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Summary This position is located in CUMBERLAND GAP NHP, in the Resource Stewardship and Science Division. Open to the first 75 applicants or until 01/10/2025 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration. Responsibilities 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 work from approximately January - November, and you will be in a non-pay status in the month of December for at least 2 week (1 pay period) for the remainder of the year. Major Duties: This position serves as part of the resource stewardship and science team. Duties include but are not limited to: Evaluating environmental effects of both internal and external projects to ensure compliance with National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), National Park Service regulations, policies, and guidelines. Preparing and reviewing environmental compliance documents and technical reports. Reviewing permit applications for potential resource impacts and processing NEPA compliance documentation. Reviewing projects for impacts to wilderness and preparing minimum requirements analysis documents. Assisting with project description development and documentation for park projects. Assisting or leading the park's interdisciplinary compliance review team. Maintaining digital compliance databases and files. Assisting with civic engagement and public scoping. Onsite project monitoring, collecting field data, and performing resource condition assessments throughout the Park. Additional duties at the GS-11 level: Functions as an environmental specialist who manages all aspects of compliance processes and environmental documentation for the Park. Prepares environmental documentation such as environmental assessments or impact statements on proposed operations. Analyzes compliance problems and recommends solutions. Facilitates meetings with the public, interest groups, or other agencies. Participates in park planning projects, assisting with research, data gathering and writing of compliance documents. Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level. Area Information: Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, located in the tri-state area of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia, includes over 24,000 acres. More than 14,000 acres of the park have been recommended for wilderness designation by Congress. The park was authorized by Congress in 1940 to commemorate the story of the first "doorway to the west." The Cumberland Gap was first used by migrating wildlife, followed by American Indians, explorers, and pioneers. The Gap was also strategically important during the civil war. Cumberland and Brush mountains in the park support a diversity of flora and fauna, including rare species. Park staff are responsible for managing forests, wildlife, wetlands, cave systems, streams, etc. Park headquarters is in Middlesboro, Kentucky. Please visit our website at www.nps.gov/cuga for more information Requirements Conditions of Employment U.S. Citizenship required. Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication. Meet Selective Service Registration Act requirement for male 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 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 may be required to complete training and operate a four-wheel drive vehicle. 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 work. Qualifications Requirements Continued: 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 1 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. All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-01/10/2025-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-0025-09/11 grade level, you must possess at least one of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: AT THE GS-09 LEVEL: EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-0028-07 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: assists in the preparation, internal review, and the public involvement and review process for assigned environmental compliance documents and reports findings to supervisor with recommendations. Have knowledge of restoration principles applicable to duties in several functional areas, including environmental cleanup, landscape architecture, natural and cultural resource preservation and historic compliance. Evaluates National Park Service project work for potential environmental effects and ensures compliance with applicable policies and regulations. Ensures documents are technically adequate and conform to NEPA, wilderness regulations and NPS regulations, policies and guidelines. Participates in investigations in determining the relevancy, nature, and scope of information required to identify, evaluate, and recommend alternative management strategies and attendant impacts. Basic information includes but is not limited to socioeconomic patterns, regional and local air quality, identification of air quality related values, resource sensitivity and significance, NPS management objectives, planning and management constraints, topography, flora, fauna, climate, existing uses and facilities, legal land status, cooperating agency objectives and public preferences. You must include hours per week worked on your resume. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of a master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related to the occupation. Major study in environmental studies, earth sciences, biology, chemistry. Course work in fields other than those specified may be accepted if it clearly provides applicants with the background of knowledge and skills necessary for successful job performance in the position to be filled. You must submit your transcripts and if selected you will need to submit your official transcripts prior to EOD. You must include transcripts. -OR- Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. You must include transcripts. AT THE GS-11 LEVEL: EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-0028-09 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: As a leader or a member of an interdisciplinary team, collects environmental data, prepares environmental reports, evaluates proposals, and prepares environmental compliance documentation such as environmental assessments or environmental impact statements on proposed operations. Assists in the preparation, internal review, and the public involvement and review process for assigned environmental compliance documents and reports findings to supervisor with recommendations. Have knowledge of restoration principles applicable to duties in several functional areas, including environmental cleanup, landscape architecture, natural and cultural resource preservation, and historic compliance. Evaluates National Park Service project work for potential environmental effects and ensures compliance with applicable policies and regulations. Ensures documents are technically adequate and conform to NEPA, wilderness regulations and NPS regulations, policies and guidelines. Participates in investigations in determining the relevancy, nature, and scope of information required to identify, evaluate, and recommend alternative management strategies and attendant impacts. Basic information includes but is not limited to socioeconomic patterns, regional and local air quality, identification of air quality related values, resource sensitivity and significance, NPS management objectives, planning and management constraints, topography, flora, fauna, climate, existing uses and facilities, legal land status, cooperating agency objectives and public preferences. You must include hours per week worked on your resume. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related to the occupation. Major study in environmental studies, earth sciences, biology, chemistry. Course work in fields other than those specified may be accepted if it clearly provides applicants with the background of knowledge and skills necessary for successful job performance in the position to be filled. You must submit your transcripts and if selected you will need to submit your official transcripts prior to EOD. -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. 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: Work is primarily sedentary in an office environment but requires some physical exertion such as long periods of standing; walking over rough, uneven or rocky surfaces; recurring bending, crouching, stooping, stretching, reaching, or similar activities. Working Conditions: The majority of the work is performed in an office setting with some travel to attend meetings, conferences and workshops, or for field inspections. The work can involve moderate risks, discomforts, and unpleasantness such as exposure to dust, hot and dry weather extremes; and flights in small aircraft, including helicopters. The National Park Service has determined that the duties of this position are suitable for telework only during an emergency or natural disaster ONLY.