Outdoor Recreation Planner

Clarification from the agency

U.S. Citizens; Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP)

Duties

Duties my include but are not limited to the following :

• Serves as a planning team member on multidisciplinary teams of professionals responsible for a variety of park planning projects and studies.
• Assists with project management planning phases by helping to develop project objectives, milestones, and timelines.
• Maintains relationships between the park unit and state, local, and other federal agencies as well as various civic groups, environmental organizations, commercial development organizations and interested individuals.
• Drafts press releases in coordination with the public information office and prepares other information for public distribution regarding the planning process.

Answers routine correspondence related to assigned planning projects.

• Gathers, analyzes, and interprets information and statistical data for inclusion in larger reports or plans.
• Contributes to project agreements and project charters for review and approval by supervisor or project manager.

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.
• You may be required to operate a government (or private) motor vehicle as part of your official duties. Prior to your first official motor vehicle operation, and again every year thereafter (or more frequently if management determines such need exists), you will be required to sign an affidavit certifying to your possession of a valid State issued driver's license that is current and has not been revoked, suspended, canceled, or otherwise disqualified in any way to prohibit your operation of a motor vehicle.

You will also submit a photocopy of your valid State issued driver's license prior to your first official motor vehicle operation, and again every year, or more frequently if management determines such need exists.

Lastly, you may be required to 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 discloses all valid driver's licenses, whether current or past, possessed by you.

Please indicate in your application whether you possess a valid State driver's 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 will be required to complete a one-year trial period.
• You may be required to travel overnight away from home up to 1 nights per month. You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes.
• Applicants must be at least (1)18 years old or (2) at least 16 years old and : (a) Have graduated from high school or been awarded a certificate equivalent to graduating from high school;
• or (b) Have completed a formal vocational training program; or (c) Have received a statement from school authorities agreeing with their preference for employment rather than continuing their education;

or (d) Be currently enrolled in a secondary school and either work only during school vacation periods or work part-time during the school year under a formal student employment program.

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-10 / 03 / 2024-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement.

Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST clearly indicate the nature of the duties and responsibilities for each position, starting and ending dates of employment (month / year), and the resume must reflect full and / or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.

e., work 40+ hours a week, rather than indicating full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annotated to be able to pro-rate the amount of qualified specialized experience.

EXPERIENCE :

I possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-7 level in the Federal service. Specialized experience is experience that demonstrated the ability to plan and coordinate the use of land, water, and related resources for recreation and conservation purposes.

• Examples of qualifying specialized experience includes activities such as : gathering and analyzing data and information resources related to existing and potential outdoor recreation and natural resources conservation, with responsibility for recognizing key issues and prominent trends;
• collaborating with partners, organizations or governments in support of the management of either land use, recreation or other natural or cultural resource management / planning objectives;
• preparing data summaries and basic drafts of supporting material for inclusion in recreation plans and resource study reports;

and carrying out the routine aspects of review and evaluation of project proposals requesting technical assistance.

EDUCATION : I have a master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LLB.

or J.D., if related. Major study must be outdoor recreation planning or a related field such as : sociology, forestry, landscape architecture, economics, biological science, park administration, earth science, natural resource management and conservation, civil engineering, urban planning, or recreation.

Applicants who qualify on the basis of graduate work in related disciplines must have one or more courses in outdoor recreation.

You must include transcripts.

I have a combination of education and experience as described above. To calculate your percentage of qualifying graduate education, divide your number of semester hours in excess of 18 semester hours by 18 or the number your school uses to represent one year of full time graduate academic study.

To calculate your percentage of experience, divide your months of qualifying specialized experience by 12. Add the two percentages.

They must equal 100% to qualify using this option. You must include transcripts and hours per week worked.

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 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 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.