leader; Law enforcement or investigative work; Archeological or historical preservation research work; Forestry and/or fire management work in a park, recreation, or conservation area; Management, assistant, or program specialist work involving the development and implementation of policy related to protection, conservation, or management of park areas or similar operations.

You must include hours per week worked. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least 3 full academic years of progressively higher level graduate education or Ph.D.

or equivalent doctoral degree with a major study in one of the following fields-- natural resource management, natural sciences, earth sciences, history, archeology, anthropology, park and recreation management, law enforcement/police science, social sciences, museum sciences, business administration, public administration, behavioral sciences, sociology, or other closely related subjects pertinent to the management and protection of natural and cultural resources.

Course work in fields other than those specified may be accepted if it clearly provides you with the background of knowledge and skills necessary for successful job performance in the position to be filled.

You must include transcripts. -OR- Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above.

To combine education and experience, first take the number of semester hours (or equivalent) earned towards a graduate degree, in excess of 36 semester hours, and divide by 18 semester hours (or equivalent).

Then take the number of months of full-time experience and divide by 12 months. Add the percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. You must include transcripts.

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:

SUPERVISION: Recruits, interviews, selects, and hires subordinates; provides or arranges for training; and monitors and evaluates job performance and development.

Supports Equal Opportunity Program in day-to-day supervision and activities.

Adheres to policies, goals, objectives and actions set forth in park-wide and regional Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Program Plans.

IINTERPRETIVE MANAGEMENT: Provides leadership, technical expertise and coordination of the development, delivery, and evaluation of complex interpretive programs and media in accordance with best practices in interpretation and NPS guidelines and policy.

PARTNERSHIP: Coordinates with local Partners for all SAMA/SAIR Interpretive operations and programs.

Assists in the negotiation, preparation, and tracking of cooperative management agreements between the National Park Service and local organizations to assure agreement approvals and effective coordination of planning and communications with all SAMA/SAIR divisions and partners.

PLANNING AND EVALUATION: As a member of the VECE supervisory team, the incumbent is responsible for participating in the development, implementation and evaluation of a variety of complex short and long-range programs and setting goals and priorities.

INTERPRETATION AND EDUCATION: Collaborate to create strategic long-range goals and objectives for curriculum-based education programs. Facilitate and implement informal education programming.

Initiate ideas, conducts research, develops program outlines and materials, trains staff, oversees marketing, and evaluates program quality.

Coordinate and evaluate program co-sponsorships with other parks, museums, local and state agencies, universities, and organizations.