Summary One position is located in Cedar City, UT at Cedar Breaks National Monument. One position is located in Mammoth Cave National Park. Open to the first 100 applicants or until 11/13/2024 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration. Responsibilities MAJOR DUTIES: Provide planning, scheduling, logistical support, and training for temporary employees, volunteers, contractors, and cooperating scientists conducting vegetation field work. Work with vegetation ecologists to create and execute habitat restoration plans; collaborate with other park staff and partners to ensure compliance with environmental law, regulation, and policy; contribute to project reporting. Develop and maintain positive working relationships with local and regional vegetation management partners and academic researchers; serve as ATR and/or COR on agreements and contracts. Provide technical expertise on ecology and management of invasive plants, ecological restoration, rare plants, native plant materials, and revegetation techniques for park projects. Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level. Mammoth Cave National Park Work Schedule: This is a Permanent Full-Time career/career-conditional appointment. Cedar Breaks National Monument Work Schedule: This is a Career-Seasonal appointment. Career-Seasonal appointments are permanent positions and include the same benefits as Career appointments, but do not provide work on a year-round basis. You will be placed in a pay status and can expect to work a minimum of 23 pay periods not to exceed a maximum of 25 pay periods. You will be placed in a non-pay status from approximately 12/29 to 2/8 unless other work exists that can be assigned to you during this period. Requirements Conditions of Employment U.S. Citizenship required. Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication. Meet Selective Service Registration Act requirement for males Selectee will be required to participate in the Direct Deposit Electronics Funds Transfer Program. 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 and must be met by the closing date of this announcement. You will be required to operate a government (or private) motor vehicle as part of your official duties; a valid driver's license is required. You will be required to submit a Motor Vehicle Operator's License and Driving Record. You must also submit (within a State sealed envelope or submitted directly by the State authorities), and at your own expense, all certified driving records from all States that disclose all valid driver's licenses, whether current or past, possessed by you. 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 may be required to travel overnight away from home up to 5 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. Applicants must be at least 18 years old. Qualifications All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-11/13/2024-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-07 grade level, you must possess 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-06 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: provide direction and/or training in the field to others performing natural resource work related to vegetation management such as vegetation surveys, invasive plant control work, or similar; assist in the preparation of natural resource reports, plans, and protocols; install, operate, and maintain equipment for vegetation projects. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least 1 full year of graduate education in an accredited educational institution (18 semester hour or 27 quarter hours) directly related to this position. You must include transcripts. -OR- Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. You must include transcripts. To qualify for this position at the GS-08 grade level, you must possess 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-07 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: organize, schedule, and execute natural resource management projects related to vegetation management; collect and organize natural resource field data using standardized data collection procedures and equipment; prepare draft natural resource project reports, plans and protocols; ensure proper equipment quality and function for vegetation projects including inventorying, calibrating, and ordering new equipment or parts. B.I do not have specialized experience as described in the statements listed above You must include hours per week worked. To qualify for this position at the GS-09 grade level, you must possess 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-08 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: recommend and/or participate in the development and implementation of plans to address resource concerns related to vegetation or ecological restoration (i.e. native plant revegetation, erosion control, ecological restoration, soil assessments, scientific monitoring); organize, schedule, and execute natural resource management projects; adapt, modify or develop new techniques and/or procedures to satisfy the needs of vegetation monitoring, restoration projects and/or management; ensure proper equipment quality and function for vegetation projects including inventorying, calibrating, and ordering new equipment or parts. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least 2 full years of graduate education or a master's degree in an accredited educational institution (36 semester hour or 54 quarter hours) directly related to this position. You must include transcripts. -OR- Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. 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. Education To qualify based on education, you must submit a legible copy of transcripts from an accredited institution with your name, school name, credit hours, course level, major(s), and grade-point average or class ranking. Transcripts do not need to be official, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work. If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet qualification requirements, you must show that your education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. Additional Information A selectee receiving a first appointment to the Federal Government (Civil Service) is entitled only to the lowest step of the grade for which selected The display of a salary range on this vacancy shall not be construed as granting an entitlement to a higher rate of pay. 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. This announcement may be used to fill additional positions if identical vacancies occur within 90 days of the issue date of the referral certificate. Promotion to the full performance level is neither guaranteed nor implied and will be based solely on your ability to satisfactorily perform the work of the position, existing work at the higher grade level, and recommendation by the position's supervisor. Physical Demands: Requires regular physical exertion such as walking or climbing over wet, rough, uneven and/or rocky surfaces. Incumbent may work in High elevation +10,000', cold temp -10, outdoor work, uneven work surfaces. Working Conditions: Regular and recurring field work involves exposure to extreme weather conditions and terrain. PCS is authorized for Cedar Breaks National Monument. PCS is NOT authorized for Mammoth Cave National Park.